A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
USC Marshall China Research Day
The USC Marshall School of Business presents a research conference on China and its business/political processes.
When:
March 30, 2018 1:30pm to March 31, 2018 12:30pm
Where
Friday, March 30th
1:30–2:15 Keynote Presentation
Speaker: Barry Naughton (UCSD School of Global Policy & Strategy)
Title: TBA
2:15–2:30 Short Coffee Break
2:30–3:15 Session 1
Speaker: Alex Wang (UCLA School of Law)
Title: Symbolic Legitimation in Chinese Reform
3:15–4:00 Session 2
Speaker: Yang Xie (UC Riverside Economics)
Title: Crony Capitalism, Party-State, and Political Boundaries of Corruption
4:00–4:30 Coffee Break
4:30–5:15 Session 3
Speaker: Franziska Keller (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Political Science)
Title: The Politics of Paying A Visit: A Network Analysis of Provincial
Leadership Visits
5:15–6:00 Session 4
Speaker: Yongxiang Wang (USC Marshall Finance and Business Economics)
Title: Social Ties and the Selection of China's Political Elite
6:30 Dinner for all participants (registration required) at the USC University Club
Saturday, March 31
8:00–9:00 Breakfast for all participants
9:00–9:45 Session 1
Speaker: Yiqing Xu (UCSD Political Science)
Title: Rotating to the Top: How Elites and Commoners Rise in the Chinese
Communist Party
9:45–10:30 Session 2
Speaker: TJ Wong (USC Marshall Leventhal School of Accounting)
Title: Political Networks and Stock Price Comovement: Evidence from network-
connected firms in China
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:45 Session 3
Speaker: Nan Jia (USC Marshall Management and Organizations)
Title: The Strategic Use of Political Connections: The Role of Political
Connections in Firms' Location Choices
11:45–12:30 Session 4
Speaker: Yanhui Wu (USC Marshall Finance and Business Economics)
Title: Competition, Contracts, and Creativity: Evidence from Novel Writing in a
Platform Market
12:30 Lunch & Conference Concludes
Registration for this event is closed.
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