Minsky: Global Financial Fragility and the Development of Capitalist Finance,Tianjin, China

A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, The Institute of Economics of Nankai University (NKIE), and The Center for Political Economics Studies of Nankai University

Tianjin, China
June 9–10, 2012

We are pleased to announce an international conference sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute, the Institute of Economics of Nankai University, and the Center for Political Economics Studies of Nankai University, to be held at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, June 9 and 10, 2012. The objective of the conference is to increase the understanding of financial crisis from the points of view of Hyman P. Minsky and Post Keynesian theory, and to assess the impact of the recent financial crisis in the United States and Europe on China and the global economy. The following topics will be the focus of discussion, but other areas of research are also welcome:

• The Minskyan approach to financial fragility and its role in reshaping the capitalist system
• An analysis of the causes of financial fragility and its transformation into the recent crisis in developed countries
• The impacts of the financial crisis in the United States and Europe on China and the global economy
• The development of new approaches to capitalist development in the aftermath of the crisis

For those interested in presenting a paper at the seminar, please submit a draft paper (preferred) or an abstract, in English or in Chinese, to the appropriate e-mail address below by May 10, 2012.

For inquiries and submissions in Chinese, contact our local organizer, Dr. Jinxing Guo ([email protected]; tel: +86-138-2012-7790). Submissions in English and questions regarding academic affairs should be directed to Ms. Kathleen Mullaly ([email protected]).

Programme

Friday, June 8

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.	REGISTRATION Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University
6:30–8:00 p.m.	RECEPTION DINNER Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University

Saturday, June 9

7:30−8:30 a.m.	BREAKFAST Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University
8:30−9:15 a.m.	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Academic Report Hall, Oriental Art Building, Nankai University MODERATOR: Liu Xin, President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University SPEAKERS: Pang Jinju, President, Center for Political Economics Studies, Nankai University Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Economics Institute Leonardo Burlamaqui, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
9:15−10:45 a.m.	SESSION 1: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND CHINA’S ECONOMY MODERATOR: He Zili, Deputy Director, School of Economics, Nankai University SPEAKERS: Huang Taiyan, President, Liaoning University Zhang Yu, Professor, Renmin University L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, University of Missouri–Kansas City “Hyman Minsky on Poverty and Unemployment: The Employer-of-Last-Resort Alternative” Liu Xin, President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University “The Development of Macroeconomics and Evolution of Capitalism”
10:45−11:00 a.m.	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 a.m. − 12:30 p.m.	SESSION 2: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: A MINSKYAN APPROACH MODERATOR: Duan Webin, Director, Department of Economics, Nankai University SPEAKERS: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Economics Institute “Minsky at the Levy Institute” Jan Kregel, Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, and Professor, Tallinn Technical University “Minsky on Crisis and Regulatory Reform: Implications of the Current Crisis” He Zili, Deputy Director, School of Economics, Nankai University “The Reversal of Industrialization and Decline of Capitalism”
12:30−2:00 p.m.	LUNCH Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University
	PARALLEL SESSIONS 3 AND 4: GROUP A Report Room, Department of Economics, School of Economics (6th floor)MODERATOR: Liu Fengyi, Deputy Director, Department of Economics, Nankai University
2:00−3:45 p.m.	SESSION 3: FINANCIAL CRISIS AND CHINA’S FINANCIAL MARKET DISCUSSANTS: Ming Wei, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University Chen Fuzhong, Ph.D. Candidate, Business School, Renmin University SPEAKERS: Wang Manshu, Associate Professor, Business School, Nankai University “Research on the Factors Influencing Bank Fragility in Listed Chinese Banks in the Post-crisis Era” Xiao Hengzhong, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Peking University “Changes in Economic and Political Institutions in the Global Economy Era” Luo Yi, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Finance, Renmin University “The Financial Development and Inequality of China’s Economy” Li Cheng, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University “Marketization of Interest Rates and Resolving the Monetary Policy Dilemma”
3:45−4:00 p.m.	COFFEE BREAK
4:00−5:30 p.m.	SESSION 4: FINANCIAL CRISIS: CAUSES AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSANTS: Wang Manshu, Associate Professor, Business School, Nankai University Luo Yi, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Finance, Renmin University SPEAKERS: Chen Fuzhong, Ph.D. Candidate, Business School, Renmin University “The Influence of the International Financial Crisis on China’s Economy, Based on the Perspective of an Open Economy: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Provincial-level Panel Data, 1994–2010” Li Lili, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Renmin University “The Minskyan Research Tradition of Financial Bubbles” Liao Hui, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University “Research on the the Price Spillover Effect of the US Financial Crisis on China’s Stock Market, Based on ICB Classification Data” Ming Wei, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University “Research on How Financial Fragility Develops”
	PARALLEL SESSIONS 3 AND 4: GROUP B Report Room, Institute of Economics, School of Economics (8th Floor)MODERATOR: Liu Xin, President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University
2:00−3:45 p.m.	SESSION 3: THE MINSKYAN APPROACH TO FINANCIAL FRAGILITY DISCUSSANTS: Li Baowei, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Nankai University Josefina Y. Li, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Missouri–Kansas City SPEAKERS: Ying Wu, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University “Demystifying China’s Monetary-cum-Exchange-Rate Policy” Michael J. Murray, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bemidji State University “The Structural Instability Hypothesis and Real Capital Formation” Liu Xinhua, Associate Professor of Economics, Shaanxi Normal University “The Cause of the European Crisis”
3:45–4:00 p.m.	COFFEE BREAK
4:00−5:30 p.m.	SESSION 4: FINANCIAL CRISIS AND POLICIES DISCUSSANTS: Liu Xinhua, Associate Professor of Economics, Shaanxi Normal University Michael J. Murray, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bemidji State University SPEAKERS: Cheol Soo Park, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University “Systemic Risk and the Financial Regulation and Supervisory Policy Regime: An Integrated View of Macroprudential Policy and Risk-based Balance Sheet Perspectives” Josefina Y. Li, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Missouri–Kansas City “How Do Minsky’s Policies Promote Environmental Innovations” Li Baowei, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Nankai University “Expansion of Global and Monetary Liquidity: Evolution and Impact”
6:00–7:30 p.m.	DINNER Aichi Dining Hall, Nankai University
8:00–9:00 p.m.	HAIHE RIVER TOUR, TIANJIN

Sunday, June 10

7:30–8:30 a.m.	BREAKFAST Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University
9:00–10:45 a.m.	SESSION 5: GLOBAL CRISIS AND WORLD ECONOMY Academic Report Hall, School of Economics (1st floor) MODERATOR: Liu Gang, Deputy President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University SPEAKERS: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Economics Institute “US Economic Outlook” Duan Wenbin, Director, Department of Economics, Nankai University “The New International Division System, the New International Monetary System, and the Transition of China’s Economy” Zhang Junshan, Professor of Economics, Nankai University “The Cause of the Financial Crisis in View of the Economic Structure”
10:45–11:00 a.m.	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	SESSION 6: THE IMPLICATIONS OF MINSKYAN APPROACH TO THE GLOBAL CRISIS MODERATOR: Xie Siqun, Deputy President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University SPEAKERS: Eamonn Fingleton, Author, Unsustainable: How Economic Dogma Is Destroying American Prosperity Charles J. Whalen, Analyst, Fiscal Policy Studies Unit, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office “Minsky and Money Manager Capitalism” Wang Lu, Associate Professor, Nankai University “The Crisis Theories of Marx and Minsky: In View of the Current Financial Crisis”
12:00–12:30 p.m.	CLOSING SPEECH SPEAKER: Pang Jinju, President, Center for Political Economics Studies, Nankai University
12:30–2:00 p.m.	LUNCH Bright Pearl Hotel (Mingzhu Yuan), Nankai University

 

Participants

 

Leonardo Burlamaqui
Program Officer, Reforming Global Financial Governance Initiative, Ford Foundation

Chen Fuzhong
Ph.D. Candidate, Business School, Renmin University

Duan Wenbin
Director, Department of Economics, Nankai University

Eamonn Fingleton
Author, Unsustainable: How Economic Dogma Is Destroying American Prosperity

Gong Ke
President, Nankai University

He Zili
Deputy Director, School of Economics, Nankai University

Huang Taiyan
President, Liaoning University

Jan Kregel
Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, and Professor, Tallinn Technical University

Li Baowei
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Nankai University

Li Cheng
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University

Josefina Y. Li
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Missouri–Kansas City

Li Lili
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Renmin University

Liao Hui
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University

Liu Fengyi
Deputy Director, Department of Economics, Nankai University

Liu Gang
Deputy President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University

Liu Xin
President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University

Liu Xinhua
Professor of Economics, Shaanxi Normal University

Luo Yi
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Finance, Renmin University

Ming Wei
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Nankai University

Michael J. Murray
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bemidji State University

Pang Jinju
President, Center for Political Economics Studies, Nankai University

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
President, Levy Economics Institute

Cheol Soo Park
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University

Éric Tymoigne
Research Associate, Levy Economics Institute, and Assistant Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College

Wang Lu
Associate Professor, Nankai University

Wang Manshu
Associate Professor, Business School, Nankai University

Charles J. Whalen
Analyst, Fiscal Policy Studies Unit, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office

L. Randall Wray
Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, and Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, University of Missouri–Kansas City

Xiao Hengzhong
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Economics, Peking University

Xie Siqun
Deputy President, Institute of Economics, Nankai University

Ying Wu
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance Franklin, P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University

Zhang Junshan
Professor of Economics, Nankai University

Zhang Yu
Professor of Economics, Renmin University

Zhou Liqun
Deputy President, Binhai Development Research Institute, Nankai University

 

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