{"id":20706,"date":"2025-05-23T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T02:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/?page_id=20706"},"modified":"2025-05-23T19:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:01:27","slug":"scape-17th-joint-economics-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/scape-17th-joint-economics-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"SCAPE – The 17th Joint Economics Symposium of Six Leading East Asian Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tSingapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (SCAPE)\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

The 17th<\/sup> Joint Economics Symposium of Six Leading East Asian Universities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(Yonsei University, Fudan University, Keio University, National Chengchi University, University of Sydney, National University of Singapore)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Climate Change, Human Capital, and Economic Development in Asia<\/strong><\/h2>\nJanuary 17, 2025<\/strong>
\nKent Ridge Guild House, NUS<\/strong>\n

Host: Department of Economics, NUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsors: Yonsei University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"19\"\n\t\t\t\t\"0838\"\n\t

Program:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\n\n\n
08:45-09:00<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Welcome Remarks<\/strong><\/h3>\nQiushi Feng<\/a> (Acting Vice Dean of Research, FASS, NUS)
\nDoowon Lee<\/a> (Yonsei University)
\nNgee Choon Chia<\/a> (Economics, NUS)\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
09:00-10:30<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

General Session I-1: Climate Change<\/strong><\/h3>\nRoom:\u00a0<\/strong>Dalvey & Evans
\nChair:\u00a0<\/strong>Gregor Pfeifer<\/a> (Sydney)\nTitle:\u00a0<\/strong>Incentivized personal carbon scores lower the carbon intensity of urban mobility and spill over to pro-science climate attitudes
\nPresenter:\u00a0<\/strong>Alberto Salvo<\/a> (NUS)\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Energy tax policies and resource misallocations: The cases of the United States and China<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Wen-Chieh Lee<\/a> (Chengchi)<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Why do governments make promises they cannot keep? Evidence from India’s National Clean Air Programme<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Martin Mattsson<\/a> (NUS)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Assessing the macroeconomic effects of climate physical risks in South Korea: A study using the extreme climate index<\/a>
Presenters<\/strong>: Ki Young Park<\/a>, Hyunjin Oh<\/a> (Yonsei)<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
11:00-12:30<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

General Session I-2: Human Capital<\/strong><\/h3>\nRoom:\u00a0<\/strong>Dalvey & Evans
\nChair<\/strong>: Doowon Lee<\/a> (Yonsei University)\nTitle<\/strong>: Who gets the bonus? Affirmative action reforms in high school admissions in China<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Onur Kesten<\/a> (Sydney)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Inside TSMC’s expansion hindrances: The unbalanced costs of adjustments in human and physical capital<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Shinn-Shyr Wang <\/a>(Chengchi)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: The heterogeneous effects of place-based policy on neighbourhood change: Evidence from special economic zones in Shanghai<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Jianfeng Wu (Fudan)<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Income receipt, economic activities, and health: Evidence from ambulance transport patterns<\/a> (Zoom)
Presenter<\/strong>: Yoko Ibuka (Keio)<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
14:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Parallel Session II – 1: Technology, Tax, and Development<\/strong><\/h3>\nRoom<\/strong>: Dalvey
Chair<\/strong>: Ryuki Kobayashi (Keio)<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Public perception and mobile payment choices: Evidence from China
Presenter<\/strong>: Long Wang (Fudan)<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Infrastructure and business taxation<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Gregor Pfeifer<\/a> (Sydney)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Government venture capital and high-tech industrial clusters: Evidence from China<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Jingyuan Guo (NUS)<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Economic impacts of the green transition: Evidence from Korean gas stations<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Jaehyeok Lee (Yonsei)<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
14:00-15:30<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Parallel Session II – 2: Labour and Health<\/strong><\/h3>\nRoom<\/strong>: Evans
Chair<\/strong>: Jianfeng Wu (Fudan)<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Re-employment act and labour outcomes in Singapore
Presenter<\/strong>: Ngee Choon Chia<\/a>\u00a0(NUS)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Agricultural imports, labor mobility, and welfare<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Rui Li<\/a> (Fudan)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Addressing labor shortages through stable stay for foreign guest workers: Evidence from South Korea’s new visa system<\/a>
Presenters<\/strong>: Yujeong Lee<\/a>, Hee-Seung Yang<\/a> (Yonsei)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Determinants of non-enrollment in public health insurance among foreign residents in Japan: An empirical analysis based on pooled cross-sectional data<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Yuchen Lu (Keio)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
16:00-17:10<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Parallel Session III – 1: Applied Micro<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Room<\/strong>: Dalvey
Chair<\/strong>: Ngee Choon Chia<\/a>\u00a0(NUS)<\/p>\nTitle<\/strong>: Heat impacts college student grades even in rich Singapore<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Haoming Liu<\/a> (NUS)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Gender peer effects in university courses: Evidence from tutorial groups<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Yuxuan Zhang <\/a>(NUS)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Importing Pop Idols? Socioeconomic consequences of K-pop boom in the US<\/a>
Presenters<\/strong>: Seoyoung Kwon<\/a>, Jaerim Choi<\/a> (Yonsei)\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
16:00-17:10<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Parallel Session III – 2: Market, Macro, IO<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Room<\/strong>: Evans
Chair<\/strong>: Shinn-Shyr Wang <\/a>(Chengchi)<\/p>\nTitle<\/strong>: Market power, efficiency, and upstream effects: Disentangling multiple merger effects on gasoline price<\/a>
Presenter<\/strong>: Ryuki Kobayashi<\/a> (Keio)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Losing global markets while protecting local small businesses: Evidence from small-scale industry promotion in Korea
Presenters<\/strong>: Jiyoung Lee, Jaerim Choi<\/a> (Yonsei)\n\"\"<\/a>\nTitle<\/strong>: Job polarization and specialization: Focusing on South Korea’s manufacturing sector<\/a>
Presenters<\/strong>: Hyunmin Im, Doowon Lee<\/a> (Yonsei)\n\"\"<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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