Programme
10th December 2008, Wednesday ff

Conference: Venue: Senate Room, M1603, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
8:30 ¡V 9:00 Registration
9:00 ¡V 9:15 Welcome and Introduction
Jin-Guang Teng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mary Shirley
The Ronald Coase Institute

A Note from Ronald Coase
The University of Chicago

9:15 ¡V 11:00 Panel on Property Rights
Gary Libecap and Dean Lueck on demarcation of property rights
The University of California-Santa Barbara and The University of Arizona

Sebastian Galiani on land titling
Washington University in St. Louis

Discussants
John Nye
George Mason University

Chenggang Xu
London School of Economics and The University of Hong Kong

11:00 ¡V 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 ¡V 12:30 Panel on Economic Transformation
Ronald Coase and Ning Wang on how China became capitalist
The University of Chicago and Arizona State University

Steven Cheung on China¡¦s economic system
The University of Hong Kong
(by conference call)

Moderators
Lee Benham
Washington University in St. Louis and The Ronald Coase Institute

Lennon Choy
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

12:30 ¡V 14:00 Lunch
14:00 ¡V 16:00 Panel on Enterprise Reforms and Government
Weiying Zhang on enterprise reform in China
Peking University

Colin Xu on firm performance in China and India
The World Bank

Yang Yao on the government of China
China Center for Economic Research, Peking University

Discussants
Yun-Wing Sung
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mary Shirley
The Ronald Coase Institute

Reception: Venue: Theatre Lounge, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
16:15 ¡V 17:00 Tea Reception
Lecture: Venue: Chiang Chen Theatre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
17:00 ¡V 18:30 Nobel Laureate Distinguished Lecture
¡§Economic Development in a New Framework: A Perspective for China¡¨

Welcome
Chung-Kwong Poon
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Chair
Kenneth Pang
Past Commissioner of Rating and Valuation

Lecture
Douglass North
1993 Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis and The Ronald Coase Institute