Association for Public Economic Theory
PET 04 Peking, hosted and organized by the Peking University Guanghua School of
Management, in collaboration with APET, was held at Peking University August
25th-29th, 2004.
While the main focus of the conference was public economics, there were also presentations in other areas of economic research.
Keynote Speakers:
Nobel Laureates:
Dan McFadden
(University of California-Berkley)
James
Mirrlees (University of Cambridge)
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Professor Heckman's lecture was
"Credit Constraints, Family Constraints and Optimal Policies to Reduce Inequality and Promote Productivity"
Professor McFadden's lecture was
"Welfare Economics at the Extensive Margin: Giving Gorman Polar Consumers Some Latitude"
Professor Mirrlees's lecture was
"Incentives for Providing Public Goods"
Sponsors:
The Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
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The World Bank |
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The University of Warwick |
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Vanderbilt University |
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The Association for Public Economic Theory |
Presentations
Each room where Parallel Sessions took place was equipped with both Power Point and Overhead Projectors.
Attending the Conference
August 25th was the arrival date for the conference. On that day volunteers of PKU were at the Beijing Airport to help people arriving for the conference. On the same day there was an informal reception/dinner at the Friendship Hotel. With the sponsorship of the University of Warwick and PKU, on August 26th there was a welcoming dinner in Tingli Hall, a part of the Summer Palace. The conference dinner, sposored by Vanderbilt was on August 27th in the Great Hall of the People. For August 29th, we had a day out, with visits to the Great Wall and the Ming Tomb. All presentations will took place from August 26th-28th, inclusive. We are indebted to the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University for making this possible!
The Friendship Hotel, the designated hotel for the conference, is located in west Beijing, about 5km from the conference venue and 15km from the city centre. It has an enclosed garden, gym, swimming pool and restaurants. We reserved 150 of their best standard rooms from August 25th to August 29th inclusive. The room rate was US$60 per night including service charges and breakfast for one person.
Getting around
A complimentary hourly pickup service operating from 9am to 10pm was available on August 25th to take participants from the Beijing Capital Airport to the Friendship and Shangri-La hotels. Buses between the Friendship Hotel and the conference venue were provided during the conference period. If you choose to stay at some other hotel, you will be on your own with respect to transportation. (Taxis are not expensive by European or American standards but still, as we all know, such costs can add up.)
From August 25th, there were English-speaking Guanghua School of Management students, wearing red T-shirts, strategically located to assist participants in the conference.
Both hotels had concierge services that were very helpful.
Warwick Dinner, Conference dinner and day trip
The University of Warwick, in collaboration with APET and PKU, sponsored a dinner at the Summer Palace, a short drive from the University, on August 26th. The dinner was held in Tingli Hall, with Imperial Cuisine.
The conference dinner, hosted by Vanderbilt University, was held in the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square on August 27th. We also arranged a Day Trip to the Great Wall and the Ming Tomb.
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The Forbidden City and the Summer Palace are both easily visited from the University of Beijing.
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