11th Conference on
Planning, Law and Property Rights 2017
Institutional Innovations in Land Development and Planning in 20th and 21st Centuries
Feb 19-24, 2017
The University of Hong Kong
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Rachelle Alterman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Prof. Yoram Barzel, The University of Washington
Dr. Richard Sandor, Environmental Financial Products LLC and The University of Chicago Law School
Urban planning and land development legislative frameworks in the developed economies evolved constantly during the 20th century, changing roughly every decade in the UK for example. In fast urbanising Asia, governments are rapidly putting into place their own institutions to support the conversion of agricultural land and adaptation of redundant urban land into high density habitats. China’s experience in particular provides a fascinating laboratory for the comparison of old and new ideas. In this PLPR conference we wish to bring together contributions that reflect on the efficacy, efficiency and equity of a wide variety of urban planning and land management instruments. Leading planning, law and property rights academics from around the world will be joined by senior urban decision-makers and government officials from China and Hong Kong SAR to explore what could work, what might have worked, what did not work, what can be improved and what might be a dead end. Now is a good time for scholars from countries with a century or more of experience in legislating for urban growth to share experiences with the newly urbanising countries; and Hong Kong, at the epicentre of the Asian high density urban-led economic boom, is a good place to meet.
A special issue entitled “Institutional Innovations in Land Development and Planning in 20th and 21st Centuries” in Habitat International (5-year impact factor: 1.946) has been arranged for this conference. Call for papers will be announced in due course.
Stay tuned for conference updates: http://plpr2017.arch.hku.hk/
CRIOCM 2016 21st International conference on
“Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate”
December 14-17, 2016
Conference on
Institutions, Institutional Analysis, and China’s Economic Transformation
Jointly Organized by
Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research
The University of Hong Kong
And
Ronald Coase Center for the Study of the Economy
Zhejiang University
Nov 23, 2015
Time: 9:00am-5:45pm
Venue: KB526, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong
China’s economic transformation presents a striking dilemma for new institutional economics. On the one hand, the extraordinary growth record China has achieved ever since the start of economic reform and opening-up in the late 1970s has provided strongest possible testimony to institutions as a fundamental cause of economic growth and economic change. On the other hand, the economic rise of China has been accompanied by notoriously weak institutions, from property rights protection to contract enforcement, from the financial system to the rule of law. At this mini-conference, scholars from North America, Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong will present original research papers to explore the institutional foundations of China’s market transformation. Papers will be divided into four groups, namely the political economy of China’s market transformation, the slowing down economy, the industrial structure of production, and the institutions of land and urbanization.
Programme Rundown
| 9:00 – 09:15 | Introduction and Welcome
KW CHAU, Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong |
| 9:15 – 10:30 | First session: The political economy of China’s market transformation
Say GOO, Department of Law and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong: Chair James DORN, Cato Institute: China’s challenge: Expanding the market, limiting the state Ning WANG, Ronald Coase Institute and Ronald Coase Center for the Study of the Economy at Zhejiang University: China’s market transformation and classical liberalism |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Second session: The slowing down economy
Lee BENHAM, Ronald Coase Institute: Chair Chenggang XU, School of Economics and Finance and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research,, The University of Hong Kong: Old problem with new syndrome: China’s slowing down and instability |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Intermission |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | Third session: The industrial structure of production
KC WONG, Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong: Chair Mariko WATANABE, Department of Management, Gakushuin University: Identifying competition neutrality of SOEs in China DING Ke, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization: The role of personal exchange in China’s market transformation: a case study of Wenzhou merchants CHU Chih-Ning, Department of Business Administration, Chung Yuan Christian University |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Tea break |
| 4:00 – 5:30 | Fourth session: Institutions of land and urbanization
Chris WEBSTER, HKUrban Lab and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong: Chair Geng XIAO, Fung Global Institute: China’s evolving growth model: The Foshan Story LU Qian, School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics: Contractual City KW Chau, Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong: A property rights analysis of subsidized homeownership: problems and solutions |
| 5:30 – 5:40 | Closing
Chris WEBSTER, HKUrban Lab and Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, The University of Hong Kong |
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