Agenda for the 1st Quantitative China Studies Seminar (QCSS)

Co-organized by:
New York University
Columbia University
Princeton University

Date:
Friday, November 17th, 2017

Venue:
Room 435, 19 West 4th Street (NYU Washington Square Campus)

Agenda for QCSS-1

12:15-12:25 Welcoming remarks
Session I (12:25 – 13:45)
Chair Ye Wang, Ph.D. student, Department of Politics, New York University
12:25-12:45 Youyi Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Government, Cornell University
Topic: Public Perception of Chinese Investment in Myanmar and Its Political
Consequences: A Survey Experimental Approach (co-authored with Ying Yao)
12:45-12:55 Discussant comments
David Denoon, Professor of Politics and Economics, Department of Politics, New
York University
12:55-13:05 Free discussion
13:05-13:25 Minh Trinh, Ph.D. student, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Topic: The Role of Retributive Justice in Citizen Evaluations of Government: The
Case of China (co-authored with Lily L. Tsai and Shiyao Liu)
13:25-13:35 Discussant comments
Adam Przeworski, Carroll and Milton Professor of Politics, New York University
13:35-13:45 Free discussion
13:45-14:05 Break
Session II (14:05 – 16:15)
Chair Zhenhuan Lei, Ph.D. student, Department of Politics, New York University
14:05-14:25 Qing Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Economics, Columbia University
Topic: From Internet to Social Safety Net: The Policy Consequences of Online
Participation in China (co-authored with Junyan Jiang and Tianguang Meng)
14:25-14:35 Discussant comments
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Silver Professor and Professor of Politics, New York
University

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 14:35-14:45 Free discussion
14:45-15:05 Han Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Topic: Uncovering Authoritarian Rule: Identifying Collective Action with Social
Media Data (co-authored with Jennifer Pan)
15:05-15:15 Discussant comments
Arturas Rozenas, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
15:15-15:25 Free discussion
15:25-15:45 Patrick Chester, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Politics, New York University
Topic: Over-fishing, Conflict, and the South China Sea (co-authored with Junjie
Zhang)
15:45-16:05 Discussant comments
James Hsiung, Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
Shanker Satyanath, Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
16:05-16:15 Free discussion
16:30-17:00 Group meeting with the organizing team
17:00-18:00 W.I.N.E. (3rd floor, 19 West 4th Street)
18:00-19:30 Dinner

【Seminar Introduction】

The Quantitative China Studies Seminar (QCSS) is a small working group that brings together scholars
who apply cutting-edge empirical methods or formal models on China Studies. The aim of this seminar
is for researchers to incorporate scholarly critique and comments at early stages of design and analysis.

The Quantitative China Studies Seminar encourages comprehensive as well as profound discussion on
a variety of China-related topics, including but not limited to the development, governance, economy,
society, and public policy of China.

We sincerely appreciate the support from the Wilf Family Department of Politics and Center on US-
China Relation, New York University.