【Speaker】XU Zhiwei,Ph.D. candidate, Economics Department of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

【Speaker】YE Guangliang, Associate Professor, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance of Renmin University of China

【Speaker】YANG Ling, Ph.D. candidate of Department of Sociology, Stanford University

【Speaker】WANG Ping, Seigle Family Distinguished Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

【Speaker】YANG Jun, Ph.D. candidate of Organization and Human Resources, State University of New York at Buffalo

【Speaker】ZHAO Hongchun, Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

We propose a political-economics model of decentralization (by the central government) and collusion (between the local government and firms) to explain high death rates in the coalmine industry in Ch...