On opening day, some of the faculty gather in front of Shaoyuan Hotel at Peking University, ready to welcome workshop participants.
Sebastian Galiani lectures on microenometrics for causal effects.
Delicious food served in a variety of restaurants
provides nourishment and pleasure. As one
participant writes, "Too good indeed!"
During a workshop session, participants rank
their selections very, very carefully.
At the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and
Archeology on the Peking University campus,
the workshop group admires artifacts spanning
280,000 years of history.
Participants enjoy an informal dinner with
Douglass North, who spoke in the HSBC
Nobel laureate lecture series at Peking
University and also came to the workshop
for a question-and-answer session.