Day 1: 18 December, Monday
8.30 - 9.40: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.40 - 9.50: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Arunava Sen (ISI Delhi)
9.50 - 11.20: Plenary Session 1 (Auditorium)
Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University): "AI, Worker-Replacing Technological Change and Income Distribution"
Avinash Dixit (Princeton University): "Anti-Corruption Institutions: Some History and Theory"
[Video]
Chair: Bharat Ramaswami (ISI Delhi)
11.20 - 11.50: Coffee/Tea Break
11.50 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 1
1(a) Gender and Leadership (Conference Room)
1(b) Environment: Role of Information (Seminar Room 1)
1(c) Conflict (Seminar Room 2)
1(d) Political Economy: Electoral Systems (Auditorium)
1(e) Credit Market: Theory (Classroom 11)
1(f) Cities: Congestion and Regulation (Classroom 13)
1(g) Shock Diffusion and Volatility (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 2
2(a) Education and Gender (Conference Room)
2(b) Environment I (Seminar Room 1)
2(c) Trade: Empirical (Seminar Room 2)
2(d) Political Economy (Auditorium)
2(e) Contests (Classroom 11)
2(f) FDI, Trade, and Labour: Theory (Classroom 13)
2(g) Macro: Public Economics (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.20: Coffee/Tea Break
4.20 - 6.05: Parallel Sessions 3
3(a) Education I (Conference Room)
3(b) Environment II (Seminar Room 1)
3(c) Health I (Seminar Room 2)
3(d) Institutions (Auditorium)
3(e) Topics in Economic Theory I (Classroom 11)
3(f) Political Economy: Theory (Classroom 13)
3(g) Topics in Macroeconomics I (Classroom 14)
7:00-8:30: Panel Discussion on “The Challenge of Job Creation”
(Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi- 110003)
Panelists:
Kaushik Basu (Cornell University)
Renana Jhabvala (SEWA)
Manish Sabharwal (TeamLease)
Pronab Sen (International Growth Centre, New Delhi)
Moderator: Ashok Kotwal (Ideas for India and University of British Columbia)
[The panel discussion is co-organized with the International Growth Centre and Ideas for India.]
Day 2: 19 December, Tuesday
9.00 - 9.30: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 - 10.30: Plenary Session 2 (Auditorium
Kaivan Munshi (University of Cambridge): "Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection" [Video]
Chair: Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30 - 11.15: High Tea (Guest House Lawn)
11.15 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 4
4(a) Education II (Conference Room)
4(b) Data and Estimation Methodology (Seminar Room 1)
4(c) Health II (Seminar Room 2)
4(d) Caste and Identity (Auditorium)
4(e) Social Choice (Classroom 11)
4(f) Trade and International Finance (Classroom 13)
4(g) Macro: Transmission and Transfers (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 5
5(a) Education III (Conference Room)
5(b) Gender I (Seminar Room 1)
5(c) Agriculture, Trade and Market Access (Seminar Room 2)
5(d) Identity and Social Networks in Market (Auditorium)
5(e) Strategic Social Choice I (Classroom 11)
5(f) Incentives and Motivation (Classroom 13)
5(g) Macro: Human Capital (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.30: Coffee/Tea Break
4.30 - 6.15: Parallel Sessions 6
6(a) Crime: Gender and Education (Conference Room)
6(b) Finance (Seminar Room 1)
6(c) Labour Market (Seminar Room 2)
6(d) Class, Inequality and Poverty (Auditorium)
6(e) Topics in Economic Theory II (Classroom 11)
6(f) Industrial Organization: Theory (Classroom 13)
6(g) Macro: Emerging Market Economies (Classroom 14)
7.30 - 10.00: Gala Dinner at the French Cultural Centre (2 APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi - 11)
(Dinner is by invitation only.)
Day 3: 20 December, Wednesday
9.00 - 9.30: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 - 10.30: Plenary Session 3 (Auditorium)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg): "Did Paris Solve the Climate Problem?" [Related Papers] [Video]
Chair: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30- 11.15: High Tea (Guesthouse Lawn)
11.15 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 7
7(a) Education IV (Conference Room)
7(b) Corporate Finance (Seminar Room 1)
7(c) Agriculture (Seminar Room 2)
7(d) Behavioural Economics (Auditorium)
7(e) Strategic Social Choice II (Classroom 11)
7(f) Macro: Indian Economy (Classroom 13)
7(g) Macro: Labour and Employment (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 8
8(a) Education and Health: Long Term Effects (Conference Room)
8(b) Gender II (Seminar Room 1)
8(c) Infrastructure and Programme Evaluation (Seminar Room 2)
8(d) Experiment (Auditorium)
8(e) Preferences (Classroom 11)
8(f) Industrial Organization: Empirical (Classroom 13)
8(g) Topics in Macroeconomics II (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.30: Coffee/Tea Break
4.30 - 6.00: Panel Discussion on “Reforming the Teaching of Introductory Economics”
(Auditorium) [Video]
Panelists
Nicholas Gravel (Aix-Marseille University and CSH, Delhi)
Rajiv Sethi (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg)
Arvind Subramanian (Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India)
Homa S. Zarghamee (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Moderator: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
[The Panel Discussion is co-organized with the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi.]
6.00 - 6.15: Vote of Thanks
Parallel Sessions 1 18 December, Monday 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM
Session 1(a): Gender and Leadership (Conference Room) Chair: Pushkar Maitra
Priyanka Chakraborty (Southern Methodist University) and Danila Serra (Southern Methodist University): "Gender Differences in Leadership: An Experiment"
Lata Gangadharan (Monash University), Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business), Pushkar Maitra (Monash University) and Joseph Vecci (University of Gothenburg): "The Fairer Sex? Women Leaders and the Strategic Response to the Social Environment"
Session 1(b): Environment: Role of Information (Seminar Room 1) Chair: P. P. Krishnapriya
Shivani Wadehra (TERI University) and Arabinda Mishra (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development): "Impact of Interventions on Households’ Waste Disposal Behavior: Field Evidence from Delhi"
Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School of Economics) and P. P. Krishnapriya (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Information Transmission among Unequal Individuals within Households"
Session 1(c): Conflict (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Joseph Flavian Gomes
Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan and NBER), James Fenske (University of Warwick), Gaurav Khanna (University of California, San Diego) and Anant Nyshadham (Boston College): "Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa"
Alex Armand (University of Navarra), Paul Atwell (University of Navarra) and Joseph Flavian Gomes (University of Navarra): "The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization"
Session 1(d): Political Economy: Electoral Systems (Auditorium) Chair: Garance Genicot
Sugat Chaturvedi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Sabyasachi Das (Ashoka University): "Group Size and Political Representation under Alternate Electoral Systems"
Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University), Micael Castanheira (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) and Dario Sansone (Georgetown University): "Population Patterns and the Economic Effects of Constitutions"
Session 1(e): Credit Market: Theory (Classroom 11) Chair: Brishti Guha
Dyotona Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University): "Dynamics of ‘Bundled’ Aid-Debt Contracts: Progressive Lending"
Brishti Guha (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "A Double-Edged Sword: Credit Market Imperfections, Stereotyping, and Education Subsidies"
Session 1(f): Cities: Congestion and Regulation (Classroom 13) Chair: Michael Gechter
Mogens Fosgerau (Copenhagen University), Jinwon Kim (California State University, Long Beach) and Abhishek Ranjan (Technical University of Denmark): "Vickrey Meets Alonso: Commute Scheduling and Congestion in a Monocentric City"
Michael Gechter (The Pennsylvania State University) and Nick Tsivanidis (University of Chicago Booth): "Efficiency and Equity of Land Policy in Developing Country Cities: Evidence from the Mumbai Mills Redevelopment"
Session 1(g): Shock Diffusion and Volatility (Classroom 14) Chair: Shalini Mitra
Shekhar Tomar (Reserve Bank of India): "Shock Diffusion: Does Inter-Sectoral Network Structure Matter?"
Shalini Mitra (University of Liverpool): "Intangible Capital and the Rise in Wage and Hours Volatility"
Parallel Sessions 2 18 December, Monday 2:15 PM –4:00 PM
Session 2(a): Education and Gender (Conference Room) Chair: Tarun Jain
Upasak Das (University of Pennsylvania) and Karan Singhal (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Gender Differences in Mathematics Performance: Evidence from Rural India"
Prerna Dewan (Columbia University), Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Gender Peer Effect in High Schools: Evidence from India"
Diva Dhar (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business) and Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern University): "Can Gender Attitudes be Changed? Evidence from a School-based Experiment in India"
Session 2(b): Environment I (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Gunnar Kohlin
Mohammad Younus Bhatt (Jamia Millia Islamia): "Valuing Attributes of Biodiversity"
Antonio Bento (University of Southern California), Mehreen Mookerjee (Jindal School of Government and Public Policy) and Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University): "A New Approach to Measuring Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation"
Martin Dufwenberg (University of Arizona and Bocconi University), Gunnar Kohlin (University of Gothenburg), Peter Martinsson (University of Gothenburg) and Haileselassie Medhin (Ethiopian Development Research Institute): "Triggering Cooperation"
Session 2(c): Trade: Empirical (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Pushan Dutt
Sanjana Goswami (University of California, Irvine): "Markups and Productivity of Heterogeneous Producers"
Matteo Fiorini (European University Institute), Marco Sanfilippo (University of Bari and University of Antwerp) and Asha Sundaram (University of Auckland): "Trade Liberalization, Infrastructure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Ethiopia"
Pushan Dutt (INSEAD), Ana-Maria Santacreu (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) and Daniel Traca (NOVA School of Business and Economics): "The Gravity of Experience"
Session 2(d): Political Economy (Auditorium) Chair: Aditya Dasgupta
Poulomi Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University) and Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University): "Political Economy of Corruption in ‘Red Tape’"
Divya Singh (Columbia University): "Safer Elections and Women Turnout: Evidence from India"
Aditya Dasgupta (University of California, Merced) and Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania): "The Political Economy of Bureaucratic Effectiveness: Evidence from Local Rural Development Officials in India"
Session 2(e): Contests (Classroom 11) Chair: Parimal Bag
Bharat Goel (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) and Arijit Sen (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta): "Contests with Foot-Soldiers"
Indraneel Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Ranajoy Guha Neogi (Magadh University): "Between-Group Contests over Group-Specific Public Goods with Within-Group Fragmentation"
Mehmet Bac (Sabanci University) and Parimal Bag (National University of Singapore): "Should Victory Bets in Contests be Banned?"
Session 2(f): FDI, Trade, and Labour: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Kaushal Kishore
Salonkara Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta) and Sarbajit Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta): "FDI and Credit Market Reform in a Developing Economy: Could these be Alternative Policies?"
Pubali Chakraborty (The Ohio State University): "Inefficiencies Due to Skill Choice"
Kaushal Kishore (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak): "Dynamic Tax Competition, Home Bias and the Gain from Non-Preferential Regimes: A Case for Unilateral Commitment"
Session 2(g): Macro: Public Economics (Classroom 14) Chair: Merwan H. Engineer
Abhinav Narayanan (Reserve Bank of India): "Informality, Congestion and Public Capital Efficiency: A Case of Optimal Taxation and Maintenance Allocation"
Syed M. Hussain (Lahore University of Management Sciences) and Lin Liu (University of Liverpool): "Using Exogenous Changes in Government Spending to Estimate Fiscal Multiplier for Canada: Do We Get More than We Bargain for?"
Santanu Chatterjee (University of Georgia), Olaf Posch (University of Hamburg) and Dennis Wesselbaum (University of Otago): "Delays in Public Goods"
Parallel Sessions 3 18 December, Monday 4:20 PM – 6:05 PM
Session 3(a): Education I (Conference Room) Chair: Nicolas Gravel
Sowmya Dhanaraj (Madras School of Economics) Christy Mariya Paul (Madras School of Economics) and Smit Gade (Good Business Lab): "Household Income Dynamics and Investment in Children: Evidence from India"
Gaurav Datt (Monash University) and Liang Choon Wang (Monash University): "Schooling and Learning Deficits: A Simple Unified Measurement Framework"
Nicolas Gravel (Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Delhi), Edward Levavasseur (GREQAM, Aix-Marseille University) and Patrick Moyes (GRETHA, University of Bordeaux): "Evaluating Education Systems"
Session 3(b): Environment II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Eshita Gupta
Priti Agarwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Sustainability of India's Growth: An Empirical Analysis"
Gaurav Arora (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi), David A. Hennessy, (Michigan State University), Hongli Feng (Michigan State University) and Peter T. Wolter (Iowa State University): "Conservation Easement Acquisitions amidst Localized Spillover Effects in Grassland Conversions: Analysis using Remotely-Sensed Data"
Eshita Gupta (KPMG): "Extending Solar Water Pump Subsidies: Impact on Water Use, Energy Use and Cropping Patterns in Rajasthan: Difference in Differences Analysis"
Session 3(c): Health I (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Marion Kramer
Manini Ojha (Southern Methodist University): "Gender gap in schooling: Is there a Role for Health Insurance?"
James Berry (University of Delaware), Saurabh Mehta (Cornell University), Priya Mukherjee (College of William and Mary), Hannah Ruebeck (Harvard University) and Gauri Kartini Shastry (Wellesley College): "Inputs, Monitoring, and Crowd-Out in India’s School-Based Health Interventions"
Marion Krämer (Universtiy of Göttingen), Santosh Kumar (Sam Houston State University) and Sebastian Vollmer (Universtiy of Göttingen): "School Feeding, Iron-fortified Salt and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural India”
Session 3(d): Institutions (Auditorium) Chair: Christopher Paik
Sam van Noort (University of Cambridge): "Causes and Effects of Private Property Rights Security"
James B. Ang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Per G. Fredriksson (University of Louisville) and Satyendra Kumar Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak): "Agricultural suitability and colonization choices"
Christopher Paik (New York University Abu Dhabi) and S.P. Harish (College of William and Mary): "State and Development: A Historical Study of Europe from 1 AD to 2000 AD"
Session 3(e): Topics in Economic Theory I (Classroom 11) Chair: Rajnish Kumar
Shraman Banerjee (O.P. Jindal Global University) and Debasis Mishra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Repeated Trade with Two-Sided Incomplete Information"
Ritesh Jain (Ohio State University): "Rationalizable Implementation of Social Choice Correspondences"
Rajnish Kumar (Queen's University Belfast) and Ruben Juarez (University of Hawaii): "Strategy-Proof Resource Allocation in a Network"
Session 3(f): Political Economy: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Devashish Mitra
Manaswini Bhalla (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Kalyan Chatterjee (Penn State University) and Souvik Dutta (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Social Reform as Path to Political Leadership: A Dynamic Model"
Sourav Bhattacharya (Royal Holloway University of London): "Condorcet Jury Theorem in a Spatial Model of Elections"
Leyla D. Karakas (Syracuse University) and Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University): "Inequality, Redistribution and the Rise of Outsider Candidates”
Session 3(g): Topics in Macroeconomics I (Classroom 14) Chair: Markus Brueckner
Zainab Asif (Queensland University of Technology) and Radhika Lahiri (Queensland University of Technology): "Human Capital and the Adoption and Diffusion of Technology"
Aditya Goenka (University of Birmingham): "Mental Accounting and Sunspot Equilibria"
Markus Brueckner (Australian National University) and Daniel Lederman (World Bank): "Inequality and Economic Growth: The Role of Initial Income"
Parallel Sessions 4 19 December, Tuesday 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
Session 4(a): Education II (Conference Room) Chair: Liang Choon Wang
Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego) Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics) and Alejandro Ganimian (New York University): "Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India"
Deepti Goel (Delhi School of Economics) and Bidisha Barooah (International Initiative for Impact valuation): "Identifying an Effective Teacher in Public Schools in Delhi"
Asadul Islam (Monash University), Abdul Malek (BRAC), Sakiba Tasneem (Monash University) and Liang Choon Wang (Monash University): "Non-Financial Incentives, Selectivity and Performance of Volunteers: Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment"
Session 4(b): Data and Estimation Methodology (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Robert C.M. Beyer
Daniel L. Millimet (Southern Methodist University and IZA), Hao Li (Southern Methodist University) and Punarjit Roychowdhury (Shiv Nadar University): "Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States"
David Canning (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) and Mahesh Karra (Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University): "Consistent Estimation with Deliberate Measurement Error to Protect Subject Confidentiality: An Application to Perturbed Location Data"
Robert C. M. Beyer (The World Bank, Office of the Chief Economist for South Asia): "Growth Out of the Blue"
Session 4(c): Health II (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Sonia Bhalotra
Archana Dang (Delhi School of Economics), Pushkar Maitra (Monash University) and Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University): "Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults: Evidence from India"
Rossella Calvi (Rice University), Arthur Lewbel (Boston College) and Denni Tommasi (ULB): "Women's Empowerment and Family Health: Estimating LATE with Mismeasured Treatment”
Victoria Baranov (University of Melbourne), Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex), Pietro Biroli (University of Zurich) and Joanna Maselko (University of North Carolina): "Maternal Depression, Women's Financial Empowerment and Parenting Decisions- Evidence from a Large RCT"
Session 4(d): Caste and Identity (Auditorium) Chair: Lore Vandewalle
Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and
Komal Sahai (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Whose Education Matters? An Analysis of Inter Caste Marriages in India "
Subrata Kumar Ritadhi (Reserve Bank of India) and Abhay Aneja (University of California, Berkeley): "Identity Politics, Targeted Redistribution and Private Investment: Evidence from India's Silent Revolution"
Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur) and Lore Vandewalle (Graduate Institute, Geneva): "Identities and Public Policies: Unintended Effects of Political Reservations for Women in India"
Session 4(e): Social Choice (Classroom 11) Chair: Thierry Marchant
Rupali Sharma (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "kth Best Quasi-Transitive Rationalizability of Choice Functions"
Santanu Gupta (XLRI, Xavier School of Management), Baridhi Malakar (Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Sanjay Sinha (Goldman Sachs): "Voting Paradoxes in Four Candidate Elections"
Thierry Marchant (Ghent University): "Utilitarianism without Individual Utilities"
Session 4(f): Trade and International Finance (Classroom 13) Chair: Parantap Basu
Sanjay Sehgal (University of Delhi), Sakshi Saini (University of Delhi) and Florent Deisting (Groupe ESC Pau - France): "Examining Dynamic Interdependencies among Major Global Financial Markets"
David Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Nikhil Patel (Bank for International Settlements): "International Price System, Intermediate Inputs and Regional Trade"
Parantap Basu (Durham University), Yongdae Lee (Bank of Korea) and Leslie Reinhorn (Durham University): "A Monetary Policy Accordion: Why do Central Banks from Different Countries Expand and Contract Together?"
Session 4(g): Macro: Transmission and Transfers (Classroom 14) Chair: Elisa Dienesch
Priyanka Arora (Delhi School of Economics) and Mausumi Das (Delhi School of Economics): “Culture and Market: A Macroeconomic Tale of Two Institutions”
Koji Asano (The University of Tokyo): “Trust and Law in Credit Markets”
Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix CHERPA): “Trade, Poverty and Inter-Household Transfers in a Dual-Dual Economy”
Parallel Sessions 5 19 December, Tuesday 2:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 5(a): Education III (Conference Room) Chair: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Catalina Franco (Universidad del Rosario) and Meera Mahadevan (University of Michigan): "Behavioral Dynamics in Transitions from College to the Workforce"
Senjuti Patra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Impact of Education Loans on Higher Education: The Indian Experience"
Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business), Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut) and Raghav Rakesh (Indian School of Business): "
Session 5(b): Gender I (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Tatyana Chesnokova
Shagata Mukherjee (Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics): "Are Women Really Better Borrowers in Microfinance? Evidence from Matrilineal and Patrilineal Societies in India"
Sarah Khan (University of Göttingen), Jana Kuhnt (University of Göttingen) and Atika Pasha (University of Mannheim): "Employment in the Times of Terror: A Gendered Perspective on Pakistan"
Tatyana Chesnokova (Waseda University), Jesmin Rupa (University of Adelaide) and Nicholas Sim (University of Adelaide): "Do Exports Lead to More Women Empowerment? Some Insights from the Gender Specific Effects of Exports on Labor Force Participation in Indonesia"
Session 5(c): Agriculture, Trade and Market Access (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Hisaki Kono
Digvijay S Negi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Bharat Ramaswami (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Tail-Dependent Weather Risk and Demand for Index Based Crop Insurance"
Shilpa Aggarwal (Indian School of Business), Brian Giera (Amazon Research), Dahyeon Jeong (University of California, Santa Cruz), Jonathan Robinson (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Alan Spearot (University of California, Santa Cruz): "Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania"
Hisaki Kono (Kyoto University), Yutaka Arimoto (Hitotsubashi University), Tsilavo Ralandison (Kyoto University), Takeshi Sakurai (University of Tokyo) and Kazushi Takahashi (Sophia University): "T.B.A. (To Be Arbitraged)? Extensive and Intensive Margin in Rice Trading in Madagascar"
Session 5(d): Identity and Social Networks in Market (Auditorium) Chair: Farzana Afridi
Tanika Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta), Anirban Mukherjee (University of Calcutta), Sarani Saha (Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur) and Divya Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Caste, Courts and Business"
Rocco Macchiavello (London School of Economics), Andreas Menzel (CERGE-EI Prague), Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka) and Christopher Woodruff (Oxford University): "Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector"
Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Amrita Dhillon (King's College London), Sherry Xin Li (University of Texas, Dallas) and Swati Sharma (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Identity, Networks and Incentives in the Workplace: A Quasi Field Experiment in India’s Manufacturing Sector"
Session 5(e): Strategic Social Choice I (Classroom 11) Chair: Samson Alva
Abhinaba Lahiri (Indian School of Business and Finance) and Anup Pramanik (Osaka University): "Top Inseparability and Possibility Results outside Single Peakedness"
Gopakumar Achuthankutty (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "On Single-Peaked Domains and Min-max Rules"
Samson Alva (University of Texas, San Antonio) and Vikram Manjunath (University of Ottawa): "Strategy-Proof Pareto-Improvement under Voluntary Participation "
Session 5(f): Incentives and Motivation (Classroom 13) Chair: V Bhaskar
Rohan Dutta (McGill University) and Pierre-Yves Yanni (Independent researcher): "On Inducing Agents with Term Limits to Take Appropriate Risk"
Prasenjit Banerjee (University of Manchester), Kunal Sen (University of Manchester), Antonio Nic ́olo (University of Manchester and University of Padua), Vegard Iversen (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) and Sandip Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "What Motivates Politicians? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in India"
V Bhaskar (University of Texas at Austin) and Caroline Thomas (University of Texas at Austin): "Perceived Overconfidence, Private Information and Career Concerns"
Session 5(g): Macro: Human Capital (Classroom 14) Chair: Shankha Chakraborty
James Foreman-Peck (Cardiff University) and Peng Zhou (Cardiff University): "Bringing Unified Growth Theory to the Data"
Fabio Cerina (University of Cagliari and CRENoS), Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari) and Michelle Rendall (Monash University): "The Role of Gender in Employment Polarization"
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon), Andrea Giusto (University of Dalhousie) and Jayanta Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology): "Growth in a Graying Economy"
Parallel Sessions 6 19 December, Tuesday 4:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Session 6(a): Crime: Gender and Education (Conference Room) Chair: Nishith Prakash
Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Prarthna Agarwal Goel (Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indraprastha University) and Renuka Sane (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi): "The Effect of Age-Specific Sex Ratios on Crime: Instrumental Variable Estimates from India"
Elisa Rizzo (Université Catholique de Louvain): "Education and Crime in India: A District Level Analysis"
Sofia Amaral (University of Essex), Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex) and Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut): "Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India"
Session 6(b): Finance (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Sankar De
David Dickinson (Appalachian State University), Ananish Chaudhuri (University of Auckland), and Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy (University of Auckland): "Trading While Sleepy? Circadian Mismatch and Excess Volatility in a Global Experimental Asset Market"
Anurag Banerjee (Durham University Business School), Kamlesh Kumar (Durham University Business School) and Dennis Philip (Durham University Business School): "Financial Literacy, Awareness and Inclusion"
Sankar De (Independent Researcher) and Prasanna Tantri (Indian School of Business): "Debt Relief and Credit Market Efficiency: Evidence from a Policy Experiment"
Session 6(c): Labour Market (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Shyamal Chowdhury
Girish Bahal (National Council of Applied Economic Research): "Differing from Difference-in-Differences: Evidence from Employment Programs in India"
Vidhya Soundararajan (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Evidence of Monopsony under an Imperfectly Enforced Minimum Wage in a Low-Wage Industry"
Khawaja A. Mamun (Sacred Heart University), Salma Ahmed (Deakin University): "Inequality in Earnings Among Religious Groups in Bangladesh"
Agha Ali Akram (Yale University), Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney) and A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University): "Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets"
Session 6(d): Class, Inequality and Poverty (Auditorium) Chair: Mukesh Eswaran
R Ahalya (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Sourabh Bikas Paul (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Identification and Characterization of Middle Class in India and its Comparison with other Economic Classes"
James T. Bang (St. Ambrose University), Aniruddha Mitra (Bard College) and Phanindra V. Wunnava (Middlebury College, IZA and GLO): "Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria"
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia): "Can For-Profit Business Alleviate Extreme Poverty in Developing Countries?"
Session 6(e): Topics in Economic Theory II (Classroom 11) Chair: Indrajit Ray
Jeevant Rampal (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Limited Foresight Equilibrium"
Srijita Ghosh (New York University): "Multidimensional and Selective Attention"
Anwesha Banerjee (Aix-Marseille University) and Nicolas Gravel (Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Delhi): "Contribution to a Public Good under Subjective Uncertainty"
Manipushpak Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), Indrajit Ray (Cardiff University) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Any Outcome is an Interior Equilibrium in a Market"
Session 6(f): Industrial Organization: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Santanu Roy
Sovik Mukherjee (Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata) and Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University): "Tax Incidence of Two Sided Monopoly Platforms"
Rittwik Chatterjee (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta), Srobonti Chattopadhyay (Vidyasagar College for Women, Kolkata) and Tarun Kabiraj (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Spillover and R&D Incentives under Incomplete Information in a Duopoly Industry"
Kaustav Das (University of Exeter): "Excessive Search in a Patent Race Game"
Maarten Janssen (University of Vienna) and Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University): "Regulating False Disclosure"
Session 6(g): Macro: Emerging Market Economies (Classroom 14) Chair: Suchismita Tarafdar
Anand Chopra (University of British Columbia): "Business cycles in Presence of Exogenous Financial Exclusion with Productivity Shocks"
Amrita Dhar (University of Mary Washington): "Extreme Capital Flows in Emerging Markets: A Blessing or a Curse?"
Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) and Vaishnavi Sharma (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Composition of Capital Flows and Valuation Effects in Emerging Market Economies"
Chetan Dave (New York University Abu Dhabi), Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) and Suchismita Tarafdar (Shiv Nadar University): "Fiscal Austerity in Emerging Market Economies"
Parallel Sessions 7 20 December, Wednesday 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
Session 7(a): Education IV (Conference Room) Chair: Asad Islam
Swati Sharma (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Amaresh Dubey (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Migration, Gender and Intergenerational Transmission of Education"
Dimple Kukreja (Toulouse School of Economics): "Education and Female Empowerment in Intra-Household Resource Allocation Framework"
Youjin Hahn (Yonsei University, South Korea), Asad Islam (Monash University) Eleonora Patacchini (Cornell University) and Yves Zenou (Monash University): "Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?"
Session 7(b): Corporate Finance (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Plutarchos Sakellaris
Ron Alquist (AQR Capital Management), Nicolas Berman (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), Rahul Mukherjee (IHEID) and Linda Tesar (University of Michigan): "Financial Constraints, Institutions, and Foreign Ownership"
Megha Patnaik (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "The Impact of Credit Shocks: Micro versus Small Firms"
Christoph Gortz (University of Birmingham), Plutarchos Sakellaris (Athens University of Economics and Business) and John Tsoukalas (University of Glasgow): "How do Firms Finance Lumpy Adjustment?"
Session 7(c): Agriculture (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Prabhat Barnwal
Yashobanta Parida (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Effect of Flood on Rural Agricultural Wages in Indian States: An Empirical Analysis"
Chandan Singha (University of Delhi): "Analysing Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures by Farmers in Darjeeling District, India"
Prabhat Barnwal (Michigan State University), Aaditya Dar (George Washington University), Jan von der Goltz (World Bank), Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University), Gordon C. McCord (University of California, San Diego) and Nathan Mueller (Harvard University): "Modern Crop Variety Diffusion and Infant Mortality in the Developing World, 1961-2000"
Session 7(d): Behavioural Economics (Auditorium) Chair: Yonas Alem
Graham Beattie (University of Pittsburgh), Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Brian Knight (Brown University) and Ananya Sen (MIT Sloan School of Management): "Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls"
Ben Meiselman (Johns Hopkins University): "Ghostbusting in Detroit: Evidence on Nonfilers from a Controlled Field Experiment"
Yonas Alem (University of Gothenburg) and Eugenie Dugout (Columbia University): "Passive Learning and Incentivized Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial in India"
Session 7(e): Strategic Social Choice II (Classroom 11) Chair: Sarvesh Bandhu
Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Soumyarup Sadhukhan (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "A Unified Characterization of Randomized Strategy-Proof Rules"
Ujjwal Kumar (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Equivalence of Local and Global Strategy-Proofness on Multi-Dimensional Domains with Lexicographic Preferences."
Sarvesh Bandhu (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Strategy-Proof Random Social Choice Rules with Behavioral Agents"
Session 7(f): Macro: Indian Economy (Classroom 13) Chair: Chetan Ghate
Debajit Jha (O P Jindal Global University): "Structural break, Polarization and Club Convergence: A Study of Distribution Episodes in India"
Yue Li (World Bank), Martín Rama (World Bank) and Qinghua Zhao (World Bank): "States Diverge, Cities Converge: Drivers of Local Growth Catch-Up in India"
Shesadri Banerjee (MIDS, Chennai), Parantap Basu (Durham University), Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) and Sargam Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "A Monetary Business Cycle for India"
Session 7(g): Macro: Labour and Employment (Classroom 14) Chair: Debasis Mondal
Srinivasan Murali (Ohio State University): "Job Specialization and Labor Market Turnover"
Nikolaos Kokonas (University of Bath): "Okun's Law, Business Cycles and Unemployment Insurance"
Kausik Gangopadhyay (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode) and Debasis Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Agricultural Productivity and Structural Change: A Falsifiable Approach to Explain the Structural Break in Relative Price of Manufacturing"
Parallel Sessions 8 20 December, Wednesday 2:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 8(a): Education and Health: Long Term Effects (Conference Room) Chair: Laura Zimmermann
Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University), Farhan Majid (Rice University) and Wafa Hakim Orman (University of Alabama in Huntsville): "Long-term Effects of Reduced Red Meat Availability during Pregnancy: The Case of Cattle Slaughter Bans in India"
Abhishek Chakravarty (University of Manchester), Matthias Parey (University of Essex) and Greg C. Wright (University of California, Merced): "The Human Capital Legacy of a Trade Embargo"
Laura Zimmermann (University of Georgia): "Inside the Black Box of Early-life Shocks on Later-Life Outcomes - Evidence from Indonesia"
Session 8(b): Gender II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: S Anukriti
Heather Congdon-Fors (University of Gothenburg) and Annika Lindskog (University of Gothenburg): "Within-Family Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India: Birth Order and Gender Effects"
Gaurav Chiplunkar (Yale University) and Jeffrey Weaver (University of California, San Diego): "Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India"
S Anukriti (Boston College): "The Costs of Reduced Reproductive Potential: Evidence from Female Sterilization in India"
Session 8(c): Infrastructure and Programme Evaluation (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Sisir Debnath
Vidhya Unnikrishnan (University of Manchester): "Do Social Assistance Programs Targeted on Elderly in India Impact Household Welfare?"
Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins SAIS) and Duong Le (Binghamton University): "Infrastructure Grants and Microenterprise Performance"
Amit Bubna (Cornerstone Research) and Sisir Debnath (Indian School of Business): "Effect of Mobile Phones on Rural Economy"
Session 8(d): Experiment (Auditorium) Chair: Karl Ove Moene
Subrato Banerjee (Queensland University of Technology, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne), Priyanka Kothari (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Fairness is Flexible"
Swagata Bhattacharjee (Ashoka University): "Delegation as a Signal to Sustain Coordination: An Experimental Study"
Alexander W. Cappelen (Norwegian School of Economics), Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo), Siv-Elisabeth Skjelbred (University of Oslo) and Bertil Tungoddden (Norwegian School of Economics): "The Merit Primacy Effect"
Session 8(e): Preferences (Classroom 11) Chair: Kuntal Banerjee
Mihir Bhattacharya (Aix-Marseille University), Saptarshi Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Ruhi Sonal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Attention and Framing: Stochastic Choice Rules"
Mridu Prabal Goswami (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research), Manipushpak Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University): "A Characterization of Lexicographic Preferences"
Kuntal Banerjee (Florida Atlantic University) and Tapan Mitra (Cornell University): "On Wold's Sufficiency Approach to Representation of Preferences"
Session 8(f): Industrial Organization: Empirical (Classroom 13) Chair: Anisha Sharma
Ritika Jain (Centre for Development Studies): "Contributions to the Exchequer Funds by State Level Public Sector Enterprises in India: Does Political Alignment Matter?"
Yeseul Hyun (Boston University) and Shree Ravi (Boston University): "The Effect of Place-Based Development Policies: Evidence from Indian SEZS"
Anisha Sharma (Ashoka University): "The Effect of a Currency Depreciation on Importers: A Firm-Level Analysis of Indonesian Firms"
Session 8(g): Topics in Macroeconomics II (Classroom 14) Chair: Piyali Das
Saakshi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Sohini Sahu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) and Siddhartha Chattopadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur): "Epidemiology of Inflation Expectations of Households and Internet Search: An Analysis for India"
Rajib Das (Reserve Bank of India) and Siddhartha Nath (University of Tokyo): "Capital Misallocation and its Implications to India’s Potential Output: An Evidence from India KLEMS"
Piyali Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Quantifying the Fiscal Cushion for the US:1960-2013"
8.30 - 9.40: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.40 - 9.50: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Arunava Sen (ISI Delhi)
9.50 - 11.20: Plenary Session 1 (Auditorium)
Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University): "AI, Worker-Replacing Technological Change and Income Distribution"
Avinash Dixit (Princeton University): "Anti-Corruption Institutions: Some History and Theory"
[Video]
Chair: Bharat Ramaswami (ISI Delhi)
11.20 - 11.50: Coffee/Tea Break
11.50 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 1
1(a) Gender and Leadership (Conference Room)
1(b) Environment: Role of Information (Seminar Room 1)
1(c) Conflict (Seminar Room 2)
1(d) Political Economy: Electoral Systems (Auditorium)
1(e) Credit Market: Theory (Classroom 11)
1(f) Cities: Congestion and Regulation (Classroom 13)
1(g) Shock Diffusion and Volatility (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 2
2(a) Education and Gender (Conference Room)
2(b) Environment I (Seminar Room 1)
2(c) Trade: Empirical (Seminar Room 2)
2(d) Political Economy (Auditorium)
2(e) Contests (Classroom 11)
2(f) FDI, Trade, and Labour: Theory (Classroom 13)
2(g) Macro: Public Economics (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.20: Coffee/Tea Break
4.20 - 6.05: Parallel Sessions 3
3(a) Education I (Conference Room)
3(b) Environment II (Seminar Room 1)
3(c) Health I (Seminar Room 2)
3(d) Institutions (Auditorium)
3(e) Topics in Economic Theory I (Classroom 11)
3(f) Political Economy: Theory (Classroom 13)
3(g) Topics in Macroeconomics I (Classroom 14)
7:00-8:30: Panel Discussion on “The Challenge of Job Creation”
(Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi- 110003)
Panelists:
Kaushik Basu (Cornell University)
Renana Jhabvala (SEWA)
Manish Sabharwal (TeamLease)
Pronab Sen (International Growth Centre, New Delhi)
Moderator: Ashok Kotwal (Ideas for India and University of British Columbia)
[The panel discussion is co-organized with the International Growth Centre and Ideas for India.]
Day 2: 19 December, Tuesday
9.00 - 9.30: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 - 10.30: Plenary Session 2 (Auditorium
Kaivan Munshi (University of Cambridge): "Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection" [Video]
Chair: Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30 - 11.15: High Tea (Guest House Lawn)
11.15 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 4
4(a) Education II (Conference Room)
4(b) Data and Estimation Methodology (Seminar Room 1)
4(c) Health II (Seminar Room 2)
4(d) Caste and Identity (Auditorium)
4(e) Social Choice (Classroom 11)
4(f) Trade and International Finance (Classroom 13)
4(g) Macro: Transmission and Transfers (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 5
5(a) Education III (Conference Room)
5(b) Gender I (Seminar Room 1)
5(c) Agriculture, Trade and Market Access (Seminar Room 2)
5(d) Identity and Social Networks in Market (Auditorium)
5(e) Strategic Social Choice I (Classroom 11)
5(f) Incentives and Motivation (Classroom 13)
5(g) Macro: Human Capital (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.30: Coffee/Tea Break
4.30 - 6.15: Parallel Sessions 6
6(a) Crime: Gender and Education (Conference Room)
6(b) Finance (Seminar Room 1)
6(c) Labour Market (Seminar Room 2)
6(d) Class, Inequality and Poverty (Auditorium)
6(e) Topics in Economic Theory II (Classroom 11)
6(f) Industrial Organization: Theory (Classroom 13)
6(g) Macro: Emerging Market Economies (Classroom 14)
7.30 - 10.00: Gala Dinner at the French Cultural Centre (2 APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi - 11)
(Dinner is by invitation only.)
Day 3: 20 December, Wednesday
9.00 - 9.30: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 - 10.30: Plenary Session 3 (Auditorium)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg): "Did Paris Solve the Climate Problem?" [Related Papers] [Video]
Chair: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30- 11.15: High Tea (Guesthouse Lawn)
11.15 - 1.00: Parallel Sessions 7
7(a) Education IV (Conference Room)
7(b) Corporate Finance (Seminar Room 1)
7(c) Agriculture (Seminar Room 2)
7(d) Behavioural Economics (Auditorium)
7(e) Strategic Social Choice II (Classroom 11)
7(f) Macro: Indian Economy (Classroom 13)
7(g) Macro: Labour and Employment (Classroom 14)
1.00 - 2.15: Lunch (Guesthouse Lawn - For registered participants only)
2.15 - 4.00: Parallel Sessions 8
8(a) Education and Health: Long Term Effects (Conference Room)
8(b) Gender II (Seminar Room 1)
8(c) Infrastructure and Programme Evaluation (Seminar Room 2)
8(d) Experiment (Auditorium)
8(e) Preferences (Classroom 11)
8(f) Industrial Organization: Empirical (Classroom 13)
8(g) Topics in Macroeconomics II (Classroom 14)
4.00 - 4.30: Coffee/Tea Break
4.30 - 6.00: Panel Discussion on “Reforming the Teaching of Introductory Economics”
(Auditorium) [Video]
Panelists
Nicholas Gravel (Aix-Marseille University and CSH, Delhi)
Rajiv Sethi (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg)
Arvind Subramanian (Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India)
Homa S. Zarghamee (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Moderator: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
[The Panel Discussion is co-organized with the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi.]
6.00 - 6.15: Vote of Thanks
Parallel Sessions 1 18 December, Monday 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM
Session 1(a): Gender and Leadership (Conference Room) Chair: Pushkar Maitra
Priyanka Chakraborty (Southern Methodist University) and Danila Serra (Southern Methodist University): "Gender Differences in Leadership: An Experiment"
Lata Gangadharan (Monash University), Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business), Pushkar Maitra (Monash University) and Joseph Vecci (University of Gothenburg): "The Fairer Sex? Women Leaders and the Strategic Response to the Social Environment"
Session 1(b): Environment: Role of Information (Seminar Room 1) Chair: P. P. Krishnapriya
Shivani Wadehra (TERI University) and Arabinda Mishra (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development): "Impact of Interventions on Households’ Waste Disposal Behavior: Field Evidence from Delhi"
Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School of Economics) and P. P. Krishnapriya (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Information Transmission among Unequal Individuals within Households"
Session 1(c): Conflict (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Joseph Flavian Gomes
Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan and NBER), James Fenske (University of Warwick), Gaurav Khanna (University of California, San Diego) and Anant Nyshadham (Boston College): "Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa"
Alex Armand (University of Navarra), Paul Atwell (University of Navarra) and Joseph Flavian Gomes (University of Navarra): "The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization"
Session 1(d): Political Economy: Electoral Systems (Auditorium) Chair: Garance Genicot
Sugat Chaturvedi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Sabyasachi Das (Ashoka University): "Group Size and Political Representation under Alternate Electoral Systems"
Laurent Bouton (Georgetown University), Micael Castanheira (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) and Dario Sansone (Georgetown University): "Population Patterns and the Economic Effects of Constitutions"
Session 1(e): Credit Market: Theory (Classroom 11) Chair: Brishti Guha
Dyotona Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University): "Dynamics of ‘Bundled’ Aid-Debt Contracts: Progressive Lending"
Brishti Guha (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "A Double-Edged Sword: Credit Market Imperfections, Stereotyping, and Education Subsidies"
Session 1(f): Cities: Congestion and Regulation (Classroom 13) Chair: Michael Gechter
Mogens Fosgerau (Copenhagen University), Jinwon Kim (California State University, Long Beach) and Abhishek Ranjan (Technical University of Denmark): "Vickrey Meets Alonso: Commute Scheduling and Congestion in a Monocentric City"
Michael Gechter (The Pennsylvania State University) and Nick Tsivanidis (University of Chicago Booth): "Efficiency and Equity of Land Policy in Developing Country Cities: Evidence from the Mumbai Mills Redevelopment"
Session 1(g): Shock Diffusion and Volatility (Classroom 14) Chair: Shalini Mitra
Shekhar Tomar (Reserve Bank of India): "Shock Diffusion: Does Inter-Sectoral Network Structure Matter?"
Shalini Mitra (University of Liverpool): "Intangible Capital and the Rise in Wage and Hours Volatility"
Parallel Sessions 2 18 December, Monday 2:15 PM –4:00 PM
Session 2(a): Education and Gender (Conference Room) Chair: Tarun Jain
Upasak Das (University of Pennsylvania) and Karan Singhal (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Gender Differences in Mathematics Performance: Evidence from Rural India"
Prerna Dewan (Columbia University), Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Gender Peer Effect in High Schools: Evidence from India"
Diva Dhar (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business) and Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern University): "Can Gender Attitudes be Changed? Evidence from a School-based Experiment in India"
Session 2(b): Environment I (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Gunnar Kohlin
Mohammad Younus Bhatt (Jamia Millia Islamia): "Valuing Attributes of Biodiversity"
Antonio Bento (University of Southern California), Mehreen Mookerjee (Jindal School of Government and Public Policy) and Edson Severnini (Carnegie Mellon University): "A New Approach to Measuring Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation"
Martin Dufwenberg (University of Arizona and Bocconi University), Gunnar Kohlin (University of Gothenburg), Peter Martinsson (University of Gothenburg) and Haileselassie Medhin (Ethiopian Development Research Institute): "Triggering Cooperation"
Session 2(c): Trade: Empirical (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Pushan Dutt
Sanjana Goswami (University of California, Irvine): "Markups and Productivity of Heterogeneous Producers"
Matteo Fiorini (European University Institute), Marco Sanfilippo (University of Bari and University of Antwerp) and Asha Sundaram (University of Auckland): "Trade Liberalization, Infrastructure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Ethiopia"
Pushan Dutt (INSEAD), Ana-Maria Santacreu (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) and Daniel Traca (NOVA School of Business and Economics): "The Gravity of Experience"
Session 2(d): Political Economy (Auditorium) Chair: Aditya Dasgupta
Poulomi Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University) and Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University): "Political Economy of Corruption in ‘Red Tape’"
Divya Singh (Columbia University): "Safer Elections and Women Turnout: Evidence from India"
Aditya Dasgupta (University of California, Merced) and Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania): "The Political Economy of Bureaucratic Effectiveness: Evidence from Local Rural Development Officials in India"
Session 2(e): Contests (Classroom 11) Chair: Parimal Bag
Bharat Goel (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) and Arijit Sen (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta): "Contests with Foot-Soldiers"
Indraneel Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Ranajoy Guha Neogi (Magadh University): "Between-Group Contests over Group-Specific Public Goods with Within-Group Fragmentation"
Mehmet Bac (Sabanci University) and Parimal Bag (National University of Singapore): "Should Victory Bets in Contests be Banned?"
Session 2(f): FDI, Trade, and Labour: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Kaushal Kishore
Salonkara Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta) and Sarbajit Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta): "FDI and Credit Market Reform in a Developing Economy: Could these be Alternative Policies?"
Pubali Chakraborty (The Ohio State University): "Inefficiencies Due to Skill Choice"
Kaushal Kishore (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak): "Dynamic Tax Competition, Home Bias and the Gain from Non-Preferential Regimes: A Case for Unilateral Commitment"
Session 2(g): Macro: Public Economics (Classroom 14) Chair: Merwan H. Engineer
Abhinav Narayanan (Reserve Bank of India): "Informality, Congestion and Public Capital Efficiency: A Case of Optimal Taxation and Maintenance Allocation"
Syed M. Hussain (Lahore University of Management Sciences) and Lin Liu (University of Liverpool): "Using Exogenous Changes in Government Spending to Estimate Fiscal Multiplier for Canada: Do We Get More than We Bargain for?"
Santanu Chatterjee (University of Georgia), Olaf Posch (University of Hamburg) and Dennis Wesselbaum (University of Otago): "Delays in Public Goods"
Parallel Sessions 3 18 December, Monday 4:20 PM – 6:05 PM
Session 3(a): Education I (Conference Room) Chair: Nicolas Gravel
Sowmya Dhanaraj (Madras School of Economics) Christy Mariya Paul (Madras School of Economics) and Smit Gade (Good Business Lab): "Household Income Dynamics and Investment in Children: Evidence from India"
Gaurav Datt (Monash University) and Liang Choon Wang (Monash University): "Schooling and Learning Deficits: A Simple Unified Measurement Framework"
Nicolas Gravel (Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Delhi), Edward Levavasseur (GREQAM, Aix-Marseille University) and Patrick Moyes (GRETHA, University of Bordeaux): "Evaluating Education Systems"
Session 3(b): Environment II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Eshita Gupta
Priti Agarwal (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Sustainability of India's Growth: An Empirical Analysis"
Gaurav Arora (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi), David A. Hennessy, (Michigan State University), Hongli Feng (Michigan State University) and Peter T. Wolter (Iowa State University): "Conservation Easement Acquisitions amidst Localized Spillover Effects in Grassland Conversions: Analysis using Remotely-Sensed Data"
Eshita Gupta (KPMG): "Extending Solar Water Pump Subsidies: Impact on Water Use, Energy Use and Cropping Patterns in Rajasthan: Difference in Differences Analysis"
Session 3(c): Health I (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Marion Kramer
Manini Ojha (Southern Methodist University): "Gender gap in schooling: Is there a Role for Health Insurance?"
James Berry (University of Delaware), Saurabh Mehta (Cornell University), Priya Mukherjee (College of William and Mary), Hannah Ruebeck (Harvard University) and Gauri Kartini Shastry (Wellesley College): "Inputs, Monitoring, and Crowd-Out in India’s School-Based Health Interventions"
Marion Krämer (Universtiy of Göttingen), Santosh Kumar (Sam Houston State University) and Sebastian Vollmer (Universtiy of Göttingen): "School Feeding, Iron-fortified Salt and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural India”
Session 3(d): Institutions (Auditorium) Chair: Christopher Paik
Sam van Noort (University of Cambridge): "Causes and Effects of Private Property Rights Security"
James B. Ang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Per G. Fredriksson (University of Louisville) and Satyendra Kumar Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak): "Agricultural suitability and colonization choices"
Christopher Paik (New York University Abu Dhabi) and S.P. Harish (College of William and Mary): "State and Development: A Historical Study of Europe from 1 AD to 2000 AD"
Session 3(e): Topics in Economic Theory I (Classroom 11) Chair: Rajnish Kumar
Shraman Banerjee (O.P. Jindal Global University) and Debasis Mishra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Repeated Trade with Two-Sided Incomplete Information"
Ritesh Jain (Ohio State University): "Rationalizable Implementation of Social Choice Correspondences"
Rajnish Kumar (Queen's University Belfast) and Ruben Juarez (University of Hawaii): "Strategy-Proof Resource Allocation in a Network"
Session 3(f): Political Economy: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Devashish Mitra
Manaswini Bhalla (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Kalyan Chatterjee (Penn State University) and Souvik Dutta (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Social Reform as Path to Political Leadership: A Dynamic Model"
Sourav Bhattacharya (Royal Holloway University of London): "Condorcet Jury Theorem in a Spatial Model of Elections"
Leyla D. Karakas (Syracuse University) and Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University): "Inequality, Redistribution and the Rise of Outsider Candidates”
Session 3(g): Topics in Macroeconomics I (Classroom 14) Chair: Markus Brueckner
Zainab Asif (Queensland University of Technology) and Radhika Lahiri (Queensland University of Technology): "Human Capital and the Adoption and Diffusion of Technology"
Aditya Goenka (University of Birmingham): "Mental Accounting and Sunspot Equilibria"
Markus Brueckner (Australian National University) and Daniel Lederman (World Bank): "Inequality and Economic Growth: The Role of Initial Income"
Parallel Sessions 4 19 December, Tuesday 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
Session 4(a): Education II (Conference Room) Chair: Liang Choon Wang
Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego) Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics) and Alejandro Ganimian (New York University): "Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India"
Deepti Goel (Delhi School of Economics) and Bidisha Barooah (International Initiative for Impact valuation): "Identifying an Effective Teacher in Public Schools in Delhi"
Asadul Islam (Monash University), Abdul Malek (BRAC), Sakiba Tasneem (Monash University) and Liang Choon Wang (Monash University): "Non-Financial Incentives, Selectivity and Performance of Volunteers: Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment"
Session 4(b): Data and Estimation Methodology (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Robert C.M. Beyer
Daniel L. Millimet (Southern Methodist University and IZA), Hao Li (Southern Methodist University) and Punarjit Roychowdhury (Shiv Nadar University): "Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States"
David Canning (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) and Mahesh Karra (Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University): "Consistent Estimation with Deliberate Measurement Error to Protect Subject Confidentiality: An Application to Perturbed Location Data"
Robert C. M. Beyer (The World Bank, Office of the Chief Economist for South Asia): "Growth Out of the Blue"
Session 4(c): Health II (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Sonia Bhalotra
Archana Dang (Delhi School of Economics), Pushkar Maitra (Monash University) and Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University): "Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults: Evidence from India"
Rossella Calvi (Rice University), Arthur Lewbel (Boston College) and Denni Tommasi (ULB): "Women's Empowerment and Family Health: Estimating LATE with Mismeasured Treatment”
Victoria Baranov (University of Melbourne), Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex), Pietro Biroli (University of Zurich) and Joanna Maselko (University of North Carolina): "Maternal Depression, Women's Financial Empowerment and Parenting Decisions- Evidence from a Large RCT"
Session 4(d): Caste and Identity (Auditorium) Chair: Lore Vandewalle
Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and
Komal Sahai (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Whose Education Matters? An Analysis of Inter Caste Marriages in India "
Subrata Kumar Ritadhi (Reserve Bank of India) and Abhay Aneja (University of California, Berkeley): "Identity Politics, Targeted Redistribution and Private Investment: Evidence from India's Silent Revolution"
Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur) and Lore Vandewalle (Graduate Institute, Geneva): "Identities and Public Policies: Unintended Effects of Political Reservations for Women in India"
Session 4(e): Social Choice (Classroom 11) Chair: Thierry Marchant
Rupali Sharma (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "kth Best Quasi-Transitive Rationalizability of Choice Functions"
Santanu Gupta (XLRI, Xavier School of Management), Baridhi Malakar (Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Sanjay Sinha (Goldman Sachs): "Voting Paradoxes in Four Candidate Elections"
Thierry Marchant (Ghent University): "Utilitarianism without Individual Utilities"
Session 4(f): Trade and International Finance (Classroom 13) Chair: Parantap Basu
Sanjay Sehgal (University of Delhi), Sakshi Saini (University of Delhi) and Florent Deisting (Groupe ESC Pau - France): "Examining Dynamic Interdependencies among Major Global Financial Markets"
David Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Nikhil Patel (Bank for International Settlements): "International Price System, Intermediate Inputs and Regional Trade"
Parantap Basu (Durham University), Yongdae Lee (Bank of Korea) and Leslie Reinhorn (Durham University): "A Monetary Policy Accordion: Why do Central Banks from Different Countries Expand and Contract Together?"
Session 4(g): Macro: Transmission and Transfers (Classroom 14) Chair: Elisa Dienesch
Priyanka Arora (Delhi School of Economics) and Mausumi Das (Delhi School of Economics): “Culture and Market: A Macroeconomic Tale of Two Institutions”
Koji Asano (The University of Tokyo): “Trust and Law in Credit Markets”
Elisa Dienesch (Sciences Po Aix CHERPA): “Trade, Poverty and Inter-Household Transfers in a Dual-Dual Economy”
Parallel Sessions 5 19 December, Tuesday 2:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 5(a): Education III (Conference Room) Chair: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Catalina Franco (Universidad del Rosario) and Meera Mahadevan (University of Michigan): "Behavioral Dynamics in Transitions from College to the Workforce"
Senjuti Patra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Impact of Education Loans on Higher Education: The Indian Experience"
Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business), Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut) and Raghav Rakesh (Indian School of Business): "
Session 5(b): Gender I (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Tatyana Chesnokova
Shagata Mukherjee (Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics): "Are Women Really Better Borrowers in Microfinance? Evidence from Matrilineal and Patrilineal Societies in India"
Sarah Khan (University of Göttingen), Jana Kuhnt (University of Göttingen) and Atika Pasha (University of Mannheim): "Employment in the Times of Terror: A Gendered Perspective on Pakistan"
Tatyana Chesnokova (Waseda University), Jesmin Rupa (University of Adelaide) and Nicholas Sim (University of Adelaide): "Do Exports Lead to More Women Empowerment? Some Insights from the Gender Specific Effects of Exports on Labor Force Participation in Indonesia"
Session 5(c): Agriculture, Trade and Market Access (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Hisaki Kono
Digvijay S Negi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Bharat Ramaswami (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Tail-Dependent Weather Risk and Demand for Index Based Crop Insurance"
Shilpa Aggarwal (Indian School of Business), Brian Giera (Amazon Research), Dahyeon Jeong (University of California, Santa Cruz), Jonathan Robinson (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Alan Spearot (University of California, Santa Cruz): "Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania"
Hisaki Kono (Kyoto University), Yutaka Arimoto (Hitotsubashi University), Tsilavo Ralandison (Kyoto University), Takeshi Sakurai (University of Tokyo) and Kazushi Takahashi (Sophia University): "T.B.A. (To Be Arbitraged)? Extensive and Intensive Margin in Rice Trading in Madagascar"
Session 5(d): Identity and Social Networks in Market (Auditorium) Chair: Farzana Afridi
Tanika Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta), Anirban Mukherjee (University of Calcutta), Sarani Saha (Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur) and Divya Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Caste, Courts and Business"
Rocco Macchiavello (London School of Economics), Andreas Menzel (CERGE-EI Prague), Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka) and Christopher Woodruff (Oxford University): "Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector"
Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Amrita Dhillon (King's College London), Sherry Xin Li (University of Texas, Dallas) and Swati Sharma (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Identity, Networks and Incentives in the Workplace: A Quasi Field Experiment in India’s Manufacturing Sector"
Session 5(e): Strategic Social Choice I (Classroom 11) Chair: Samson Alva
Abhinaba Lahiri (Indian School of Business and Finance) and Anup Pramanik (Osaka University): "Top Inseparability and Possibility Results outside Single Peakedness"
Gopakumar Achuthankutty (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "On Single-Peaked Domains and Min-max Rules"
Samson Alva (University of Texas, San Antonio) and Vikram Manjunath (University of Ottawa): "Strategy-Proof Pareto-Improvement under Voluntary Participation "
Session 5(f): Incentives and Motivation (Classroom 13) Chair: V Bhaskar
Rohan Dutta (McGill University) and Pierre-Yves Yanni (Independent researcher): "On Inducing Agents with Term Limits to Take Appropriate Risk"
Prasenjit Banerjee (University of Manchester), Kunal Sen (University of Manchester), Antonio Nic ́olo (University of Manchester and University of Padua), Vegard Iversen (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) and Sandip Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "What Motivates Politicians? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in India"
V Bhaskar (University of Texas at Austin) and Caroline Thomas (University of Texas at Austin): "Perceived Overconfidence, Private Information and Career Concerns"
Session 5(g): Macro: Human Capital (Classroom 14) Chair: Shankha Chakraborty
James Foreman-Peck (Cardiff University) and Peng Zhou (Cardiff University): "Bringing Unified Growth Theory to the Data"
Fabio Cerina (University of Cagliari and CRENoS), Alessio Moro (University of Cagliari) and Michelle Rendall (Monash University): "The Role of Gender in Employment Polarization"
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon), Andrea Giusto (University of Dalhousie) and Jayanta Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology): "Growth in a Graying Economy"
Parallel Sessions 6 19 December, Tuesday 4:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Session 6(a): Crime: Gender and Education (Conference Room) Chair: Nishith Prakash
Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Prarthna Agarwal Goel (Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indraprastha University) and Renuka Sane (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi): "The Effect of Age-Specific Sex Ratios on Crime: Instrumental Variable Estimates from India"
Elisa Rizzo (Université Catholique de Louvain): "Education and Crime in India: A District Level Analysis"
Sofia Amaral (University of Essex), Sonia Bhalotra (University of Essex) and Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut): "Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India"
Session 6(b): Finance (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Sankar De
David Dickinson (Appalachian State University), Ananish Chaudhuri (University of Auckland), and Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy (University of Auckland): "Trading While Sleepy? Circadian Mismatch and Excess Volatility in a Global Experimental Asset Market"
Anurag Banerjee (Durham University Business School), Kamlesh Kumar (Durham University Business School) and Dennis Philip (Durham University Business School): "Financial Literacy, Awareness and Inclusion"
Sankar De (Independent Researcher) and Prasanna Tantri (Indian School of Business): "Debt Relief and Credit Market Efficiency: Evidence from a Policy Experiment"
Session 6(c): Labour Market (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Shyamal Chowdhury
Girish Bahal (National Council of Applied Economic Research): "Differing from Difference-in-Differences: Evidence from Employment Programs in India"
Vidhya Soundararajan (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Evidence of Monopsony under an Imperfectly Enforced Minimum Wage in a Low-Wage Industry"
Khawaja A. Mamun (Sacred Heart University), Salma Ahmed (Deakin University): "Inequality in Earnings Among Religious Groups in Bangladesh"
Agha Ali Akram (Yale University), Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney) and A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University): "Effects of Emigration on Rural Labor Markets"
Session 6(d): Class, Inequality and Poverty (Auditorium) Chair: Mukesh Eswaran
R Ahalya (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Sourabh Bikas Paul (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Identification and Characterization of Middle Class in India and its Comparison with other Economic Classes"
James T. Bang (St. Ambrose University), Aniruddha Mitra (Bard College) and Phanindra V. Wunnava (Middlebury College, IZA and GLO): "Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria"
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia): "Can For-Profit Business Alleviate Extreme Poverty in Developing Countries?"
Session 6(e): Topics in Economic Theory II (Classroom 11) Chair: Indrajit Ray
Jeevant Rampal (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Limited Foresight Equilibrium"
Srijita Ghosh (New York University): "Multidimensional and Selective Attention"
Anwesha Banerjee (Aix-Marseille University) and Nicolas Gravel (Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Delhi): "Contribution to a Public Good under Subjective Uncertainty"
Manipushpak Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata), Indrajit Ray (Cardiff University) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Any Outcome is an Interior Equilibrium in a Market"
Session 6(f): Industrial Organization: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Santanu Roy
Sovik Mukherjee (Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata) and Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University): "Tax Incidence of Two Sided Monopoly Platforms"
Rittwik Chatterjee (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta), Srobonti Chattopadhyay (Vidyasagar College for Women, Kolkata) and Tarun Kabiraj (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Spillover and R&D Incentives under Incomplete Information in a Duopoly Industry"
Kaustav Das (University of Exeter): "Excessive Search in a Patent Race Game"
Maarten Janssen (University of Vienna) and Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University): "Regulating False Disclosure"
Session 6(g): Macro: Emerging Market Economies (Classroom 14) Chair: Suchismita Tarafdar
Anand Chopra (University of British Columbia): "Business cycles in Presence of Exogenous Financial Exclusion with Productivity Shocks"
Amrita Dhar (University of Mary Washington): "Extreme Capital Flows in Emerging Markets: A Blessing or a Curse?"
Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) and Vaishnavi Sharma (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Composition of Capital Flows and Valuation Effects in Emerging Market Economies"
Chetan Dave (New York University Abu Dhabi), Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) and Suchismita Tarafdar (Shiv Nadar University): "Fiscal Austerity in Emerging Market Economies"
Parallel Sessions 7 20 December, Wednesday 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
Session 7(a): Education IV (Conference Room) Chair: Asad Islam
Swati Sharma (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Amaresh Dubey (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Migration, Gender and Intergenerational Transmission of Education"
Dimple Kukreja (Toulouse School of Economics): "Education and Female Empowerment in Intra-Household Resource Allocation Framework"
Youjin Hahn (Yonsei University, South Korea), Asad Islam (Monash University) Eleonora Patacchini (Cornell University) and Yves Zenou (Monash University): "Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?"
Session 7(b): Corporate Finance (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Plutarchos Sakellaris
Ron Alquist (AQR Capital Management), Nicolas Berman (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), Rahul Mukherjee (IHEID) and Linda Tesar (University of Michigan): "Financial Constraints, Institutions, and Foreign Ownership"
Megha Patnaik (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "The Impact of Credit Shocks: Micro versus Small Firms"
Christoph Gortz (University of Birmingham), Plutarchos Sakellaris (Athens University of Economics and Business) and John Tsoukalas (University of Glasgow): "How do Firms Finance Lumpy Adjustment?"
Session 7(c): Agriculture (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Prabhat Barnwal
Yashobanta Parida (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Effect of Flood on Rural Agricultural Wages in Indian States: An Empirical Analysis"
Chandan Singha (University of Delhi): "Analysing Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures by Farmers in Darjeeling District, India"
Prabhat Barnwal (Michigan State University), Aaditya Dar (George Washington University), Jan von der Goltz (World Bank), Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University), Gordon C. McCord (University of California, San Diego) and Nathan Mueller (Harvard University): "Modern Crop Variety Diffusion and Infant Mortality in the Developing World, 1961-2000"
Session 7(d): Behavioural Economics (Auditorium) Chair: Yonas Alem
Graham Beattie (University of Pittsburgh), Ruben Durante (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Brian Knight (Brown University) and Ananya Sen (MIT Sloan School of Management): "Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls"
Ben Meiselman (Johns Hopkins University): "Ghostbusting in Detroit: Evidence on Nonfilers from a Controlled Field Experiment"
Yonas Alem (University of Gothenburg) and Eugenie Dugout (Columbia University): "Passive Learning and Incentivized Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial in India"
Session 7(e): Strategic Social Choice II (Classroom 11) Chair: Sarvesh Bandhu
Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Soumyarup Sadhukhan (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "A Unified Characterization of Randomized Strategy-Proof Rules"
Ujjwal Kumar (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Equivalence of Local and Global Strategy-Proofness on Multi-Dimensional Domains with Lexicographic Preferences."
Sarvesh Bandhu (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Strategy-Proof Random Social Choice Rules with Behavioral Agents"
Session 7(f): Macro: Indian Economy (Classroom 13) Chair: Chetan Ghate
Debajit Jha (O P Jindal Global University): "Structural break, Polarization and Club Convergence: A Study of Distribution Episodes in India"
Yue Li (World Bank), Martín Rama (World Bank) and Qinghua Zhao (World Bank): "States Diverge, Cities Converge: Drivers of Local Growth Catch-Up in India"
Shesadri Banerjee (MIDS, Chennai), Parantap Basu (Durham University), Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) and Sargam Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "A Monetary Business Cycle for India"
Session 7(g): Macro: Labour and Employment (Classroom 14) Chair: Debasis Mondal
Srinivasan Murali (Ohio State University): "Job Specialization and Labor Market Turnover"
Nikolaos Kokonas (University of Bath): "Okun's Law, Business Cycles and Unemployment Insurance"
Kausik Gangopadhyay (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode) and Debasis Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Agricultural Productivity and Structural Change: A Falsifiable Approach to Explain the Structural Break in Relative Price of Manufacturing"
Parallel Sessions 8 20 December, Wednesday 2:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 8(a): Education and Health: Long Term Effects (Conference Room) Chair: Laura Zimmermann
Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University), Farhan Majid (Rice University) and Wafa Hakim Orman (University of Alabama in Huntsville): "Long-term Effects of Reduced Red Meat Availability during Pregnancy: The Case of Cattle Slaughter Bans in India"
Abhishek Chakravarty (University of Manchester), Matthias Parey (University of Essex) and Greg C. Wright (University of California, Merced): "The Human Capital Legacy of a Trade Embargo"
Laura Zimmermann (University of Georgia): "Inside the Black Box of Early-life Shocks on Later-Life Outcomes - Evidence from Indonesia"
Session 8(b): Gender II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: S Anukriti
Heather Congdon-Fors (University of Gothenburg) and Annika Lindskog (University of Gothenburg): "Within-Family Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India: Birth Order and Gender Effects"
Gaurav Chiplunkar (Yale University) and Jeffrey Weaver (University of California, San Diego): "Marriage Markets and the Rise of Dowry in India"
S Anukriti (Boston College): "The Costs of Reduced Reproductive Potential: Evidence from Female Sterilization in India"
Session 8(c): Infrastructure and Programme Evaluation (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Sisir Debnath
Vidhya Unnikrishnan (University of Manchester): "Do Social Assistance Programs Targeted on Elderly in India Impact Household Welfare?"
Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins SAIS) and Duong Le (Binghamton University): "Infrastructure Grants and Microenterprise Performance"
Amit Bubna (Cornerstone Research) and Sisir Debnath (Indian School of Business): "Effect of Mobile Phones on Rural Economy"
Session 8(d): Experiment (Auditorium) Chair: Karl Ove Moene
Subrato Banerjee (Queensland University of Technology, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne), Priyanka Kothari (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Fairness is Flexible"
Swagata Bhattacharjee (Ashoka University): "Delegation as a Signal to Sustain Coordination: An Experimental Study"
Alexander W. Cappelen (Norwegian School of Economics), Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo), Siv-Elisabeth Skjelbred (University of Oslo) and Bertil Tungoddden (Norwegian School of Economics): "The Merit Primacy Effect"
Session 8(e): Preferences (Classroom 11) Chair: Kuntal Banerjee
Mihir Bhattacharya (Aix-Marseille University), Saptarshi Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and Ruhi Sonal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Attention and Framing: Stochastic Choice Rules"
Mridu Prabal Goswami (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research), Manipushpak Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University): "A Characterization of Lexicographic Preferences"
Kuntal Banerjee (Florida Atlantic University) and Tapan Mitra (Cornell University): "On Wold's Sufficiency Approach to Representation of Preferences"
Session 8(f): Industrial Organization: Empirical (Classroom 13) Chair: Anisha Sharma
Ritika Jain (Centre for Development Studies): "Contributions to the Exchequer Funds by State Level Public Sector Enterprises in India: Does Political Alignment Matter?"
Yeseul Hyun (Boston University) and Shree Ravi (Boston University): "The Effect of Place-Based Development Policies: Evidence from Indian SEZS"
Anisha Sharma (Ashoka University): "The Effect of a Currency Depreciation on Importers: A Firm-Level Analysis of Indonesian Firms"
Session 8(g): Topics in Macroeconomics II (Classroom 14) Chair: Piyali Das
Saakshi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Sohini Sahu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) and Siddhartha Chattopadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur): "Epidemiology of Inflation Expectations of Households and Internet Search: An Analysis for India"
Rajib Das (Reserve Bank of India) and Siddhartha Nath (University of Tokyo): "Capital Misallocation and its Implications to India’s Potential Output: An Evidence from India KLEMS"
Piyali Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Quantifying the Fiscal Cushion for the US:1960-2013"