5th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development
(Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Sanghamitra Das, 1958-2008)

December 16-18, 2009

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 4 (17 December, Thursday; 4.45 - 6.30 PM)

  • Session 4(a): Health (Conference Room) [Chair: Irma Clots-Figueras (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)]

Prakriti Shukla (Delhi School of Economics), J.V. Meenakshi (Delhi School of Economics), Rekha Sharma (University of Delhi) and Sanghamitra Das (ISI, Delhi): "Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Rural India: NFHS 2005-06 Results".

Wahid Abdallah (University of Washington), Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney) and Kazi Iqbal (World Bank Institute): "Corruption in Health Sector: Evidence from Unofficial Consultation fees in Bangladesh".

Nilanjan Patra (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "When Will they ever Learn? The Great Indian Experience of Universal Immunisation Programme".

  • Session 4(b): Financing and Corporate Finance (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Tridip Ray (ISI, Delhi)]

Sumit K. Majumdar (University of Texas at Dallas): "Debt to Traders! On Borrowing Heterogeneity and Exporting Activity".

Priya Nagaraj (City University of New York): "Financial Constraints and Export Participation".

Vidhan Goyal (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Lewis H. K. Tam (University of Macau): "Investor Characteristics, Relationships, and IPO Allocations".

  • Session 4(c): Indian Manufacturing (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (ISI, Delhi)]

Chandan Sharma (FORE School of Management, New Delhi) and Ritesh Kumar Mishra (University of Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth): "Does Export and Productivity Linkage Exist? Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Industry".

Saradindu Bhaduri (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Thomas Brenner (Phillips University Marburg, Germany): "Exploring the Dynamics of New Drug Launch in pre-TRIPS India: A Survival Analysis Approach".

Saon Ray (ICRIER, New Delhi): "International Technology Diffusion and Productivity".

  • Session 4(d): Economic Growth and Human Capital (Class Room 13) [Chair: Mausumi Das (Delhi School of Economics)]

Parantap Basu (Durham University) and Keshab Bhattarai (University of Hull): "Does Government Spending on Education Promote Growth and Schooling Returns?".

Bidisha Chakraborty (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Manash Ranjan Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Human Capital Accumulation, Environmental Quality, Taxation and Endogenous Growth".

Sudatta Banerjee (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Reading Proficiency across Economies: Measuring the Quality of Education and its Effect on Economic Growth".

  • Session 4(e): Topics in Microeconomics IV (Class Room 14) [Chair: Arup Daripa (Birkbeck College, London University)]

Sripad Motiram (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai): "Unforeseen Contingencies, Incentives and Economic Power".

Jed DeVaro (California State University, East Bay) and Suraj Prasad (University of New South Wales): "Delegation and Incentives: A Tradeoff between Exploration and Exploitation".

Kaniska Dam (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico): "Job Matching, Competition and Managerial Incentives".


Last Updated on 13 December 2009.