6th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 16-18, 2010

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 4 (17 December, Friday; 2.30 - 4.15 PM)

  • Session 4(a): Micro Credit (Conference Room) [Chair: Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)]

Shyamal Chowdhury (University of Sydney), Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Kunal Sengupta (University of Sydney): "Gradual Repayment with Sequential Financing in Micro- Finance".

Brishti Guha (Singapore Management University) and Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Micro-finance Competition with Motivated MFIs".

Bhaswar Moitra (Jadavpur University), Saswatee Mukherjee (Jadavpur University) and Saikat Sinha Roy (Jadavpur University): "Impact of Information Sharing in a Micro Credit Market with Growing Population".

  • Session 4(b): Financial Development (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Niloy Bose (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)]

Niloy Bose (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Antu Panini Murshid (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Chitralekha Rath (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): "Finance and Property Rights: Exploring Other Directions".

Sankar De (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad), Subrata Sarkar (IGIDR, Mumbai), Manpreet Singh (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and Siddharth Vij (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad): "Finance, Growth, and Inequality: Channels and Outcomes".

Sabyasachi Kar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi) and Kumarjit Mandal (University of Calcutta): "Banks, Stock Markets and Output: Interactions in the Indian Economy".

  • Session 4(c): Social Contracts and Networks (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Abhijit Banerji (Delhi School of Economics)]

Abhijit Banerji (Delhi School of Economics), Gauri Khanna (World Health Organization, Geneva) and J. V. Meenakshi (Delhi School of Economics): "Social Contracts, Markets and Efficiency: Groundwater Irrigation in North India".

Pramila Krishnan (University of Cambridge) and Manasa Patnam (University of Cambridge): "Credit and Social Networks in Rural India".

Kripa Freitas (University of Texas, Austin): "Dowry and Bride Price: The Role of Network Benefits".

  • Session 4(d): India's Growth Experience (Class Room 13) [Chair: Peter E. Robertson (University of Western Australia)]

Peter E. Robertson (University of Western Australia): "Deciphering the Hindu Growth Epic".

Tomoaki Kotera (University of Tokyo): "Why Doesn't India Industrialize? A Dynamic General Equilibrium Approach".

Chandan Sharma (National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad) and Ritesh Kumar Mishra (University of Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth): "Imported Intermediary Inputs, R&D and Firm's Productivity: Evidence from Indian Hi-tech Industries".

  • Session 4(e): Industrial Organization II (Class Room 14) [Chair: Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University)]

Maarten C. W. Janssen (University of Vienna) and Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University): "Signaling and Disclosure of Product Quality with Price Competition".

Dyuti Banerjee (Monash University, Clayton): "On the Effects of Piracy and Network Externality on the Incentive to Innovate in the Presence of Technical and Market Uncertainty".

Shubhro Sarkar (IGIDR, Mumbai): "Intertemporal Pricing with Capacity Constraint and Outside Option".


Last Updated on 14 December 2010.