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Parallel Sessions 5 (17 December,
Friday; 4.45
-
6.30
PM)
- Session 5(a): Agriculture and Poverty
(Conference Room)
[Chair: Peter Svedberg (Stockholm University)]
J. V. Meenakshi
(Delhi School of Economics), A. Banerji (Delhi School of Economics),
Victor Manyong (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture),
Keith Tomlins (Natural Resources Institute, University of
Greenwich), Nitya Mittal (Delhi School of Economics) and Priscilla
Hamukwala (University of Zambia):
"Using a Discrete Choice Experiment to
Elicit the Demand for a Nutritious Food: Willingness-to-Pay for
Orange Maize in Rural Zambia".
Neha Gupta (Delhi School of Economics):
"Reserve Prices, Minimum Support Prices
and Farmers' Revenues: Government Grain Policy through the Prism of
Rice Auctions in North India".
Peter Svedberg
(Stockholm University):
"Poverty in India can be Halved
in Five Years if ...".
- Session 5(b): Indian Financial Market
(Seminar Room 1) [Chair:
Amit Bubna (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad)]
Santosh Anagol
(Wharton School) and Hoikwang Kim
(Wharton School):
"The Impact of Shrouded
Fees: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Indian Mutual Funds
Market".
Sudip Gupta
(Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and John Rust (University of
Maryland):
"Why and When to Go Public: Evidence from Structural
Estimation".
Amit Bubna
(Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and Radhakrishnan Gopalan
(Olin Business School):
"Bank Involvement in Firm Management:
Panacea or a Pain?".
- Session 5(c): Education III
(Seminar Room 2) [Chair:
Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad)]
Shenila Rawal
(Institute of Education, University of London) and Geeta Kingdon (Institute
of Education, University of London):
"Akin to my Teacher: Does Caste,
Religious or Gender Distance between Student and Teacher Matter?
Some Evidence from India".
Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business,
Hyderabad) and Tulika Narayan (Abt Associates):
"Incentive to Discriminate? An Experimental Investigation of Teacher
Incentives in India".
Zakir Husain
(Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi):
"Gender Disparities in Completing
School Education in India: Analyzing Regional Variations".
- Session 5(d): Economic Growth II
(Class Room 13)
[Chair: Massimo Ricottilli (University of Bologna)]
Rainer Andergassen
(University of Bologna), Franco Nardini (University of Bologna) and
Massimo Ricottilli (University of Bologna):
"Innovation, Specialisation and Growth in a Model of Structural Change".
Fabio Cerina (University of Cagliari and CRENoS) and Francesco Mureddu (University of
Cagliari and CRENoS):
"Agglomeration and Growth with Endogenous Expenditure
Shares".
Merwan Engineer
(University of Victoria) and Ian King (University of Melbourne):
"Maximizing Human Development".
- Session 5(e): Development
Microeconomics I (Class Room 14)
[Chair: Ratul Lahkar (IFMR, Chennai)]
Roberto Burguet (Instituto
Analysis Economico, CSIC, Barcelona) and Indranil Chakraborty
(National University of Singapore):
"Procurement Auctions with
Corruption".
Ram Singh (Delhi School of Economics):
"Public-Private-Partnerships
versus Traditional Procurement Contracts: A Study of Incentives and
Performance".
Ratul Lahkar
(Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai) and Reka Sundaram-Stukel (University of
Wisconsin-Madison):
"Protecting the Poor through Community Based
Health Insurance".
Last Updated on 14 December 2010. |
