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Parallel Sessions 6 (18 December,
Saturday; 11.30
-
1.15
PM)
- Session 6(a): Political Economy I
(Conference Room)
[Chair: Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School of Economics)]
Archishman
Chakraborty (York University) and Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School
of Economics):
"Media Bias and
Electoral
Competition".
Bernardo Guimaraes
(Sao Paulo School of Economics and London School of Economics) and Kevin
D. Sheedy (London
School of Economics):
"A Model of Equilibrium Institutions".
Sourav Bhattacharya
(University of Pittsburgh), Joyee Deb (New York University) and Tapas Kundu (University of Oslo):
"Conflict and Mobility:
Resource Sharing Among Groups".
- Session 6(b): Financial Crisis and
Recession
(Seminar Room 1) [Chair:
Marcus Miller (University of Warwick)]
John Driffill (Birbeck,
University of London) and Marcus Miller (University of
Warwick):
"When Money Matters: Liquidity Shocks with Real Effects".
Gurbachan Singh
(Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi):
"Seemingly Adequate
Capital in Banks in an Emerging Economy".
- Session 6(c): Education IV
(Seminar Room 2) [Chair:
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)]
Amparo
Castello-Climent (University of Valencia) and Abhiroop
Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi):
"Mass Education or
a Minority Well Educated Elite in the Process of Development: the
Case of India".
Rob French (Institute
of Education, University of London) and Geeta Kingdon (Institute of
Education, University of London):
"The Relative Effectiveness of Private and Government Schools in
Rural India: Evidence from ASER Data".
Sonja Fagernas
(University of Sussex) and Panu Pelkonen (University of Sussex):
"Getting Teachers to Remote Locations: Skills versus Preferences.
Evidence from India".
- Session 6(d): Fiscal Policy
and Politics
(Class Room 13)
[Chair: Santanu Chatterjee (University of Georgia)]
Santanu
Chatterjee (University of Georgia) and Stephen J. Turnovsky
(University of Washington, Seattle):
"The Distributional
Consequences of Government Spending".
Yinghua Jin (Georgia Southern University)
and Mark Rider (Georgia
State University):
"Fiscal Decentralization, Fiscal Equalization,
and Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of China and India".
Bodhisattva Sengupta (Madras School of Economics):
"Do the Subnational Governments Choose Expenditure or Revenue? A
Political Economy Approach".
- Session 6(e): Inequality (Class Room 14)
[Chair: Ajit Mishra (University of Bath)]
Ajit Mishra
(University of Bath) and Ranjan Ray (Monash University):
"Informality, Corruption, and Inequality".
Sukanta
Bhattacharya (University of Calcutta), Sarani Saha (Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur) and Sarmila Banerjee (University of
Calcutta):
"Income Inequality, Club Formation and the Quality of
Public Good: A Developing Country Perspective".
Namrata Gulati
(Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Tridip Ray (Indian
Statistical Institute, Delhi):
"Inequality, Neighbourhoods and
Welfare of Poor".
Last Updated on 14 December 2010. |
