7th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 15-17, 2011

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 1 (15 December, Thursday; 2.30 - 4.15 PM)

  • Session 1(a): Transfer Programmes (Conference Room) [Chair: Martin Ravallion (World Bank)]

Jonathan Morduch (New York University), Shamika Ravi (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and Jonathan Bauchet (New York University): "Impact Assessment of an Asset Transfer Program to Ultra Poor".

Christian Lehmann (Paris School of Economics): "Why May Government Transfers to the Poor Have Modest Effects on Reducing Rural Inequality?"

Puja Dutta (World Bank), Rinku Murgai (World Bank), Martin Ravallion (World Bank) and Dominique van de Walle (World Bank): "Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment? How Much Impact does it Have on Poverty? Evidence for Bihar".

  • Session 1(b): Environment I (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)]

Kanupriya Gupta (Delhi School of Economics) and Rohini Somanathan (Delhi School of Economics): "Consumer Responses to Incentives to Reduce Plastic Bag Use: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban India".

Rahul Banerjee (CEPT University, Ahmedabad): "Sustainability of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Dryland Areas - Case Study of Indore City".

E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Are Embankments a Good Flood-Control Strategy? A Case Study of the Kosi River".

  • Session 1(c): Agriculture (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Jesper Stage (Mid Sweden University)]

Shilpa Chaudhary (Delhi School of Economics): "Trends in Total Factor Productivity in Indian Agriculture: State-level Evidence using non-parametric Sequential Malmquist Index".

Sushmita Chatterjee (TERI University): "Domestic Production, Domestic Consumption and Exports of Indian Tea: Examining the Interlinkages".

Godwin K. Vondolia (University of Gothenburg), Hakan Eggert (University of Gothenburg) and Jesper Stage (Mid Sweden University): "Nudging Boserup? The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidies on Investment in Soil and Water Conservation".

  • Session 1(d): Economic Growth: Theory (Class Room 13) [Chair: Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University)]

Satya P. Das (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Anuradha Saha (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "On the Growth of the Services Sector".

Manoj Atolia (Florida State University), Santanu Chatterjee (University of Georgia) and Stephen J. Turnovsky (University of Washington): "Growth and Inequality: Dependence on the Time Path of Productivity Increases (and other Structural Changes)".

Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University) and Itzhak Zilcha (Tel Aviv University): "Stochastic Growth with Short-run Prediction of Shocks".

  • Session 1(e): Industrial Organization: Theory I (Class Room 14) [Chair: Hodaka Morita (University of New South Wales)]

Priya Brata Dutta (Indian Statistical Institude, Kolkata): "Wage Inequality, Imitation and Social Institutions: A Theoretical Analysis".

Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Debdatta Saha (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Strategic Information Revelation, Coordination and Certification by Committees".

Arghya Ghosh (University of New South Wales) and Hodaka Morita (University of New South Wales): "Knowledge Transfer and Partial Equity Ownership".

  • Session 1(f): Topics in Microeconomics I (Auditorium) [Chair: Kuntal Banerjee (Florida Atlantic University)]

Oindrila Dey (Jadavpur University) and Swapnendu Banerjee (Jadavpur University): "Incentives 'and' Status".

Romeo Balanquit (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Equilibrium Restoration in a Class of Tolerant Strategies".

Kuntal Banerjee (Florida Atlantic University) and Ram Sewak Dubey (Colgate University): "Impatience for Weakly Paretian Orders: Existence and Genericity".


Last Updated on 10 December 2011.