7th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 15-17, 2011

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 3 (16 December, Friday; 11.45 - 1.30 PM)

  • Session 3(a): Corruption (Conference Room) [Chair: G. Ananda Vadivelu (Institute for Economic Growth, Delhi)]

Saibal Kar (Centre for Studies in Social Science, Kolkata and IZA, Germany), Poulomi Roy (Jadavpur University) and Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Public and Private Sector Jobs, Bribes and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data".

Arup Mitra (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi) and Chandan Sharma (National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad): "Corruption, Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Indian Enterprises".

G. Ananda Vadivelu (Institute for Economic Growth, Delhi): "Does Participatory Development Mean Legitimisation of Collusion Mechanisms?: Evidence from Karnataka Watershed Development Agency, India".

  • Session 3(b): Trade Liberalization (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University)]

Sourabh Bikas Paul (University of British Columbia): "Distributional Effects of Tariff Reforms in India".

Arghya Ghosh (University of New South Wales), Peter E. Robertson (University of Western Australia) and Marie-Claire Robitaille (University of Western Australia): "Expropriation and Trade: Evidence on the Links using Cross-Country Crime Data".

Reshad N. Ahsan (University of Melbourne) and Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University): "Trade Liberalization and Labor's Slice of the Pie: Evidence from Indian Firms".

  • Session 3(c): Indian Manufacturing I (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Gunjan Sharma (University of Missouri)]

Vinish Kathuria (IIT Bombay), Rajesh Raj S. N. (Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research) and Kunal Sen (University of Manchester): "The Effects of Economic Reforms on Manufacturing Dualism: Evidence from India".

Maria Bas (CEPII) and Antoine Berthou (CEPII): "The Microeconomic Effects of Indian Banking Reforms on Economic Growth".

Albert Bollard (Stanford University), Peter J. Klenow (Stanford University) and Gunjan Sharma (University of Missouri): "India's Mysterious Manufacturing Miracle".

  • Session 3(d): Human Capital: Health (Class Room 13) [Chair: Aditya Goenka (National University of Singapore)]

Jayanta Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Dipanwita Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology, Australia): "Morbidity, Human Capital Inequality and Child Labor".

Anna-Maria Aksan (Fairfield University) and Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon): "Twin Transitions".

Aditya Goenka (National University of Singapore) and Lin Liu (University of Rochester): "Health and Wealth: An Endogenous Growth Model with Infectious Diseases".

  • Session 3(e): Political Economy II (Class Room 14) [Chair: Farid Toubal (University of Angers)]

Oliver Vanden Eynde (London School of Economics and Politics): "Targets of Violence: Evidence from India's Naxalite Conflict".

Lucie Gadenne (Paris School of Economics): "Tax Me But Spend Wisely: The Political Economy of Taxes, Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Local Governments".

Matteo Cervellati (University of Bologna), Alireza Naghavi (University of Bologna) and Farid Toubal (University of Angers): "Liberalization, Democratization and Technology Adoption".

  • Session 3(f): Topics in Microeconomics II (Auditorium) [Chair: Tridib Sharma (ITAM)]

Sourav Bhattacharya (University of Pittsburgh) and Arijit Mukherjee (Michigan State University): "Strategic Information Revelation when Experts Compete to Influence".

Murali Agastya (University of Sydney), Parimal Kanti Bag (National University of Singapore) and Indranil Chakraborty (National University of Singapore): "Communication and Authority with a Partially Informed Expert".

Parimal Kanti Bag (National University of Singapore) and Tridib Sharma (ITAM): "Transparency of Deliberations".


Last Updated on 10 December 2011.