7th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 15-17, 2011

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 4 (16 December, Friday; 2.45 - 4.30 PM)

  • Session 4(a): Education and Health (Conference Room) [Chair: Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol)]

Abhijeet Singh (University of Oxford), Albert Park (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford): "School Meals as a Safety Net: An Evaluation of the Midday Meal Scheme in India".

Gautam Hazarika (University of Texas, Brownsville) and Vejoya Viren (University of Texas, Brownsville): "The Effect of Early Childhood Developmental Program Attendance on Future School Enrollment and Grade Progression in Rural North India".

Jorge Aguero (UC Riverside), Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol) and Anil Deolalikar (UC Riverside): "Permanent Effects On Education Of Transitory Shocks In Childhood".

  • Session 4(b): Labour: Law, Institution and Policy (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Sankar De (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad)]

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and IZA, Germany) and Todd Sandler (University of Texas, Dallas): "Immigration Policy and Counterterrorism".

Priya Ranjan (University of California - Irvine): "Offshoring, Unemployment, and Wages: The Role of Labor Market Institutions".

Sankar De (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad), Manpreet Singh (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) and Krishnamurthy Subramanian (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad): "Income Inequality and Employment Protection Laws: Evidence from OECD Countries".

  • Session 4(c): Indian Manufacturing II (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Reshad N. Ahsan (University of Melbourne)]

Smruti Ranjan Behera (University of Delhi), Pami Dua (Delhi School of Economics) and Bishwanath Goldar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi): "FDI and Technology Spillover: An Evaluation across Different Clusters in India".

Mamata Parhi (Swansea University): "Dynamics of Inter-firm interactions in Indian Automotive Industry: A Social Network Perspective".

Reshad N. Ahsan (University of Melbourne): "Input Tariffs, Speed of Contract Enforcement, and the Productivity of Firms in India".

  • Session 4(d): International Capital (Class Room 13) [Chair: Gurbachan Singh (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)]

Piyusha Mutreja (Syracuse University): "International Trade and Composition of Capital Across Countries".

Daniel Riera-Crichton (Bates College) and Thorsten Janus (University of Wyoming): "The Output Effects of Gross Foreign Investment Reversals".

Gurbachan Singh (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): " 'Systemic' Outflow of Capital from Emerging Economies, and Enabled Credit Lines".

  • Session 4(e): Industrial Organization: Theory II (Class Room 14) [Chair: Arghya Ghosh (University of New South Wales)]

Deeparghya Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing: An Analysis of Offshoring Decisions".

Indrajit Ray (University of Birmingham) and Sonali Sen Gupta (University of Birmingham): "(Weak) Correlation and Sunspots in Duopoly".

Arghya Ghosh (University of New South Wales) and Alberto Motta (University of New South Wales): "On Pricing in the Presence of Budget Constrained Consumers".

  • Session 4(f): Mechanism Design (Auditorium) [Chair: Levent Ulku (ITAM)]

Conan Mukherjee (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Weak Group Strategy-Proof and Queue-Efficient Mechanisms for the Queueing Problem with Multiple Machines".

Alberto Motta (University of New South Wales): "Collusion and Selective Supervision".

Levent Ulku (ITAM): "On Monotonicity and Monotone Differences in Mechanism Design".


Last Updated on 10 December 2011.