7th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 15-17, 2011

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 5 (16 December, Friday; 5.00 - 6.45 PM)

  • Session 5(a): Corruption and Governance (Conference Room) [Chair: Ram Singh (Delhi School of Economics)]

Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University) and Aparajita Roy (Jadavpur University): "Bribe 'Frequency' and Corruption in Economies".

Rajshri Jayaraman (ESMT Berlin) and Francis de Vericourt (INSEAD): "Bribes and Delays: Theory and Evidence".

Ram Singh (Delhi School of Economics): "Bargaining and Litigation Over Compensation Under Eminent Domain".

  • Session 5(b): Environment II (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Shoibal Chakravarty (Princeton University)]

Eshita Gupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Climate Change and the Demand for electricity: A Non-Linear Time Varying Approach".

Ujjayant Chakravorty (University of Alberta), Marie-Helene Hubert (University of Rennes) and Beyza Ural-Marchand (University of Alberta): "Does the US Biofuel Mandate Increase Poverty in India?".

Shoibal Chakravarty (Princeton University) and E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Learning Rates and the Green Energy Deployment Game".

  • Session 5(c): Women: Dowry, Gender and Health (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Annemie Maertens (University of Pittsburgh)]

Shilpi Kapur Bakshi (The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi): "Trade Liberalization in India: Impact on Gender Segregation".

Zakir Husain (Institute of Economic Growth) and Sriparna Ghosh (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Modern Contraceptive Use Among Illiterate Women in India: Does Proximate Illiteracy Matter?".

A. V. Chari (Cornell University) and Annemie Maertens (University of Pittsburgh): "Learning your Child's Price: Evidence from Data on Projected Dowry in Rural India".

  • Session 5(d): Economic Growth: Empirics (Class Room 13) [Chair: Areendam Chanda (Louisiana State University)]

Theophile T. Azomahou (University of Maastricht) and Tapas Mishra (University of Wales, Swansea): "Economic Growth, Population and Pollution Interdependence under Stochastic Shocks: Does Convergence Speed Matter?".

Mamata Parhi (University of Wales, Swansea), Claude Diebolt (BETA, University of Strasbourg), Tapas Mishra (University of Wales, Swansea), Bazoumana Ouattara (University of Wales, Swansea): "Democracy and Economic Growth in an Interdependent World".

Areendam Chanda (Louisiana State University): "Accounting for Bihar's Productivity Relative to India's: What Can We Learn from Recent Developments in Growth Theory?".

  • Session 5(e): International Trade I (Class Room 14) [Chair: Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)]

Debasmita Basu (Indian Statistical Institude, Kolkata) and Abhirup Sarkar (Indian Statistical Institude, Kolkata): "Agricultural Trade with Production Uncertainty".

Arpita Chatterjee (University of New South Wales) and Rafael Dix-Carnerio (University of Maryland), Jade Vichyanond (IMF): "Multi-Product Firms and Exchange Rate Fluctuations".

Malokele Nanivazo (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) and Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale): "Encouraging Trade Liberalization: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Foreign Aid as Prize".

  • Session 5(f): Contract Theory (Auditorium) [Chair: Peter Bardsley (University of Melbourne)]

Guillaume Roger (University of New South Wales): "Optimal Audit of Soft Information under Moral Hazard".

Shasikanta Nandeibam (University of Bath) and Lucy O'Shea (University of Bath): "Menu Contracts in Teams".

Peter Bardsley (University of Melbourne): "Duality in Contracting".


Last Updated on 10 December 2011.