8th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 17-19, 2012

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 4 (18 December, Tuesday; 2.30 - 4.15 PM)

  • Session 4(a): Education I (Conference Room) [Chair: Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego, NBER, J-PAL, BREAD)]

Anindya Sen (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Prodyumna Goutam (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) and Chirantan Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Peer Effects in Graduate Education: Evidence from India"

Tarun Jain (Virginia University and Indian School of Business) and Mudit Kapoor (Indian School of Business): "The Impact of Formal and Informal Peers on Academic Performance"

Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego, NBER, J-PAL, BREAD) and Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut, IZA, CReAM): "Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India"

  • Session 4(b): Behavioural Issues (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Mamata Parhi (Swansea University)]

Veronique Gille (Universite Paris 1): "Stigma in Positive Discrimination Application? Evidence from Quotas in Education in South India"

Diego Ubfal (Bocconi University): "How General Are Time Preferences? Eliciting Good-Specific Discount Rates"

Peter Huxley (Swansea University), Tapas Mishra (Swansea University), Bazoumana Ouattara (Swansea University) and Mamata Parhi (Swansea University): "Happiness Under Uncertainty"

  • Session 4(c): International Trade II: Empirics (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Pushan Dutt (INSEAD)]

Maria Bas (CEPII) and Antoine Berthou (Banque de France): "Does Input-Liberalisation Affect Firms' Decision to Import Capital Goods?"

Ana M. Fernandes (World Bank), Ejaz E. Ghani (World Bank), Stephen O'Connell (World Bank and CUNY Graduate Center) and Gunjan Sharma (University of Missouri): "Sourcing and Sophistication Decisions: Importing Behavior of Indian Plants"

Pushan Dutt (INSEAD), Ilian Mihov (INSEAD and CEPR) and Timothy Van Zandt (INSEAD and CEPR): "The Effect of WTO on the Extensive and the Intensive Margins of Trade"

  • Session 4(d): Process of Development (Class Room 13) [Chair: J. Rodrigo Fuentes (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)]

Rahul Anand (International Monetary Fund), Saurabh Mishra (International Monetary Fund) and Nikola Spatafora (International Monetary Fund): "Structural Transformation and the Sophistication of Production"

Piyusha Mutreja (Syracuse University), B. Ravikumar (Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis) and Michael Sposi (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas): "Capital Goods Trade and Economic Development"

J. Rodrigo Fuentes (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) and Veronica Mies (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile): "Productivity Differences in Developing and Developed Countries: Where are the Bottlenecks?"

  • Session 4(e): Inequality and Mobility (Class Room 14) [Chair: Parantap Basu (Durham University)]

Debasis Bandyopadhyay (University of Auckland) and Xueli Tang (Deakin University): "Knowledge Spillover and Growth Promoting Redistribution"

Jeffrey Allen (University of Oregon) and Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon): "Inequality, Health and the Aspirations Gap"

Parantap Basu (Durham University) and Yoseph Getachew (Durham University): "An Adjustment Cost Model of Social Mobility"

  • Session 4(f): Contracts and Information (Auditorium) [Chair: Murali Agastya (University of Sydney)]

Kieron Meagher (Australian National University) and Suraj Prasad (University of Sydney): "Implicit Incentives in Problem Solving Teams"

Arijit Mukherjee (Michigan State University) and Luos Vasconcelos (University of Essex): "On the Trade-Off between Efficiency in Job Assignment and Turnover: The Role of Break-Up Fees"

Murali Agastya (University of Sydney) and Parimal Kanti Bag (National University of Singapore): "Leadership by Gradual Persuasion"


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