8th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 17-19, 2012

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 7 (19 December, Wednesday; 2.45 - 4.30 PM)

  • Session 7(a): Poverty (Conference Room) [Chair: Magnus Hatlebakk (CMI, Norway)]

Swati Dutta (IFMR, Chennai): "Poverty to Vulnerability in Indian Rural States: An Asset Based Approach"

Rivayani Darmawan (University of Goettingen): "Elite Capture in Urban Society: Evidence from Indonesia"

Magnus Hatlebakk (CMI, Norway): "Poverty Dynamics in Rural Orissa: Transitions in Assets and Occupations over Generations"

  • Session 7(b): Political Economy and Corruption (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Vikas Kumar (Azim Premji University)]

Ritwik Banerjee (Aarhus University) and Tushi Baul (Iowa State University): "Does Bureaucracy Attract More Corrupt People? An Experimental Evidence from India"

Michele Valsecchi (University of Gothenburg): "Local Elections and Corruption during Democratization: Evidence from Indonesia"

Ankush Agrawal (Institute of Economic Growth) and Vikas Kumar (Azim Premji University): "Nagaland's Demographic Somersault: An Empirical Investigation"

  • Session 7(c): Microfinance and Debt (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Ranjula Bali Swain (Uppsala University)]

Martin Kanz (World Bank): "What Does Debt Relief Do for Development? Evidence from India's Bailout Program for Highly-Indebted Rural Households"

Asadul Islam (Monash University) and Debayan Pakrashi (The University of Queensland): "The Micro Finance Puzzle: Who Takes It, Who Gets It and Who Does It?"

Ranjula Bali Swain (Uppsala University) and Adel Varghese (Texas A & M University): "Evaluating the Impact of Training in a National Microfinance Program: Self Help Groups in India"

  • Session 7(d): Emerging Economies (Class Room 13) [Chair: Abdul de Guia Abaid (International Monetary Fund)]

Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) and Shruti Tripathi (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Stability and Policy Rules in Emerging Markets"

Suparna Chakraborty (University of San Francisco) and Keisuke Otsu (University of Kent): "Business Cycle Accounting of the BRIC Economies"

Abdul de Guia Abaid (International Monetary Fund), John Bluedorn (International Monetary Fund), Jaime Guajardo (International Monetary Fund) and Petia Topalova (International Monetary Fund): "The Rising Resilience of Emerging Market and Developing Economies"

  • Session 7(e): Topics in Applied Microeconomics (Class Room 14) [Chair: Rajdeep Sengupta (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)]

Neha Jain (Delhi School of Economics) and Ram Singh (Delhi School of Economics): "A Theory of Cost Overruns"

Vinay Ramani (Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur) and Bibhas Saha (University of East Anglia): "Optimal Privatization and Entry in a Differentiated Mixed Oligopoly"

Rajdeep Sengupta (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): "Lending to Uncreditworthy Borrowers"

  • Session 7(f): Game Theory (Auditorium) [Chair: Tore Nilssen (University of Oslo)]

Herve Moulin (Rice University), Indrajit Ray (University of Birmingham) and Sonali Sen Gupta (University of Birmingham): "Improving Nash by Correlation in Quadratic Potential Games"

Kalyan Chatterjee (Pennsylvania State University), Manipushpak Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Conan Mukherjee (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Bidding Rings under Complete Information: A Bargaining Approach"

Derek J. Clark (University of Troms), Tore Nilssen (University of Oslo) and Jan Yngve Sand (University of Troms): "Motivating over Time: Dynamic Win Effects in Sequential Contests"


Last Updated on 14 December 2012.