Planning Unit organizes an annual conference on economic growth and development. It is usually held in mid December every year. Last year's conference website is here.

• 5th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, December 16-18, 2009
  (Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Sanghamitra Das, 1958-2008)

• Word of Mouth Advertising and Strategic Learning in Networks
  • Speaker: Bhaskar Dutta, University of Warwick and ISI (Delhi)
  • Date: Friday, 12th March 2010
  • Paper: [Download].

• Sex Selection and Gender Balance
  • Speaker: V Bhaskar, University College London
  • Date: Friday, 5th March 2010
  • Paper: [Download].
• Homo Heuristicus: Why Biased Minds Make Better Inferences
  • Speaker: Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin)
  • Date: Friday, 26th February 2010
  • Paper: [Download].
• Towards New Poverty Lines for India
  • Speaker: Himanshu, JNU and Visiting fellow CSH
  • Date: Friday, 19th February 2010
  • Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (NOTE UNUSUAL TIME)
• Reference-Dependent Preferences in First Price Auctions
  • Speaker: Anmol Ratan, University of Maryland
  • Date: Friday, 12th February 2010
  • Paper: [Download].
• Kaushik's Conundrum Or the Possibility of Honesty
  • Speaker: Ashok Guha, ISI (Delhi)
  • Date: Friday, 5th February 2010
• Inferring the Effects of Vertical Integration from Entry Games: An Analysis of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Speaker: Kensuke Kubo, Univeristy of California, Berkeley, and Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
  • Date: Friday, 29th January 2010
  • Paper: [Download].
• The BPL Census and a Possible Alternative
  • Speaker: Reetika Khera, CDE
  • Date: Friday, 22nd January 2010
  • Paper: [Download].
• Functional Data Analysis for Volatility
  • Speaker: Rituparna Sen, University of California, Davis
  • Date: Friday, 8th January 2010
• On the manipulability of allocation rules through exaggerating and borrowing
  • Speaker: William Thomson, University of Rochester
  • Date: 15th December, 2009 (NOTE: UNUSUAL DAY)
• Data as Social Product: Whose Numbers Count in Bt Cotton Controversies?
  • Speaker: Ron Herring, Department of Government, Cornell University
  • Date: 4th December, 2009
• The Distributional Implications of Group Lending
  • Speaker: Rohini Somanathan, Delhi School of Economics
  • Date: 1st December, 2009
• Quasi Monte Carlo simulation in finance
  • Speaker: Micheal Carter
  • Date: 17th November, 2009
  • Time: 2:30-4:00 PM
  • Paper: [Download].
• Status, Intertemporal Choice and Risk-Taking
  • Speaker: Debraj Ray, New York University
  • Date: 13th November, 2009
• Some approaches to strengthening causal inference in epidemiological studies
  • Speaker: George Davey Smith, University of Bristol
  • Date: 30th October, 2009
• Linking Conflict to Inequality and Polarization
  • Speaker: Joan Esteban, Instituto de An´alisis Econ´omico (CSIC)
  • Date: 9th October, 2009
  • Time: 3:30-5:00 PM (NOTE UNUSUAL TIME)
• Think Globally, Act Locally? Stock vs Flow Regulation of a Fossil Fuel
  • Speaker: Ujjayant Chakravorty, University of Alberta
  • Date: 18th September, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Testing for Martingales in Continuous Time
  • Speaker: Rahul Vasudev
  • Date: 4th September, 2009
• Separability and Aggregation of Equivalence Relations
  • Speaker: Debasis Mishra, ISI (Delhi)
  • Date: 28th August, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Characterization of the non-manipulable Profiles under approval rules
  • Speaker: Souvik Roy, Maastrict University
  • Date: 21st August, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hukou System
  • Speaker: Farzana Afridi, Syracuse University and ISI (visiting)
  • Date: 7th August, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Collusive Equilibrium in Cournot Oligopolies with Unknown Costs
  • Speaker: Subir K. Chakrabarti, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
  • Date: 31st July, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• A Cost Benefit Analysis of Cholera Vaccination Programs in Beira, Mozambique
  • Speaker: Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Date: 24th July, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy
  • Speaker: Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Date: 3rd July, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• SUMMER BREAK
• Competing Trading Platforms: Walrasian Auctioneers vs Bazaars
  • Speaker: Rene Saran, Maastricht University.
  • Date: 22nd May, 2009.
• Score-based Bibliometric Rankings of Scientists
  • Speaker: Thierry Marchant, University of Ghent.
  • Date: 15th May, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Approval Voting on Large Poisson Games
  • Speaker: Matias Nunez, Universite de Montreal and Ecole Polytechnique.
  • Date: 24th April, 2009.
• The effect of transport infrastructure on home production activity: evidence from rural New York, 1825-1845
  • Speaker: Andrew Coleman, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, New Zealand.
  • Date: 17th April, 2009
• Game of Organizing International Cricket: Co-Existence of Country-Line and Club-Line Games
  • Speaker: Satya P. Das, ISI Delhi.
  • Date: 9th April, 2009
• On the Looting Nations
  • Speaker: Tim Swanson, University College London.
  • Date: 30th March, 2009
  • Paper: [Download].
• Public Disagreement
  • Speaker: Rajiv Sethi, Columbia University.
  • Date: 27th March, 2009
• Hot Stuff: Would Climate Change Alter Trans-boundary Water Sharing Treaties?
  • Speaker: Stefan Ambec, Toulouse School of Economics.
  • Date: 20th March, 2009
• Utility Functions, Future Consumption Targets and Subsistence Thresholds
  • Ashok Guha, JNU (retired).
  • Date: 13th March, 2009.
• Coalitional Matchings
  • Dinko Dimitrov, University of Munich.
  • Date: 27th February, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Majority Efficient Representation of the Citizens in a Federal Union
  • Vincent Merlin, CNRS and University of Caen.
  • Date: 20th February, 2009.
• Optimal Efficiency-Wage Contracts with Subjective Evaluation
  • Jimmy Chan, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
  • Date: 13th February, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Credible Assignments and Performance Bonuses in the Minimum Effort Coordination Game
  • Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland.
  • Date: 6th February, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Individual vs Group Strategy-Proofness: When Do They Coincide?
  • Salvador Barbera, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
  • Date: 16th January, 2009.
• On Some Cost Allocation Problems arising from Graph Optimization Problems
  • Daniel Granot, University of British Columbia.
  • Date: 15th January, 2009.
• The Intergenerational Correlation of Health in Developing Countries
  • Sonia Bhalotra, Bristol University
  • Date: 12th January, 2009.
• Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility in Bargaining: Evidence from a Transcontinental Ultimatum Game
  • Jean-Francois Laslier, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
  • Date: 9th January, 2009.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Public Budget Composition, Fiscal (De)Centralization and Welfare
  • Gerhard Glomm, Indiana University
  • Date: 16th December, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Where there is a will: Fertility Behaviour and Sex Bias in Large Families
  • Tarun Jain, University of Virginia
  • Date: 15th December, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment
  • Leonard Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
  • Date: 12th Decemeber, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• An Investor's Martingale Walk
  • M. G. Nadkarni, University of Mumbai
  • Date: 28th November, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Asymmetric Information, Auditing Commitment, and Economic Growth
  • Yong Wong, City University of Hong Kong
  • Date: 26th Novemeber, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• The "V-Factor": Distribution, Timing and Correlates of the Great Indian Growth Turnaround?
  • Stephen Wright, Birkbeck College, University of London
  • Date: 21st Novemeber, 2008.
• The Garnaut Climate Change Review: What Shape and Prospects for an Effective International Agreement on Climate Change Review?
  • Stephen Howes, Australian National University
  • Date: 19th November, 2008.
• Land and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile
  • Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur and CRED.
  • Date: October 24, 2008.
  • Paper: [Download].
• Are There Lessons from China's Experience of Rapid Development with Flawed Institutions?
  • Thomas G. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
  • Paper 1: [Download], Paper 2: [Download], Figure: [Download].
• English Language Premium: Evidence from a policy experiment in India
  • Tanika Chakraborty, Washington University in St Louis.
  • Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
• On Probabilistic Rationalizability
  • Shasikanta Nandeibam, University of Bath.
  • Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• Can Offshoring Reduce Unemployment?
  • Priya Ranjan, University of California, Irvine
  • Date: Friday, September 19, 2008.
• Aid and Tax Revenue: Signs of a Positive Effect Since the 1980s
  • Paul Clist, University of Nottingham
  • Date: Friday, September 05, 2008
• Dual Representation of Cardinal Preferences
  • Sudhir Shah, Delhi School of Economics
  • Date: Friday, August 29, 2008
  • Paper: Download
• Does the Market Kill Bad Ideas? An Institutional Comparison of Committees and Markets in Networked Industries
  • Debdutta Saha, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Date: Friday, August 22, 2008
• Land Deals of the Sarkar Raj: Perspectives from Mechanism Design Theory
  • Soumendu Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Date: Friday, August 22, 2008
• The Geography of Vice
  • Rajiv Sethi, Columbia University
  • Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008
  • Paper: Download
• A Theory of Sharecropping: The Role of Price Behavior and Imperfect Competition
  • Debapriya Sen, Ryerson University
  • Date: Monday, August 11, 2008
  • Paper: Download
• Trade, Skills and Wages: The effects of Trade on Human Capital and Growth in China and India
  • Peter E. Robertson, University of New South Wales
  • Date: Friday, August 08, 2008
  • Paper: Download
• Intersectoral and Interregional Water Allocation and Economic Growth: The Case of China
  • Rodney Smith, University of Minnesota
  • Date: Friday, August 01, 2008
• The Interplay between Preemptive and Defensive Counterterrorism Measures: A Two Stage Game
  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Date: Monday, July 28, 2008
• Caste and Punishment: The Role of Caste Status in Norm Enforcement
  • Karla Hoff, World Bank
  • Date: Friday, July 25, 2008
• First PPRU Lectures on Policy and Development
• Speakers: Dilip Mookherjee and Kaushik Basu
• Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008.
• Details: Click here
• Institutional Transplant as Political Opportunity: The Practice and Politics of Indian Electricity Regulation
  • Speaker: Navroz Dubash, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Date: Friday April 25, 2008
• Diseases and Development: A Theory of Infection Dynamics and Economic Behavior
  • Speaker: Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon
  • Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
• The Incidence of Fuel Taxation in India
  • Speaker: Ashokankur Datta, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Date: Friday, April 04, 2008
• Stochastic Demographic Dynamics, Long-memory and Economic Growth
  • Speaker: Tapas Mishra, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
  • Date: Monday, March 31, 2008
  • Paper: [Download]
• Bias Reduction for Dynamic Nonlinear Panel Models with Fixed Effects
  • Speaker: Guido Kuersteiner, University of California at Davis
  • Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
• Testing Guilt Aversion
  • Speaker: Gaute Torsvik, University of Bergen
  • Date: Friday, February 15, 2008