Day 1: 20 December, Monday
8.00 - 8.15 (IST) (21.30 - 21.45 previous night EST):
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Debasis Mishra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
8.15 - 9.30 (IST) (21.45 - 23.00 previous night EST): Plenary Session 1
Raymond Fisman (Boston University): “The Cost and Benefits of Social Ties” [Video]
Chair: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
9.30 - 10.00 (IST) (23.00 - 23.30 previous night EST): Break
10.00 - 11.45 (IST) (23.30 previous night - 1.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 1
18.00 - 19.45 (IST) (7.30 - 9.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 2
19.45 - 20.15: (IST) (9.15 - 9.45 EST): Break
20.15 - 22.00 (IST) (9:45 - 11.30 EST): Parallel Sessions 3
Day 2: 21 December, Tuesday
8.00 - 8.15 (IST) (21.30 - 21.45 previous night EST): Welcome
8.15 - 9.30 (IST) (21.45 - 23.00 previous night EST): Plenary Session 2
Matthias Doepke
(Northwestern University): “From Mancession to Shecession: Women's Employment in Regular and Pandemic Recessions” [Video]
Chair: Monisankar Bishnu
(Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
9.30 - 10.00 (IST) (23.00 - 23.30 previous night EST): Break
10.00 - 11.45 (IST) (23.30 previous night - 1.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 4
18.00 - 19.45 (IST) (7.30 - 9.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 5
19.45 - 20.15: (IST) (9.15 - 9.45 EST): Break
20.15 - 22.00 (IST) (9:45 - 11.30 EST): Parallel Sessions 6
Session 6(i) Macroeconomics: Financial Institutions in India |
Day 3: 22 December, Wednesday
8.00 - 8.15 (IST) (21.30 - 21.45 previous night EST): Welcome
8.15 - 9.30 (IST) (21.45 - 23.00 previous night EST): Plenary Session 3
Matthew Kotchen
(Yale University):“Policy Instrument Choice with Coasean Provision of Public Goods” [Video]
Chair: E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical
Institute, Delhi)
9.30 - 10.00 (IST) (23.00 - 23.30 previous night EST): Break
10.00 - 11.45 (IST) (23.30 previous night - 1.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 7
18.00 - 19.45 (IST) (7.30 - 9.15 EST): Parallel Sessions 8
Parallel Sessions 1 20 December, Monday 10:00 - 11:45 (IST)
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Sandip Datta (Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi) & Geeta Gandhi Kingdon (University College London): "Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?" Hikaru Kawarazaki (University College London), Minhaj Mahmud (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo) & Mai Seki (Ritsumeikan University): "Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Speed Competition on Classroom Learning" Kevin Kho (Food and Drug Administration), Leah Lakdawala (Wake Forest University) & Eduardo Nakasone (Michigan State University and International Food Policy Research Institute): "Dynamic Impacts of School-Based Internet Access on Student Learning"
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Session 1(b) Finance I: Housing and Corporate Finance Chair: N. Kundan Kishor |
Jibin Jose (Reserve Bank of India) & Abhinandan Borad (Reserve Bank of India): "Firm Leverage and Bankruptcy Regimes: Does Ownership of Lenders Matter?" Neha Gupta (University of St. Gallen): "Homeownership, Renting and Market Failures: Evidence from Indian Slums" Vipul Bhatt (James Madison University) & N. Kundan Kishor (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): "(A)Synchronous Housing Markets of Global Cities"
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Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton and IZA), Abu Siddique (Technical University of Munich), Tabassum Rahman (University of Newcastle), Asad Islam (Monash University), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Firoz Ahmed (Khulna University): "Improving Women’s Mental Health During a Pandemic" Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) & Thorsten Rogall (University of British Columbia): "Death by Capitalism: Quantifying 'Social Murder' Using COVID-19 Fatalities" Robert Beyer (World Bank), Tarun Jain (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) & Sonalika Sinha (Reserve Bank of India): "Lights Out? COVID-19 Containment Policies and Economic Activity"
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Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan, NBER, BREAD, Good Business Lab, William Davidson Institute), Smit Gade (Good Business Lab), Teresa Molina (University of Hawaii at Manoa, IZA) & Anant Nyshadham (University of Michigan, NBER, Good Business Lab): "Sotto Voce: The Impacts of Technology to Enhance Worker Voice" Sugat Chaturvedi (Ashoka University), Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University) & Zahra Siddique (University of Bristol): "Words Matter: Gender, Jobs and Applicant Behavior" Rishabh Sinha (World Bank): "What Explains Latin America's Low Share of Industrial Employment?"
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Latika Chaudhary (Naval Postgraduate School) & Lakshmi Iyer (University of Notre Dame): "It Takes a Village: Administrative Devolution and Human Development in India" Amit Chaudhary (University of Warwick) & Song Yuan (University of Warwick): "Private Returns to Bureaucratic Appointments: Evidence from Financial Disclosures" Anustubh Agnihotri (The University of California, Berkeley): "Bureaucratic Preferences over Relocation and Disparities in State Responsiveness"
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Manaswini Bhalla (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Ishani Chatterjee (University of California, San Diego), Manisha Goel (Pomona College) & Gaurav Khanna (University of California, San Diego): "Shared Identity and Entrepreneurship" M R Sharan (University of Maryland) & Chinmaya Kumar (University of Chicago): "Something to Complain about: How Minority Representatives Overcome Ethnic Differences" Hamna Ahmed (Lahore School of Economics), Dareen Latif (Lahore School of Economics) & Kate Vyborny (Duke university) : "The Unintended Consequences of Political Accountability: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Policing in Pakistan"
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Parul Jain (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Sangeeta Bansal (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Air Pollution & Regulation: Evidence from the Brick Sector in India" Odmaa Narantungalag (Massey University): "The Local Impacts of Natural Resource Extraction: Evidence from Mongolia" Odmaa Narantungalag (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University), Syed Hasan (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University) & Martin Berka (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University): "No Pain, No Gain? Mining Pollution and Morbidity"
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Session 1(h) Communication and Information Chair: Hargungeet Singh |
Anurag Kakkar (University of Delhi): "Communication Network with Endogenous Link Strength under Strategic Disruption" Sulagna Dasgupta (University of Chicago): "Persuasion with Hard and Soft Information" Hargungeet Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Dynamic Communication with Trading Commissions"
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Avinash Mani Tripathi (Azim Premji University): "Endogenous Dynamics of Open Source Software" Neelanjan Sen (Madras School of Economics), Urvashi Tandon (Madras School of Economics) & Rajit Biswas (Centre for Development Studies): "Collusion under Product Differentiation" Kalyan Chatterjee (Pennsylvania State University), Kaustav Das (University of Leicester) & Miaomiao Dong (Pennsylvania State University): "Strategic Disclosure in Research Races"
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Satadru Das (Reserve Bank of India), Jay Surti (International Monetary Fund) & Shekhar Tomar (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad): "Does Inflation Targeting Help Information Transmission?" Bhanu Pratap (Reserve Bank of India), Swati Singh (University of Houston) & Ashwin T. Kurien (Independent Researcher): "Inflation Persistence, Monetary Regimes and Credibility: A Long-Term Perspective" Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai) & Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest University): "Measuring Monetary Policy Shocks in India"
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Parallel Sessions 2 20 December, Monday 18:00 - 19:45 (IST)
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Anjali P. Verma (University of Texas, Austin) & A. Yonah Meiselman (University of Texas, Austin): "Disruptive Interactions: Long-Run Peer Effects of Disciplinary Schools" Raisa Sara (Sam Houston State University) & Sadia Priyanka (Connecticut College): "Long-Term Effects of an Education Stipend Program on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh" Angelique Bernabe (Analysis Group), Boubacar Diop (University of Sherbrooke), Martino Pelli (University of Sherbrooke) & Jeanne Tschopp (University of Bern): "The Long-Term Effects of Unexpected Interruptions in Compulsory Schooling"
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Nayana Bose (Scripps College) & Shreyasee Das (Temple University): "Women's Inheritance Rights and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from India" Nabaneeta Biswas (Marshall University), Christopher Cornwell (University of Georgia) & Laura V. Zimmermann (University of Georgia): "The Power of Lakshmi: Monetary Incentives for Raising a Girl" S Anukriti (World Bank), Catalina Herrera-Almanza (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) & Mahesh Karra (Boston University): "Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women’s Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India"
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Session 2(c) Health II: Child Health Chair: Saravana Ravindran |
Ajinkya Keskar (Rice University): "Matching on Height in India" Liza von Grafenstein (Georg August University of Göttingen), Abhijeet Kumar (Georg August University of Göttingen), Santosh Kumar (Sam Houston State University) & Sebastian Vollmer (Georg August University of Göttingen): "Impacts of Double-Fortified Salt on Anemia and Cognition: Four-Year Follow-Up Evidence from a School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India" Johannes M. Bos (American Institutes for Research), Akib Khan (UppsalaUniversity), Saravana Ravindran (National University of Singapore) & Abu Shonchoy (Florida International University): "Early Childhood Human Capital Formation at Scale"
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Sujaya Sircar (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Do Clouds have a Silicon Lining for Firms? Contract Hiring and Computer Investment: Evidence from Rainfall Shocks" Ashley Pople (University of Oxford), Alexander Copestake (International Monetary Fund) & Katherine Stapleton (World Bank): "AI, Firms and Wages: Evidence from India" Rubina Verma (Georgetown University) & Yidan Jin (Mercer, Washington D.C.): "Imports from China - the Impact on Indian Formal Firms"
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Ludovic Bequet (University of Namur): "Agricultural Productivity and Land Inequality Evidence from the Philippines" Neha Agarwal (University of Otago) & David Fairris (University of California, Riverside): "Political Commitment, Policy Consequences and Moral Beliefs: The Case of the Minimum Wage" David W. Johnston (Monash University) & Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis University): "Income and Views on Minimum Living Standards"
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Anwesh Mukhopadhyay (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Wine Cave Dinners and the Medici Vicious Circle" Yatish Arya (University of Warwick) & Apurav Yash Bhatiya (University of Warwick): "The Salience of Political Messages: Evidence from Soldier Deaths in India." Somdeep Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta), Mehreen Mookerjee (Zayed University), Manini Ojha (O. P. Jindal Global University) & Sanket Roy (American University of Sharjah): "Does Increased Credibility of Elections Lead to Higher Political Competition? Evidence from India"
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Yan Zhang (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) & Ohad Raveh (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): "The Long-Term Health Effects of Oil Discoveries: Evidence from China" Shefali Khanna (Imperial College London): "Electricity Market Design and Market-Based Environmental Policy in India" Pavel Chakraborty (Lancaster University), Anindya S Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) & Chirantan Chatterjee (University of Sussex): "Cross-Border Environmental Regulation and Firm Labor Demand"
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Session 2(h) Choice and Game Theory Chair: Rajendra P. Kundu |
Vikas Chaudhary (University of Exeter): "Reinforcement Learning in Contests" Abhinash Borah (Ashoka University), Raghvi Garg (Ashoka University), Ojasvi Khare (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) & Nitesh Kumar Singh (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Social Influence within Clusters and Stochastic Choices" Papiya Ghosh (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi) & Rajendra P. Kundu (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Decomposition of Accident Loss and Decoupled Liability Assignment: A Class of Negligence Rules"
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Arghya Ghosh (University of New South Wales) & Long Zhang (University of New South Wales): "Congestion and Prices" Priyanka Dutta (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Public versus Private Provision in Congested Markets" Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) & Nilesh Jain (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Corruptible Principal: Owner Corruption Makes Firms Bureaucratic"
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Session 2(j) Macroeconomics: Gender and Labour Chair: Faisal Sohail |
Purna Banerjee (Reserve Bank of India), Shreya Biswas (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad) & Debojyoti Mazumder (Reserve Bank of India): "Maternity Leave and Labour Market Outcomes" Monisankar Bishnu (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), S Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai) & Srinivasan Murali (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Gender Differences in Job Search Behaviour" Pedro Bento (Texas A&M), Lin Shao (Bank of Canada) & Faisal Sohail (University of Melbourne): "Gender Gaps in Time Use and Entrepreneurship"
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Parallel Sessions 3 20 December, Monday 20:15 – 22:00 (IST)
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Rolly Kukreja (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "The Political Economy of Higher Education: Criminality and Institutions" Julan Du (Chinese University of Hong Kong): "A Great Leap Forward in Higher Education and Firms’ Oligopsony Power in Labor Markets" Alex Eble (Columbia University) & Maya Escueta (Columbia University): "When Bootstraps Aren't Enough: Aspirations, Learning, and Educational Supply"
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Karmini Sharma (University of Warwick): "Tackling Sexual Harassment: Experimental Evidence from India" Ha Luong (University of Barcelona): "Natural Disasters and Enterprise Recovery: A Gender Approach" Joyita Roy Chowdhury (FLAME University, Pune), Yashobanta Parida (FLAME University, Pune) & Priti Agarwal (University of Delhi): "How Flood Affects Rural Employment in India: A Gender Analysis"
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Shobhit Kulshreshtha (Tilburg University), Martin Salm (Tilburg University) & Ansgar Wübker (Harz University): "Does Internal Migration Increase in Regional Variation in Healthcare Expenditures?" Charlotte Pelras (Paris School of Economics) & Andréa Renk (Paris School of Economics & University of Namur): "Sterilizations and Immunization in India: The Emergency Experience (1975-77)" Pramod Kumar Sur (Asian Growth Research Institute and Osaka University): "Why is the Vaccination Rate Low in India?"
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Bhaskar Chakravorty (Warwick University), Apurav Yash Bhatiya (Warwick University), Clement Imbert (Warwick University), Maximilian Lohnert (J-PAL South Asia), Poonam Panda (J-PAL South Asia) & Roland Rathelot (Warwick University) : "Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Rural Youth: Evidence from a Panel Survey and an Experiment" Daniel Osuna-Gomez (Bank of Mexico): "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Post-Great Recession Entrants: Evidence from Mexico" Swati Dhingra (London School of Economics) & Stephen Machin (London School of Economics): "The Crisis and Job Guarantees in Urban India"
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Session 3(e) Inequality and Poverty II Chair: Sudeshna Maitra |
Rituparna Sanyal (Oxford Policy Management): "Do Children Play on a Level Playing Field? Measuring Inequality of Opportunity in Bangladesh" Ardina Hasanbasri (World Bank and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Talip Kilic (World Bank), Gayatri Koolwal (World Bank) & Heather Moylan (World Bank): "Individual Wealth and Time Use: Evidence from Cambodia" Sudeshna Maitra (York University): "On the Theory and Measurement of Relative Poverty Using Durable Ownership Data"
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Shan Aman-Rana (University of Virginia), Clement Minaudier (University of Vienna) & Sandip Sukhtankar (University of Virginia): "Corruption as an Informal Fiscal System" Viola Asri (University of Konstanz), Kumar Biswas (World Bank), Sebastian Fehrler (University of Bremen), Urs Fischbacher (University of Konstanz), Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich) & Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka): "Improving State Capacity to Target Extreme Poverty: An Evaluation of a Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh" David R. Agrawal (University of Kentucky) & Laura Zimmermann (University of Georgia): "Production Responses from the Decentralized Adoption of a Value Added Tax in India"
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Session 3(g) Environment III: Climate Change Chair: Samson Mukanjari |
Salonkara Chaudhuri (The University of Queensland): "Credit Market Distortion, Natural Disaster and Migration" Bhaskar Jyoti Neog (Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu): "Temperature Shocks and Rural Labour Markets: Evidence from India" Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg) & Samson Mukanjari (University of Gothenburg): "Coordinated Carbon Taxes or Tightened NDCs: Distributional Implications of Two Options for Climate Negotiations"
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Session 3(h) Social Choice Theory Chair: Anindya Bhattacharya |
Paulo D.S. Ramos (Singapore Management University): "Domains for Well Behaved Monotone Social Choice Functions" Inaki Permanyer (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona), Suman Seth (University of Leeds) & Gaston Yalonetzky (University of Leeds): "Inequality Measurement for Bounded Variables" Anindya Bhattacharya (University of York) & Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University): "On Aggregation with Expressive Preferences: An Aspect of the Social Choice of Brexit"
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Sangita Poddar (Jadavpur University), Tanmoyee Banerjee (Jadavpur University) & Swapnendu Banerjee (Jadavpur University): "Taxation on Duopoly Online Platforms and their Search Environments" Neaketa Chawla (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Fulfilled by Amazon: an Economic Analysis of Delivery Services Offered by E-Commerce Platforms" Gaurav Jakhu (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) & Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Endogenous Data Collection in Platform Markets: Privacy and Welfare"
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Michael A Klein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute): "The Reward and Contract Theories of Patents in a Model of Endogenous Growth" Lise Clain-Chamosset-Yvrard (University of Lyon), Xavier Raurich (University of Barcelona) & Thomas Seegmuller (Aix-Marseille University): "Entrepreneurship, Growth and Productivity with Bubbles" Angus C. Chu (University of Macau) & Pietro F. Peretto (Duke University): "Innovation and Inequality from Stagnation to Growth"
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Parallel Sessions 4 21 December, Tuesday 10:00 – 11:45 (IST)
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Sonali Rakshit (Arizona State University) & Soham Sahoo (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India" Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Shiv Nadar University) & Komal Sahai (O.P. Jindal Global University): "What can(not) Explain the Gap? Evidence and Decomposition of Gendered Stream Choice in India" Bharti Nandwani (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai) & Chandan Jain (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation): "Female Representation in School Management and School Quality"
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Session 4(b) Gender III: Female Labour Force Participation Chair: Nikita Sangwan |
Ashwini Deshpande (Ashoka University) & Jitendra Singh (Ashoka University): "Dropping Out, Being Pushed Out or Can’t Get In? Decoding Declining Labour Force Participation of Indian Women" Sakshi Gupta (Columbia University) : "Labor Market Response to Gendered Breadwinner Norms: Evidence from India" Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, National University of Singapore and IZA), Amrita Dhillon (King's College London, CEPR, CAGE), Sanchari Roy (King's College London) & Nikita Sangwan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Job Search, Social Networks, and Women's Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Urban India"
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Session 4(c) Health IV: Health Insurance Chair: Sisir Debnath |
Shailender Kumar Hooda (Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi): "Hospital Network and Healthcare Access: Unequal Opportunity to Use Insurance" Radhika Jain (Stanford University): "Private Hospital Behavior under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India" Sisir Debnath (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi), Sourabh Bikas Paul (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) & Komal Sareen (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Supplier-Induced Demand for Tertiary Healthcare: Evidence from a Public Health Insurance Program in India"
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Session 4(d) Indian Manufacturing I Chair: Bishwanath Goldar |
Nesma Ali (University Dusseldorf) & Joel Stiebale (University Dusseldorf): "Horizontal Mergers and Market Power in India" Gianluca Antonecchia (Erasmus School of Economics) & Ajay Bhaskarabhatla (Erasmus School of Economics): "Supplier Competition, Buyer Power, and Retailer Volume Discounts" Bishwanath Goldar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi): "ICT Investment and Export Performance in Indian Manufacturing Plants"
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Prerona Baruah (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati): "How Inter-linked are APMC Mandis? A Study on Price-transmissions across Chhattisgarh, India" Jeffrey Dickinson (American University): "Constraints to Agricultural Development: Labor Types and Labor Use in Households under Non-Separability" Devesh Roy (IFPRI), Avinash Kishore (IFPRI), Sunil Saroj (IFPRI) & Prabhat Kishore (IARI): "Impacts of Sweeping Agricultural Marketing Reforms in a Poor State of India: Evidence from Repeal of the APMC Act"
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Bodhisattva Sengupta (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati): "Complementarity, Substitutability and Public Good Provision in a Federal Economy" Smit Gade (Good Business Lab), Saumya Joshi (Good Business Lab) & Purushottam Mohanty (Good Business Lab): "Decentralization and Development: Evidence from District-Splitting in India" Tomoki Fujii (Singapore Management University), Christine Ho (Singapore Management University), Rohan Ray (National University of Singapore) & Abu S. Shonchoy (Florida International University): "Conditional Cash Transfer, Loss Framing, and SMS Nudges: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Bangladesh"
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Tejendra Pratap Singh (Georgia State University): "Beyond the Haze: Air Pollution and Student Absenteeism - Evidence from India" Lauriane S. Yehouenou (Northwestern University), Stephen N. Morgan (USDA Economic Research Service) & Kelly A. Grogan (University of Florida): "Management of Timber and Non-Timber Forest Products: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment in Benin, West Africa" Shivani Wadehra (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Increasing PET Bottle Collection for Recycling: Exploring the Relationship between Oil Prices and Plastic Recycling"
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Vasudha Chopra (University of Tennessee), Hieu Minh Nguyen (Illinois Wesleyan University) & Christian Allen Vossler (University of Tennessee): "Who Are We up Against? Heterogeneous Group Contests with Incomplete Information" Ankush Asri (University of Konstanz): "Size vs. Strength: A Study on Cultural Integration" Subrato Banerjee (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) & Shilpi Mukherjee (Clemson University): "Doubt: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Experiment"
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Session 4(i) Finance II: Micro and Personal Finance Chair: Hisaki Kono |
Anirudh Tagat (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Monash University), Mehmet Ozmen (University of Melbourne) & Pushpa Trivedi (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay): "Cash Persists: Payments Preferences and Currency Holdings in India" Francesco Cordaro (Economics of Mutuality), Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), Colin Mayer (University of Oxford), Muhammad Meki (University of Oxford), Simon Quinn (University of Oxford) & Kate Roll (University College London): "Microequity and Mutuality: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment" Hisaki Kono (Kyoto University), Abu Shonchoy (Florida International University) & Kazushi Takahashi (GRIPS): "At the Right Time: Modifying Repayment and Disbursement Schedule in Microcredit"
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Session 4(j) Macroeconomics: Indian Experience Chair: Ipsita Padhi |
Kriti Khanna (Plaksha University): "Credit Contract Enforcement and Income Disparities across Indian States" Bhanu Pratap (Reserve Bank of India) & Nalin Priyaranjan (Reserve Bank of India): "Macroeconomic Effects of Uncertainty: A Big Data Analysis for India" Saurabh Sharma (Reserve Bank of India) & Ipsita Padhi (Reserve Bank of India): "An Alternative Perspective on Demand and Supply"
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Parallel Sessions 5 21 December, Tuesday 18:00 – 19:45 (IST)
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Hashibul Hassan (Monash University), Asad Islam (Monash University), Abu Siddique (Technical University of Munich) & Liang Choon Wang (Monash University): "Telementoring and Homeschooling during School Closures: A Randomized Experiment in Rural Bangladesh" Sayoree Gooptu (Jadavpur University) & Vivekananda Mukherjee (Jadavpur University): "Does Private Tuition Crowd Out Private Schooling?: Evidence from India" Ankush Agrawal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi), Parul Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian School of Business and Finance) & Debasis Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Determinants of Private Tutoring Demand in India"
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Madhulika Khanna (Yale University) & Divya Pandey (Krea University): "The Role of Mothers-In-Law in Determining Women's Work: Evidence from India" Deepshikha Batheja (Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, New Delhi): "Gender Peer Effects in the Workplace: A Field Experiment in Indian Call Centers" Ajit Mishra (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi) & Swati Sharma (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi) : "Breaking Glass-Ceiling for Women Using Vertical Ties: Evidence from Indian Garment Manufacturing"
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Daniel Maggio (Cornell University) & Jack Cavanagh (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): "The Effect of Cash Transfers on Maternal Health Seeking: Evidence from Ecuador" Md. Nazmul Ahsan (Saint Louis University) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) : "Macroeconomic Shock and Gender Gap in Health Outcomes: Evidence from India" Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University) & Anisha Sharma (Ashoka University): "Effect of Sex Selective Abortion Ban on Child Health"
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Apoorv Gupta (Dartmouth College): "Demand for Quality, Variable Markups and Misallocation: Evidence from India" Kanishka Kacker (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) & Chetna Ahuja (ICICI Bank, Mumbai): "Firm Shutdown and Relation-Specific Investments: Evidence Using Cross-Country Firm-Level Data" Girish Bahal (The University of Western Australia) & Connor Jenkins (The University of Western Australia): "The Effect of Supply Base Diversification on the Propagation of Shocks"
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Sumedha Shukla (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi) & Gaurav Arora (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi): "The Impact of Agricultural Credit on Farm Yield Risk: A Quantile Regression Approach in Conjunction with Propensity Score Matching" Abhishek Shaw (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) & Sawan Rathi (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Effects of India's New Agricultural Cash Transfers: Evidence from Rythu Bandhu" Nicholas Li (Ryerson University): "In-Kind Transfers, Marketization Costs and Household Specialization: Evidence from Indian Farmers"
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Session 5(f) Public Economics IV: Policy Implementation Chair: Amrit Amirapu |
Alex Armand (Nova School of Business and Economics, CEPR, NOVAFRICA, and Institute for Fiscal Studies), Britta Augsburg (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Antonella Bancalari (University of St. Andrews and Institute for Fiscal Studies) & Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara (University of Bath and Institute for Fiscal Studies): "Countering Misinformation with Targeted Messages: Experimental Evidence Using Mobile Phones" Alex Armand (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, CEPR, NOVAFRICA, and Institute for Fiscal Studies), Britta Augsburg (Institute for Fiscal Studies) & Antonella Bancalari (University of St. Andrews and Institute for Fiscal Studies) : "Coordination and the Poor Maintenance Trap: An Experiment on Public Infrastructure in India" Amrit Amirapu (University of Kent), Irma Clots-Figueras (University of Kent), Bansi Malde (University of Kent), Anirban Mitra (University of Kent), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Zaki Wahhaj (University of Kent) : "The Effects of Personalized Information Provision on Access to Emergency Government Benefits: Experimental Evidence from India"
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Priyam Verma (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): "Optimal Infrastructure after Trade Reform in India" Reshad Ahsan (University of Melbourne) & Kazi Iqbal (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies): "The Performance of Value Chains during the Pandemic: Evidence from Bangladesh" Pavel Chakraborty (Lancaster University), Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University) & Asha Sundaram (University of Auckland): "Import Competition, Labor Market Regulation and Firm Outsourcing"
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Gaurav Bhattacharya (Ahmedabad University) & Meeta Keswani Mehra (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Interaction between Trade and Environment Policies with Special Interest Politics: A Case When Commodity Markets Are Imperfect" Ranajoy Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata), Gouranga Das, (Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea) & Sugata Marjit (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata): "Contract Farming in an Open Competitive Economy: Growth, Distribution, and Government Policy" Sugata Marjit (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India and CESifo, Germany) & Biswajit Mandal (Visva-Bharati University, India): "Monopolistic Competition, Optimum Product Diversity, and International Trade – The Critical Role of Factor Endowment and Factor Intensities"
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Session 5(i) Topics in Macroeconomics I Chair: Marcus Miller |
Prakriti Joshi (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) & Debasis Mondal (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi): "Tax Enforcement, Revenue and Informality" Alexander Yarkin (Brown University) & Dmitry Veselov (Higher School of Economics) : "Wealth Distribution, Political Struggle, and Industrialization: Theory and Evidence" Marcus Miller (University of Warwick) & Ben Zissimos (Exeter University) : "Without Liberty and Justice, What Extremes to Expect? Two Contemporary Perspectives"
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Session 5(j) Macroeconomics: Allocation Issues Chair: Romain Wacziarg |
Anindya S. Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad), Abinash Mishra (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad) & Mohsen Mohaghegh (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "Distributional Effects of Targeted Interventions" Ravi Bansal (Duke University and NBER), Max Croce (Bocconi University), Sam Rosen (Temple University) & Wenxie Liao (Black Rock) : "Uncertainty-Induced Reallocations, Innovation, and Growth" Bruno Pellegrino (University of Maryland), Enrico Spolaore (Tufts University) & Romain Wacziarg (University of California, Los Angeles and NBER): "Barriers to Global Capital Allocation"
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Parallel Sessions 6 21 December, Tuesday 20:15 – 22:00 (IST)
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Kopal Mathur (The University of Queensland and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Academy of Research): "Talent Allocation in the Indian Economy: Measurement and Policy Implications" Nino Doghonadze (Pennsylvania State University): "Learning with Retaking: A New Semi-Parametric Selection Correction and Panel Data Evidence" Gitanjali Sen (Shiv Nadar University), Mitul Surana (Indian Institute of Management, Indore) & Rakesh Basant (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad): "To What Extent Does the Fertility Rate Explain the Education Gap?"
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Britta Augsburg (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Bansi Malde (University of Kent and Institute for Fiscal Studies), Harriet Olorenshaw (Institute for Fiscal Studies) & Zaki Wahhaj (University of Kent): "To Invest or Not to Invest in Sanitation: The Role of Intra-Household Gender Differences in Perceptions and Bargaining Power " Rohan Ray (National University of Singapore): "Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Causal Evidence from India" Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay (Indian Institute of Management, Indore) & Bipasha Maity (Ashoka University): "Widowhood and Consumption of Private Assignable Goods: The Role of Socio-Economic Status, Rainfall Shocks and Historical Institutions"
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Session 6(c) Identity: Caste and Ethnicity Chair: Nils-Petter Lagerlöf |
Chinmayi Srikanth (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode) & Shubhasis Dey (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode): "Conspicuous Consumption for Social Parity" Sampreet Goraya (Stockholm School of Economics): "How Does Caste Affect Entrepreneurship? Birth versus Worth" Nils-Petter Lagerlöf (York University): "Eurasian Migration: A Simulation"
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Dhanushka Peru (Berkshire Community College): "Women's Labor Market Opportunities and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Sri Lanka" A. Nilesh Fernando (University of Notre Dame) & Niharika Singh (Columbia University): "Regulation by Reputation? Quality Revelation of Labor Intermediaries in International Migration" Kazi Iqbal (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Md. Nahid Ferdous Pabon (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Mohammad Rezoanul Haque (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies) & Nahian Azad Shashi (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies): "Local Nonfarm Opportunities and Migration Decisions: Evidence from Bangladesh"
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Session 6(e) Inequality and Poverty III Chair: Fernanda L Lopez de Leon |
Chayanika Mitra (St. Xavier's University, Kolkata) & Amita Majumder (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "The Estimation of the Cost-Of-Living Index: An Application of Collective Household Model" Pallavi Choudhuri (National Council of Applied Economic Research), Santanu Pramanik (National Council of Applied Economic Research) & Sonalde Desai (University of Maryland) : "Urban Exclusion: Rethinking Social Protection in the Wake of the Pandemic in India" Fernanda L Lopez de Leon (University of Kent), Bansi Malde (University of Kent and Institute of Fiscal Studies) & Ben McQuillin (University of East Anglia): "The Effects of Emergency Government Cash Transfers on Beliefs and Behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Brazil"
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Devesh Roy (IFPRI), Ruchira Boss (IFPRI), Sunil Saroj (IFPRI), Bhushana Karandikar (Independent Researcher), Mamata Pradhan (IFPRI) & Himanshi Pandey (Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi): "Snack Food Consumption across the Pune Transect in India: A Comparison of Dietary Behaviors Based on Consumer Characteristics and Locations" Christian Cox (Yale University), Akanksha Negi (Monash University) & Digvijay S Negi (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai) : "Risk Sharing Tests with Network Transaction Costs" Bruno Morando (University of Maynooth): "Subsistence Farming and Factor Misallocation: Evidence from Ugandan Agriculture"
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Session 6(g) Land: Ownership and Distribution Chair: Annemie Maertens |
Argyris Sakalis (University of Sheffield), Vassilis Sarantides (University of Sheffield) & Pantelis Kammas (Athens University of Economics and Business): "Land Distribution and Economic Development in a Pre-Industrial Economy: Evidence from Greece, 1881-1907" Cory Smith (University of Maryland): "Land Concentration and Long-Run Development in the Frontier United States" Annemie Maertens (Sussex University), Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University) & Siddharth Sharma (World Bank): "Absentee Landlords and Land Tenancy in India"
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Session 6(h) Applied Micro Theory II Chair: Mayuri Chaturvedi |
Aishwarya Harichandan (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Counter-Terrorism Efforts by Government versus Private Players: A Game Theoretic Analysis" Dripto Bakshi (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) & Indraneel Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): "Internal versus External Rent-Seeking with In-Group Inequality and Public Good Provision" Mayuri Chaturvedi (Reserve Bank of India): "A Model of Rent-Seeking and Inequality"
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Session 6(i) Macroeconomics: Financial Institutions in India Chair: Alok Kumar |
Mohammad Azeem Khan (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Wasim Ahmad (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Macroeconomic Dynamics of Bank Risk in India" Saurabh Ghosh (Reserve Bank of India) & Debojyoti Mazumder (Reserve Bank of India): "Do NBFCs Propagate Real Shocks?" Alok Kumar (University of Victoria): "Financial Market Imperfections and Government Spending Multipliers"
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Session 6(j) Topics in Macroeconomics II Chair: Maryam Mirfatah |
Hari Venkatesh (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) & Gourishankar S Hiremath (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur): "The Impact of Foreign Currency Exposure on Economic Growth" Garima Maurya (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Sohini Sahu (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Economic Complexity and Individualism: A Cross-Country Analysis" Maryam Mirfatah (King's College London), Vasco Gabriel (University of Victoria) & Paul Levine (University of Surrey) : "Monetary Growth Rules in an Emerging Open Economy"
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Parallel Sessions 7 22 December, Wednesday 10:00 – 11:45 (IST)
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Vinitha Rachel Varghese (University of Illinois, Chicago): "Impact of a Rights-Based Approach on School Enrollment of Disabled Children: Evidence from India" Leena Bhattacharya (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai): "The Right to Education Act and Children’s School Attendance in Rural India: A Causal Approach" Madhuri Agarwal (London School of Economics and Political Science), Vikram Bahure (University of Geneva) & Sayli Javadekar (University of Bath): "Marrying Young: The Surprising Effect of Education "
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Diva Dhar (University of Oxford): "Indian Matchmaking: Are Working Women Penalized in the Marriage Market in India?" Andrew Beauchamp (Wright State University), Rossella Calvi (Rice University) & Scott Fulford (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau): "Terms of Engagement: Migration, Dowry, and Love in Indian Marriages" Pierre-Andre Chiappori (Columbia University), David Ong (Jinan University), Yu (Alan) Yang (Peking University) & Junsen Zhang (Zhejiang University): "Marrying Up: Field Experimental and Household Survey Evidence of Competitive Search for a Taller and Richer Mate"
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Session 7(c) Finance III: Banking and Finance Chair: Rohit Prasad |
Kaushalendra Kishore (Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning, Mumbai): "Credit Insurance, Bailout and Systemic Risk" Aditi (Ashoka University), Ganesh Manjhi (Gargi College, University of Delhi) & Gaurav Bhattacharya (Ahmedabad University): "Implications of Banking Regulations on Online Payment Failures" Rohit Prasad (Management Development Institute, Gurgaon) & Yogesh Mathur (Consultant) : "Market Design Principles for the Securitization of Non-Performing Loans"
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Golam Rabbani (Sikkim University) & Rajesh Raj S N (Sikkim University): "Do Labour Regulations Matter for Firm Transition? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing" Tanya Jain (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Rahul Singh (Ahmedabad University) & Chetan Subramanian (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore): "Debt Contract Enforcement and Product Innovation: Evidence from a Legal Reform in India" Kalyani Padmakumar (Pennsylvania State University): "Size Based Regulations: Why Bunching Can Be Misleading"
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Session 7(e) Inequality and Poverty IV Chair: Karthikeya Naraparaju |
Christopher Kuruvilla Mathen (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) & Siddhartha Chattopadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur): "Regional Inequality of India at District Level: Comparison across Different Nightlight Sources" Gianluca Antonecchia (Erasmus School of Economics) & Ajay Bhaskarabhatla (Erasmus School of Economics): "Consumption Inequality: Evidence from India" S Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai), Karthikeya Naraparaju (Indian Institute of Management, Indore) & Ajay Sharma (Indian Institute of Management, Indore): "Spatial Disparities in Household Earnings in India: Role of Urbanization, Sectoral Inequalities, and Rural-Urban Differences"
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Apurav Yash Bhatiya (University of Warwick): "Do Enfranchised Immigrants Affect Politicians' Behaviour?" Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut), Soham Sahoo (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore), Deepak Saraswat (University of Connecticut) & Reetika Sindhi (University of California, Santa Barbara): "When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India" Caitlin Brown (University of Manchester), Garance Genicot (Georgetown University) & Nishtha Kochhar (Georgetown University) : "Political Reservations as Term Limits"
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Session 7(g) Regional Economics and Trade Chair: Yuta Suzuki |
Sankalp Sharma (Madras School of Economics), Prerna Pandey (Madras School of Economics) & Haripriya Enamundram (Madras School of Economics): "Internal Trade in India: Patterns and Determinants" Johannes Gallé (Ruhr University Bochum), Daniel Overbeck (University of Mannheim), Nadine RIedel (University of Münster) & Tobias Seidel (University of Duisburg-Essen): "Special Economic Zones and Economic Development: Evidence from Indian Municipalities" Yuta Suzuki (Pennsylvania State University): "Local Shocks and Regional Dynamics in an Aging Economy"
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Ravideep Sethi (University of Utah) & WonSeok Yoo (New York University): "Group Bargaining and Delegation" Nishtha Sharma (University of California, Irvine): "Persistence of Discrimination: Theory and Experimental Evidence" Brishti Guha (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): "Affirmative Action in the Presence of Income Heterogeneity"
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Session 7(i) Topics in Macroeconomics III Chair: Hardik Arvind Marfatia |
Shiv Dixit (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad) & Krishnamurthy Subramanian (Government of India): "Bank Coordination and Monetary Transmission: Evidence from India" Jean-Paul L’Huillier (Brandeis University), Sanjay R. Singh (University of California, Davis) & Donghoon Yoo (Osaka University): "Incorporating Diagnostic Expectations into the New Keynesian Framework" Hardik Arvind Marfatia (Northeastern Illinois University): "Which Sectors Hold the Key to Future Economic Growth? Insights from the Financial Markets"
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Lalit Contractor (Ashoka University): "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and Constrained Inefficient Regional Labour Mobility" Soumya Bhaduri (Reserve Bank of India), Debojyoti Mazumder (Reserve Bank of India) & Abhinav Narayanan (Reserve Bank of India): "Ambiguity in Job Search" Hideki Nakamura (Osaka City University) & Joseph Zeira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CEPR and Research Centre for Economic Analysis): "Automation and Unemployment: Help is on the Way"
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Parallel Sessions 8 22 December, Wednesday 18:00 – 19:45 (IST)
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Renuka Sane (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) & Manish Kumar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee): "Does Financial and Macro Policy Explain Household Investment in Gold?" Piyush Pandey (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) & Sarthak Gaurav (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay): "Does Demonetization Affect Bond Markets? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India" Prasenjit Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi) & Sudipta Sen (O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat): "Foreign Currency Borrowing and Risk Exposure of Firms: An Emerging Market Economy Viewpoint"
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Bilal Ahmad Bhat (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "The Intergenerational Effects of Marital Transfers: Evidence from India" Shreya Biswas (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad) & Upasak Das (University of Manchester): "What's the Worth of a Promise? Evaluating the Longer-Term Indirect Effects of a Program to Reduce Early Marriage in India" Punarjit Roychowdhury (Shiv Nadar University) & Gaurav Dhamija (Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad): "Don't Cross the Line: Bounding the Causal Effect of Hypergamy Violation on Domestic Violence in India"
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Session 8(c) Conflict and Communal Violence Chair: Aarushi Kalra |
Surya Nath Maiti (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Debayan Pakrashi, (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) & Russell Smyth (Monash University): "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover: The Role of Intergroup Contact in Reducing Prejudice in Conflict Settings" Mounu Prem (Universidad del Rosario), Miguel E. Purroy (Inter-American Development Bank) & Juan F. Vargas (Universidad del Rosario): "Landmines: The Local Effects of Demining" Aarushi Kalra (Brown University): "A 'Ghetto' of One's Own: Communal Violence, Residential Segregation and Group Education Outcomes in India"
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Angel de Jesús Espinoza Escobar (Banco de México): "Public Transportation Infrastructure and Consumer Prices: Chain Stores, Street Vendors and Mom and Pop Stores" Phan Le (The Australian National University): "Formalisation, Productivity and Informal Costs: Evidence from Vietnam" Megha Patnaik (LUISS University, Rome and CEPR), Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS University, Rome and Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance and CEPR), Andrea Linarello (Bank of Italy) & Andrea Lamorgese (Bank of Italy): "Management Practices and Resilience to Shocks: Evidence from COVID-19"
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David Blakeslee (New York University, Abu Dhabi), Aaditya Dar (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad), Ram Fishman (Tel Aviv University), Samreen Malik (New York University, Abu Dhabi), Heitor Pelegrina (New York University, Abu Dhabi) & Karan Singh (Independent Researcher): "Irrigation and the Spatial Pattern of Local Economic Development in India" Kashi Kafle (Texas A&M University), Tisorn Songsermsawas (International Fund for Agricultural Development) & Paul Winters (University of Notre Dame): "Agricultural Value Chain Development in Nepal: Understanding Mechanisms for Poverty Reduction" Sam Asher (Johns Hopkins SAIS), Alison Campion (Development Data Lab), Douglas Gollin (University of Oxford) & Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College): "The Long-Run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India"
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Pranab Mukhopadhyay (Goa Business School), Shaila Desouza (Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy) & Aparna P. Lolayekar (Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy): "Demographic Profile of Convicts and Social Equity in India" Manaswini Rao (University of California San Diego): "Courts Redux: Micro-Evidence from India" Sandeep Bhupatiraju (World Bank), Daniel L. Chen (World Bank and Toulouse School of Economics), Shareen Joshi (Georgetown University), Peter Neis (Toulouse School of Economics) & Shashank Singh (Indian Institute of Technology): "Just Water? Environmental Jurisprudence, Water Quality and Infant Mortality in India"
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Anindya S. Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad), Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University) & Shekhar Tomar (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad): "Aggregate Shocks, Domestic Trade Collapse and Regional Realignment" Bjoern Brey (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) & Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham): "The Consequences of a Trade Collapse: Economics and Politics in Weimar Germany" Bjoern Brey (Universite Libre Bruxelles) & Roberto Bonfatti (University of Padua): "Trade Disruption, Industrialisation, and the Setting Sun of British Colonial Rule in India"
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Session 8(h) Applied Micro Theory IV: COVID 19 Chair: Parantap Basu |
Sushobhan Mahata (University of Calcutta), (Late) Sarbajit Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta), Rohan Kanti Khan (University of Calcutta) & Ranjanendra Narayan Nag (St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata): "COVID-19 Lockdown, Family Migration and Unemployment in a Gendered Society − A Theoretical Analysis" Amit Batabyal (Rochester Institute of Technology) & Hamid Beladi (University of Texas at San Antonio): "Health Interventions in a Poor Region and Resilience in the Presence of a Pandemic" Parantap Basu (Durham University) & Clive Bell (University of Heidelberg): "How Many will Get a Jab, with and without Herd Immunity?"
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Session 8(i) Topics in Macroeconomics IV Chair: Soumya Bhadury |
Pradyumna Dash (Indian Institute of Management, Raipur), Ankit Kumar (Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam) & Chetan Subramanian (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) : "Distributional and Welfare Effect of U.S. Monetary Policy" Saurabh Sharma (Reserve Bank of India) & Harendra Behera (Reserve Bank of India): "A Dissection of Indian Growth Using a DSGE Filter" Soumya Bhadury (Reserve Bank of India), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) & Saurabh Ghosh (Reserve Bank of India): "In Quest of Policy ‘Silver Bullets’ towards Triggering a V-Shaped Recovery"
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Session 8(j) Macroeconomics: COVID 19 Chair: Pawan Gopalakrishnan |
Paras Sachdeva (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Apica Sharma (Indira Gandhi National Open University) & Wasim Ahmad (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur): "Macroeconomic Impact of the Supply Shock during COVID-19 Pandemic in India" Pami Dua (Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi) & Divya Tuteja (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi): "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Economies of China and India" Satadru Das (Reserve Bank of India), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India), Abhinav Narayanan (Reserve Bank of India) & Abhishek Ranjan (Reserve Bank of India): "COVID-19 Induced Lockdown and Economic Activity: Evidence from Zoning Restrictions in India"
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