Day 1: 19 December, Monday
9.00 AM - 10.10 AM: Registration and Coffee/Tea
10.10 AM - 10.20 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (ISI Delhi)
10.20 AM - 11.20 AM: Plenary Session 1 (Auditorium)
Raouf Boucekkine (Rennes School of Business): “Revolutions Are Not What You Expect: Why They Are Rare, Elite-driven and often Non-democratising”
Chair: Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
11.20 AM - 11.50 AM: Coffee/Tea Break
11.50 AM - 01.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 1
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Session 1(h) Agriculture I: Marketing Reforms (Classroom 22) |
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Session 1(i) Road Access: Crime and Health (Classroom 23)
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01.00 PM - 02.15 PM: Lunch (Guesthouse lawn- for registered participants only)
02.15 PM - 04.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 2
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Session 2(a) Education I (Conference Room) |
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Session 2(c) Gender I: Female Labour Force Participation (Seminar Room 2) |
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Session 2(g) Macroeconomics: Indian Experience (Classroom 14) |
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04.00 PM – 04.30 PM: Coffee/Tea Break
04.30 PM - 06.15 PM: Parallel Sessions 3
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Session 3(g) Macroeconomics: Labour and Search (Classroom 14) |
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Day 2: 20 December, Tuesday
9.00 AM - 9.30 AM: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 AM - 10.30 AM: Plenary Session 2 (Auditorium)
Kaivan Munshi (Yale
University): “Economic
Development, Undernutrition and Diabetes”
Chair: Abhiroop
Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30 AM - 11.15 AM: High Tea (Guesthouse lawns)
11.15 AM - 01.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 4
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01.00 PM - 02.15 PM: Lunch (Guesthouse lawn- for registered participants only)
02.15 PM - 04.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 5
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04.00 PM -04.30 PM: Coffee/Tea Break
04.30 PM - 06.15 PM: Parallel Sessions 6
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Session 6(f) Monetary Policy: Indian Experience (Classroom 13) |
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7.30 PM - 10.00 PM: Gala Dinner at the French Cultural Centre (2 APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi - 11)
(Dinner is by invitation only.)
Day 3: 21 December, Wednesday
9.00 AM - 9.30 AM: Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.30 AM- 10.30 AM: Plenary Session 3 (Auditorium)
Armon Rezai
(Vienna University of Economics and Business): “Net
Zero and Its Implications for Late Industrializers”
Chair: Monisankar Bishnu
(Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
10.30 AM- 11.15 AM: High Tea (Guesthouse lawn)
11.15 AM- 01.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 7
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Session 7(g) Macroeconomics: Credit and Savings (Classroom 14) |
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01.00 PM - 02.15 PM: Lunch (Guesthouse lawn- for registered participants only)
02.15 PM- 04.00 PM: Parallel Sessions 8
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4.00 PM - 4.30 PM: Coffee/Tea Break
4.30 PM - 6.00 PM: Panel Discussion on “India and the Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities” (Auditorium)
Panelists:
Anantha Nageswaran (Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India)
Deepak Mohanty (Chief Economic Advisor, FICCI)
Amartya Lahiri (Professor, University of British Columbia)
Himanshu (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Vaishali Garga (Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Moderator: Chetan Ghate (Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
[The Panel Discussion is co-organized with the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi.]
6.00 - 6.15: Vote of Thanks
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Parallel Sessions 1 19 December, Monday 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM
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Session 1(a) Empirical Trade I (Conference Room) Chair: Amit Kumar Khandelwal |
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Yogeshwar Bharat (Centre For Advanced Financial Research And Learning) & Raoul Minetti (Michigan State University): "Credit Constraints, Bank Incentives, and Firm Export: Evidence from India" Louise Guillouet (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Rocco Macchiavello (London School of Economics), Amit Kumar Khandelwal (Yale University) & Matthieu Teachout (Pôle Emploi): "Language Barriers in Multinationals and Knowledge Transfers"
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Session 1(b) Empirical IO (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Daichi Shimamoto |
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Apoorva Gupta (University of Duesseldorf) & Joel Stiebale (University of Duesseldorf): "Gains from Patent Protection - Evidence from India" Kei Kawai (University of California Berkeley), Jun Nakabayashi (Kyoto University) & Daichi Shimamoto (Kindai University): "A Study of Bid-rigging in Procurement Auctions: Evidence from Indonesia, Georgia, Mongolia, Malta, and State of California"
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Session 1(c) Crime and Kanoon (Law) (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Shareen Joshi |
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Aparna P. Lolayekar (Goa University), Shaila Desouza (Goa University), Pranab Mukhopadhyay (Goa University) & Heena S. Gaude (Goa University): "Crime Rate in India: Impact of Social, Economic and Climatic Factors" Sandeep Bhupatiraju (World Bank), Daniel L. Chen (World Bank & Toulouse School of Economics), Ritesh Das (World Bank), Shareen Joshi (Georgetown University) & Peter Neis (Toulouse School of Economics): "Impact of Free Legal Search on Rule of Law: Evidence from Indian Kanoon"
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Session 1(d) Bureaucracy (Auditorium) Chair: Aditya Dasgupta |
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Martin Mattsson (National University of Singapore): "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service" Anustubh Agnihotri (Ashoka University), Aditya Dasgupta (University of California at Merced) & Devesh Kapur (Johns Hopkins University): "The Political Economy of Capture: Micromotives and Macrobehavior in India’s Land Bureaucracy"
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Session 1(e) Persuasion and Verification (Classroom 11) Chair: Archishman Chakraborty |
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Sanket Patil (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Strategic Justifications" Nemanja Antic (Northwestern University) & Archishman Chakraborty (Yeshiva University): "Selected Facts"
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Session 1(f) Trade: Theory (Classroom 13) Chair: Kamal Saggi |
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Kaushal Kishore (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal): "Competition for FDI with Vintage Investment and Agglomeration Advantages: A Revisit" Kamal Saggi (Vanderbilt University) & Difei Geng (University of Arkansas Fayetteville): "Mutual Recognition in the International Protection of Intellectual Property"
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Session 1(g) Public Economics: Corporate Tax (Classroom 14) Chair: Satadru Das |
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Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business), Shiv Dixit (Indian School of Business) & Tejaswi Velayudhan (University of California Irvine): "Impact of the GST on Corporate Tax Evasion: Evidence from Indian Tax Records" Satadru Das (Reserve Bank of India), Lucie Gadenne (University of London), Tushar Nandi (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research) & Ross Warwick (Institute of Fiscal Studies): "Does Going Cashless Make You Tax-rich? Evidence from India's Demonetization Experiment"
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Session 1(h) Agriculture I: Marketing Reforms (Classroom 22) Chair: Sunil Saroj |
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Soumyajit Mandal (University of Calcutta) & Sukanta Bhattyacharya (University of Calcutta): "Agricultural Pricing Policy, Farmers' Welfare in the Presence of Private Traders" Devesh Roy (International Food Policy Research Institute), Sunil Saroj (International Food Policy Research Institute), Avinash Kishore (International Food Policy Research Institute) & Prabhat Kishore (NIAP): "Impacts of Sweeping Agricultural Marketing Reforms in a Poor State of India: Evidence from Repeal of the APMC act"
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Session 1(i) Road Access: Crime and Health (Classroom 23) Chair: Shreya Biswas |
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Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University), Anahita Karandikar (University of British Columbia) & Devvrat Raghav (Ashoka University): "Road Access, Fertility and Child Health in Rural India" Ritika Jain (Centre for Development Studies) & Shreya Biswas (Birla Institute of Technology and Science): "The Road to Safety- Examining the Nexus between Road Infrastructure and Crime in Rural India"
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Parallel Sessions 2 19 December, Monday 02:15 PM - 04:00 PM
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Session 2(a) Education I (Conference Room) Chair: Saikat Ghosh |
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Chinmayi Srikanth (Indian Institute of Management
Kozhikode) & Shubhasis Dey (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode): “Multigenerational Persistence and the Great Gatsby
Relation for India” Nilanjan Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata), Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) & Soham Sahoo (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Impact of Early Childhood School Intervention on Enrolment and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Government-run Pre-primary Program in the Indian State of West Bengal" Saikat Ghosh (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories) & Subhasish Dey (University of Warwick): "Does Preschool Entry Age Affect Children’s Cognitive and Social Development? Evidence from India"
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Session 2(b) History and Persistence (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Rahul Mehrotra |
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Soyra Gune (Independent Researcher): "Long Term Impact of Indigo Cultivation in British India" Nitin Kumar Bharti (Paris School of Economics) & Li Yang (Berlin School of Economics): "Human Capital Accumulation in China and India in the 20th century" Rahul Mehrotra (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva): "Irrigating the Killing Fields: Long-term Economic Impacts of the Khmer Rouge Genocide"
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Session 2(c) Gender I: Female Labour Force Participation (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Aparajita Dasgupta |
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Punarjit Roychowdhury (Shiv Nadar University) & Gaurav Dhamija (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad): "Educational Hypogamy and Female Employment in Rural India" Tanika Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) & Nafisa Lohawala (Resources for the Future): "Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work" Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University) & Ashokankur Datta (Shiv Nadar University): "Are Gender Norms Systematic to Caste Institutions? Examining Preferences Through a Social Experiment in North Indian Villages"
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Session 2(d) Conflict (Auditorium) Chair: Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya |
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Per G Fredriksson (University of Louisville), Satyendra K. Gupta (Delhi School of Economics) & Jiong Zhu (Xiamen University): "Segmentary Lineage Systems, Conflict, and Female Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa" Klaus Desmet (Southern Methodist University) & Joseph Flavian Gomes (Université Catholique de Louvain): "Trade Liberalization, Ethnic Remoteness, and Civil Conflict" Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya (Deakin University): "The Naxalite Conflict in India: Does Ethnic Distance Matter?"
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Session 2(e) Applied Micro Theory I (Classroom 11) Chair: Parimal Bag |
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Benhur Ruqsana (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Specialized Allocation of Public Goods with Incomplete Information" Jorg Franke (University of Bath) & Shasikanta Nandeibam (University of Bath): "Efficient Probabilistic Fines under Negative Externalities" Parimal Bag (National University of Singapore) & Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Dynamic Delegation"
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Session 2(f) Topics in Macroeconomics I (Classroom 13) Chair: Tapas Mishra |
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Rahul Rao (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) & Kunal Dasgupta (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Land Misallocation and Industrial Development" Hari Venkatesh (Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya) & Gourishankar S Hiremath (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur): "Early Warning Indicators of Financial Crises: Original Sin and Currency Mismatches" Kun Duan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Tapas Mishra (University of Southampton), Mamata Parhi (Roehampton Universit) & Simon Wolfe (University of Southampton): "Macroeconomic Effects of Housing Market Equilibrium"
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Session 2(g) Macroeconomics: Indian Experience (Classroom 14) Chair: Vaishali Garga |
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Piyali Das (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth Delhi) & Subhadeep Halder (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Fiscal Dominance and Public Debt Management" Seema Saini (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) & Wasim Ahmad (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur): "Do Recessions Induce the Schumpeterian Creative Destruction? Micro-evidence from India" Vaishali Garga (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest University) & Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Assessing Central Bank Commitment to Inflation Targeting: Evidence from Financial Market Expectations in India"
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Session 2(h) Environment I: Temperature (Classroom 22) Chair: Vidhya Soundararajan |
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Sujaya Sircar (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "The Heat is on: Temperature and Test Scores in India" Ridhima Gupta (South Asian University) & Eswaran Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "The Impact of Temperature on Worker Absenteeism in the Indian Manufacturing Sector" Niraj Bansal (ZS associates) & Vidhya Soundararajan (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay): "Temperature Extremes and Labor Effort"
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Session 2(i) Behavioural Economics I (Classroom 23) Chair: Prarthna Agarwal Goel |
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Upasak Das (University of Manchester), Sania Ashraf (University of Pennsylvania), Kavita Chauhan (University of Pennsylvania), Alex Sphenev (University of Pennsylvania) & Cristina Bicchieri (University of Pennsylvania): "Valuing Open Defecation Free Surroundings: Experimental Evidence from a Norm-based Intervention in India" Ritwik Banerjee (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore), Marcela Ibanez (University of Goettingen), Gerhard Riener (University of Dusseldorf) & Soham Sahoo (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Affirmative Action and Application Strategies: Evidence from Field Experiments in Colombia" Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Prarthna Agarwal Goel (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University) & Sujatha Srinivasan (LEAD at Krea University): "Access to Clean Water & the Role of Information and Transaction Costs: Field Experimental Evidence from India"
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Parallel Sessions 3 19 December, Monday 04:30 PM– 06:15 PM
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Session 3(a) Education II (Conference Room) Chair: Sourabh B. Paul |
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Manisha Jain (University of Wisconsin-Madison): "Does Affirmative Action Impact Inter-generational Mobility? Evidence from India" Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Shiv Nadar University) & Komal Sahai (O.P. Jindal Global University): "Caste Peer Effects on Student Performance: Evidence from Indian Schools" Neha Bailwal (University of Göttingen) & Sourabh B. Paul (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi): "Village Dominance and Learning Gaps in Rural India"
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Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Pratibha Joshi (Independent Researcher) & Swati Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Short Run Effects of Skill Training for the Unemployed Youth in India" Apurav Bhatiya (University of Birmingham), Bhaskar Chakravorty (University of Warwick), Clement Imbert (University of Warwick) & Roland Rathelot (ENSAE Paris): "Expected Benefits and Costs of Migration for Rural Youth: Experimental Evidence from India" Achyuta Adhvaryu (University of Michigan), Raphaelle Aulagnon (Bocconi University), Ishita Batra (Princeton University), Smit Gade (Good Business Lab), Karan Nagpal (IDinsight) & Anant Nyshadham (University of Michigan): "Digital Remittances for Migrant Workers in India: An Unfulfilled Promise"
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Session 3(c) Marriage I (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Bipasha Maity |
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Arnab K. Basu (Cornell University), Tsenguunjav Byambasuren (Cornell University) & Nancy H. Chau (Cornell University): "The Effects of Partial Liquor Ban on Intimate Partner Violence" Sisir Debnath (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Sourabh B. Paul (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi) & Asad Tariq (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi): "Conflict and Gender Subjugation: The Impact of Religious Violence on Women’s Age at Marriage" Bipasha Maity (Ashoka University) & Sumedha Shukla (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi): "The Long-term Effect of Exposure to the Taliban Regime on Women's Age at Marriage in Afghanistan"
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Session 3(d) Political Economy I: Theory (Auditorium) Chair: Anirban Mitra |
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Meeta Keswani Mehra (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Gaurav Bhattacharya (Ahmedabad University): "Trade and Environmental Policies with Special Interest Politics: A Case of Asymmetric Information" Abhirup Sarkar (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata) & Abhinandan Sinha (Ahmedabad University): "Investments and Democracy" Anirban Mitra (University of Kent): "The Public Provision of Goods in Democracies: Do Age and Inequality matter?"
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Session 3(e) Auctions and Pricing (Classroom 11) Chair: Rohit Lamba |
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Sanyyam Khurana (Delhi School of Economics): "Auctions with Resale at a Later Date" G V A Dharanan (University of New South Wales) & Alex Ellis (Independent Researcher): "Equilibrium in Asymmetric Auctions" Tommy Chao Hung Chan (Virginia Tech) & Matthew Kovach (Virginia Tech): "Selling to Wishful Thinkers" Rohit Lamba (Pennsylvania State University) & Sergey Zhuk (Independent Researcher): "Pricing with Algorithms"
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Session 3(f) Applied Micro Theory II (Classroom 13) Chair: Ayush Pant |
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Soumyanetra Munshi (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata) & Kaushiki Roy (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata): "Minimum Age of Marriage, Dowry and Investment in Daughter’s Human Capital: A Game-theoretic Exploration" Dripto Bakshi (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) & Ajit Mishra (University of Bath): "Endogenous Transfers and Inequality in a Network of Contesting Agents" Ayush Pant (Ashoka University) & Federico Trombetta (Universita Cattlica del Sacro Cuore): "The Newsroom Dilemma"
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Session 3(g) Macroeconomics: Labour and Search (Classroom 14) Chair: Shankha Chakraborty |
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Anushka Mitra (University of Texas at Austin): "Macroeconomic Sentiments and the Job Search Behavior of Labor Market Participants" Monisankar Bishnu (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), S Chandrasekhar (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) & Srinivasan Murali (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Gender Differences in Job Search Behaviour: A Joint Search Perspective" Monisankar Bishnu (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon) & Korok Dasgupta (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Patriarchy, Gender Norms and Household Labor Supply"
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Session 3(h) Environment II (Classroom 22) Chair: Sabyasachi Das |
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Shivani Wadehra (Independent Researcher) & Zihan Nie (Beijing Normal University): "Nudging Households to Segregate at Source" Prabhat Kishore (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Pratap S. Birthal (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Shivendra K. Srivastava (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) & Devesh Roy (International Food Policy Research Institute): "Governing the Groundwater Use in India: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009" Gaurav Chiplunkar (University of Virginia) & Sabyasachi Das (Ashoka University): "Economic Development and Forest Conservation in Decentralized Governance"
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Session 3(i) Behavioural Economics II (Classroom 23) Chair: Jeevant Rampal |
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Cecilia Ahsan (Gothenburg University), Vikram Patil (International Rice Research Institute), Joe Vecci (Gothenburg University), Prakashan Chellattan Veettil (International Rice Research Institute) & Yashodha (International Water Management Institute): "Locus of Control and Economic Decision-making: A Field Experiment in Odisha, India." Samreen Malik (New York University Abu Dhabi) & Nishtha Sharma (New York University Abu Dhabi): "The Economics of Street Charity: Theory and Field Evidence" Jeevant Rampal (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) & Saif Ali Khan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad): "Attitude Towards Caste-based Reservation and Study Group Formation: Evidence from a Business School in India"
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Parallel Sessions 4 20 December, Tuesday 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM
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Session 4(a) Education III (Conference Room) Chair: Amrita Dhar |
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Amparo Castello Climent (University of Valencia), Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Ravinder (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Transforming Rural Prosperity Through Tertiary Education: Evidence from India" Raghav Rakesh (Michigan State University): "The Local Economic Impacts of Foreign Students" Christopher Biolsi (Western Kentucky University), Steven G. Craig (University of Houston) & Amrita Dhar (University of Mary Washington): "Is Education Finance Driven by Tastes for Equity or Tastes for Education? Both."
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Session 4(b) Labour II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Md Moshi Ul Alam |
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Lalit Contractor (Ashoka University): "Contract Labour and Insurance within the Establishment" Nikita Sangwan (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Swati Sharma (Institute of Economic Growth): "Labor Market Shocks, Social Protection and Women's Work" Md Moshi Ul Alam (Queen's University), Mehreen Mookerjee (Zayed University) & Sanket Roy (American University of Sharjah): "Worker-Side Discrimination: Beliefs and Preferences- Evidence from an Information Experiment on Job-Seekers"
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Shampa Bhattacharjee (Shiv Nadar University), Arka Roy Chaudhuri (Shiv Nadar University) & Kirti Tater (Shiv Nadar University): "Expansion of Female Job Opportunities and Child Health: Evidence from Bangladesh" Karmini Sharma (Stanford King Center on Global Development): "Tackling Sexual Harassment: Experimental 0Evidence from India" Diva Dhar (University of Oxford): "Across The Board: The Impact of Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards in India"
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Session 4(d) Political Economy II (Auditorium) Chair: Amrutha Manjunath |
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Shubhro Bhattacharya (World Bank): "A Palimpsest of the Past? Colonial Land Revenue System and Criminal Politicians in Contemporary India" Abhishek Shaw (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) & Muddasir Ahmad Akhoon (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad): "Economic Costs of Political Restrictions: Effects of the Article 370 Lockdown in Jammu & Kashmir" Amrutha Manjunath (Pennsylvania State University): "Criminal Politicians and Political Parties: Evidence from Indian Parliamentary Elections"
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Session 4(e) Networks: Theory (Classroom 11) Chair: Sandeep Kapur |
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Promit K. Chaudhuri (Virginia Tech), Sudipta Sarangi (Virginia Tech) & Hector Tzavellas (Virginia Tech): "Network Games under Incomplete Information on Graph Realizations" John Higgins (University of Wisconsin) & Tarun Sabarwal (University of Kansas): "Control and Spread of Contagion in Networks with Global Effects" Arup Daripa (Birkbeck University of London), Sandeep Kapur (Birkbeck University of London) & Marco Pelliccia (Heriot-Watt University): "Incentive Design on Networks"
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Session 4(f) IO Theory I (Classroom 13) Chair: Neelanjan Sen |
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Priyanka Dutta (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Public, Private or a bit of both (Mixed)?" Debapriya Sen (Toronto Metropolitan University) & Giorgas Stamatopoulos (University of Crete): "Free Licensing of Patents: A Theoretical Ananlysis " Neelanjan Sen (Madras School of Economics) & Uday Bhanu Sinha (Delhi School of Economics): "When to Merge with a Lower Quality Producer?"
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Session 4(g) Monetary Policy (Classroom 14) Chair: Amartya Lahiri |
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Rishabh Choudhary (World Bank), Chetan Ghate (Institute of Economic Growth and Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Md Arbaj Meman (Union Bank of Switzerland): "A Four Step Procedure for Forecasting Core Inflation in India" Rounak Sil (KPMG Global Services), Unninarayanan Kurup (Independent Researcher), Ashima Goyal (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research), Rajendra Paramanik (Indian Institute of Technology Patna) & Apoorva Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Patna): "Chorus in the Cacophony: Internal Dissent and Policy Communication of India’s Monetary Policy Committee" Paul Beaudry (Bank of Canada), Thomas Carter (Bank of Canada) & Amartya Lahiri (University of British Columbia): "The Central Bank's Dilemma: Look Through Supply Shocks or Control Inflation Expectations?"
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Session 4(h) Environment III: Air Pollution (Classroom 22) Chair: Martino Pelli |
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Damini Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Indrani Gupta (Institute of Economic Growth) & Sagnik Dey (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi): "Effect of Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance in India" Parul Jain (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Sangeeta Bansal (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Brick Kilns, Anemia & Residential Proximity: Evidence from Bihar" H. Ron Chan (University of Manchester), Martino Pelli (University of Sherbrooke) & Veronica Vienne Arancibia (University of Manchester): "Wildfires, Smoky Days, and Labor Supply"
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Sandhya Garg (Institute of Economic Growth), Samarth Gupta (Ahmedabad University) & Sushanta Mallick (Queen Mary University of London): "Financial Access and Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Employment: Evidence from Rural India" Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University ) & S. K. Ritadhi (Ashoka University): "Distributional Implications of Bank Branch Expansions: Evidence from India" Niloy Bose (Virginia Tech), Nazanin Sedaghatkish (Virginia Tech) & Mohammadmahdi Banasaz (Virginia Tech): "Identification of Loan Effects on Personal Finance: A Case for U.S. Small Entrepreneurs"
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Parallel Sessions 5 20 December, Tuesday 02:15 PM – 04:00 PM
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Session 5(a) Education IV (Conference Room) Chair: Bharti Nandwani |
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Akanksha Aggarwal (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University) & Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Effect of Teacher Transfers Policy on Student Learning : Evidence from India" Chirantan Chatterjee (University of Sussex), Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University) & Shreekanth Mahendiran (University of Lausanne): "Can Greater Access to Education be Inequitable? New Evidence from India’s Right to Education Act" Bharti Nandwani (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) & Gitanjali Sen (Shiv Nadar University): "Revisiting the Language Experiment in India: Level Playing or Exacerbating Disparity?"
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Session 5(b) Indian Manufacturing I (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Sarmistha Pal |
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Neha Jain (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Sugandha Huria (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) & Kriti Sharma (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade): "Fostering Participation in International Trade through Digitalization: A Case of India’s Unorganized Sector MSMEs" Meet Mehta (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Land Market Frictions and Differential Manufacturing and Services Growth: Evidence from India's Structural Transformation" Sarmistha Pal (University of Surrey), Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Zoya Saher (University of Nottingham): "Land Ceiling Legislations, Land Acquisition and De-industrialisation - Theory and Evidence from the Indian States"
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Session 5(c) Gender III (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Subhasish Dey |
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Chitwan Lalji (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata), Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Soubhagya Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) & Russell Smyth (Monash University): "She Can Fight Her Own Battles: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Increasing Awareness about Rights and Self-defense Training on Female Empowerment in India" Subarna Banerjee (Shiv Nadar University) & Gitanjali Sen (Shiv Nadar University): "Spillovers of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Evidence from Kanyashree in India" Subhasish Dey (University of Warwick) & Tanisha Ghosal (J-PAL South Asia): "Can Conditional Cash Transfer Defer Child Marriage? Impact of Kanyashree Prakalpa in West Bengal, India"
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Session 5(d) Identity: Caste and Religion I (Auditorium) Chair: Anirban Mukherjee |
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Ather Hassan Dar (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur): "School Disruptions: The Effects of Conflict on Student Academic Achievements in Kashmir" Yatish Arya (Ashoka University) & Amit Chaudhary (Independent Researcher): "Resisting Modernisation under Foreign Occupation: The Role of Religious Identity" Anirban Mukherjee (University of Calcutta) & Shankhajit Sen (University of Calcutta): "Social Fragmentation and Productivity in Colonial India"
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Session 5(e) Voting and Contests (Classroom 11) Chair: Indranil Chakraborty |
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Abhigyan Bose (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata) & Souvik Roy (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata): "Ordinal Bayesian Incentive Compatibility with Respect to Correlated Beliefs" Sumit Goel (California Institute of Technology): "Prizes and effort in contests with private information" Parimal Bag (National University of Singapore) & Indranil Chakraborty (National University of Singapore): "Parents–Children Teams in School Contest"
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Session 5(f) IO Theory II (Classroom 13) Chair: Gaurav Jakhu |
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Sonakshi Jain (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Favouritism and Corruption in Procurement Auctions ” Vishavdeep Sharma (Ohio State University) & Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Oligopolistic Competition and Corruption" Gaurav Jakhu (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Integrating a Free Online Service: Competition and Welfare"
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Session 5(g) Macroeconomics: Growth (Classroom 14) Chair: Sugata Ghosh |
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Amol Amol (University of Minnesota) & Erzo G.J. Luttmer (University of Minnesota): "Permanent Primary Deficits, Idiosyncratic Long-Run Risk, and Growth" Davide La Torre (SKEMA Business School), Simone Marsiglio (University of Pisa), Franklin Mendivil (Acadia University) & Fabio Privileggi (University of Turin): "Stochastic Optimal Growth through State-dependent Probabilities" Sugata Ghosh (Brunel University London) & Nigar Hashimzade (Brunel University London): "Optimal Pollution Abatement with Endogenous Time Preferences"
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Session 5(h) Environment IV: Air Pollution (Classroom 22) Chair: Anant Sudarshan |
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Sravanthi Choragudi (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore): "Do All Empowered Women Promote Smokeless Kitchens? Investigating Rural India" Justin Ahn (Deerfield Academy) & Fatiq Nadeem (University of California Santa Barbara): "Borrow or Burn?: Relationship Between Bank Access and Crop Burning" Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Nicholas Ryan (Yale University) & Anant Sudarshan (University of Warwick): "The Benefits and Costs of Emissions Trading: Experimental Evidence from a New Market for Industrial Particulate Emissions"
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Session 5(i) Behavioural Economics III (Classroom 23) Chair: Ritwik Banerjee |
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Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Ahana Basistha (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Amrita Dhillon (King's College London) & Danila Serra (Texas A&M University): "Information, Beliefs and Citizen Activism: An Experiment" Ritwik Banerjee (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore), Lata Gangadharan (Monash University), Anand Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) & Srinivasan Murali (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore): "Effect of Social Information on Competition Choice" Ritwik Banerjee (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ) & Priyoma Mustafi (University of Pittsburgh): "Using Social Recognition to Address the Gender Difference in Volunteering for Low Promotability Tasks"
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Parallel Sessions 6 20 December, Tuesday 04:30 PM – 06:15 PM
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Session 6(a) Education V (Conference Room) Chair: Nishant Chadha |
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Sangeeta Bansal (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University) & Pooja Rathore (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University): "The Effect of School Merger on Student Performance- Evidence from India" Aditi Acharya (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Beggar-thy-neighbourhood: Spatial Externalities in Access to Private Schools- Evidence from India" Nishant Chadha (India Development Foundation) & Bharti Nandwani (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Demand Shocks and Supply of Schools: Insight from Rainfall Shocks in India"
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Session 6(b) Indian Manufacturing II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Rubina Verma |
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Sawan Rathi (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad), Anindya Chakrabarti (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad), Chirantan Chatterjee (Sussex University), Anthony Vipin Das (LV Prasad Eye Institute) & Raja Narayanan (LV Prasad Eye Institute): "Pandemic Shock and Technology Replacement: Evidence from EMR Data on High-end Medical Treatment in India" Ritika Jain (Centre for Development Studies) & Rajnish Kumar (Institutional Shareholder Services): "Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Profitability of Firms in India" Pavel Chakraborty (Lancaster University), Sujaya Sircar (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Rubina Verma (Georgetown University): "Labour Market Effects of R&D Tax: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment"
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Session 6(c) Marriage II (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Kanika Mahajan |
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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" Quentin Lippmann (University of Essex) & Khushboo Surana (University of York): "The Hierarchy of Partner Preferences" Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Abhishek Arora (World Bank), Diva Dhar (University of Oxford) & Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University): "Women’s Work, Social Norms and the Marriage Market"
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Session 6(d) Political Economy III: Gender (Auditorium) Chair: Lakshmi Iyer |
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Anders Kjelsrud (Oslo Business School) & Andreas Kotsadam (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research): "Female Employment and Voter Turnout - Evidence from India" Yuko Mori (Tsuda University), R Manjula (Institute for Social and Economic Change), D Rajasekhar (Institute for Social and Economic Change), Jun Goto (Kobe University) & Takashi Kurosaki (Hitotsubashi University): "Who Becomes a Politician in a Gender Quota System? Evidence from India" Lakshmi Iyer (University of Notre Dame) & Margaret Triyana (World Bank): "Gender Quotas and Crimes against Women: Is There an Intensive Margin Effect?"
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Anuj Bhowmik (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata) & Sandipan Saha (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata): "On Blocking Mechanisms in Economies with Club Goods" Sarvesh Bandhu (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) & Ratul Lahkar (Ashoka University): "A Large Population Approach to Implementing Efficiency with Minimum Inequality" Sonal Yadav (Umea University) & Jay Sethuraman (Columbia University): "Existence of the weak and strong core in a sharing model with arbitrary graph structures"
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Session 6(f) Monetary Policy: Indian Experience (Classroom 13) Chair: Rajeswari Sengupta |
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Arnab Biswas (Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru): "Macroeconomic, Monetary Policy Risk and Bond Premia: Indian Market Perspective" Silu Muduli (Reserve Bank of India): "Does Anchoring of Inflation Expectations Promote Monetary Policy Transmission in India?" Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest University) & Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Measuring Monetary Policy Shocks in Emerging Economies: Evidence from India"
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Session 6(g) Macroeconomics: Debt (Classroom 14) Chair: Alok Johri |
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Ojasvita Bahl (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Chetan Ghate (Institute of Economic Growth and Indian Statistical Institute Delhi): "Taxation, Informality and Public Debt" Nikhil Patel (International Monetary Fund) & Adrian Peralta-Alva (International Monetary Fund): "Business Cycles, Discretion and Fluctuations in Sovereign Debt to GDP" Farzana Alamgir (McMaster University) & Alok Johri (McMaster University): "International Sovereign Spread Differences and the Poverty of Nations"
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Session 6(h) Inequality (Classroom 22) Chair: Lore Vandewalle |
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Francesco Andreoli (University of Verona), Mathieu Faure (Aix-Marseille University), Nicolas Gravel (Aix-Marseille University) & Tista Kundu (Centre de Sciences Humaines Delhi): "Evaluating Allocations of Opportunities" Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford) & Suman Seth (University of Leeds): "Inclusive Absolute Well-being Changes: An Application with Multidimensional Cross-country Analysis" Mathieu Couttenier (École normale supérieure de Lyon), Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti (Geneva School of Economics and Management) & Lore Vandewalle (Geneva Graduate Institute): "Inequality and Social Unrest in India"
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Session 6(i) Behavioural Economics IV (Classroom 23) Chair: Ishita Tripathi |
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Vasudha Chopra (Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences): "Incentives, Goals and Task Complexity: Studying the Effects of Non-monetary Incentives on Team Performance" Moumita Roy (Ahmedabad University) & Daniel Houser (George Mason University): "Identity, Leadership, and Cooperation: An Experimental Analysis" Puneet Arora (Prague University of Economics and Business), Ishita Tripathi (Ahmedabad University) & Arihant Jain (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy): "Maximum Points, Test Scores and Effort on the Test"
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Parallel Sessions 7 21 December, Wednesday 11:15 AM – 01:00 PM
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Deepthi Sara Anil (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Soham Sahoo (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore) & Debayan Pakrashi (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata): "Do Educated Politicians Ensure Better Health? Evidence From India" Titir Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) & Tanika Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta): "Can Public Health Insurance Mitigate Adverse Impact of Health Shock on Children’s Educational Outcome?" Guadalupe Bedoya (World Bank), Jishnu Das (Georgetown University) & Amy Dolinger (World Bank): "Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets"
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Session 7(b) Empirical Trade II (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Asha Sundaram |
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Anirudh Shingal (S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research & European University Institute) & Malte Ehrich (Finanzministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen): "The Effect of Standards Harmonization on Trade, Prices and Quality: Evidence from EU Pesticides MRLs" Ritam Chaurey (Johns Hopkins University), Ryan Kim (Johns Hopkins University) & Pravin Krishna (Johns Hopkins University): "Demonetization and Firm Exports" Yen Nguyen (Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam), Asha Sundaram (University of Auckland), Robert Scollay (University of Auckland) & Hien Thu Pham (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation): "Services Trade Liberalization and Manufacturing Firm Productivity: Evidence from Vietnam"
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Session 7(c) Gender IV: Social Norms (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Anisha Sharma |
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Khushboo Aggarwal (Christ University) & Rashmi Barua (Jawaharlal Nehru University): "Gender Disparities in the Prevalence of Undernutrition in India: The Unexplored Effects of Drinking Contaminated Water" Helu Jiang (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Nikita Sangwan (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur): "Technological Changes, Social Norms and Fertility Choices" Anisha Sharma (Ashoka University) & Aparajita Dasgupta (Ashoka University): "Shifting Social Norms Around Son Preference: Impact of a Large Media Campaign in India"
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Session 7(d) Identity: Caste and Religion II (Auditorium) Chair: Ashwini Deshpande |
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Feyaad Aalie (Stanford University), Tanushree Goyal (Princeton University) & Saad Gulzar (Princeton University): "The Cultural Impacts of Salient Political Events" Anjali Adukia (University of Chicago), Sam Asher (Imperial College (London) Business School), Kritarth Jha (Development Data Lab), Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College) & Brandon Tan (Harvard University): "Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods" Ashwini Deshpande (Ashoka University) & Rajesh Ramachandran (Monash University): "Discriminatory Social Norms and Early Childhood Development: Untouchability and Childhood Stunting in India"
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Session 7(e) Behavioural Economics: Theory (Classroom 11) Chair: Saptarshi Mukherjee |
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Abhinash Borah (Ashoka University) & Raghvi Garg (Ashoka University): "Reference-dependent Self-control: Menu Effects and Behavioral Choices." Saptarshi Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Ruhi Sonal (Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur) & Abhinaba Lahiri (Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur): "Optimal Stopping in List-based Decisions" Saptarshi Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi) & Nozomu Muto (Hitotsubashi University): "Eliciting Preferences in Random Satisficing Model"
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Session 7(f) Topics in Macroeconomics II (Classroom 13) Chair: Saurabh Ghosh |
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Abhishek Naresh (Birla Institute of Technology Mesra): "Multiplier and Inequality Effects of Money-financed Stimulus" Soumya Bhadury(Reserve Bank of India), Viral Acharya (New York University) & Jay Surti (International Monetary Fund): "Financial Vulnerability and Risks to Growth in Emerging Markets" Saurabh Ghosh (Reserve Bank of India), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) & Debojyoti Mazumder (Reserve Bank of India): "COVID Scarring and Sustainable Recovery Challenges: A Production Function Approach"
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Session 7(g) Macroeconomics: Credit and Savings (Classroom 14) Chair: Anuradha Saha |
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Shweta Kalla Baxi (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Sarthak Gaurav (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) & Usha Ananthakumar (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay): "Family as "Carrot" for Retirement Savings: Bequest Motive of Pre-retirees in Urban India" Kriti Khanna (Plaksha University): "Credit Contract Enforcement and Income Disparities across Indian States: A Heterogeneous Agents Framework with Formal and Informal Firms" Chetan Ghate (Institute of Economic Growth and Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Pawan Gopalakrishnan (Reserve Bank of India) & Anuradha Saha (Ashoka University): "The Great Indian Savings Puzzle"
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Session 7(h) Food, Consumption and Nutrition (Classroom 22) Chair: Gautham Udupa |
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Shinjini Pandey (Ohio State University), Leah Bevis (Ohio State University) & Tanvi Rao (American Institutes for Research): "Food Price Subsidies & Nutrition in India: Is Less Targeting More?" Pallavi Choudhuri (National Council of Applied Economic Research), Sonalde Desai (University of Maryland and National Council of Applied Economic Research) & Santanu Pramanik (National Council of Applied Economic Research): "The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Consumption Expenditure in India" Saroj Bhattarai (Univerisity of Texas Austin), Arpita Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and University of New South Wales Australia) & Gautham Udupa (Centre For Advanced Financial Research And Learning): "Food, Fuel, and Facts: Distributional Effects of External Shocks"
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Session 7(i) Finance II (Classroom 23) Chair: Anurag Narayan Banerjee |
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Ashish Dattaram Desai (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode), Rudra Sensarma (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode) & Ashok Thomas (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode): "Protecting the Blind Side: Can Loan Characteristics Cushion the Impact of an Exogenous Shock on Micro Credit Repayments?" Anustup Kundu (University of Helsinki): "Do Risk and Time Preference Explain Household's Demand for Microinsurance? A Lab in the Field Approach" Anurag Narayan Banerjee (Durham University Business School), Iftekhar Hasan (Gabelli School of Business), Kamlesh Kumar (Durham University Business School) & Dennis Philip (Durham University Business School): "The Power of a Financially Literate Woman in Intra-Household Financial Decision-Making"
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Parallel Sessions 8 21 December, Wednesday 02:15 PM – 04:00 PM
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Session 8(a) Health II (Conference Room) Chair: Radhika Jain |
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Somdeep Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta), Prashant Poddar (Indian Institute of Management Amritsar) & Shreya Mishra (Indian Institute of Management Lucknow): "Contraceptive Usage and Fertility: What Happens When Doorstep Access Comes at a Price?" Shubhangi Agrawal (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad), Chirantan Chatterjee (University of Sussex) & Somdeep Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta): "Sweet Cash: Is Healthcare a Normal Good for Women in Developing Countries?" Radhika Jain (University College London): "Private Hospital Behavior Under Government Insurance: Evidence from Reimbursement Changes in India"
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Session 8(b) Labour III (Seminar Room 1) Chair: Tanika Chakraborty |
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Saloni Khurana (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and World Bank), Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University) & Kunal Sen (United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research and University of Manchester): "Minimum Wages and Changing Wage Inequality in India" Kunal Mangal (Azim Premji University): "The Long-Run Costs of Highly Competitive Exams for Government Jobs" Debashish Bhattacherjee (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) & Tanika Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta): "Monetary Incentives for Journal Publications: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
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Session 8(c) Transfers Programmes (Seminar Room 2) Chair: Bharat Ramaswami |
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Tushar Bharati (University of Western Australia) & Adnan M. S. Fakir (University of Sussex): "Empowered but Burdened? Welfare Impacts of Small Education Cash Transfers in Bangladesh" Shilpa Aggarwal (Indian School of Business), Jenny Aker (Tufts University), Dahyeon Jeong (World Bank), Naresh Kumar (University of California Santa Cruz), David Sungho Park (KDI School of Public Policy and Management), Jonathan Robinson (University of California Santa Cruz) & Alan Spearot (University of California Santa Cruz): "The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Rural Liberia and Malawi" Klaus Abbink (Monash University), Gaurav Datt (Monash University), Lata Gangadharan (Monash University), Digvijay Singh Negi (IGIDR) & Bharat Ramaswami (Ashoka University): "Deadweight Losses or Gains from In-kind Transfers? Experimental Evidence from India"
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Session 8(d) Political Economy IV (Auditorium) Chair: Tanushree Goyal |
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Resuf Ahmed (HEC Lausanne): "Does Political Quota Lead to Development? Evidence from India" Aarushi Kalra (Brown University): "Local Elections, Leader Identity, and Hate Speech in Rural India" Tanushree Goyal (Princeton University), Sam van Noort (Princeton University) & Mats Ahrehshop (University of Oxford): "Does Local Leadership Lower Bias in Law Enforcement? Evidence from Experiments with India's Rural Politicians"
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Session 8(e) Topics in Micro Theory (Classroom 11) Chair: Anuj Bhowmik |
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Pranjal Bhushan (Ashoka University) & Abhinash Borah (Ashoka University): "Non-linear Regret: Menu Effects in Risk Attitudes and Behavioral Anomalies" Vikas Chaudhary (Independent Researcher): "Probability of Winning in Risky Choices" Anuj Bhowmik (Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata): "On the Core of an Economy with Arbitrary Consumption Sets and Asymmetric Information"
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Session 8(f) Topics in Macroeconomics III (Classroom 13) Chair: Naveen Kumar |
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Sargam Gupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) & Pratik Kamlesh Thakkar (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): "Optimal Tax Policy to Reduce Emissions: A DSGE Approach" Paras Sachdeva (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) & Wasim Ahmad (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur): "Uncovering Time Variation in Public Expenditure Multipliers: New Evidences" Dibyendu Maiti (Delhi School of Economics) & Naveen Kumar (Delhi School of Economics): "Long Run Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change on Total Factor Productivity - Evidence from CS-ARDL Model"
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Session 8(g) Topics in Macroeconomics IV (Classroom 14) Chair: Indrajit Thakurata |
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Abhishek Kumar (Centre for Social and Economic Progress), Rakesh Mohan (Centre for Social and Economic Progress) & Divya Srinivasan (Centre for Social and Economic Progress): "Commodity Price Shocks and Non-performing Assets in the Indian Banking Sector" Pami Dua (Delhi School of Economics) & Neha Verma (Delhi School of Economics): "Dynamics of Capital Flows and Global Factors: Case of Emerging and Developing Economies" Indrajit Thakurata (Indian Institute of Management Indore): "Cheap Children or Expensive Constraints? A Multi-period Model with Endogenous Fertility & Child Labour"
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Session 8(h) Agriculture II (Classroom 22) Chair: Arjunan Subramanian |
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Shipra Karan (University of Oxford) & Subhasish Dey (University of Warwick): "Do Direct Cash Transfers to Farming Households Alleviate Financial Distress and Improve Farm Productivity? Evidence from Eastern India" Manaswini Rao (University of California San Diego) & Ashish Shenoy (University of California Davis): "Got (Clean) Milk? Organization, Incentives, and Management in Indian Dairy Cooperatives" Arjunan Subramanian (University of Glasgow) & Parmod Kumar (Giri Institute): "Household Incomes, Production Shocks and Labour Allocation"
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Saumen Majumdar (Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli), Swati Agarwal (Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli) & Saibal Ghosh (Qatar Central Bank): "Excess Cash or Excess Headache? Demonetisation and Bank Behaviour" Kaushalendra Kishore (Centre For Advanced Financial Research And Learning) & Samarth Gupta (Ahmedabad University): "Does Facetime with the Boss Matter? Soft Information Communication and Organizational Performance" Vidhi Chhaochharia (University of Miami), Rik Sen (University of New South Wales) & Jing Xu (University of Technology Sydney): "Regulation-Induced CSR"
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