Society for Economic Research in India Annual Conference

08.00 - 09.00:

Breakfast

09.00 - 09.15:

Welcome Remarks by Prof. Gopal Naik

09.15 - 10.15: 

Talk 1:

Speaker: Tushar Nandi, CSSS Kolkata

Title: “Taxation and Supplier Networks: Evidence from India"

 (Joint with Lucie Gadane (Warwick) and Roland Rathelot (Warwick))

10.15 - 11.15: 

Talk 2:

Speaker: Bikramaditya Datta, IIT Kanpur

Title: "Delegation and Learning"

11.15- 11.45:

Coffee Break

11.45- 12.45: 

Talk 3:

Speaker: Tirthatanmoy Das, IIM Bangalore

Title: "Evaluating the Impact of Mothers' Self-esteem on Early Childhood Home Environment: Evidence from the NLSY"

(Joint with Kabir Dasgupta (AUT))

12.45- 14.00:

Lunch at MDC

14.00 - 15.00:

 Talk 4

Speaker: Sreenivasan Murali, IIM Bangalore

Title: “Job Specialisation and Labor Market Turnover"

15.00 - 16.00: 

Talk 5

Speaker: Pawan Gopalkrishnan, RBI

Title: “Fiscal Austerity in Emerging Market Economies"

(Joint with Chetan Dave (NYU Abu Dhabi), Chetan Ghate (ISI Delhi))

16.00-16.30: 

Coffee Break

16.30- 17.30: 

Talk 6

Speaker: Shilpa Aggarwal, ISB Hyderabad

Title: “The Long Road to Health: Healthcare Utilitizaion Impacts of a Road Pavement Policy in Rural India"

18.00-19.30: 

Core Committee Meeting/ Campus Tour

19.30:

SERI Conference Dinner & World Cup 2018 Third Position Match

08.00 - 09.00:

Breakfast

09.00 - 10.00: 

Talk 7:

Speaker: Megha Patanaik, ISI Delhi

Title: “The Impact of Credit Shocks: Micro versus Small Firms"

10.00-11.00: 

Talk 8:

Speaker: Souvik Dutta, IIM Bangalore

Title: “Social Reform as Path to Political Leadership: A Dynamic Model"

(Joint with Manaswini Bhalla (IIM Bangalore), Kalyan Chatterjee (Penn State University))

11.00- 11.30:

Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.30: 

Talk 9:

Speaker: Shagata Mukherjee,

Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics

Title: “Are Women Really Better Borrowers in Micro Finance? Evidence from Matrilineal and Patrilineal Societies in India"

12.30- 2.00:

Lunch at MDC

2.00- 3.00: 

Talk 10:

Speaker: Anuradha Saha, Ashoka University

Title: “Non-Balanced Growth: The Role of Land"

3.00-3.05: 

Vote of Thanks