AIEFS2013Biennial Tent Prog Aug 2-3, Mumbai

ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STUDIES (AIEFS) 20thBIENNIALMEETING August2-3,2013 TentativeSessions

Day1(August2,2013) Registration:8.30-9.30 Inaugural:9.30-11.30 WelcometoIGIDR:SMahendraDev(5minutes) IntroductiontoAIEFS:SushantaMallick(5minutes) Inaugural/Keynoteaddress:CharanSingh(45minutes) Pres Presid iden enti tial al addr addres ess: s: Amit Amit Bata Bataby byal al (45 (45 minu minute tes) s), , “Inn “Innov ovat atio ion, n, Dece Decent ntra rali liza zati tion on, , and and PlanninginaMulti-RegionModelofSchumpeterianEconomicGrowth.” Tea(11.30-11.45)

I.

TradeandEconomicGrowth(11.45-13.15) 1. “TheRoleofExportsinIndia’sEconomicGrowth,”PradeepAgarwal,Instituteof EconomicGrowth(TBCRKrishnan,IGIDR) 2. “ComparativeAdvantageasaSourceofExporters’Pricingpower:EvidencefromChina andIndia,”SushantaMallick,QueenMaryUniversityofLondonandHelenaMarques, UniversityofBalearicIslands(C.Veeramani,IGIDR) 3. “PositiveandNegativeExternalitiesinInnovation,TradeandRegionalEconomic Growth,”AmitBatabyal,RITandPeterNijkamp(A.GaneshKumar,IGIDR) 4. “Bihar: A Growth Miracle in the Making?" Prerna Agarwal and Radhika Saraf (TBC  Andaleeb Rahman, IGIDR)

Lunch(13.00-14.15)  PanelDiscussion:Rainfedagriculture14.15-15.30(approx) Tea(15.30-15.45) II.

Macroeconomicissues(15.45-17.15) 1. “MonetarypolicyinaTwo-SectorOpenEconomy,”MohammadMohsin,The UniversityofTennesseeandKihyunPark,KoreaEnergyEconomicInstitute(TBC NaveenSrinivasan,IGIDR) 2. “SeparatingShocksfromCyclicalityinIndianAggregateSupply,”AshimaGoyaland ShrutiTripathi,IGIDR,(TBCRomarCorrea,UniversityofMumbai) 3. “ForeignExchangeReservesandExchangeRatesVariationinIndia:AnAnalysis,” HarinamSingh,IndiraGandhiNationalOpenUniversity(TBCSanchitArora,IGIDR)

4. “MeasuringCoreInflationinIndia:AnEmpiricalEvaluationofAlternativeMethods,” MadhuSehrawatandAKGiri,BirlaInstituteofTechnologyandScience(BITS),Pilani (TBCRajendraVaidya,IGIDR) Break(17.15-17.30) III.

Agriculture(17.30-18.45) 1. “Size-class and Returns to Cultivation in India: Revisiting an Old Debate ,”Sarthak Gaurav,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandSrijitMishra,IGIDR.(TBC) 2. “StaterightsOverWaterandAgriculturalProductivity:EvidencefromtheKrishnaBasin,” 3.

ShreyaseeDas,UniversityofWisconsin–Whitewater(VijayLaxmiPandey,IGIDR) “EconomicAnalysisofJhumCultivation:SocialCapitalandLabourMarket,”IndraniRoy Chowdhury,JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity(TBCRitikaPalit,IGIDR)

Director'sDinner(Time,tobeannouncedlater) Day2(August3,2013) SpecialLecturebyRathinRoy(9.15-10.15) IV.

Finance(10.30-11.45) 1. “HavetheBenefitsofCross-ListingDisappeared?TheImpactofLooseningDisclosure RequirementsRule12h-6,”ChinmoyGhoshandFanHe,CentralConnecticutState University(TBCSusanThomas) 2. “RoleofDebtMarketandItsImpactonFinancialStability:AnalysisofIndianMarket,” DinbandhuBag,NationalInstituteofTechnology(TBCVikashGautam,IGIDR) 3. “DoesPortfolioInflowsbringaboutStockMarketDevelopment?,”MeenaAbraham Chacko,CentreforDevelopmentStudies(TBCNidhiAggrawal,IGIDR) Tea(11.45-12.00)

V.

OtherGrowthIssues(12.00-13.30) 1. “Convergencespeedofeconomicgrowthunderslow-convergingstochasticshocks,” MamataParhiandTapasMishra,SwanseaUniversity(TBCTaniyaGhosh,IGIDR) 2. “NexusoffinancialDevelopmentandEconomicGrowthinIndia:RevisitingSchumpeter,” BhanuPratapSingh,UniversityofHyderabad(TBCNamrataGulati,IGIDR) 3. “DynamicsofResourceMobilization,SourcesofFundsandInvestmentintheIndian PrivateCorporateSector,”PrabhakaranNair,PrasnathNagarMedicalCollege(TBCR Nagaraj,IGIDR) 4. “TheGlobalEconomicOutlook:PerspectivesandKeyIssues,”ParulJain,BaruchCollege &MacroFinAnalytics(TBC:ShovanRay) Lunch(13.30-14.15)

VI.

Environment,PovertyandLocalGovernance(14.150-15.45) 1. “SWOTAnalysis,EnvironmentalFactorsandGrowthProspectinPakistan,”Khalid Mehtabuddin,St.RoseCollege(TBCSudhakaraYedla,IGIDR) 2. “RevitalizingLocalGovernanceinIndia:ConvergencesAmidstContestations,” BhavanarayanaVedam,UniversityofHyderabadandAlokKumarMishra,Universityof Hyderabad(TBCRishiKumar,IGIDR) 3. “MeasuringPoverty–DoWeNeedtoCuttheCakeinTwoParts?,”HippuSalkKriste Nathan,NationalInstituteofAdvancedStudies,Bangalore(TBCKiranLimaye,IGIDR) 4. “TheeffectofpoliticaldecentralisationandaffirmativeactiononMultidimensional PovertyIndex:evidencefromIndianStates,”KshitijChaudhary,NationalEmergency ResponseCouncilonHIV/AIDS,Mbabane,Swaziland(TBC:SanjayMohanty,IIPS) Tea(15.45-16.00)

VII.

DevelopmentIssues(16.00-17.30) 1. “DoesPoliticalConnectionsandAffiliationsAffectAllocationsofBenefitsintheRural EmploymentGuaranteeScheme:EvidenceFromWestBengal,”UpaskDas,IGIDR(TBC) 2. “TheUnforeseenEffectofViolenceAgainstWomen:SpousalViolenceandWomen’s LaborForceParticipationinIndia,”HaimantiBhattacharya,UniversityofUtah(TBC PurnaBanerjee,IGIDR) 3. “RiskFactorsforDomesticViolence:AnEmpiricalAnalysisforIndianStates,”Meenakshi Rishi,UniversityofSeattle,NabamittaDutta,UniversityofWisconsin,V.Vinodhini, MadrasSchoolofEconomics,andSanjuktaRoy,WorldBank(TBCSudhaNarayanan, IGIDR) 4. “WomenVotersinIndianDemocracy:ASilentRevolution,”MuditKapoorandShamika Ravi,IndianSchoolofBusiness,Hyderabad(TBCSubhroSarkar,IGIDR) VoteofThanks(Srijit/Veeramani)