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Seminar Series (Lecture 1): Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development
Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development at IGIDR by Prof. Pranab Bardhan,University of California, Berkeley. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: Lecture 1: Wednesday 15-January-2020, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: The spillover effect of India’s ethanol blending program
Speaker: Dr. Deepayan Debnath, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Date & Hour: 16 January 2020, 4:15 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: The spillover effect of India’s ethanol blending program Abstract: India is the third-largest global carbon-emitting country. In November of 2016, along with other countries, India has also signed the Paris Climate Agreement and committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2030 from the 2005 levels, which require a significant volume of biofuels use. The Government of…
Event DetailsSeminar Series (Lecture-2 ) Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development at IGIDR
Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development at IGIDR by Prof. Pranab Bardhan,University of California, Berkeley. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: Lecture 2: Thursday 16-January-2020, 11:30 pm to 1:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1
Event DetailsSeminar Series (Lecture-3 ) Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development at IGIDR
Series of three Lectures on International Trade and Development at IGIDR by Prof. Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: Lecture 3: Friday 17-January-2029, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: Analysing the impact of restructuring on firm performance
Speaker: Dr. Susan Thomas, IGIDR, Mumbai Date & Hour: 20 January 2020, 2:30 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Analysing the impact of restructuring on firm performance Abstract: During times of systemic banking stress, regulators encourage banks to restructure stressed debt contracts by offering forbearance in declaring these as non-performing assets. This paper studies the impact of such restructuring on the performance of firms in India, when such forbearance was permitted. The analysis uses a matched difference-in-difference study with 135 firms between 2003 and 2015 whose…
Event DetailsSeminar: Cohort studies for development economics: Experiences from the design and implementation of a cohort study
Speaker: Dr. Navika Harshe, Senior Research Manager at NEERMAN, Mumbai Date & Hour: 12 February 2020, 4:15 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Cohort studies for development economics: Experiences from the design and implementation of a cohort study Abstract: Cohort studies provides information which ordinary cross-sectional studies are not equipped to find. While cohort studies are an accepted methodology worldwide their utilization in India to study development has been limited. In 2019 NEERMAN in collaboration with IFPRI conducted a cohort…
Event DetailsRound Table Discussion on Union Budget 2020-21
Round Table Discussion on Union Budget 2020-21 on Friday 14th Feb. 2020 at 6.00 P.M.
Event DetailsSeminar: Coping with the Consequences of Short-Term Illness Shocks: The Role of Intra-Household Labour Substitution
Speaker: Mr. Abhishek Dureja, IGIDR, Mumbai Date & Hour: 19 February 2020, 4:15 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Coping with the Consequences of Short-Term Illness Shocks: The Role of Intra-Household Labour Substitution Abstract: In developing countries where medical infrastructure and service delivery system, and the market for health insurance are underdeveloped, one important mechanism to cope with consequences of health shocks is the intra-household substitution of labour. Most of the available studies have evaluated intra-household labour substitution in response to a health shock using…
Event DetailsSeminar : Fiscal Modernisation: Lessons for India from the World
Speaker: Dr. Sharmadha Srinivasan, IDFC Institute, Mumbai Date & Hour: 11 March 2020, 4:15 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Fiscal Modernisation: Lessons for India from the World Abstract: This paper charts how western economies raised income tax over time in order to identify learnings for India. It draws on Piketty and Qian’s paper where they argue that western countries fiscally modernised between 1914 and 1950 by raising their income tax contribution from less than 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) to 4-5% of…
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