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Refresher Course on Advances in Economics for College/University Faculty
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) (Deemed University) Mumbai June 25 – July 13, 2018 IGIDR is an autonomous research body located in Mumbai and founded in 1987 by the Reserve Bank of India. It received the deemed university status in 1995. It offers Masters in Economics and M.Phil & Ph.D programs in Development Studies. Its mission is to promote the study and dissemination of knowledge of, and conduct research from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, on development with its…
Event Details5th International PPLE Workshop 2018.
Announcement of 5th International PPLE Workshop 2018, (Markets, Rules and Choice) which is a collaborative activity between IGIDR and University of Hamburg and Free University of Amsterdam. Topics that will be discussed ranges from the foundational discussions about the role of the state to the specifics of recent proposals to reform financial markets. The Workshop is scheduled at IGIDR,Mumbai from 9th July 2018 to 14th July 2018. Details: Markets, Rules and Choice The summer school addresses the importance of norms…
Event DetailsIGIDR Workshop cum Conference on DSGE Modeling for Emerging Economies
On August 6th and 7th, 2018, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), is organizing a workshop on dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) modeling for emerging markets. The latest-generation DSGE models are the workhorse of modern macroeconomic theory and policy. Dr. Viktoria Hnatkovska (Vancouver School of Economics) will conduct Dynare- and Matlab-based training aimed at practical or ‘how to do’ aspects on DSGE modeling for research students and faculty. The training will focus on the formulation and estimation of DSGE models…
Event DetailsRethinking Household Finance Policy Framework: From Buyer to Seller Beware: from buyer beware to seller beware.
Abstract:Policy makers have bemoaned the irrational behaviour of households as they stock up on gold and real estate and ignore financial assets. But are households to blame? Households don’t trust the financial markets for good reason – they have lost money from the regulated part of the market not because of volatility but due to poor regulation that has allowed firms to cheat. Households respond to the kind of the market in place and stay largely away. I make the…
Event DetailsSeminar: Are Disasters Predictable? Views from the Frontline by Dr. Muralee Thummarakudy
Seminar at IGIDR by Dr. Muralee Thummarakudy, Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Geneva. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: 10-September-2018, 10:00 am Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Are Disasters Predictable? Views from the Frontline. Dr. Muralee Thummarakudy is a former faculty of the Institute. He is passing via Mumbai and has kindly agreed to give a talk at a short notice.
Event DetailsSeminar: Modelling Brexit on NiGEM.
By Dr. Amit Kara, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, U.K. Date & Hour: 19-September-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1, IGIDR, Mumbai 400 065. Title: Modelling Brexit on NiGEM. Abstract: The future relationship between the UK and the EU remains unclear with less than seven months before the UK exits from the EU. There is a spectrum of possible outcomes that I will discuss and also assess the likelihood of a negotiated settlement. Each of these options comes with a cost which…
Event DetailsSeminar : “More Heat than Light: Census-scale Evidence for the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Economic Development as a Statistical Artifact”
Date & Hour: 26-September-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: More Heat than Light: Census-scale Evidence for the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Economic Development as a Statistical Artifact. Abstract: The association between diversity and development – both negative and positive – has been empirically tested for a limited set of diversity variables despite its centrality to the political economy discourse. Using a unique census-scale micro dataset from rural India containing detailed caste, religion, language, and landholding data (n ≈ 13:25 million households) in combination with administrative data on…
Event DetailsSeminar: “The Technological Society: Revenue Forecasting and Optimization in Large Data Centers.”
Date & Hour: 31-October-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: The Technological Society: Revenue Forecasting and Optimization in Large Data Centers –by Professor Saibal Kar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata. Abstract: The demand for storage and maintenance of data is not limited to facilitators of information technology only, but has spread to all forms of businesses and individual users, deep into private and public activities in several ways. The role of the data centers as host for…
Event DetailsConference: Towards Improving Nutrition Outcomes in India
Conference organized by SPANDAN research initiative and supported by a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Venue: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Date: November 8-10, 2018 This conference seeks to provide a forum for exchange of ideas among scholars who are engaged in quality research in the areas of agriculture, household food security, diet diversity, reproductive, child health, and nutrition outcomes. The central theme of the conference is to understand how India can end all forms of…
Event DetailsSeminar: Analysing monetary policy statements of the Reserve Bank of India.
Seminar: Analysing monetary policy statements of the Reserve Bank of India. Date & Hour: 28-November-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Analysing monetary policy statements of the Reserve Bank of India. Abstract: We explore how the communication strategy of the Reserve Bank of India has changed after the country officially adopted inflation targeting in 2016. Using natural language processing tools, we first provide extensive descriptive analysis of the conduct of monetary policy in India since 1998. We then construct measures of language and…
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