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Seminar:Trade, Growth and Inequality: Development Paradox in the Present Era of Globalization” by Professor Rajat Acharyya (Jadavpur University)
Professor Rajat Acharyya (Jadavpur University) is presenting a seminar on “Trade, Growth and Inequality: Development Paradox in the Present Era of Globalization” All are invited to attend the seminar.
Event DetailsSeminar: “Turnpike Properties and Roy Radner” by Professor Mukul Majumdar, Cornell University
Professor Mukul Majumdar, Cornell University, is presenting a seminar on “Turnpike Properties and Roy Radner” All are invited to attend the seminar.
Event DetailsSeminar: “Heterogeneity in the Resolution of Bank Failures: A Latent Class Approach” by Padma Sharma, UC Irvine
Padma Sharma, UC Irvine, is presenting a seminar on “Heterogeneity in the Resolution of Bank Failures: A Latent Class Approach” Date : December 7, 2017 Time: 4 pm Venue: Seminar Room 1, IGIDR. All are invited. Abstract: This paper investigates the resolution of failed banks by the FDIC and uncovers a dichotomy in the manner in which cases were administered when bank failures were pervasive as against when they were sporadic. Banks that failed subsequent to unfavorable local economic conditions had…
Event DetailsIGIDR CEA Symposium on “ Future of India ”
Programme Symposium on “Future of India” At Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Goregaon, Mumbai 400 065, India December 8, 2017 [ December 7 at 7.30 P.M.: dinner talk by Dr. Subir Gokarn, Executive Director, IMF, at Westin Hotel Goregaon, Mumbai ] Click here to view the event LIVE on 8 December 2017 Click here to download the pdf version of the programme 09.00 to 0915: Registration 9.15 to 9.30: Welcome and opening remarks by Dr. S.Mahendra…
Event DetailsSeminar on : “Growth Gains from International Trade” by Prof Sugata Marjit
Prof Sugata Marjit, Reserve Bank of India Professor of Industrial Economics, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) is presenting a seminar on “Growth Gains from International Trade” Date : December 13, 2017 Time: 4 pm Venue: Seminar Room 1, IGIDR. All are invited.
Event DetailsSeminar:”Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Evolution of Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages” by Prof Shyamal Chowdhury, University of Sydney
Prof Shyamal Chowdhury, University of Sydney, is presenting a seminar on “Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Evolution of Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages” Date : January 5, 2018 Time: 11:30 am Venue: Seminar Room 1, IGIDR. All are invited. Title: Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Evolution of Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages by Shyamal Chowdhury, Debdulal Mallick, Prabal Roy Chowdhury (March 2017) Abstract: We examine how mehr, a conditional payment from husbands to wives in the event…
Event DetailsSeminar: Population Growth in India: Does Proximity to Urban Hierarchy Matter? by Dr. Durba Chakrabarty
Seminar at IGIDR by Dr. Durba Chakrabarty, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business, Oklahoma State University, USA. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: 24-January-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Population Growth in India: Does Proximity to Urban Hierarchy Matter? Abstract: The regional population growth in India is quite different from other countries as it has been in the interior rather than along the coasts. However, India has experienced similar trends of urban centric growth like Canada and China.…
Event DetailsSeminar: Multinational Firms, Trade, and the Trade-Comovement Puzzle by Dr. Gautham Udupa, Department of Economics, University of Houston, USA
Date & Hour: 29-January-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Multinational Firms, Trade, and the Trade-Comovement Puzzle Abstract: Existing empirical studies show a strong positive correlation between bilateral trade and business cycle comovement within country-pairs. I show that for OECD economies, this relationship weakens considerably when bilateral FDI stock is controlled for, while FDI is significant. I develop a two-country business cycle model with heterogeneous firms, international trade, and multinational activity to explain this empirical finding. The calibrated model generates the positive relationship…
Event DetailsSeminar: Rationalizable Implementation of Social Choice Correspondences by Dr. Ritesh Jain, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, USA.
Seminar at IGIDR by Dr. Ritesh Jain, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, USA. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: 02-February-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall 1 Title: Rationalizable Implementation of Social Choice Correspondences All are invited
Event DetailsSeminar: Patents and Growth in OLG Economy with Physical Capital by Dr. Bharat Diwakar, Department of Economics, Auburn University,USA.
Seminar at IGIDR by Dr. Bharat Diwakar, Department of Economics, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama., USA. The details are as follows: Date & Hour: 05-February-2018, 4:00 pm Venue: Conference Hall Title: Patents and Growth in OLG Economy with Physical Capital Abstract:We study the implications of patents in an overlapping generations model with horizontal innovation of differentiated physical capital. We show that within this demographic structure of finitely lived agents, weakening patent protection generates two contradicting effects on innovation and growth. Weakening patent protection lowers the (average) price…
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