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Seminar:How Does Political Instability Influence the Effect of Tourism Demand on Economic Growth?
Authors: Shrabani Saha Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom and Ghialy Yap, Business School, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Title: How Does Political Instability Influence the Effect of Tourism Demand on Economic Growth?” Abstract: Tourism is a growing industry in the world and it has a significant potential in generating foreign earnings and sustaining economic development for most countries. For the developing countries, tourism is one of the important sectors that generate source of tax revenue for the nations…
Event DetailsSeminar: Marketing capability and stock returns
Prof. Harminder Singh of Deakin University is giving a talk on Tuesday, 16th August in Seminar Hall 1 at 2:30 p.m. The title of his talk is: “Marketing capability and stock returns”. A brief abstract is given below. Abstract: We find that firms’ marketing capability – the ability to deploy marketing resources to achieve desired sales revenue – is predictable and persistent. Marketing capability positively predicts future operating performance and stock returns even after controlling for firm characteristics and risks. A long-short portfolio strategy…
Event DetailsSeminar :Fluctuating Fortunes and Persistent Policies: A Dynamic Theory of Political Failure
Prof Parikshit Ghosh (Delhi School of Economics) is presenting a seminar on Wednesday, 2nd November in Seminar Hall 1 at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk is:”Fluctuating Fortunes and Persistent Policies: A Dynamic Theory of Political Failure”. You are invited to attend. This paper offers a new framework for understanding political failure in democracies. Infinitely lived voters choose between two policies every period via majority rule. Voters’ payoffs are subject to idiosyncratic and transient stochastic shocks but there is…
Event DetailsCoRe: IGIDR Ph.D. Colloquium 2016
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Event DetailsSeminar:Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity by Mr Sourajit Aiyer
Mr Sourajit Aiyer (Motilal Oswal Financial Services) is presenting a seminar on Wednesday, 15th February in Seminar Hall 1 at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk is:”Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity”. All are invited. Abstract: The various issues covered in this talk include: (1) Product ideas based on the South Asian financial markets, backed by analysis of financial/corporate/economic data of the regional markets. (2) It looks at the rationale of the South Asia opportunity, and highlights Saarc’s…
Event DetailsSeminar:The ‘Unnatural’ Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics and Its Unpleasant Consequences By Prof Soumyen Sikdar
Prof Soumyen Sikdar (IIM Kolkata) is presenting a seminar tomorrow (Wednesday, 8th March) in Seminar Hall 1 at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk is:”The ‘Unnatural’ Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics and Its Unpleasant Consequences”. All are invited. Abstract: The Global Financial Crisis or the Great Recession has seriously questioned the relevance of the Neo-classical Synthesis, the ruling paradigm in macroeconomics since the late 1970s. The profession was lulled into the belief that business cycles have finally been tamed for…
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Lecture Series :Multidimensional Well-being: Quantitative Approach
By Prof. Satya Ranjan Chakravarty
Prof. Satya Ranjan Chakravarty (ISI Kolkata) is giving a series of lectures at IGIDR on “Multidimensional Well-being: Quantitative Approach” as per the schedule given below: Venue: IGIDR Date Time Lecture 1&2 Seminar Room No. 01 March 27, 2017 (Monday) 2:30PM to 4:00PM & 4:30PM to 6:00PM Lecture 3 Seminar Room No. 01 March 28, 2017 (Tuesday) 4:30PM to 6:00PM Lecture 4 Seminar Room No. 01 April 03, 2017 (Monday) 4:30PM to 6:00PM Lecture 5 Seminar Room No. 01 April 04, 2017 (Tuesday) 4:30PM…
Event DetailsSeminar : Rent-seeking Induced Inequality Traps by Dr. Mayuri Chaturvedi (University of California-Irvine)
Dr. Mayuri Chaturvedi (University of California-Irvine) will be presenting a seminar tomorrow (March 29, 2017) at 10.30 A.M. at SEANZA Conference Hall Title: “Rent-seeking Induced Inequality Traps”. Abstract: Does inequality affect rent seeking and vice-versa? Social scientists have argued that inequality fosters rent seeking and that rent seeking is likely to reinforce existing inequalities. In this paper, I formalize these inter-linkages by modeling rent seeking in an unequal endowment economyand analyze the conditions under which an inequality trap would exist.…
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