Tue, December 13 Wed, December 14 Thu, December 15
9:00 - 9:45 AM Registration    &    Tea
Ground Floor            Front Lawns
  Parallel Sessions 3

3.1 Public Expenditure

                               ... Room 116

3.2 Trade and Industry

                              ... Room 205

3.3 Macro

                             ... Room 104

3.4 Conflict

                            ... Room 208

INTERNATIONAL PRICES AND EXCHANGE RATES

Gita Gopinath, Harvard University

Chair: Aditya Bhattacharjea

Swami Vivekananda Hall

 

Suggested readings

Lecture 1 slides

9:45  - 10:00 AM Welcome Remarks
J.V. Meenakshi, Executive Director, CDE
Aditya Bhattacharjea, Head, Department of Economics, DSESwami Vivekananda Hall
10:00 - 10:30 AM  

 

MISALLOCATION - I
Abhijit Banerjee, MIT

Chair: Sudhir A. Shah

Swami Vivekananda Hall

 

Suggested readings

Lecture slides

10:30  - 11:00 AM TEA
Front Lawns
TEA
Front Lawns
11:00 - 11:30 AM VALUING DIVERSITY: THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION POLICIES
Glenn Loury, Brown UniversityChair: Ashwini DeshpandeSwami Vivekananda HallSuggested readingsLecture 1 slides
SOVEREIGN DEBT

Gita Gopinath, Harvard University

 

Chair: David Rasquinha, EXIM Bank

 

Swami Vivekananda Hall

 

Suggested readings

Lecture 2 slides

11:30 - 11:45 AM TEA
Front Lawns
11:45 - 12:30 PM MISALLOCATION - II
Abhijit Banerjee, MITChair: Parikshit GhoshSwami Vivekananda HallSuggested readingsLecture slides
12:30 - 1:00 PM  LUNCH
(for registered participants)Front Lawns
LUNCH
(for registered participants)Front Lawns
1:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH
(for registered participants)Front Lawns
2:00 - 3:30 PM Parallel Sessions 1


1.1 Political Economy

... Room 116

1.2 Productivity

... Room 104

1.3 Education and Development

... Room 206

1.4 Environmental Issues

... Room 205

1.5 Networks

 ... Room 208

WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER: THE ETHICS OF RACE, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA
Glenn Loury, Brown UniversityChair: J. V. MeenakshiSwami Vivekananda HallSuggested readingsLecture 2 slides
Parallel Sessions 4


4.1 Experimental Economics

... Room 205

4.2 Game and Contract Theory

... Room 104

4.3 Social Sector

... Room 116

4.4 International Trade

... Room 208

3:30 - 3:45 PM  BREAK  BREAK BREAK
3:45 - 5:15 PM Parallel Sessions 2

2.1 Political Economy: Empirics

... Room 116

2.2 Labour

 ... Room 205

2.3 Public Finance

 ... Room 104

2.4 Macro Empirics

 ... Room 208

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Panel Discussion

TACKLING INEQUALITIES

Panelists:
Abhijit Sen, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Glenn Loury, Brown University
Nachiket Mor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Moderator: Rohini Somanathan

 

Swami Vivekananda Hall

Parallel Sessions 5

5.1 Gender and Development

... Room 205

5.2 Applied Game Theory

... Room 104

5.3 Health and Development

... Room 116

5.4 Poverty and Inequality

... Room 208

5:15 - 6:00 PM  TEA

Front Lawns

TEA

Front Lawns

TEA

Front Lawns

6:00 - 7:00 PM BAI SE BEGUM
An evening of music with Vidya Shah
Swami Vivekananda Hall
7:30 - 9:30 PM CONFERENCE DINNER
(for registered participants)Maidens Hotel, Front Lawns7, Shamnath Marg, Civil Lines