Programme
JNU-CIGI-NIPFP
Conference on Growth, Inequality and
Institutions
November 27-29, 2008
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Venue:
November 27: Committee Room, SSS-I, JNU
November 28: Committee Room, SSS-I, JNU
November 29: Auditorium, NIPFP
National Institute of Public
Finance and Policy
November 27
Welcome and Opening Remarks: 9.50-10.00
Session I : 10.00-11.30
Chairperson: M. Govinda Rao
1. Hongyi Li, Yong Wang and Liang Huang - Financial Development, Income Distribution, and Economic Growth: Evidence from East Asia Economies (Discussant: Lokendra
Kumawat)
2. Francis Xavier Rathinam and A.V. Raja - Credit Disbursal, Growth and Procedural
Law: Evidence from India (Discussant: Lokendra Kumawat)
Tea: 11.30-12.00
Session I I : 12.00-13.30
Chairperson: Bharati Basu
1. Rajat Acharyya - Market Coverage, Price and National Welfare Under International
Exhaustion of Patents (Discussant: Uday Bhanu Sinha)
2. Debabrata Pal - On the Maximal Element Rationalization of Choice Function (Discussant: Avinash Jha)
Lunch: 13.30-14.30
Session I I I : 14.30-16.00
Chairperson: Satya R. Chakravarty
1. Taposik Banerjee - Necessary and Sufficient Condition for a Choice Function to be kRationalizable (Discussant: Avinash Jha)
2. Gustavo Berganti˜nos and Anirban Kar - On Obligation Rules (Discussant: Amarjyoti
Mahanta)
Tea: 16.00-16.30
Session I V : 16.30-18.00
Chairperson: G.K. Chadha
1. Satya R. Chakravarty - Equity and Efficiency as Components of a Social Welfare
Function (Discussant: Priyodorshi Banerjee)
2. S. Subramanian - Liberty, Equality and Impossibility: Some General Results in the
Space of ‘Soft’ Preferences (Discussant: Priyodorshi Banerjee)
November 28
Session V: 10.00-11.30
Chairperson: Arunava Sen
1. Anjan Mukherji - The Efficacy of the Invisible Hand in Simple Models (Discussant:
Subrata Guha)
2. Sudhir A. Shah - Comparative Risk Aversion with Vector Outcomes
Tea Break: 11.30-12.00
Session V I : 12.00-13.30
Chairperson: Sudipto Mundle
1. Bharati Basu - Labor Market Effects of Foreign Firms under Unemployment (Discussant: Mausami Das)
2. Chetan Ghate and Stephen Wright - The ‘V-Factor’: Distribution, Timing and Correlates of the Great Indian Growth Turnaround (Discussant: Arijit Das)
Lunch: 13.30-14.30
Session V I I : 14.30-16.00
Chairperson: Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar
1. Amitendu Palit and Shounkie Nawani - Competitiveness of Indian Exports in Chinese
Market: Some Empirical Evidence (Discussant: Vikas Rawal)
2. A. L. Nagar, Amit Shovan Ray and Aparna Sawhney - The Interface between Economic
Development, Health and Environment in India: An Econometric Investigation
Tea Break: 16.00-16.30
Session V I I I : 16.30-18.00
Chairperson: S. Subramaian
1. Azim Essaji, Gregory Sweeney and Alexandros Kotsopoulos - Equality through
Exposure (Discussant: Anit Mukherjee)
2. Satish Jain - Decoupled Liability and Efficiency: An Impossibility Theorem
November 29
Session I X : 10.00-11.30
Chairperson: P. Balakrishnan
1. Li Xindun and Bharat R. Hazari - Corruption, Foreign Aid and Welfare of the Poor
(Discussant: Rittwik Chatterjee)
2. T. Hyman Cheung - A Cross-country Study of the Effects of Corruption and Political
Rights on Income (Discussant: Sujoy Chakravarty)
Tea Break: 11.30-12.00
Session X: 12.00-13.30
Chairperson: Arun Kumar
1. Susmita Mitra - Trade and Growth: Role of Investment and Government Evidence
from East Asia (Discussant: Ananya Ghosh Dastidar)
2. Naresh K. Sharma - On Indigenous Institutions and Idea of Economic Performance
Lunch: 13.30-14.30
Session X I : 14.30-16.00
Chairperson: Tapas Majumdar
1. Shubhro Sarkar - On Delays in Project Completion With Cost Reduction: An Experiment (Discussant: Ankit Singh)
2. Sangeeta Bansal, Sujoy Chakravarty and Bharat Ramaswami - Mandatory Labeling and
Aversion to GM Foods: Experimental Evidence from India (Discussant: Sanmitra Ghosh)
Tea Break: 16.00-16.30
Session X I I : 16.30-18.00
Chairperson: Manmohan Agarwal
1. M. Govinda Rao - Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements for Balanced Regional Development in a Globalizing Environment (Discussant: Malabika Pal)
2. Bodhisattva Sengupta – Provision of Public Good in a Federal Economy: The Role of
Party Politics (Discussant: Avinash Mani Tripathi)
Concluding Remarks: 18.00-18.10