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2012 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Bubbles, Indeterminacy and Expectations
Session Organizer: Shouyong Shi, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Alok Johri, McMaster University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Stock Market Bubbles and Unemployment
Presented by: Lifang Xu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Multiple equilibria and indeterminacy in money-in-the-production-function model
Presented by: Akihiko Kaneko, Waseda University
Fear of Sovereign Default and Business Cycles
Presented by: Alok Johri, McMaster University
Session 2: Implementation Theory
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Nozomu Muto, Hitotsubashi University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Selecting Winners with Partially Honest Jurors
Presented by: Sonal Yadav, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Implementation in Undominated Strategies by Bounded and Covered Mechanisms
Presented by: Saptarshi Mukherjee, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Implementation in Undominated Strategies with Priors
Presented by: Nozomu Muto, Hitotsubashi University
Session 3: Food Demand
Session Organizer: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Session Chair: Ethan Ligon, University of California, Berkeley
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Veblen Preferences and the Falling Calorie Consumption in India: Theory and Evidence
Presented by: Amlan Das Gupta, University of British Columbia
CEREAL CONSUMPTION AS A PROXY FOR REAL INCOME
Presented by: Krishna Ram, Shivaji College, Delhi University
Incentives & nutrition for rotten kids: The quantity and quality of food allocated within Philippine households
Presented by: Ethan Ligon, University of California, Berkeley
Session 4: Evaluation of Education Programs
Session Organizer: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Session Chair: Murat Kirdar, Middle East Technical University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The role of design in school subsidy program: Evidence from mid-day meals in India
Presented by: Bidisha Barooah, Delhi School of Economics
DOES LONGER COMPULSORY EDUCATION EQUALIZE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BY GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND?
Presented by: Murat Kirdar, Middle East Technical University
Session 5: Organizations and Networks
Session Organizer: Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo
Session Chair: Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Centralisation vs. Delegation: A Principal-Agent Analysis
Presented by: Dushyant Kumar, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Confirming Information Flows in Networks
Presented by: Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University
Session 6: Taxes, Infrastructure and Productivity in India and Pakistan
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
A Computational General Equilibrium Approach to Sectoral Analysis for Tax Potential: An Application to Pakistan
Presented by: Musharraf Cyan, Georgia State University
Sectoral Infrastructure Investment In An Unbalanced Growing Economy: The Case Of India
Presented by: Chetan Ghate, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Accounting for Bihar’s Productivity Relative to India’s: What Can We Learn from Recent Developments in Growth Theory?
Presented by: Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Session 7: Prices and Trade
Session Organizer: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Piyusha Mutreja, Syracuse University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Imported Intermediate Inputs, Export Prices, and Trade Liberalization
Presented by: Haichao Fan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Unemployment and Inequality after Trade Liberalization
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Presented by: Shoya Ishimaru, University of Tokyo
Price Equalization Does Not Imply Free Trade
Presented by: Piyusha Mutreja, Syracuse University
Session 8: Semiparametric Duration and Switching Regime Models
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Paul Rilstone, York University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
State Dependence in a Multinomial Employment Dynamics of Married Women in Japan
Presented by: Nizamul Islam, CEPS/INSTEAD
Semiparametric Efficiency Bounds and Efficient Estimation of Discrete Duration Models with Unspecified Hazard Rate
Presented by: Paul Rilstone, York University
Session 9: Growth Theory
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Lin Liu, University of Rochester
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Channels to Sustained Economic Growth
Presented by: Pak Hung Mo, Hong Kong Baptist University
A Two-Sector Model of Land Acquisition and Growth
Presented by: Anuradha Saha, Indian Statistical Institute
Infectious Diseases, Human Capital and Economic Growth
Presented by: Lin Liu, University of Rochester
Session 10: Economics of the Informal Sector
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Ashima Sood, Economic and Political Weekly
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
A General Equilibrium Model on Implications of Trade Reform for Informal Sector and Extortion
Presented by: Biswajit Mandal, Visva-Bharati University
Degrees of migration: Relationship-based contract governance and participation in the cycle rickshaw rental market
Presented by: Ashima Sood, Economic and Political Weekly
Session 11: Identity and Discrimination 1
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Veronique Gille, Paris 1 University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The impact of positive discrimination in education in India: evidence from a natural experiment
Presented by: Guilhem Cassan, University of Namur - FUNDP
Who is the Identified Victim? Caste interacts with sympathy in India
Presented by: Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics
Stigma in positive discrimination application? Evidence from quotas in education in South India
Presented by: Veronique Gille, Paris 1 University
Session 12: Foreign Direct Investment
Session Organizer: Gita Gopinath, Harvard
Session Chair: Samrat Roy, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Foreign Direct Investment, Governance and Growth Triology: New Evidence from ECOWAS Countries Using Threshold Analysis
Presented by: Ibrahim Raheem, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Exploration in Asia using Panel Cointegration Technique
Presented by: Samrat Roy, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Session 13: Invited Lecture 1
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
A Structural Model of Demand, Cost, and Export Market Selection
Presented by: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
Session 14: Invited Lecture 2
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Jacob Goeree, University of Zurich
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
Robust Predictions in Games of Incomplete Information
Presented by: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University
Session 15: Mechanism Design 1
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Hitoshi Matsushima, University of Tokyo
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Optimal Delay in Committees
Presented by: Wing Suen, The University of Hong Kong
The Land Acquisition Problem: a Mechanism Design Approach
Presented by: Soumendu Sarkar, TERI University
Optimal Exchange Mechanism Design
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Presented by: Hitoshi Matsushima, University of Tokyo
Session 16: Empirical Studies of Trade Patterns
Session Organizer: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Bee Yan Aw, Pennsylvania State University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Endogenous Exporting Decisions of Heterogeneous Firms: Theory and Evidences
Presented by: Bing Hu, Univ. of International Business & Econ.
Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Demand and Productivity in Taiwan's Electronics Industry
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Presented by: Bee Yan Aw, Pennsylvania State University
Session 17: Business Cycles and the Labor Market
Session Organizer: Shouyong Shi, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Min Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Financial Cycles and Labor Productivity over the Business Cycle
Presented by: Carlos Yepez, Brandeis University
Time-Varying Wage Risk, Incomplete Markets, and Business Cycles
Presented by: Shuhei Takahashi, Kyoto University
Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Endogenous UI Eligibility
Presented by: Min Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Session 18: Time Series Models 1
Session Organizer: Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University
Session Chair: Chew Chua, The University of Melbourne
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
Functional-Coefficient Cointegration Models in the Presence of Deterministic Trends
Presented by: Masayuki Hirukawa, Setsunan University
A model of time-varying cointegration and cointegrating rank
Presented by: Chew Chua, The University of Melbourne
Session 19: Nonlinear Econometric Models with Applications
Session Organizer: Han Hong, Stanford University
Session Chair: Saraswata Chaudhuri, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
Pricing for Goodwill: A Threshold Quantile Regression Approach
Presented by: Pai Xu, University of Hong Kong
GMM with missing moment restrictions
Presented by: Saraswata Chaudhuri, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil
Session 20: Regional Economics and Trade
Session Organizer: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Juyoung Cheong, University of Queensland
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Endogenous Polycentricity of Cities in 2D: What lacks One-dimensional Model?
Presented by: Alexander Sidorov, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics
Trade, Technology, and Institution: How Do They Affect Wage Inequality? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Presented by: Amit Sadhukhan, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Can trade agreements curtail trade creation and prevent trade diversion?
Presented by: Juyoung Cheong, University of Queensland
Session 21: Dynamic Macroeconomic Policy
Session Organizer: Noah Williams, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Aarti Singh, University of Sydney
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Optimal Monitoring
Presented by: B. Ravikumar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Government Debt, Learning and the Term Structure
Presented by: Arunima Sinha, Santa Clara University
Is Debt Overhang a Problem for Monetary Policy
Presented by: Aarti Singh, University of Sydney
Session 22: Frictions
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Bernhard Eckwert, University of Bielefeld
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Investment and Financing Decisions in Incomplete Markets
Presented by: Camelia Bejan, Rice University
Complexity of Payment Network
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Presented by: Hitoshi Hayakawa, University of Tokyo
Cheap Money and Risk Taking: Opacity versus Fundamental Risk
Presented by: Bernhard Eckwert, University of Bielefeld
Session 23: Information, Trading and Liquidity
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Feng Dong, Washington University in St. Louis
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Dynamics of Security Lending and Stock Price Interaction
Presented by: Gangadhar Darbha, Nomura
Deadline and welfare effects of scheduling information releases
Presented by: Anurag Banerjee, Durham University
Liquidity with Endogenous Market Microstructure
Presented by: Feng Dong, Washington University in St. Louis
Session 24: The Chinese Economy 1
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Pei-Ju Liao, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Household Income Structure and Rising Inequality in Urban China
Presented by: Satya Paul, University of Western Sydney
Fiscal Relations between the Central and Local Governments in China and the Concepts of “Pao (Contract)” and “Bisai (Contest)”:A Contract Theory Analysis of Development Governance
Presented by: Yutaka Suzuki, Hosei University
Accounting for China’s Long-term Growth: How Important is Demographic Change?
Presented by: Pei-Ju Liao, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Session 25: Credit and Development 1
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Asadul Islam, Monash University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Sequential lending with dynamic joint liability in micro-finance
Presented by: Prabal Roy Chowdhury, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
The Microfinance Puzzle: Who takes it, who gets it and who does it?
Presented by: Asadul Islam, Monash University
Session 26: Invited Lecture 3
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Rohini Somanathan, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
Program Evaluation Methods
Presented by: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo
Session 27: Invited Lecture 4
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Parikshit Ghosh, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
Modelling Limited Knowledge
Presented by: Olivier Compte, Paris School of Economics
Session 28: Contracts and Trading
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Wei Li, University of British Columbia
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Durable Goods Sales with Dynamic Arrivals and Changing Values
Presented by: Daniel Garrett, Toulouse School of Economics
Dynamic Sorting in Durable Goods Markets with Buyer Heterogeneity
Presented by: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University
Optimal Limited Authority for Principal
Presented by: Wei Li, University of British Columbia
Session 29: Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
Session Organizer: Shouyong Shi, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Andreza Palma, UFRGS
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 16:00
Financial Instability and Monetary Policy
Presented by: Venoo Kakar, University of California, Riverside
PREFERENCES OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BRAZIL UNDER THE INFLATION TARGETING REGIME: ESTIMATION USING A DSGE MODEL FOR A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY
Presented by: Andreza Palma, UFRGS
Session 30: Indices and Thresholds
Session Organizer: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Session Chair: William Barnett, University of Kansas
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Spatial Comparisons of Prices and Expenditure in a Heterogeneous Country: Methodology with Application to India
Presented by: Amita Majumder, Indian Statistical Institute
Are University Admissions Academically Fair?
Presented by: Debopam Bhattacharya, University of Oxford
The New CFS Divisia Monetary Aggregates: Design, Construction, and Data Sources
Presented by: William Barnett, University of Kansas
Session 31: Auctions and Bargaining
Session Organizer: Sushil Bikhchandani, UCLA
Session Chair: Rohan Dutta, McGill University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Asymmetric All-Pay Contests with Heterogeneous Prizes
Presented by: Jun Xiao, The University of Melbourne
Bidding rings under complete information: a bargaining approach
Presented by: Conan Mukherjee, Indian Statistical Institute
Bargaining with Uncertain Commitment: On the Limits of Disagreement
Presented by: Rohan Dutta, McGill University
Session 32: Time Series Models 2
Session Organizer: Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside
Session Chair: Yuya Sasaki, Johns Hopkins University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Interdependence of International Financial Markets: The Case of India and U.S.
Presented by: Divya Tuteja, University of Delhi
Estimation of Heterogeneous Autoregressive Parameters Using Short Panel Data
Presented by: Yuya Sasaki, Johns Hopkins University
Session 33: Growth and Business Cycles
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Hiroshi Gunji, Daito Bunka University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Deconstructing Growth: A Business Cycle Accounting Approach with application to BRICs
Presented by: Suparna Chakraborty, Baruch College, CUNY
News About Taxes and Expectations-Driven Business Cycles
Presented by: Anca Ioana Sirbu, West Virginia University
Business Cycle Accounting under Catching Up with the Joneses
Presented by: Hiroshi Gunji, Daito Bunka University
Session 34: Emerging Markets and Trade
Session Organizer: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho, University of New South Wales
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
The impact of Chinese import penetration on Danish firms and workers
Presented by: Jakob Munch, University of Copenhagen
WTO Accession and Firm-level Productivity in Chinese Manufacturing
Presented by: Yifan Zhang, Lingnan University
Trade Integration and the Skill Premium: Evidence from a Transition Economy
Presented by: Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho, University of New South Wales
Session 35: Banking
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Ki Young Park, Yonsei University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Lending to Uncreditworthy Borrowers
Presented by: Rajdeep Sengupta, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
New Evidence on Procyclical Bank Capital Regulation: The Role of Bank Loan Commitments
Presented by: Ki Young Park, Yonsei University
Session 36: Identity and Discrimination 2
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Discrimination Without Taste - How Discrimination Can Spillover and Persist
Presented by: Rajesh Ramachandran, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Identity and Community Structure in Networks
Presented by: Pritha Dev, ITAM
Politician Identity and Religious Conflict in India
Presented by: Sonia Bhalotra, University of Bristol
Session 37: Credit and Development 2
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Yilan Xu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Are Banks Responsive to Exogenous Shocks to Credit Demand in Rural Economies? District-level Evidence from India
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Presented by: Sankar De, Indian School of Business
Financial Development and Aggregate versus Firm Growth Volatility.
Presented by: Shalini Mitra, University of Liverpool
Credit Access and Housing Consumption: The Case of the Housing Provident Fund
Presented by: Yilan Xu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Session 38: The Chinese Economy 2
Session Organizer: Bharat Ramaswami, Indian Statistical Institute
Session Chair: Yong Wang, Hong Kong Univ. of Science &Technology
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
The Political Economy of Migration in China
Presented by: Debayan Pakrashi, University of Queensland
Different Effects of the Different Global Grain Price Shocks: China with India Compared
Presented by: Hongchun Zhao, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology
A Model of China's State Capitalism
Presented by: Yong Wang, Hong Kong Univ. of Science &Technology
Session 39: Growth and Development
Session Organizer: Bharat Ramaswami, Indian Statistical Institute
Session Chair: Nobuhiko Fuwa, Waseda University
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Twin Transitions
Presented by: Shankha Chakraborty, University of Oregon
Growth and Deprivation in India: What Does Recent Data Say?
Presented by: Karthikeya Naraparaju, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dev. Research
Sectoral Growth Linkages and the Role of Infrastructure Development: Revisiting the sources of nonfarm development in the rural Philippines
Presented by: Nobuhiko Fuwa, Waseda University
Session 40: EXIM Bank Lecture
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Sudhir Shah, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 17:15 - 18:15
Location: DSE Vivekananda Hall
Models of Economic Governance: An Overview of Some Recent Research
Presented by: Avinash Dixit, Princeton University
Session 41: Housing, Energy and Firm-Level Volatility
Session Organizer: Shouyong Shi, University of Toronto
Session Chair: Jun-Hyung Ko, University of Tokyo
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Cyclical Behavior of Firm-level Volatility: An Explanation for the Contrast between the United States and Japan
Presented by: Koki Oikawa, Tohoku University
RBC model with endogenous energy production
Presented by: Bao Tan Huynh, Singapore Management University
Productivity Shocks and Housing Market Inflation in New Keynesian Models
Presented by: Jun-Hyung Ko, University of Tokyo
Session 42: Auction Theory
Session Organizer: Sushil Bikhchandani, UCLA
Session Chair: Yasuhiro Shirata, Otaru University of Commerce
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Optimal Design of Scoring Auction with Multidimensional Quality
Presented by: Takeshi Nishimura, Hitotsubashi University
Deterministic Single Object Auctions with Private Values
Presented by: Debasis Mishra, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Goods Revenue Monotonicity in Combinatorial Auctions
Presented by: Yasuhiro Shirata, Otaru University of Commerce
Session 43: Inference on High Dimensional Models
Session Organizer: Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University
Session Chair: Ryo Okui, Kyoto University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Identification of Approximate Factor Models through Heteroskedasticity
Presented by: Shinya Tanaka, Hitotsubashi University
Asymptotic Inference for Dynamic Panel Estimators of Infinite Order Autoregressive Processes
Presented by: Ryo Okui, Kyoto University
Session 44: Semi- and Non-parametric Econometrics
Session Organizer: Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside
Session Chair: Brajendra Sutradhar, Memorial University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Economic reforms, business groups and changing pattern of distribution of profitability across corporate firms in India: A semi-parametric analysis
Presented by: Indrani Chakraborty, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
Estimation With Improved Efficiency in Semi-parametric Linear Longitudinal Models
Presented by: Brajendra Sutradhar, Memorial University
Session 45: Empirical Microeconomics
Session Organizer: Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Session Chair: Yongqin Wang, Fudan University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The Long-Term Effects of Christian Activities in China
Presented by: Hui Wang, Guanghua Sch. of Management, Peking Univ
Information Disclosure and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry
Presented by: Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, UCLA
SEX IMBALANCE AND MARITAL MATCHING PATTERNS AND INTRA-HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING
Presented by: Yongqin Wang, Fudan University
Session 46: Education in India 1
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Mausumi Das, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Maternal Autonomy and the Education of the Subsequent Generation: Evidence from 3 States
Presented by: Uma Kambhampati, University of Reading
Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Presented by: Soham Sahoo, Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi)
What Do Teachers Do? Teacher Quality vis–a-vis Teacher Quantity in a Model of Public Education and Growth
Presented by: Mausumi Das, Delhi School of Economics
Session 47: Wages and Employment
Session Organizer: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Session Chair: Fernando Martins, Banco de Portugal
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Does Unemployment Insurance Crowd out Home Production?
Presented by: Temel Taskin, Central Bank of Turkey
Wage rigidity and employment adjustment at the firm level: Evidence from survey data
Presented by: Fernando Martins, Banco de Portugal
Session 48: Macroeconomic and Environmental Policy
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Javed Ahmed, Federal Reserve Board
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Distortionary Taxes and Public Investment in a Model of Endogenous Investment Specific Technological Change
Presented by: Pawan Gopalakrishnan, Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Cen
Pollution, mortality and optimal environmental policy
Presented by: Aditya Goenka, National University of Singapore
Made Poorer by Choice: Worker Outcomes in Social Security v. Private Retirement Accounts
Presented by: Javed Ahmed, Federal Reserve Board
Session 49: Macroeconomics and Fertility
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Zheng Jiang, Central University of Finance and Economics
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Direction of technical change, endogenous fertility, and patterns of growth
Presented by: Mehdi Senouci, Paris School of Economics
Fertility across Chinese Provinces: The Role of Social Security
Presented by: Zheng Jiang, Central University of Finance and Economics
Session 50: Corporate Bond Market
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Sumiko Takaoka, Seikei University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Whose Reputation Talks? Relationship vs Transaction Based Matching in the Japanese Corporate Bond Market
Presented by: Sumiko Takaoka, Seikei University
Bank Dependence and Financial Constraints on Investment: Evidence from the corporate bond market paralysis in Japan
Presented by: Taisuke Uchino, Daito Bunka University
Why do firms issue abroad? Lessons from onshore and offshore corporate bond finance in Asian emerging markets
Presented by: Serafeim Tsoukas, University of Glasgow
Session 51: Corruption and Development 1
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Ritwik Banerjee, Aarhus University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Informality and Corruption
Presented by: Ajit Mishra, University of Bath
Does bureaucracy attract more corrupt people? An experimental evidence from India
Presented by: Ritwik Banerjee, Aarhus University
Session 52: International Business Cycles
Session Organizer: Gita Gopinath, Harvard
Session Chair: Jinill Kim, Korea University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The Rising Resilience of Emerging and Developing Economies
Presented by: Abdul Abiad, International Monetary Fund
How Much to Share: Fiscal Transfers in Europe
Presented by: Sunghyun Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
Spectral Analysis of International Synchronization of Cycles
Presented by: Vineeta Sharma, University of Delhi
Session 53: Invited Lecture 5
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
Nonparametric Inference with Functional Inequality Constraints
Presented by: Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University
Session 54: Session Cancelled
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Pulin Nayak, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
Session 55: Choice and Uncertainty
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Neelam Jain, City University London
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Rational Choice Procedures
Presented by: Taradas Bandyopadhyay, UC Riverside
Dynamic Costly State Verification: a two-period analysis
Presented by: Neelam Jain, City University London
Session 56: Robust Inference
Session Organizer: Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University
Session Chair: Sung Park, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Sieve Maximum Rank Correlation Estimator of Transformation Models with Semi-varying Coefficients
Presented by: Hayato Nakanishi, Tokyo Institute of Technology
GEL Estimation for Semi-Strong Non-Linear GARCH with Robust Empirical Likelihood Inference
Presented by: Artem Prokhorov, Concordia University and CIREQ and University of Sydney
Robust Inference for Moment Restriction Models under Misspecification
Presented by: Sung Park, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Session 57: Information and Incentives
Session Organizer: Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Session Chair: Y. Stephen Chiu, University of Hong Kong
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Implementing Efficient Pricing of Emissions Permits in an Exchange Economy
Presented by: Monica Dutta, NISTADS, JNU
Autocracy versus democracy: a strategic information transmission model
Presented by: Y. Stephen Chiu, University of Hong Kong
Session 58: Economics of Education
Session Organizer: Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Session Chair: Parimal Bag, National University of Singapore
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
The Impact of Formal and Informal Peers on Academic Performance
Presented by: Mudit Kapoor, Indian School of Business
The Impact of Education on Mortality: Evidence from a Compulsory Education Reform
Presented by: Kamhon Kan, Academia Sinica
Double Affirmative Action
Presented by: Parimal Bag, National University of Singapore
Session 59: Nonseparable Errors and Random Coefficients
Session Organizer: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Session Chair: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Estimation of Random Coefficient Binary Choice Models
Presented by: Jaya Krishnakumar, University of Geneva
Generalized Random Coefficients With Equivalence Scale Applications
Presented by: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Session 60: Unemployment, Growth and Macro Policy
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: B. Ravikumar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Stochastic Keynesian Models and Challenges of Fiscal, Monetary and Trade Policies in UK
Presented by: Keshab Bhattarai, University of Hull
Talent, Labor Quality and Economic Development
Presented by: B. Ravikumar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Session 61: Persistent Time Series
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Hsein Kew, Monash University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Covariate Unit Root Test for Cross-Sectionally Dependent Panel Data
Presented by: Eiji Kurozumi, Hitotsubashi University
Frequency-Domain Spin to Long-Horizon Regressions with Application to Return Predictability
Presented by: Natalia Sizova, Rice University
An Adaptive and Robust Portmanteau Test for Uncorrelatedness Under q-dependent and Heteroskedasticity
Presented by: Hsein Kew, Monash University
Session 62: Empirical Finance
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Mario Amore, Bocconi University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Short-Term Institutional Investors and Mispricing
Presented by: Darius Palia, Rutgers Business School
Portfolio choice and financial advice
Presented by: Michael Visser, CREST
Gender pairings within the firm
Presented by: Mario Amore, Bocconi University
Session 63: Development and the Environment
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Ceyhun Elgin, Bogazici University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
The Effect of Metro Rail on Air Pollution in Delhi
Presented by: Deepti Goel, Delhi School of Economics
Climate Change, Agriculture and Migration:Evidence from Bangladesh
Presented by: Kazi Iqbal, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
Pollution and Informal Economy
Presented by: Ceyhun Elgin, Bogazici University
Session 64: Corruption and Development 2
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Daphne Athanasouli, UCL
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Local Elections and Corruption During Democratization: Evidence from Indonesia
Presented by: Michele Valsecchi, University of Gothenburg
Corruption and management practices, Firm level evidence
Presented by: Daphne Athanasouli, UCL
Session 65: Political Economy
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Keigo Nishida, Kyoto University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
De Jure and de Facto Determinants of Power: Evidence from Mississippi
Presented by: Graziella Bertocchi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Walk the Line: Conflict, State Capacity and the Political Dynamics of Reform
Presented by: Sanjay Jain, Cambridge University
Session 66: International Finance
Session Organizer: Gita Gopinath, Harvard
Session Chair: Cesar Calderon, The World Bank
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Gross Inflows Gone Wild: Gross Capital Inflows, Credit Booms and Crises
Presented by: Cesar Calderon, The World Bank
Evaluating International Financial Integration in a Center-Periphery Economy
Presented by: Changhua Yu, University of International Business and Economics
International Business Cycles and Financial Frictions
Presented by: Wen Yao, Bank of Canada
Session 67: Invited Lecture 7
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Tridip Ray, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
The I Theory of Money
Presented by: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session 68: Invited Lecture 8
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
Back to the Future of Green Powered Economies
Presented by: Scott Taylor, University of Calgary
Session 69: Empirical Studies of MNCs and FDI
Session Organizer: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Ajay Bhaskarabhatla, Erasmus School of Economics
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 16:00
FDI, Firm Heterogeneity and Exports:An examination of evidence in India
Presented by: Saikat Sinha Roy, Jadavpur University
Horizontal and Vertical Technology Spillover of Foreign Direct Investment: An Evaluation across Indian Manufacturing Industries
Presented by: Smruti Behera, Shyamlal College, Delhi University
Competitive Effects of High-End and Low-End Firm Entry: Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Markets
Presented by: Ajay Bhaskarabhatla, Erasmus School of Economics
Session 70: Hypothesis Testing
Session Organizer: Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University
Session Chair: Heejoon Han, Kyung Hee University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Do Reservation Wages Decline Monotonically? A Novel Statistical Test
Presented by: Daniel Gutknecht, University of Warwick
A Simple Automatic Portmanteau Test for Conditional Goodness-of-Fit in Dynamic Models
Presented by: Zaichao Du, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
The Cross-Quantilogram and Testing Directional Predictability between Time Series
Presented by: Heejoon Han, Kyung Hee University
Session 71: Spatial Models
Session Organizer: Susumu Imai, Queens University
Session Chair: Han Li, Southwestern University of Fina and Econ
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities, Urbanization and Commuting by Workers in India
Presented by: Ajay Sharma, IGIDR
Market Competition and Price Dispersion-Evidence from China's High Speed Railway
Presented by: Han Li, Southwestern University of Fina and Econ
Session 72: Technology Choice and Trade
Session Organizer: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Christophe Rault, University of Orléans
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
An Optimal Production Method for Penetrating Foreign Markets: Standardization, Localization, and Flexible Technology
Presented by: Chul-Woo Kwon, Kyungpook National University
Intermediate Goods Trade, Technology Choice and Productivity
Presented by: Shin-Kun Peng, Academia Sinica
TRADE SPECIALISATION DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC CATCH-UP
Presented by: Christophe Rault, University of Orléans
Session 73: Organization Theory
Session Organizer: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session Chair: Alexander White, Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
On Profit Sharing and Hierarchies in Organizations
Presented by: Swaprava Nath, Indian Institute of Science
Market Size, Productivity, Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in a Model a'la Melitz
Presented by: Dmitry Pokrovsky, Higher School of Economics
The Attention Economy of Search and Web Advertisement
Presented by: Alexander White, Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management
Session 74: Quantile Regression
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Isao Ishida, Osaka University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Nonstationary Nonlinear Quantile Regression
Presented by: Yoshimasa Uematsu, Hitotsubashi University
On the moving quantile effects in (financial) time series
Presented by: Isao Ishida, Osaka University
Session 75: Nonlinear Time Series Models
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Igor Kheifets, New Economic School
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Testing For Linear Cointegration Against Smooth-Transition Cointegration
Presented by: Changli He, Dalarna University, Sweden
New goodness-of-fit diagnostics for dynamic discrete data
Presented by: Igor Kheifets, New Economic School
Session 76: Experimental Economics: Decision Theory
Session Organizer: Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore
Session Chair: Aanchal Jain, Northwestern University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 16:00
An Experiment of Case-Based Decision Making
Presented by: Brit Grosskopf, University of Birmingham
Decoding Subjective Probabilities
Presented by: Aanchal Jain, Northwestern University
Session 77: Banking and Sovereign Risk
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Viral Acharya, New York University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Optimal maturity structure of sovereign debt in situation of near default
Presented by: Celine Rochon, University of Oxford and IMF
Bank Runs and a Sovereign Debt Default
Presented by: Takeshi Nakata, Niigata University
"Sovereign Debt, Government Myopia and the Financial Sector"
Presented by: Viral Acharya, New York University
Session 78: Small Firms in India and Credit Ratings
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Sankar De, Indian School of Business
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Reputation for Two Audiences: Rating Agencies, Auditors and the Issuer-Pays Market
Presented by: Somdutta Basu, Penn State University
Competition in lending and credit ratings
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Presented by: Javed Ahmed, Federal Reserve Board
Credit Rationing in Informal Markets:The Case of Small Firms in India
Presented by: Sankar De, Indian School of Business
Session 79: Education in India 2
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Anindya Sen, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India
Presented by: Soham Sahoo, Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi)
Common tongue: The impact of language on economic performance
Presented by: Tarun Jain, Indian School of Business
Peer Effects in Graduate Education: Evidence from India
Presented by: Anindya Sen, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Session 80: Crime and Corruption: Experiments
Session Organizer: Rohini Pande, Harvard University
Session Chair: Klaus Abbink, Monash University
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Guilt Aversion and Peer Effects in Crime: Experimental and Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
Presented by: Masahiro Shoji, Seijo University
Letting the Briber Go Free: An Experiment on Mitigating Harassment Bribes
Presented by: Klaus Abbink, Monash University
Session 81: Presidential Address
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Pami Dua, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 21, 2012
Time: 17:15 - 18:15
Location: DSE Vivekananda Hall
Who Owns This Firm? A Critique of Shareholder Value Maximization
Presented by: Jean Charles Rochet, University of Zurich
Session 82: Theoretical Models of Competition and Pricing
Session Organizer: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Sougata Poddar, Auckland University of Technology
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Multi-homing, Product Differentiation and Competition
Presented by: Jiangli Dou, Toulouse School of Economics
Does Reliable Pirated Product Lead to More Piracy?
Presented by: Sougata Poddar, Auckland University of Technology
Session 83: Estimation and Testing
Session Organizer: Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside
Session Chair: Yundong Tu, Peking University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Bayesian Analysis of a Linear Model Involving Structural Changes in Either Regression Parameters or Disturbances Precision
Presented by: Anoop Chaturvedi, University of Allahabad
Model Averaging PartiaL Effect (MAPLE) Estimation with Large Dimensional Data
Presented by: Yundong Tu, Peking University
Session 84: Session Cancelled
Session Organizer: ,
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Session 85: Theoretical Models of Internal Labor Markets
Session Organizer: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Session Chair: Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Work Practices, Incentives for Skills and Training
Presented by: Suraj Prasad, University of Sydney
A Theory of Intra-firm Group Design
Presented by: Semih Tumen, Central Bank of Turkey
A THEORY OF MONITORING AND INTERNAL LABOR MARKETS
Presented by: Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales
Session 86: Human Capital Formation
Session Organizer: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Session Chair: Mehmet Soytas, Ozyegin University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The Private School Premium: Size and sources of the private school advantage in test scores in India
Presented by: Abhijeet Singh, University of Oxford
The Effects of Longer School Year on Education and Earnings: A Regression Discontinuity Design
Presented by: Rasyad Parinduri, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Estimating the returns to parental time investment in children using a life-cycle dynastic model
Presented by: Mehmet Soytas, Ozyegin University
Session 87: Game Dynamics
Session Organizer: Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo
Session Chair: Ryoji Sawa, University of Aizu
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
The Dynamics of Generalized Reinforcement Learning
Presented by: Ratul Lahkar, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)
Pure Strategy Markov Equilibrium in Stochastic Games:Finite State Space
Presented by: Subir Chakrabarti, Indiana Univeristy Purdue University Ind
An Analysis of Stochastic Stability in Bargaining Games with Behavioral Agents
Presented by: Ryoji Sawa, University of Aizu
Session 88: Finance and Trade
Session Organizer: Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Session Chair: Xiaopeng Yin, University of International Business and Economics
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Financial reforms and international trade
Presented by: Devesh Roy, IFPRI
Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Effects? A Study of the Renminbi
Presented by: Prachi Mishra, IMF
Choosing Global Markets：Do Financial Constraints Matter for Firms’ Decisions
Presented by: Xiaopeng Yin, University of International Business and Economics
Session 89: Information Disclosure and Signalling
Session Organizer: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session Chair: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Competition, Disclosure and Signaling
Presented by: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University
Competitive Investment in Clean Technology and Uninformed Green Consumers
Presented by: Aditi Sengupta, Auburn University
Session 90: Time and Social Preferences
Session Organizer: Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore
Session Chair: Abhinash Borah, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Diversification Across Time
Presented by: Bin Miao, National University of Singapore
Separating Risk Preference and Time Preference
Presented by: Songfa Zhong, National University of Singapore
Other-Regarding Preferences, Concerns for Others' Opportunities and Violations of Stochastic Dominance: A Choice Theoretic Analysis
Presented by: Abhinash Borah, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Session 91: Applications of Decision Theory
Session Organizer: Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore
Session Chair: Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Preference for flexibility and stochastic preference
Presented by: Shasikanta Nandeibam, University of Bath
Liquidity Preference and Knightian Uncertainty
Presented by: Hiroyuki Ozaki, Keio University
Partial Ambiguity
Presented by: Soo Hong Chew, National University of Singapore
Session 92: Pricing, Volatility and Contagion
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Wasim Ahmad, University of Delhi,New Delhi, India
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Pricing Central Tendency in Volatility
Presented by: Stanislav Khrapov, New Economic School
What Drives the Stock Market Return in India? An Exploration with Dynamic Factor Model
Presented by: Paramita Mukherjee, IMI-Kolkata
Dynamic conditional correlation analysis of Eurozone crisis and financial contagion: Evidence from BRIICKS stock markets
Presented by: Wasim Ahmad, University of Delhi,New Delhi, India
Session 93: Macro Aspects of the Indian Economy
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Sugata Bag, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Determinants of Foreign Portfolio Investment Flows to India
Presented by: Reetika Garg, Delhi School of Economics
Does financial development spur growth? Time series evidence from India
Presented by: Pradeepta Sethi, National Institute of Financial Management
Performance of Indian Economy during 1970-2010: A Productivity Perspective
Presented by: Sugata Bag, Delhi School of Economics
Session 94: Invited Lecture 9
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Santosh Panda, Delhi School of Economics
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
Subgame Perfect Cooperation in an Extensive Game
Presented by: Myrna Wooders, Vanderbilt University
Session 95: Invited Lecture 10
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Debasis Mishra, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 10:15 - 11:15
A Geometric Approach to Mechanism Design
Presented by: Jacob Goeree, University of Zurich
Session 96: Microeconometric Identification
Session Organizer: Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
Session Chair: Wayne-Roy Gayle, University of Virginia
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Identification of Potential Games and Demand Models for Bundles
Presented by: Natalia Lazzati, University of Michigan
Identifying How Regression Discontinuity Treatment Effects Would Change Given a Marginal Change in Threshold
Presented by: Yingying Dong, University of California Irvine
Identification and Estimation of Semiparametric, Correlated Finite Mixture Models
Presented by: Wayne-Roy Gayle, University of Virginia
Session 97: Experimental Economics: Game Theory
Session Organizer: Sushil Bikhchandani, UCLA
Session Chair: Jia Liu, Nanyang Technological University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Asymmetric Information in Common-Value First-Price Auctions: Experimental Evidence
Presented by: Rajiv Sarin, University of Birmingham
Detection, Identication and Estimation of Loss Aversion: Evidence from an Auction Experiment
Presented by: Neha Gupta, Delhi School of Economics
Opt-In vs Opt-Out in Voluntary Contribution Game: Does the Nature of Default Options Matter ?
Presented by: Jia Liu, Nanyang Technological University
Session 98: Panel Data
Session Organizer: Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside
Session Chair: Kuldeep Kumar, Bond University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Estimation of Random Components and Prediction in One- and Two-Way Error Component Regression Models
Presented by: Subhash Sharma, Southern Illinois University
ON STATE SPACE MODEL WITH PANEL STRUCTURE
Presented by: Kuldeep Kumar, Bond University
Session 99: Information and Communication 1
Session Organizer: Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Session Chair: Fahad Khalil, University of Washington
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Relational contracts with subjective peer evaluations
Presented by: Arijit Mukherjee, Michigan State University
The Power of Whispers: A Theory of Rumor, Communication and Revolution
Presented by: Heng Chen, University of Hong Kong
Private Monitoring, Collusion and the Timing of Information
Presented by: Fahad Khalil, University of Washington
Session 100: Identification Issues in Empirical Economics
Session Organizer: Susumu Imai, Queens University
Session Chair: Susumu Imai, Queens University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
An Econometric Analysis of Insurance Markets with Separate Identification for Moral Hazard and Selection Problems
Presented by: Shinya Sugawara, University of Tokyo
Social Interactions in Job Satisfaction
Presented by: Tugba Zeydanli, Paris School of Economics
Estimation of Dynamic Hedonic Housing Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity
[slides]
Presented by: Susumu Imai, Queens University
Session 101: Contracts and Voting
Session Organizer: Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo
Session Chair: Rohit Lamba, Princeton University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Menu Contracts in Teams
Presented by: Lucy O'Shea, University of Bath
Equilibrium False Consciousness
[slides]
Presented by: Avidit Acharya, Univ of Rochester
Optimal Dynamic Contracting
Presented by: Rohit Lamba, Princeton University
Session 102: Liquidity and Risk
Session Organizer: Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin
Session Chair: Giovanni Caggiano, University of Padua
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Housing and Liquidity
Presented by: Chao He, Renmin University of China
Sovereign Risk in the Euro Area: Is it Mostly Fiscal or Financial?
Presented by: Giovanni Caggiano, University of Padua
Session 103: Model Selection and Robust Measurement
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Junwei Zhang, University of Southern California
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Generalized Least Squares Model Averaging
Presented by: Qingfeng Liu, Otaru University of Commerce
Robust Measurement of Variability in Small Samples
Presented by: Paul Kattuman, University of Cambridge
Model Specific Mallows Criterion and Instruments Selection
[slides]
Presented by: Junwei Zhang, University of Southern California
Session 104: Semi- and Nonparametric Models
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Philipp Andres, University of Cambridge
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
A New Semiparametric Volatility Model
Presented by: Jiangyu Ji, VU University Amsterdam
A Semiparametric Early Warning Model for Financial Stress Events
Presented by: Fuchun Li, Bank of Canada
The Dynamic Location/Scale Model: with applications to intra-day Financial data
Presented by: Philipp Andres, University of Cambridge
Session 105: Risk Management, Financial Intermediaries and Households
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Adriano Rampini, Duke University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Financial Intermediary Capital
Presented by: S. Viswanathan, Fuqua School of Business
Uncertainty and Bank Wholesale Funding
Presented by: Valeriya Dinger, University of Osnabrueck
Household risk management
Presented by: Adriano Rampini, Duke University
Session 106: Political Economy of India
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Anirban Mitra, University of Oslo
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
Technological Change and Political Mobilization: Evidence from India
Presented by: Nishant Chadha, University of British Columbia
"Growth, Regional Disparity and Convergence Clubs in India: A Sectoral Level Analysis and Decomposition"
Presented by: Mainak Majumder, Center de Sciences for Humaines
Electoral Uncertainty, Income Inequality and the “Middle Class”
Presented by: Anirban Mitra, University of Oslo
Session 107: Challenges to Development
Session Organizer: Bharat Ramaswami, Indian Statistical Institute
Session Chair: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
The determinants of food security in rural India
Presented by: Anu Rammohan, University of Western Australia
Household-level Recovery after Floods in a Developing Country: Evidence from Pakistan
Presented by: Takashi Kurosaki, Hitotsubashi University
Media, Institutions, and Government Action: Prevention vs. Palliation in the Time of Cholera
Presented by: Chongwoo Choe, Monash University
Session 108: Jacob Marschak Lecture
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Arunava Sen, Indian Statistical Institute
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 14:15 - 15:15
Location: DSE Vivekananda Hall
Matching with Incomplete Information
Presented by: Andrew Postlewaite, University of Pennsylvania
Session 109: Analysis of Individual Behavior Using Microdata
Session Organizer: Susumu Imai, Queens University
Session Chair: Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Why Do Shoppers Use Cash? Evidence from Shopping Diary Data
Presented by: Naoki Wakamori, University of Mannheim
Learning Gains among Repeat Takers of the Turkish College Entrance Exam
Presented by: Veronica Frisancho, IDB
The Great East Japan Earthquake and its Short-run Effects on Household Purchasing Behavior
[slides]
Presented by: Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University
Session 110: Pricing and Collusion
Session Organizer: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session Chair: Xinying Fu, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Overt Collusion under Competition Enforcement
Presented by: Igor Muraviev, Higher School of Economics and ICEF
Knowledge Transfer and Partial Equity Ownership
Presented by: Arghya Ghosh, University of New South Wales
Overbooking in Markets with Rationing
[slides]
Presented by: Xinying Fu, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Session 111: Empirical Studies of Demand
Session Organizer: Kenneth Hendricks, University of Wisconsin Madison
Session Chair: Ben Tomlin, Bank of Canada
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
A Disaggregate Analysis of Demand for Local Bus Service in Great Britain
Presented by: Jozsef Molnar, European Commission
House Prices, Consumption and the Role of Household Debt
Presented by: Ben Tomlin, Bank of Canada
Session 112: Savings and Labor Supply Decisions
Session Organizer: Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Session Chair: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
The Effect of Compulsory Private Pension on Household Saving : Evidence from Pension Reform in Taiwan
Presented by: Tzu-Ting Yang, The University of British Columbia
The Effect of Extended Unemployment Benefit on Unemployment Hazard: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates in Japan
Presented by: Masaru Sasaki, Osaka University
Session 113: Information and Communication 2
Session Organizer: Michihiro Kandori, University of Tokyo
Session Chair: Rene Saran, Yale-NUS College
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Sender's Small Concern for Credibility and Receiver's Dilemma
[slides]
Presented by: Hanjoon Jung, Academia Sinica
Ministerial Advice
Presented by: Murali Agastya, University of Sydney
Ex-Post Regret Heuristics in 2 × 2 Games with Private Values
Presented by: Rene Saran, Yale-NUS College
Session 114: Financial Time Series
Session Organizer: Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Session Chair: Stanley Iat-Meng Ko, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Empirical Spectral Measure Approach to Econometric Analysis of High Frequency Financial Data
Presented by: Shinsuke Ikeda, National Graduate Institute for Policy S
Volatility Forecast Comparison with Biased Proxy
Presented by: Shuichi Nagata, Kwansei Gakuin University
Multivariate Density Forecast Evaluation: Smooth Test Approach
Presented by: Stanley Iat-Meng Ko, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Session 115: Voting
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Hao Li, University of British Columbia
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Learning From Exit Polls In Sequential Elections
Presented by: M. Patnam, University of Cambridge
Why Does New Hampshire Matter — Simultaneous v.s. Sequential Election with Multiple Candidates
Presented by: Pei-Yu Lo, University of Hong Kong
Sincere Voting in Large Elections
Presented by: Hao Li, University of British Columbia
Session 116: Mechanism Design 2
Session Organizer: In-Koo Cho, University of Illinois
Session Chair: Kang Rong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Improving Nash by Correlation in Quadratic Potential Games
Presented by: Sonali Sen Gupta, Lancaster University
Proportional Individual Rationality and the Provision of a Public Good in a Large Economy
Presented by: Kang Rong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Session 117: Announcement Effects, Information and Mergers
Session Organizer: Markus Brunnermeier, Princeton University
Session Chair: Yasuhiro Arikawa, Waseda University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
The Five Day Workweek System and Investor Inattention on Friday Earnings Announcements: Evidence from Korea's Stock Market
Presented by: Dainn Wie, National Graduate Institute for Policy S
Vividness and Trading Behavior in an Experimental Asset Market
Presented by: Sudeep Ghosh, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
In Search of Synergy Effects:Mergers and Productivity
Presented by: Yasuhiro Arikawa, Waseda University
Session 118: Agriculture
Session Organizer: Ashok Kotwal,
Session Chair: Martin Kanz, The World Bank
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:30
Distortions to Agriculture and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Presented by: Markus Bruckner, National University of Singapore
Evaluating the impact of agricultural credit: A matching approach
Presented by: Sunil Kumar, University of East Anglia
Economic Analysis of Jhum: Collective Action, Social Capital and Labour Market
Presented by: Indrani Roy Chowdhury, Jamia Millia Islamia University
What Does Debt Relief Do for Development? Evidence from India's Bailout Program for Highly-Indebted Rural Households
Presented by: Martin Kanz, The World Bank
Session 119: Individual and Social Choice
Session Organizer: Parag Pathak, MIT
Session Chair: Biung-Ghi Ju, Seoul National University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Preferences for Information and Ambiguity
Presented by: Li Jian, McGill University
Strategy-proof Social Choice with Exogenous Indifference Classes Revisited
Presented by: Anup Pramanik, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Priority, Solidarity and Egalitarianism
Presented by: Biung-Ghi Ju, Seoul National University
Session 120: International Trade
Session Organizer: Gita Gopinath, Harvard
Session Chair: Pao-Li Chang, Singapore Management University
Date: December 22, 2012
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
FINITE LIVES AND CONVERGENCE IN A TWO-COUNTRY HECKSCHER-OHLIN MODEL
Presented by: Partha Sen, South Asian University
Country Image and International Trade
Presented by: Tomoki Fujii, Singapore Management University

 

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