2nd International Conference on Issues in Economic Theory and Policy

14 December 2017

Programme

9.30 AM – 10.00 AM Registration

10.00 AM – 10.10 AM Inauguration

10.10 AM – 11.00 AM Plenary Session I Network communication: How best to spread the message? Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of , Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11.00 AM– 11.15 AM Tea Break

11.15 AM – 1.15 PM Technical Session IA

Session chair: Prof. Tarun Kabiraj, Economic Research Unit, ISI, Kolkata

Effect of Reduced Opportunities on Bargaining Outcomes: An Experiment With Status Asymmetries Subrato Banerjee, NGN Research Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Business School, Brisbane, Australia and Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne (Australia India Institute) Monopoly and the other - A model of reference dependence Priyanka Kothari, Research Scholar, ISI, Delhi, India Prof. Prabal Roy Chowdhury, ISI, Delhi, India Tax incidence of two sided monopoly platforms Sovik Mukherjee, Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata, India Prof. Vivekananda Mukherjee, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Alternative Strategies for Controlling Corruption: Bureaucratic Competition vs. Extortion Penalty Panchali Banerjee, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Prof. Vivekananda Mukherjee, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India IPR monitoring and Corruption: A Theoretical Analysis Prof. Tanmoyee Banerjee (Chatterjee), Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Nilanjana Biswas (Mitra), Department of Economics, Susil Kar College,

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Kolkata, India.

11.15 AM – 1.15 PM Technical Session IB

Session chair: Prof. Basudev Guha Khasnobish, Executive Director, Centre for Health Policy, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna, India

Continuum in utilization of maternal health care services across different districts in India: a spatial analysis Atreyee Basu, Presidency University, Kolkata, India Dr. Zakir Husain, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Dr. Saswata Ghosh, IDSK, Kolkata, India Prof. Mousumi Dutta, Presidency University, Kolkata, India Contraception use in linguistic zones: A re-examination of the diffusion theory in „greater Bengal‟ Pallabi Das, Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Dr. Zakir Husain, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Dr. Saswata Ghosh, Health Specialist, Center for Health Policy, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna Benefits of Integrated Child Developmental Services: Later Life Evidence Gaurav Dhamija, Department of Economics, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Prof. Gitanjali Sen, Department of Economics, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India Efficiency Analysis of Regional Performance in Indian Sanitation Sector Debasree Bose, Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Economics, , India Prof. Arijita Dutta, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India Partner-Agent model of microinsurance of health: theoretical investigation Souvik Dasgupta, Department of Economics, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, , India. Prof. Amit Kundu, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Socioeconomic-related Inequity in Self-Reported Morbidity in India Md. Azharuddin Akhtar, Ph.D. student, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU, New Delhi, India.

11.15 AM – 1.15 PM Technical Session IC

Session chair: Prof. Basabi Bhattacharyya, Retired Professor, Jadavpur University

Market risk of green stocks across nations: A comparative analysis using time- varying beta Dr. Gagari Chakrabarti, Presidency University, Kolkata, India Dr. Chitrakalpa Sen, Ansal University, Gurgaon, Haryana Currency Risk Premia in the Indian Stock Market around Crises Periods Soumya Saha, Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya, Haldia, West Bengal, India „Episodes‟ of „large‟ fluctuation in the Gross and Net Capital flow: Some new evidence from India Sayantan Bandhu Majumder, Sambhu Nath College, Birbhum, WB, India

Department of Economics, Presidency University

An Empirical Treatment of “Lucas Paradox” in Asia Dr. Samrat Roy, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, India Dr. Kumarjit Mandal, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta., Kolkata, India An Analysis of Soundness Determinants of Banking Sector in India: A Comparison of Public, Private & Foreign Banks Pallavi Julasaria, JRF Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

1.15 PM– 2.00 PM Lunch

2.00 PM – 2.50 PM Plenary Session II Technology, Time and Trust: Incipient Economics? Professor A. Damodaran, Professor and IPR Chair on IP Management (MHRD), IIM Bangalore, India.

2.50 PM - 3.00 PM Tea Break

3.00 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Sessions IIA

Session chair: Prof. Rajat Acharyya, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Level of Employment in India: A Theoretical Perspective Debabrata Roy, Victoria Institution (College) Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Wage Inequality in a small open economy - A theoretical study Sugandha Huria, Ph.D. Scholar, Center for International Trade & Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Duty inversion and effective protection- A theoretical study Kanika Pathania, Ph.D. Scholar, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi On the Relationship between the Nominal Exchange rate and Export Demand in India Prof. Ranajoy Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, India Bipradas Rit, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, Kolkata, India Health Care Quality, Income Distribution and International Trade: The Role of Public Policies Tonmoy Chatterjee, Department of Economics, Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India

3.00 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Sessions IIB

Session chair: Prof. Soumyendranath Sikdar, IIM, Calcutta

Inflation, Automatic Destabilizers and Cure: An Indian Perspective Debashree Chakraborty, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Prof. Ambar Nath Ghosh, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Macroeconomic Analysis of Demonetization: A Short Period Equilibrium Rilina Basu, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Moumita Basu, College, Kolkata, India

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Power Analysis and Sample Sizes: A Binding Frontier Approach Subrato Banerjee, NGN Research Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Business School, Brisbane, Australia and Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne (Australia India Institute) Fairness is flexible Subrato Banerjee, NGN Research Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Business School, Brisbane, Australia and Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne (Australia India Institute) Priyanka Kothari, research scholar, ISI, Delhi, India Prof. Prabal Roy Chowdhury, ISI, Delhi, India Do consumers get Psychological Satisfaction from end-user piracy? – An analysis Paulomi Basu, Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kokata, India Prof. Tanmoyee Banerjee, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. 3.00 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Sessions IIC

Session Chair:Prof. Amita Majumder, Economic Research Unit, ISI, Kolkata

The Occupational Pattern of the Slum Dwellers in West Bengal Shashwati Banerjee, Doctoral student, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, India. Dr. Kishor Goswami, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, India A Study of Labour Process in Rural Handicrafts Sector of Ghurni at West Bengal Pritikana Char, Research Scholar, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Wealth distribution and skills generation under public and private systems Sriparna Goswami, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Dr. Bidisha Chakraborty, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Learning Outcomes in Elementary Education in Rural India: An Interstate Comparison Puja Biswas, Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Prof. Amit Kundu, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Effectiveness of Health Workforce and Manpower Deployment in Health Care Institutions in North-East India Farhat Hossain, Research Scholar, North East India Studies Programme, SSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

4.45 PM - 5.00 PM Closing session

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