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10 March 2007 % & ' ( _ CEPR/Swedish Development Economics Network Conference on Development Economics Stockholm, 9 -10 March 2007 PARTICIPANTS Name Address Telephone, Fax, Email Arne Bigsten Department of Economics TEL: 00 46 31 773 1358 University of Gothenburg Victoriagatan 30 S-41125 Göteborg FAX: 00 46 31 773 1326 SWEDEN EMAIL: [email protected] Martina Björkman IGIER, Bocconi University TEL: 00 39 02 5836 3321 Via Salasco 5 20136 Milan ITALY FAX: 00 39 02 5836 3302 EMAIL: [email protected] Robin Burgess London School of Economics TEL: 020 7955 6676 Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE FAX: 020 7955 6951 EMAIL: [email protected] 1 Esther Duflo Department of Economics TEL: 001 617 258 7013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology E52-252g 50 Memorial Drive Cambridge MA 02142-1347 FAX: 001 617 253 6915 EMAIL: [email protected] Marcel Fafchamps Department of Economics TEL: 01865 281446 University of Oxford Manor Road Building Manor Road FAX: 01865 281447 Oxford OX1 3UQ EMAIL: [email protected] Erica Field Department of Economics TEL: 00 1 617 496 18 95 Harvard University Littauer M-30 1805 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 FAX: 00 1 617 495 85 70 USA EMAIL: [email protected] Bård Harstad MEDS TEL: Kellog School of Management Northwestern University 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208 FAX: USA EMAIL: [email protected] Seema Jayachandran Department of Economics TEL: 001 650 725 3266 Stanford University 579 Serra Mall Stanford CA 94305-6072 FAX: 001 650 725 5702 USA EMAIL: [email protected] Dean S. Karlan Assistant Professor of Economics TEL: 00 1 203 432 4479 Yale University 77 Prospect Street Room A105 FAX: 00 1 203 432 3296 P.O. Box 208209 New Haven, CT 06520-8209, USA EMAIL: [email protected] 2 Eliana La Ferrara IGIER TEL: 00 39 02 5836 3328 Universitá Bocconi Via Salasco 5 20136 Milano FAX: 00 39 02 5836 3302 ITALY EMAIL: [email protected] Andrei A. Levchenko Economist (EP) TEL: 00 1 212 623-8929 Research Department International Monetary Fund Rm.9-603F, 700 19th Street, NW Washington DC 20431 FAX: USA EMAIL: [email protected] Rocco Macchiavello LSE-STICERD TEL: 020 7 955 6110 Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE FAX: EMAIL: [email protected] Andreas Madestam Assistant Professor TEL: 00 39 02 5836 3063 IGIER, Bocconi University Via Salasco 5 20136 Milan FAX: 00 39 02 5836 3332 ITALY EMAIL: [email protected] Alice Mesnard Institute of Fiscal Studies TEL: 020 7291 4846 7 Ridgmount Street London WC1E 7AE FAX: EMAIL: [email protected] Benjamin Olken NBER TEL: 00 1 617 588 1437 National Bureau of Economic Research 1050 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 FAX: 00 1 617 868 2742 USA EMAIL: [email protected] 3 Rohini Pande Kennedy School of Government TEL: 00 1 203 432 6227 Harvard University 79 JFK Street Cambridge MA 02138 USA FAX: 00 1 203 432 3898 EMAIL: [email protected] Jakob Svensson Institute for International Economic TEL: 00 46 8 163060 Studies (IIES) Stockholm University S-106 91 Stockholm SWEDEN FAX: 00 46 8 161443 EMAIL: [email protected] Eric A. Verhoogen Assistant Professor TEL: 00 1 212 854 44 28 Economics and SIPA, Columbia University IAB Room 1022 420 W. 118th St. FAX: 00 1 212 854 80 59 New York, NY 10027 USA EMAIL: [email protected] Jiegen Wei Department of Economics TEL: 00 46 (0) 31 773 5113 University of Gothenburg S Allegatan 8 room 101 P.O.Box 640 SE405 30 Goteborg FAX: 00 46 (0) 31 773 4154 SWEDEN EMAIL: [email protected] Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Centre for Economic & Financial TEL: 00 7 495 105 5002 ext 226 Research CEFIR, New Economic School Office 720 47 Nakhimovsky Prospect FAX: 00 7 495 105 5003 117418 Moscow RUSSIA EMAIL: [email protected] 4 Fabrizio Zilibotti Institute for Empirical Research in TEL: 00 41 44 634 51 88 Economics, University of Zurich Bluemlisalpstrasse 10 CH 8006 Zurich FAX: SWITZERLAND EMAIL: [email protected] Please help us maintain the accuracy of our records by notifying us of errors in this information. [ 5 .
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