The 3rd Development Economics Conference 2019 On Social Institutions and the Economic Performance of Nations: A 21st Century Perspective 17th -19th June 2019, Lincoln International Business School, David Chiddick Building (DCB), University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL Programme Day 1 - Monday 17th June 2019 DCB Atrium 08:00 - 09:00 Arrival, Registration & Refreshments Café Area Official Opening by Professor Mary Stuart, Vice Chancellor, University of Lincoln, Dr Craig Marsh, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director of the Lincoln International 09:00 - 09:30 Councillor Sue Burke, Business School, and The Right Worshipful Mayor DCB 1101 of Lincoln Professor Geoffrey Hodgson, Loughborough University London, UK 09:30 - 10:10 DCB 1101 Property Rights and Economic Development Professor Srikanta Chatterjee, Massey University, New Zealand Institutions and the Indian Polity Ancient and Recent 10:10 - 10:50 DCB 1101 Chair: Professor Marian Rizov 10:50 - 11:05 Refreshments Professor Kunal Sen, United Nations University, UNU-WIDER The Political Economy of Institutional Change: What Do We Know? 11:05 - 11:45 What Do We Need To Know? DCB 1101 Chair: Dr Bibhas Saha 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:15 - 15:00 Contributed Session 1 Market Imperfections and Growth Constraints DCB 1103 Session Chair: Professor Rukmani Gounder Two Africas? Why Africa’s ‘Growth Miracle’ has Barely Reduced Rumman Khan Poverty? Nottingham University, UK Arman Mazhikeyev A Link between Economic Sizes and (non-) Discriminatory Lincoln International Business School Trade Cost University of Lincoln, UK Empirical Assessment of the Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Eric Ekobor-Achag Mochiah Deposit Insurance by Mobile Money Users in Ghana Ghana Technology University College, Ghana A Linkage between Biomass Fuel Use, Carbon Monoxide, Poulomi Roy Concentration and Housing Policy: A Case in India Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Raymond Swaray New Evidence on Coffee Market Reforms and Price Transitions Hull University Business School in Sub-Sahara Africa University of Hull, UK Macroeconomic Reform and Growth DCB 1104 Session Chair: Professor Ian Barnes Rilina Basu (Banerjee) Macroeconomics of Demonetisation: A Short Period Equilibrium Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India State Capacity, Accountability and Economic Growth in the Pavneet Singh Indian States’ Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India Resham Thapa Financial Globalization, Institutional Quality and Growth University of Hull, UK Aleksandar Vasilev Institutional Quality & Business Cycles in Bulgaria: Lincoln International Business School A Real-business-cycle Approach University of Lincoln, UK Constitutions, Political Institutions and Governance DCB 1102 Session Chair: Professor Kaushik Basu Poulomi Bhattacharya Political Economy of Corruption in ‘ Red Tape’ Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Shrabani Saha Is Corruption in Autocracies Growth-intensifying? An Empirical Lincoln International Business School Study of East Asian Paradox University of Lincoln, UK Md Tariqul Islam Corporate Governance Reform and Firm Performance: Lincoln International Business School Evidence from an Emerging Economy University of Lincoln, UK Development, Dispossession and Protest - The Role of Civil Abhinanhdan Sinha Society Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India 15:00 - 15:15 Refreshments 15:15 - 17:00 Contributed Session 2 Constitutions, Political Institutions and Governance DCB 1102 Session Chair: Professor Geoffrey Hodgson Employment Adjustments in Chinese Domestic Firms under Marian Rizov Exchange Rate Shocks: The Role of Budget Constraints and Lincoln International Business School Hybrid Institutions University of Lincoln, UK Ghulam Mustafa Derby Governance Thresholds and Human Capital-growth Nexus University, UK Pavneet Singh Institutional Convergence across the Indian States Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India The Role of Youth Bulge on Political Instability: Cross-Country Nasser Al-Jabri Evidence Ministry of Higher Education, Muscat, Oman Impact of Social and Political Turbulence in Global Economic Peter Okoth Otieno Performance Egerton University, Kenya Social, Cultural and Legal Institutions DCB 1105 Session Chair: Dr Eric Ruto Preschool availability and Female Labor Force Elizaveta Perova Participation: Evidence from Indonesia World Bank, USA Barnali Basak Child Quantity-Quality Trade-off Revisited: Evidence from India Department of Economics University of Sussex, UK Afam Icha- Ituma Higher Education, Societal Institutions and Productivity in Alex Ekwueme Federal University Nigeria Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Nigeria Economic Welfare and Education: Attain Education, Gain Voice: Humaira Kamal Pasha The Contribution of Educated Single Females in Society for Universite Clermont Auvergne Economic Welfare France Cultural Disparity, Political Institutions and Property Rights DCB 1104 Session Chair: Dr David Gray Learning Disparity between Migrant and Local Children: Yunzi He Evidence from Two Cities in China Durham University Business School, Durham, UK Standard Essential Patents: An Analysis of Evolving Keerti Pendyal Jurisprudence and its Impact on Policy in the Indian Context Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India Underutilizing of Land in India: Economic, Natural and Social Nilabja Ghosh Processes Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India Magdalene Silberberger MNE’s Political Institutions and Violence: A Case Study from Mozambique Witten/Herdecke University, Germany Isaac Newton 18:30 - 19:30 Welcome Drinks and Networking Building Day 2 - Tuesday 18th June 2019 Opening remarks: Professor Andrew Hunter,Deputy Vice Chancellor 09:00 - 09:10 DCB 1101 for Research and Innovation, University of Lincoln Keynote: Professor Sushanta Mallick, Queen Mary University of London, UK Epft Fbtjoh Dpouspmt po Pwfstfbt Cpsspxjoht Cpptu Fyqpsujoh 09:10 - 09:50 Qfsgpsnbodf@FwjefodfgspnJoejboGjsnt DCB 1101 Chair: Professor Martin Hingley Keynote: Professor Kaushik Basu, Cornell University, USA Technological Change and the Declining Demand for Labour: 09:50 - 10:45 A Global Challenge DCB 1101 Chair: Professor Kunal Sen 10:45 - 11:15 Professor Kaushik Basu - Question Panel DCB 1101 11:15 - 11:30 Refreshments Keynote: Professor Johan Swinnen, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium Value Chains, Standards, and Development: Lessons from the Agri-Food 11:30 - 12:10 Sector DCB 1101 Chair: Professor Patrick Walsh 12:15 - 13:15 Lunch 13:15 - 15:00 Contributed Session 3 Trade and Innovation DCB 1103 Session Chair: Dr David Gray Vimal Kumar Imitation, Innovation and the Road to Development Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Impact of FDI Inflow on Export Growth of extileT and Saumita Paul Chemical Sector Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India A Two-Step procedure for Generating Domestic and Arman Mazhikeyev Asymmetric International Trade Costs when Data are Lincoln International Business School Scarce University of Lincoln, UK Aleksandar Vasilev Decomposing the Grey Economy in Bulgaria: A General- Lincoln International Business School Equilibrium Analysis University of Lincoln, UK Social Norms, Institutional Constraints and the Rights of the Individual DCB 1102 Session Chair: Professor Kunal Sen Social Network, Political Participation and Allocation of Saheli Bose Household Public Goods Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India How Institutional Constraints May Push Software Clusters in Developing Countries Fall into ‘Outsourcing Thi N.B Ngo Trap’: Empirical Evidence from the Largest Software University of Huddersfield, UK Park in Vietnam Economic, Institutional and Cultural Perspectives of Chioma Nwokoro Women Empowerment in Rural Nigeria Eastern Palm University, Nigeria Geeta Lakshmi Does Corruption matter for stock returns? Evidence Lincoln International Business School, from BRIC Countries University of Lincoln, UK Social, Cultural and Legal Institutions DCB 1104 Session Chair: Professor Phanindra Goyari Wealth Distribution and Skills Generation under Public Bidisha Chakraborty and Private Education Systems Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Measurement and Determinants of Efficiency of Sangita Choudhury Educational Institutions: A State-Level Analysis of Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Secondary Education in India More than Aid: Defeating Ebola during the 2014 west Sabine Franklin African outbreak with High IQ University of Westminster, UK Are Educated Leaders Good for Education? Evidence Soham Sahoo from India Indian Institute of Management, India Social and Market Hierarchy Session Chair: Professor Srikanta Chatterjee DCB 1105 Technology Transfer in Spatial Competition when Monalisa Ghosh Licensees are Asymmetric Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Impact of National Program of Community Ana Noveria Empowerment (PNPM) Generasi on Health Outcomes: Newcastle University, UK Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trial in Indonesia Honghong Wei Inequality Aversion and Health Queensland University of Technology, Australia Regional Financial Disparity in India: Can It be Rashmi Arora Measured? University of Bradford, UK 15:00 - 15:15 Refreshments 15:15 - 17:00 Contributed Session 4 Finance and Development DCB 1103 Session Chair: Professor Patrick Paul Walsh Exploring Financial Resources in the Informal Economy: Bala Auwalu Insights from North West Nigeria Sheffield University, UK Sancharita Datta Index of Cashless Transaction Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Evaluating an Anti-poverty Program’s Impact on Joint Suman Seth Disadvantages: Insights from Philippine CCT Program University of Leeds,