3rd Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development: Programme Wednesday, 13 December: • 8:30 – 9:00: Registration, Coffee/Tea and Travel Re-imbursement. • 9:00 – 9:15: Opening Remarks. • 9:15 – 11:30: Parallel Sessions: − Session 1(a): Education and Health 1. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon (University of Oxford), “Teacher Characteristics and Student Performance in India: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach”. 2. Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol): “Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure and Infant Mortality in India”. 3. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon (University of Oxford) and Nicolas Theopold: “Do Returns to Education Matter to Schooling Participation?” − Session 1(b): Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy 1. Prachi Mishra, Petia Topalova (IMF) and Arvind Subramanian (IMF): “Tariffs, Enforcement and Customs Evasion: Evidence from India”. 2. Soubarna Pal (Cardiff University) and Patrick Minford (Cardiff University): “Real Exchange Rate Overshooting in Real Business Cycle and Overlapping Wage Contract Model”. 3. Elena D’Agosto (University of Rome), Nazaria Solferino (University of Milan) and Giovanni Tria (University of Rome): “Migration and FDI: A Complementary or Substitutability Relationship?” • 11:30 – 11:45: Coffee/Tea. • 11:45 – 1:15: Parallel Sessions: − Session 2(a): Micro Credit 1. Ashok S. Rai (Williams College) and Stefan Klonner (Cornell University): “Cosigners Help”. 2. Kumar Aniket (University of Edinburgh): “Does Subsidising the Cost of Capital Really Help the Poorest? An Analysis of Saving Opportunities in Group Lending”. − Session 2(b): Gender Differentials and Dowry 1. Sudeshna Maitra (York University, Canada): “Population Growth and Rising Dowries: The Long-Run Mechanism of a Marriage Squeeze”. 2. Amanda J. Felkey (Lake Forest College): “Husbands, Wives and the Peculiar Economics of Household Public Goods”. • 1:15 – 2:15: Lunch. • 2:15 – 4:30: Parallel Sessions: − Session 3(a): Poverty and Inequality 1. Petia Topalova (IMF): “Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence on Poverty and Inequality from India”. 2. Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford) and Joseph S. Shapiro: “Does Poverty Entrap?” 3. Reena Badiani (Yale University), Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford) and Pramila Krishnan (University of Cambridge): “Development Programmes, Caste and Capture in Villages in India 1975-2004”. − Session 3(b): Trade and Industry 1. Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University) and Faruk Sengul (Southern Methodist University): “On the Emergence of an MFN Club: Equal Treatment in an Unequal World”. 2. Dibyendu S. Maiti (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata) and Werner Bonte (Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany): “Trade Reforms, Vertical Contracts and Innovation in a Developing Economy”. 3. Dyuti S. Banerjee (Monash University) and Teyu Chou (National Chengchi University, Taiwan): “Copyright Protection and Innovation in the Presence of Commercial Piracy”. • 4:30 – 4:45: Coffee/Tea. • 4:45 – 6:15: Keynote Lecture by Professor Roger Gordon (University of California, San Diego): “Puzzling Tax Structures in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Two Alternative Explanations”. • 7:30 - 10:00 PM: Conference Dinner at India International Center. Thursday, 14 December: • 9:00 – 10:00: Coffee/Tea and Travel Re-imbursement. • 10:00 – 1:00: Parallel Sessions: − Session 4(a): Industry and Environment 1. Anabel Marin (Universidad Nacional de General Samrmiento, Argentina), Subash Sasidharan (IIT, Bombay) and Ionara Costa (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht): “Active MNC Subsidiaries and Technology Diffusion in Late Industrialising Countries: the Cases of Argentina and India”. 2. Anup Kumar Bhandari (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Subhash C. Ray (University of Connecticut): “Technical Efficiency in the Indian Textile Industry: A Non-Parametric Analysis Firm-Level Data”. 3. Soumyananda Dinda (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata): “Globalization and Environment: Can Pollution Haven Hypothesis Alone Explain the Impact of Globalization on Environment?” 4. Rahul Banerjee (Krishnodayanagar, Indore): “Fighting the Commoditisation of Water and the Marginalisation of Bhil Indigenous People in Jhabua District of Madhya Pradesh in India - A Multi-Disciplinary Approach”. − Session 4(b): Macroeconomics: Finance and Fiscal Policy 1. Niloy Bose (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) and Rebecca Neumann (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee): “Explaining the Trend and Diversity in the Evolution of the Stock Market”. 2. Sugata Ghosh (Brunel University) and Andros Gregoriou (Brunel University): “On The Composition Of Government Spending, Optimal Fiscal Policy, And Endogenous Growth: Theory And Evidence”. 3. Ashok S. Guha (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Brishti Guha (Singapore Management University): “Target Savers”. • 1:00 – 2:15: Lunch. • 2:15 – 4:30: Parallel Sessions: − Session 5(a): Topics in Development Microeconomics 1. Gautam Bose (University of New South Wales, Sydney) and Shubhashis Gangopadhyay (India Development Foundation): “Intermediaries and Endemic Corruption”. 2. Stefan Ambec (INRA-GAEL, Universite Pierre Mendes France): “Voting over Informal Risk Sharing Rules”. 3. Namrata Gulati (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) and Tridip Ray (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): “Income Distribution and Product Quality”. − Session 5(b): Topics in Growth Theory 1. Katsufumi Fukuda (Kobe University): “Scale Invariant Endogenous Growth Model with Long-Run Cycles”. 2. Rudrani Bhattacharya (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi): “Human Capital, Dynamic Preference and Endogenous Transition from Primitive Agriculture to Industrial Mass Production: Three Stages of Economic Development”. • 4:30 – 4:45: Coffee/Tea. • 4:45 – 6:15: Keynote Lecture by Professor Arvind Subramanian (IMF): “The Intriguing Relationship between Growth and Institutions in India”. • 6:15 – 6:30: Vote of Thanks. • 7:00 onwards: Evening out at Old Delhi. .