ECON435 Conference 2011
10.00 am, March 21:
Ahad Lakhani: "Missing
women:
age
and
disease",
by Siwan
Anderson and Debraj Ray (2010), Review
of
Economic
Studies, vol. 77,
pp. 1262–1300
Jing Cheng: "The
economics
of
lending
with
joint
liability:
theory
and
practice." by Maitreesh
Ghatak and Tim
Guinnane (1999), Journal
of
Development
Economics, Vol. 60(1), pp. 195-228.
8.30 am, March 23:
Emily Donaldson: "Does
Society
Win
or
Lose
as a Result of Privatization? The Case of Water
Sector Privatization in Colombia" by Barrera-Osorio, Olivera
and Ospino (2009), Economica,
vol. 76, pp. 649–674
Odette Melvin: "Empowerment
and
Efficiency:
Tenancy
Reform
in
West
Bengal," by Banerjee, Gertler and
Ghatak (2002), Journal
of Political
Economy, vol. 110 (2), pp. 239-280.
10.00 am, March 28:
Jaskiran Sodhi: “A
Numerical Simulation Analysis of (Hukou)
Labour Mobility Restrictions in China” by John Whalley and Shunming Zhang
(2007), Journal of Development
Economics, Vol. 83(2),
pp. 392-410.
Jack Kent: "Conflict
Diamonds" by Ola Olsson (2007), Journal
of Development Economics, vol. 82, pp. 267–286
8.30 am, March 30:
Joshua Brown: "Aid,
Dutch
Disease
and
Manufacturing
Growth" by Rajan and Subramanian, Journal
of Development Economics,
Jan 2011.
Emily Masching: "Land
and Power: Theory and Evidence from Chile." by Baland, Jean-Marie, and James A. Robinson.
2008. American
Economic
Review, 98(5): 1737–65.
10.00 am, April 4:
Brian Tompkins: "Cyclicality,
Mortality and the Value of Time: The Case of Coffee Price Fluctuations
and Child Survival in Columbia" by Grant Miller and B. Piedad
Urdinola (2010), Journal of
Political
Economy, vol. 118(1), pp. 113-155.
Melissa Martin
: "The
Prospects for Foreign Debt
Sustainability in Post-Completion Countries: Implications of the
HIPC-MDRI
Framework" by J. Nwachukwu (2008), Developmental Policy Review, vol.
26 (2), pp. 171-188.
8.30 am, April 6:
Jasmina Munteanu: "Dynamics of Banking
Technology Adoption: An Application to Internet
Banking" by YT Chang (2003), Working paper University of
Warwick.
Kirsten Boomer: "Community–Industry
Contracting over Natural Resource Use in a Context of Weak Property
Rights: The Case of Indonesia" by Stefanie
Engel, Ramon Lopex, and Charles Palmer (2006), Environmental & Resource Economics
vol. 33, pp. 73–93