NEUDC 2007
Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference
Friday, 26 October - Saturday, 27 October 2007
 

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Schedule:
as of 9/25/07

NOTE: Each paper is allotted 25 minutes; 15 for the paper presentation and 10 for the discussant presentation and discussion.

Brief Schedule
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FRIDAY, 26 October 2007

8:00 - 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 10:40 AM	Session 1 Economic Growth Education in Latin America Cash Transfer Programs South Asia Corruption, Crime, and the Underground Economy
10:40 - 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM	Session 2 Contracts and Incentives Intra-household Allocations Innovation and Technology Adoption Identity, Ethnicity and Social Networks Risk and Vulnerability
12:40 - 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 - 3:40 PM	Session 3 Health Microfinance Conflict Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Migration and Displacement
3:40 - 4:00 PM	Break
4:00 - 5:40 PM	Session 4 Labor International Finance Measurement and Evaluation Political Economy Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
6:00 - 7:30 PM	Buffet Dinner and Poster Session

SATURDAY, 27 October 2007

8:30 - 9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:40 AM	Session 5 Finance Gender Bias Industrial Organization, Entrepreneurship and the Firm in Developing Countries Foreign Aid and Refugees
10:40 - 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM	Session 6 Education  Poverty, Inequality and Distribution Institutions and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Water, Pollution, and the Environment

 

Detailed Schedule

 

FRIDAY, 26 October 2007

 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM:    Breakfast and Registration

Pre-registered participants: Ground Floor, Taubman Bldg., KSG

New Registrations: 5th Floor, Taubman Bldg. KSG

Breakfast on both the Ground and 5th Floors

 

9:00 - 10:40 AM:        Session 1

       

        Section: Economic Growth                                                Chair:  Lisa Cook

            Location: Alison Dining Room, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"A Tale of Markets and Jungles in a Simple Model of Growth"	Thomas Gall, University of Bonn; Paolo Masella, London School of Economics	Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
"Male Circumcision and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis"	Amrita Ahuja, Harvard Business School; Brian Wendell, Lehman Brothers; Eric Werker, Harvard Business School	Paolo Masella, London School of Economics
"The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence"	Dani Rodrik, Harvard University	Eric Werker, Harvard Business School

       

        Section: Education in Latin America                                          Chair: Dan Levy

            Location: Kennedy A, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Empowering Parents to Improve Education: Evidence from Rural Mexico"	Paul Gertler, UC Berkeley; Harry Patrinos, World Bank; Marta Rubio-Codina, University College London	Katja Maria Kaufmann, Stanford University
"The Effects of User Fee Reductions on Enrollment: Evidence from a quasi-experiment"	Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank; Leigh L. Linden, Columbia University; Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University	Ricardo Madeira, University of São Paulo
"Marginal Returns to Schooling, Credit Constraints, and Subjective Expectations of Earnings"	Katja Maria Kaufmann, Stanford University	Marta Rubio-Codina, University College London
"The Effects of Decentralization on Schooling: Evidence From the Sao Paulo State's Education Reform"	Ricardo Madeira, University of São Paulo	Stephen Litschig, Columbia University

       

        Section: Cash Transfer Programs                                    Chair: Erica Field

            Location: Nye A, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Must Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Be Conditioned To Be Effective? The Impact of Conditioning Transfers on School Enrollment in Mexico"	Alan de Brauw, IFPRI John Hoddinott, IFPRI	Juan Carlos Chavez-Martin, del Campo Universidad de Guanajuato
"Using Conditional Transfers in Education to Investigate Intra Family Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment"	Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank; Marianne Bertrand, Chicago GSB; Leigh L. Linden, Columbia; Francisco Perez, Ministry of Education, Colombia	Mette E. Nielsen, Princeton University
"Do Conditional Cash Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers? Evidence from Randomized Trials in Honduras and Nicaragua"	Mette E. Nielsen, Princeton University; Pedro Olinto, World Bank	Norbert Schady, Development Research Group, World Bank
"Does Money Matter? The Effect of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development in Rural Ecuador"	Christina Paxson, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University; Norbert Schady, Development Research Group, World Bank	Leigh L. Linden, Columbia

       


        Section: South Asia                                                          Chair: Rohini Pande

            Location: Kennedy B, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"The Economics of Consanguineous Marriages"	Quy-Toan Do, The World Bank; Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge; Shareen Joshi, University of Chicago	Saumitra Jha, Harvard University
"Caste Discrimination in School Admissions: Evidence from Test Scores"	Alaka Holla, Innovations for Poverty Action	Sudeshna Maitra, York University
"Trade, Institutions and Religious Tolerance: Evidence from India"	Saumitra Jha, Harvard University	Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge
"Political Reservations and Rural Public Good Provision in India"	Nandini Krishnan, Boston University	Nishith Prakash, University of Houston

   

    Section: Corruption, Crime, and the Underground Economy
                                                                                                     Chair: Ben Olken

        Location: Nye B, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"It Matters How You Sell It: Lojack in Mexico"	Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Princeton University	Maggie Mcmillan, Tufts University
"Manipulation of a Poverty Index?"	Emily Conover, UC Berkeley Adriana Camacho, Brown University	Neha, Boston University
"Profit Sharing Between Governments and Multinationals in Natural Resource Extraction: Evidence from a Firm Level Panel"	Maggie Mcmillan, Tufts University; Andrew Waxman, World Bank	Claudio Ferraz, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada
"Electoral Politics and Bureaucratic Discretion: Evidence from Environmental Licenses and Local Elections in Brazil"	Claudio Ferraz, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada	Emily Conover, UC Berkeley

 

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM:        Break

 

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM:        Session 2

            

        Section: Contracts and Incentives        
                                                                                                    Chair:  Asim Khwaja

            Location: Alison Dining Room, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Climate Forecasts and Livestock Disease Disclosure: A Shepherd's Dilemma"	Glenn Sheriff, Columbia University; Daniel Osgood, Columbia University	Andrew W. Horowitz, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas
"The Political Economy of Debt Bondage"	Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, Frankfurt University; Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University	Tom Wilkening, MIT
"Testing between Competing Theories of Reverse Share Tenancy"	Marc F. Bellemare, Duke University	Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, Frankfurt University
"Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?"	Michael Kremer, Harvard; Tom Wilkening, MIT	Marc F. Bellemare, Duke University

        Section: Intra-household Allocations
                                                                                                   Chair:  Esther Duflo

            Location: Kennedy A, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Moving Women: Household Competition, Labor Demand and Crop Choice"	Isaac Mbiti, Brown University	Vivian Hoffmann, Cornell University
"Limited Insurance Within the Household: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Western Kenya"	Jonathan Robinson University of California, Santa Cruz	Jean Lee, Harvard University
"Mental Accounts, Gender, or Both? The Intra-Household Allocation of Free and Purchased Mosquito Nets "	Vivian Hoffmann, Cornell University	Jonathan Robinson University of California, Santa Cruz
"Gender, Intrahousehold Decisionmaking, and the Demand for Children"	Nava Ashraf, Harvard Business School; Erica Field, Harvard University; Jean Lee, Harvard University;	Isaac Mbiti, Southern Methodist University

        
 

   Section: Innovation and Technology Adoption
                                                                                                       Chair:  Diego Comin

        Location: Nye A, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Productivity Revolutions and Science Driven Growth"	Phillip Garner, Brigham Young University	Diego Comin, Harvard University
"Smithian Growth through Creative Organization"	Patrick Legros, Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Andrew F. Newman, Boston University; Eugenio Proto	Phillip Garner, Brigham Young University
"The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations"	Cesar A. Hidalgo, Notre Dame; Bailey Klinger, Harvard University; A.L. Barabási, Notre Dame; Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University	Andrew F. Newman, Boston University
"Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?"	Diego Comin, Harvard University	Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University

       Section: Identity, Ethnicity and Social Networks   
                                                                                            Chair: Sendhil Mullainathan

            Location: Kennedy B, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa"	Jeremy Magruder, University of California, Berkeley	Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University
"Why Does Ethnic Diversity Affect Public Good Provision? An Empirical Analysis of Water Provision in Africa"	Ken Jackson, University of British Columbia	Jeremy Magruder, University of California, Berkeley
"Family Networks and Orphan Caretaking in Tanzania: Effects on Health and Education"	Christopher Ksoll, Oxford University	Masayuki Kudamatsu, Stockholm University
"The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity: Theory and Evidence"	Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University	Ken Jackson, University of British Columbia

    Section: Risk and Vulnerability                                          Chair:  Quy-Toan Do

        Location: Nye B, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Rational Expectations? Evidence from Planting Decisions in Semi-Arid India"	Xavier Gine, World Bank; Robert M. Townsend, U. of Chicago; James Vickery, New York Fed	Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School
"Risk Aversion & Intertemporal Substitution Among Kenyan Pastoralists: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"	Travis J. Lybbert, University of California, Davis; John McPeak, Syracuse University	Sonia Bhalotra, Department of Economics, University of Bristol
"Weather Insurance: Managing Risk Through an Innovative Retail Derivative"	Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School; Jeremy Tobacman, Oxford University; Petia Topalova, IMF	Travis J. Lybbert, University of California, Davis
"Fatal Fluctuations: Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India"	Sonia Bhalotra Department of Economics University of Bristol	Daniel Osgood, Columbia University

 

12:40 - 2:00 PM:                Lunch

Ground Floor and 5th Floor, Taubman Bldg., KSG

 

2:00 - 3:40 PM:                Session 3

       

        Section: Health I                                                              Chair:  Radha Iyengar

            Location: Nye B, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Sobering Up: The Impact of the 1985-1988 Russian Anti-Alcohol Campaign on Child Health"	Andreea Balan Cohen, Tufts University	Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School
"Does Decentralization Hurt Childhood Immunization?"	Joanne Yoong, Stanford University	Mauricio Reis, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada
"Child Health, Household Income and the Local Public Provision of Health Care in Brazil"	Anna Crespo, Princeton University; Mauricio Reis, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada	Joanne Yoong, Stanford University
"Time vs. Money in Child Health Production: The Case of Coffee Price Fluctuations and Child Survival in Colombia"	Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School; Piedad Urdinola, National University of Colombia	Andreea Balan Cohen, Tufts University

       

        Section: Microfinance                                                      Chair:  Shawn Cole

            Location: Kennedy A, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Luck or Skill? MFI Performance in Macroeconomic Context"	Christian Ahlin, Michigan State University; Jocelyn Lin, University of Chicago	Willene Johnson, Komaza, Inc.
"Pretending To Be Poor: Borrowing To Escape Forced Solidarity in Credit Cooperatives in Cameroon"	Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur; Catherine Guirkinger, University of Namur; Charlotte Mali, University of Namur	Jonathan Haughton, Suffolk University
"A Behavioral Model of Simultaneous Borrowing and Saving"	Karna Basu, University of Chicago	Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
"Does the Village Fund Matter in Thailand?"	Jirawan Boonperm National Statistics Office, Thailand; Jonathan Haughton, Suffolk University; Shahidur Khandker, World Bank	Dean Karlan, Yale University

       

     Section: Conflict                                                               Chair: Quy-Toan Do

         Location: Nye A, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Conflict Displacement and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Post-war Bosnia & Herzegovina"	Florence Kondylis, Columbia University and CEP, London School of Economics	Oeindrila Dube, Harvard University
"Reducing Intergroup Conflict with the Media: A Field Experiment in Rwanda"	Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University	Dan Li, Boston University
"The Economic Effects of Civil War: Evidence from Chinese National Railroads, 1906 - 1923"	Dan Li, Boston University	Florence Kondylis, Columbia University and CEP, London School of Economics
"Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia"	Oeindrila Dube, Harvard University; Juan Vargas, UCLA	Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

   

        Section:  Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
                                                                                             Chair: Matthais Schuendeln

            Location: Kennedy B, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Taboos, Agriculture and Poverty"	David Stifel, Lafayette College; Marcel Fafchamps, Oxford University); Bart Minten , IFPRI	Richard Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi"	Tom Bundervoet, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Philip Verwimp,  Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Richard Akresh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Catherine Porter, University of Oxford
"Is Vote Buying Effective? Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa"	Pedro C. Vicente, University of Oxford	Christopher McKelvey, University of Maryland
"Circumcision and the Labor Market Consequences of HIV in Developing Countries"	Christopher McKelvey, University of Maryland	David Stifel, Lafayette College

  

   Section:  Migration and Displacement                                Chair: Eric Werker

        Location: Alison Dining Room, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Who Cares for the Elderly? Intrafamily Resource Allocation and Migration in Mexico"	Francisca Antman, University of Colorado at Boulder	Prabal K. De, New York University
"Social Pensions, Migration and the Anticipation Effect"	Mark N. Harris, Monash University Brett Inder, Monash University; Pushkar Maitra, Monash University	Francisca Antman, University of Colorado at Boulder
"Workers without Borders? Culture, Migration and the Political Limits to Globalization"	Sanjay Jain, University of Virginia; Sharun W. Mukand, Tufts University	Michael A. Clemens, Center for Global Development
"Is Migration Development? Global Estimates of Income Per Natural"	Michael A. Clemens, Center for Global Development; Lant Pritchett, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University	Sanjay Jain, University of Virginia

 

3:40 - 4:00 PM:                Break

 

4:00 - 5:40 PM:                Session 4

        Section: Labor                                                        Chair:  Sendhil Mullainathan

            Location: Nye B, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Was it Discrimination or the Market? Female Employment and the Wage Gap"	Michelle Rendall, University of Texas at Austin	Katherine Terrell, University of Michigan
"Factor Supply Response to Globalization: Information Technology and Education in India"	Gauri Kartini Shastry, Harvard University	Taryn Dinkelman, University of Michigan
"Minimum Wages and the Welfare of Workers in Honduras"	T. H. Gindling, University of Maryland; Katherine Terrell, University of Michigan	Gauri Kartini Shastry, Harvard University
"The Effects of Rural Electrification on Employment: New Evidence from South Africa"	Taryn Dinkelman, University of Michigan	Michelle Rendall, University of Texas at Austin

        Section: International Finance                                                            Chair:  Gita Gopinath

            Location: Nye A, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Intra Industry Foreign Direct Investment"	Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School; Andrew Charlton, London School of Economics	Brian McCaig, University of Toronto
"Exporting Out of Poverty: Provincial Poverty in Vietnam and U.S. Market Access"	Brian McCaig, University of Toronto	Yao Lu, University of Michigan
"Is Cheaper Always More Attractive? Tobin's Q of the Target and Gains from Takeovers in Different Legal Environments"	Yao Lu, University of Michigan	Laura Alfaro, Harvard Business School
"Do Foreign Banks in Emerging Markets Mitigate Credit Supply Shocks?"	Philipp Schnabl, Harvard University	M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University

 

        Section: Measurement and Evaluation                                              Chair: Michael Kremer

            Location: Alison Dining Room, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Measuring Microenterprise Profits: Must We Ask How the Sausage Is Made?"	Suresh de Mel, University of Peradeniya; David McKenzie, World Bank; Christopher Woodruff, UCSD	Randall Akee, Institute for the Study of Labor
"Program Evaluation Using Spatial Instruments: Evidence from Indonesia"	Mark Pitt, Brown University; Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University	Alessandro Tarozzi, Duke University
"Using Census and Survey Data to Estimate Poverty and Inequality for Small Areas"	Alessandro Tarozzi,Duke University; Angus Deaton, Princeton University	David McKenzie, World Bank
"The Risk of Asking: Measurement Effects from a Baseline Survey in an Insurance Takeup Experiment"	Xavier Gine, World Bank; Dean Karlan, Yale University; Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College	Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University

 

        Section: Political Economy                                                                     Chair: Ben Olken

            Location: Kennedy A, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Political Institutions and Local Public Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia"	Benjamin A. Olken, Harvard University	Eugenio Proto, Warwick University
"The Transition to Democracy: Collective Action and Intra-elite Conflict"	Sayantan Ghosal and Eugenio Proto, Warwick University	Madiha Afzal, Yale University
"Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History"	Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School	Benjamin A. Olken, Harvard University
"Voter Rationality and Politician Incentives: Exploiting Luck in Indian and Pakistani Elections"	Madiha Afzal, Yale University	Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School

 

        Section: Health in Sub-Saharan Africa                                  Chair:  Erica Field

            Location: Kennedy B, Lobby Level, Charles Hotel

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Improving Health Outcomes by Choosing Better Doctors: Evidence of Social Learning about Doctor Quality from Rural Tanzania"	Kenneth L. Leonard, University of Maryland	Celine Ferre, University of California Berkeley
"Improving Nutritional Status through Behavioral Change: Lessons from Madagascar"	Emanuela Galasso,  World Bank; Nithin Umapathi, University College London	Martina Bjorkman, University of Bocconi
"Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda"	Martina Bjorkman, University of Bocconi; Jakob Svensson, Stockholm University	Kenneth L. Leonard, University of Maryland
"Age at First Child: Does Education Delay Fertility Timing? The Case of Kenya"	Celine Ferre, University of California Berkeley	Per Pettersson Lidbom, Department of Economics, University of Stockholm

6:00 - 7:30 PM:                Buffet Dinner and Poster Session

            Location: John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Littauer Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors
"The Punctuality Prisoners’ Dilemma: Can Current Punctuality Initiatives in Low-Income Countries Succeed?"	Andrew M. Horowitz, University of Arkansas
"Does Political Reservation for Minorities Reduce Poverty?"	Nishith Prakash, University of Houston
"Population Growth and Local Home Environment Externality in an Endogenous Growth Model with Two Engines of Growth"	Shiru Kuwahara, University of Tsukuba and Katsunori Tamada, Osaka University
"Does Conditionality Generate Heterogeneity and Regressivity in Program Impacts? The Progresa Experience"	Juan Carlos Chavez-Martin del Campo, Universidad de Guanajuato
"Ethnic Favoritism: Micro Evidence from Guinea"	Masayuki Kudamatsu, Stockholm University
"Moral Hazard, Heterogeneous Agents, and Imperfect Monitoring: A Structural Approach"	Xiaoyong Zheng, North Carolina State University; Marc F. Bellemare, Duke University
"Separation Hypothesis with Farmer Heterogeneity"	Kien Trung Le, University of Virginia
"Are Returns to Mothers' Human Capital Realized in the Next Generation? The Impact of Mothers' Intellectual Human Capital and Long-Run Nutritional Status on Child Human Capital in Guatemala"	Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania; Alexis Murphy and Agnes R. Quisumbing, IFPRI; Usha Ramakrishnan and Kathryn Yount, Emory University
"The Long-term Impact of Credit Constraints on Assets, Intergenerational Transfers, and Consumption: Evidence from Bukidnon, Philippines"	Agnes R. Quisumbing, IFPRI
"Errors in Self-Reported Earnings: The Role of Previous Earnings Volatility"	Randall Akee, Institute for the Study of Labor
"Too Vulnerable for Microfinance? Risk and Vulnerability as Determinants of Microfinance Selection"	Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College
"Efficiency of Rice Farming Households in Vietnam: A DEA with Bootstrap and Stochastic Frontier Application"	Ling Hoang Vu, University of Minnesota
"A Structural Model of Markets in Madagascar"	J. S. Butler, University of Kentucky; Christine Moser, Western Michigan University/span>
"Is There Complete, Partial or No Recovery from Childhood Malnutrition? Empirical Evidence from Indonesia"	Subha Mani, University of Southern California
"Does Child Spacing Affect Children's Outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish Reform"	Per Pettersson-Lidbom and Peter Skogman Thoursie, Department of Economics, University of Stockholm
"Farmers' Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico"	Aslihan Arslan, University of California at Davis
"Who are the Indian Middle Class? An EM Approach Using Durables Ownership"	Sudeshna Maitra, York University
"International Migration and Women's Reproductive Health in Mexico"	Prabal K. De, New York University
"Industrial Deregulation, Skill Upgrading, and Wage Inequality in India"	Rubiana Chamarbagwala, Indiana University; Gunjan Sharma, University of Missouri
"Coordinating Units: Farmers' Cooperatives in China - A Comparative Study of Organizational Design in Agriculture Between China and Japan"	Dongxue Zhang, Kyoto University
"The Long Run Impact of Severe Shocks in Childhood: Evidence from the Ethiopian Famine of 1984"	Catherine Porter, University of Oxford
"Long-Term Consequences of Droughts in Brazil"	Valerie A. Mueller and Daniel E. Osgood, Earth Institute at Columbia University
"Learning, Risk, and Credit in Households' New Technology Investments: The Case of Aquaculture in Rural Indonesia"	Sachiko Miyata, IFPRI; Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo
"Does Capital Structure Affect the Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions?"	Vicki Bogan, Cornell University; Willene Johnson, Komaza, Inc.; Nomathemba Mhlanga, Cornell University
"Identity, Interest and Information Search in Rural Ghana"	Paulo Santos, University of Sydney; Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University
"Health and Aging in Mexico"	Franque Grimard, Sonia Laszio, and Wilfredo Lim, McGill University
"Time to Change What to Sow: Risk Preferences and Technology Adoption Decisions of Cotton Farmers in China"	Elaine Liu, Princeton University
"Participatory Governance and Pro-Poor Targeting: Evidence from Central India"	Neha, Boston University
"Cereal Market Performance during Food Crises: The Case of Niger 2005"	Jenny C. Aker, University of California at Berkeley
"Money Matters: Estimating the Effect of Federal Transfers on Local Education Spending and Schooling Using an RD Design"	Stephan Litschig, Columbia University

 

 

SATURDAY, 27 October 2007

 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM:    Breakfast

 

9:00 - 10:40 AM:        Session 5

 

        Section: Finance                                                              Chair:  Shawn Cole

            Location: Nye B, 5th Fl. Taubman Bldg., KSG

Paper	Authors	Discussants
"Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard and Credit Information Systems: Theory and Experimental Evidence"	Craig McIntosh, Univ. of California at San Diego; Bruce Wydick, Univ. of San Francisco	Philip Schable, Harvard University
"Financial Liberalization, Financial Restraint, and Entrepreneurial Development"	M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University; Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University	Ashok S. Rai, Williams College
"Does Collateral Reduce Overdues? A Regression Discontinuity Approach"	Stefan Klonner, Cornell University Ashok S. Rai, Williams College	Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School
"Are The Monitors Over-Monitored? Evidence from Corruption, Vigilance, and Lending in Indian Banks"	Abhijit Banerjee, MIT; Shawn Cole, Harvard Business School; Esther Duflo, MIT	Bruce Wydick, Univ. of San Francisco

 

         Section: Gender Bias                                                      Chair:  Nancy Qian