NEUDC 2004

Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference
HEC Montréal
October 1-3, 2004

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RdJ Amphithéâtre IBM Rez-de-jardin
RdJ Atrium Hydro-Québec Rez-de-jardin
RdJ Salon L'Oréal Rez-de-jardin
A Nancy et Michel-Gaucher Green section - 1st Floor
B Meloche Monnex Green section - 1st Floor
C Pricewaterhousecoopers Green section - 1st Floor
D Gérard-Parizeau Green section - 1st Floor
E Saine Marketing Green section - 1st Floor
         

Saturday - October 2, 2004
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Session III - A  / Intra Household Allocation

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Geeta Kingdon  
     
Grogan, Louise Social Transferts and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Evidence from Russia John Hoddinott
     
Koolwal, Gayatri B. Women's Participation in Local Networks in India: Are Diverse Networks Better? Paul Cichello
     
Dauphin, Anyck
Fortin, Bernard
Lacroix, Guy
A Test of Collective Rationality within Bigamous Households in Burkina Faso Marcel Fafchamps
     
Ashraf, Nava Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines Shareen Joshi
     
Session III - B  /  Cross-Country Analysis of Development

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Ron Leung

 
     
Fajnzylber, Pablo
Fernandes, Ana M.
International Economic Activities and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Evidence from Brazil and China Susumu Imai
     
Bourguignon, François
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
Leite, Phillippe G.
Why are Income Distributions Different?: A Comparison of Brazil and the United States Jean-Yves Duclos
     
Jeong, Hyeok
Townsend, Robert M.
Discovering the Sources of TFP Growth: Occupational Choice and Financial Deepening Toshihiko Mukoyama
     
Vollrath, Dietrich Measuring the Cost of Misallocating Resources in a Dual Economy Bryan S. Graham
     
Session III - C  /  Institutions

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Henrik Wiig

 
     
Hotte, Louis
Valognes, Fabrice
van Ypersele, Tanguy
Property Crime with Private Protection: A Market-for-Offenses Approach Martin Boyer
     
Madestam, Andreas Informal Finance: A Theory of Moneylenders Bruno Powo-Fosso
     
Visaria, Sujata Legal Reform and Loan Repayment: The Microeconomic Impact of Debt Recovery Tribunals in India Henrik Wiig
     
Hyndman, Kyle Status Quo Effects in Bargaining: An Empirical Analysis of OPEC Jean-Claude Cosset
     
Session III - D  /  Fiscal Policy

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André Martens  
     
Gersovitz, Mark The Size Distribution of Firms, Cournot and Optimal Taxation Stefan Ambec
     
Ghosh, Sugata
Nolan, Charles
The Impact of Simple Fiscal Rules in Growth Models with Public Goods and Congestion Santanu Chatterjee
     
Gonzalez, Francisco M.
Neary, Hugh
Unpleasant Implications of Insecure Property Sharun Mukand
     
 
Coffee Break
 

Saturday - October 2, 2004
10:45-12:45 p.m.

Session IV - A  /  Gender

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Siwan Anderson  
     
Chen, Joyce Dads, Disease and Death: Decomposing Daughter Discrimination Geeta Kingdon
     
Horowitz, Andrew W.
Portela Souza, André
Specialization in Single Parent Households: Evidence from Brazil Guy Lacroix
     
Joshi, Shareen Female Household-Headship in Rural Bangladesh: Incidence, Determinants and Impact on Children's Schooling Mukesh Eswaran
     
Session IV- B  /  Policy Impact II

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Eric V. Edmonds

 
     

Bobonis, Gustavo

Income Transfers, Intro-Household Resource Allocation and Marriage Markets David Newhouse
     
McKim, Andrew Staff Incentive Policies for Credit Officers: An Analysis of their Effects within Heterogeneous Firms and Contexts and Across Multiple Tasks Jonathan Zinman
     
Ravallion, Martin Hidden Impact? Household Saving in Response to a Poor-Area Development Project Dean Karlan
     
Session IV - C  /  Foreign Aid I

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Ethan Ligon  
     
Pallage, Stéphane
Robe, Michel A.
Bérubé, Catherine
On the Potential of Foreign Aid as Insurance Rune Hagen
     
O'Connell, Stephen
Adam, Christopher
Buffie, Edward
Pattillo, Catherine
Riding the Wave: Monetary Responses to Aid Surges in Low-Income Countries John McLaren
     
Chatterjee, Santanu
Turnovsky, Stephen J.
Tied Versus Untied Foreign Aid: Consequences for a Growing Economy Hafedh Bouakez
     
Session IV - D  /  Growth

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Dominique Van de Walle

 
     
Brandt, Loren
Giles, John
The Dynamics of Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth? David McKenzie
     
Beaudry, Paul
Francois, Patrick
On-the-Job Skill Acquisition and Growth Miracles Hyeok Jeong
     
Grimard, Franque
Harding, Guy
The Impact of Tuberculosis on Economic Growth Petia S. Stoytcheva
     
     
Saturday - October 2, 2004 - P.M.
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