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Economics of Industrial Development
London, 21/22 November 2003
Location: Michio Morishima Room (R505)
5th Floor, LSE Research Laboratory
Lionel Robbins Building
entrance in 10 Portugal Street
London WC2.
Organizers: Robin Burgess, John Sutton and David Dollar
Administrator in London: Kate Perry (k.perry@lse.ac.uk, 020.7955.6691)
Administrator in USA: Lucie Albert-Drucker (lalbertdrucker@worldbank.org)
Day One - 21st November 2003
Session 1 (Chair: David Dollar)
| 9.00 - 10.00 am |
John Sutton (LSE) "Economics of Industrial Development: a research agenda?"
Discussion Leader: John Van Reenen (LSE)
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| 10.00 - 11.00 am |
Stephen Redding (LSE) "The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Theory and Evidence from India" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Rachel Griffiths (UCL)
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| 11.00 - 11.30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30 - 12.30 pm |
Maitreesh Ghatak (LSE) "Subcontractors for Tractors - Theory and Evidence on Flexible Specialization, Supplier Selection, and Contracting" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Martin Pesendorfer (LSE)
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| 12.30 - 1.30 pm |
Lunch |
Session 2 (Chair: Tim Besley)
| 1.30 - 2.30 pm |
Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth College) "The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Orazio Attanasio (UCL)
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| 2.30 - 3.30 pm |
Andrew Foster (Brown University) "Agricultural Development, Industrialization and Rural Inequality" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Atif Mian (Chicago)
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| 3.30 - 4.00 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 4.00 - 5.00 pm |
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik (World Bank) "Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Rupert Harrison (IFS)
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| 5.00 - 6.00 pm |
Mark Roberts (Penn State) "Productivity, Output, and Failure: A Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Manufacturers" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Maurice Kugler (Southampton)
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| 6.00 pm - |
Drinks Reception followed by Conference Dinner |
Day Two - 22nd November 2003
Session 1 (Chair: Robin Burgess)
| 9.00 - 10.00 am |
David Dollar (World Bank) "Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies" [download pdf].
Discussion Leader: Andrea Prat (LSE)
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| 10.00 - 11.00 am |
Kenneth L. Sokoloff (UCLA) "Exports and Manufacturing Productivity in East Asia: A Comparative Analysis with Firm-Level Data" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Tony Venables (LSE)
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| 11.00 - 11.30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 11.30 - 12.30 pm |
Discussion of World Bank Data Sets
Discussion Leaders:
David Dollar (World Bank) Productivity and the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey [download pdf]. Additional Finance Module [download pdf].
Mary Hallward-Driemeier (World Bank)
Taye Mengistae (World Bank)
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| 12.30 - 2.00 pm |
Lunch Sofra Covent Garden (Turkish Restaurant) |
Session 2 (Chair: John Sutton)
| 02.00 - 3.00 pm |
Rohini Pande (Yale University) "Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Garth Frazer (Toronto)
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| 03.00 - 4.00 pm |
Tarun Khanna (Harvard) "Entrepreneurship in China and India"
Discussion Leader: Somik Lall (World Bank)
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| 04.00 - 4.30 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 04.30 - 5.30 pm |
Pankaj Chandra (Indian Institute of Management) "Business Strategy for Managing Complex Supply Chains in Large Emerging Economies: The Story of AMUL" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Peter Davis (LSE)
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| 05.30 - 6.30 pm |
Garrick Blalock (Cornell) "Technology from Foreign Direct Investment and Welfare Gains through the Supply Chain" [download pdf]
Discussion Leader: Rocco Macchiavello (LSE)
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