LSE/WORLD BANK ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE


December 3^d and 4^th, 2004

Organisers: Robin Burgess, John Sutton, David Dollar and Chang-Tai Hsieh.
Conference Administrator: Kate Perry (k.perry@lse.ac.uk)
Location: Michio Morishima Room (R505)
LSE Research Laboratory
Lionel Robbins Building
entrance in 10 Portugal Street
London WC2.

Friday, 3^d of December

10.00 - 11.15 am	PETIA TOPALOVA, MIT Factor Immobility and Regional Effects of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from India [download pdf]
11.15 - 11.30 am	Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 am	BEATA SMARZYNSKA JAVORCIK, World Bank Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Acquisitions and Plant Productivity in Indonesia [joint with Jens Matthias Arnold] [download pdf]
12.45 - 1.45 pm	Buffet Lunch
1.45 - 3.00 pm	MARIANNE BERTRAND, University of Chicago Mixing Family with Business: A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families Behind Them [joint with Simon Johnson, Krislert Samphantharak and Antionette Schoar] [download pdf]
3.00 - 3.15 pm	Break
3.15 - 4.30 pm	MATTHIEU CHEMIN, LSE Does the Quality of the Judiciary Shape Economic Activity? Evidence from India [download pdf]
4.30 - 4.45 pm	Break
4.45 - 6.00 pm	ESTHER DUFLO, MIT Dams [joint with Rohini Pande]
6.00 - 7.00 pm	Reception in STICERD Open Space
7.15 - 9.30 pm	Conference Dinner - Chowki Indian Restaurant http://www.chowki.com/

Saturday, 4^th of December

10.00 - 11.15 am	MARK AGUIAR, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Emerging Market Business cycles: The Cycle is the Trend [joint with Gita Gopinath] [download pdf]
11.15 - 11.30 am	Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 am	FRANCESCO CASELLI, Harvard and LSE Deregulation, Legal Reform and Meritocracy [joint with Nicola Genniaoli] [download pdf]
12.45 - 2.15 pm	Lunch at Café Sofra, Covent Garden
2.15 - 3.30 pm	JOHN HALTIWINGER, University of Maryland The Effects of Structural Reforms on Productivity and Profitability Enhancing Reallocation: Evidence from Columbia [joint with Marcela Eslava, Adriana Kugler and Maurice Kugler] [download pdf]
3.30 - 3.45 pm	Break
3.45 - 5.00 pm	BEN OLKEN, Harvard and NBER Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia [download pdf]