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IIM Calcutta-NYU Stern
India Research Conference

Co-Hosts
The Financial Research and Trading Laboratory, IIM Calcutta
Center for Global Economy and Business, NYU Stern

Date
October 12, 2018

Program Summary
As the world's largest democracy, with the third largest economy in real terms, the fastest growing working-age population, and a rapidly developing financial system, India is set to become one of the world's most important economic forces in the coming decade. Recent national-level economic initiatives and financial reforms such as demonetization, the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax and the PMJDY program for banking the unbanked have far-reaching implications. This conference will bring together the leading academic and policy experts for an in-depth discussion of India's financial markets and implications for the global economy.


8:00	Breakfast and Registration
8:30	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Robert Whitelaw, Vice Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business Undergraduate College Kose John NYU Stern School of Business
8:45	Research Paper Session I Moderator: Kim Schoenholtz, New York University Stern School of Business Indirect Tax Aggressiveness and Tax Reforms: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment Shailendra Pandit, University of Illinois at Chicago Mehul Raithatha, Indian Institute of Management Indore Stephanie Sikes, University of Illinois at Chicago Business Discussant: N.R. Prabhala, University of Maryland Smith School of Business Violence and Investor Behavior: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University Pulak Ghoash, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Haibei Zhao, Lehigh University Discussant: Ashok Banerjee, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Does Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce Intrinsic Motivation? Evidence from India Shivaram Rajgopal, Columbia University Prasanna Tantri, Indian School of Business Discussant: David Yermack, New York University Stern School of Business Video: 8:30am-10:30am
10:45	Refreshment Break
11:00	Panel on Indian Financial Reform Chair: Kose John, New York University Stern School of Business Sandeep Chakravorty, Consul General of India in New York N.R. Prabhala, University of Maryland Smith School of Business Pradeep Yadav, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business Video: 11:00am-12:00pm
12:00	Lunch and Keynote Speech Amitabh Kant, CEO National Institution for Transforming India Video: Keynote Speech
2:10	Research Paper Session II Moderator: Jennifer Carpenter, New York University Stern School of Business A New Order of Financing Investments: Evidence from Acquisitions by India's Listed Firms Varun Jindal, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Rama Seth, Copenhagen Business School Dicussant: Vijay Singal, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Directors of a Feather Merge Together: Information Flows, Familiarity Bias and M&A Outcomes Manaswini Bhalla, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Manisha Goel, Pomona College VSK Teja Konduri, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Michelle Zemel, Pomona College Discussant: Simi Kedia, Rutgers Business School Video: 2:00pm-5:00pm
3:30	Refreshment Break
3:45	Afternoon Keynote Speech The Market for Healthcare at the Bottom of the Pyramid Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT Introduction by Thomas Philippon, New York University Stern School of Business
4:50	Closing Remarks Ashok Banerjee, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
5:00	Reception

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