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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 11, 2019

**Program Summary**     11:00 **Registration and Box Lunch**   12:00 **Welcome and Introductory Remarks
[Mor Armony](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mor-armony)**, Vice Dean of Faculty, NYU Stern School of Business
[**Kose John**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kose-john), NYU Stern School of Business   12:15 **Research Paper Session I**

Chair: [**David Yermack**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack), New York University Stern School of Business

[**Unearthing Zombies: Regulatory Intervention to Aid Legal Reform**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/UnearthingZombies_KulkarniRitadhiVijWald.pdf)
Nirupama Kulkarni, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning
S. K. Ritadhi, Reserve Bank of India
Siddharth Vij, University of Georgia Terry College of Business
[**Katherine Waldock**](https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014S5EsAAK/katherine-waldock), Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Discussant: [**Manpreet Singh**](https://www.manpreets.com/), Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

[**When Do Regulatory Interventions Work?**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/aggarwaletal_otrimpact.pdf)
[**Nidhi Aggarwal**](https://www.iimu.ac.in/faculty-aamp-research/faculty/full-time-faculty/nidhi-aggarwal), Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur
Venkatesh Panchapagasan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Susan Thomas, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay

Discussant: [**Yakov Amihud**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/yakov-amihud), New York University Stern School of Business

[**Does Big 4 Audit Quality Improve after a Failed Audit or is it Business as Usual? PWC-India Audit Quality before and after Satyam Revelation**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Jaiswall.pdf)
[**Sudhir Jaiswall**](https://www.iimcal.ac.in/users/sudhir), Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
K. K. Raman, University of Texas at San Antonio

Discussant: [**Bharat Sarath**](https://www.business.rutgers.edu/faculty/bharat-sarath), Rutgers Business School   2:00 Refreshment Break I   2:15 **Research Paper Session II**

Chair: [**Jennifer Carpenter**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jennifer-carpenter), New York University Stern School of Business

[**Shocks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Electronic Payment Systems**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/crouzet.pdf)
Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University
Apoorv Gupta, Northwestern University
[**Filippo Mezzanotti**](https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/mezzanotti_filippo.aspx), Northwestern University

Discussant: [**Sabrina Howell**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell), New York University Stern School of Business

[**The Relationship Dilemma: Organizational Culture and the Adoption of Credit Scoring Technology in Indian Banking**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Prabhala.pdf)
Prachi Mishra, Goldman Sachs, Mumbai
[**Nagpurnanand R. Prabhala**](https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/nagpurnanand-prabhala), Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Raghu G. Rajan, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Discussant: [**Yesha Yadav**](https://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/yesha-yadav), Vanderbilt Law School   3:25 **Panel on "India Today"**
Chair: Kose John, New York University Stern School of Business
[**Viral Acharya**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/viral-acharya), New York University Stern School of Business
[**Nagpurnanand R. Prabhala**](https://carey.jhu.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/nagpurnanand-prabhala), Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
**[Pradeep Yadav](http://www.ou.edu/price/finance/faculty/pradeep_yadav)**, University of Oklahoma Price College of Business   4:15 Refreshment Break II   4:30 **Keynote Speech**
**[Paul Romer](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-romer),** Nobel Laureate and University Professor of Economics at NYU
How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going? The Economics and Geo-Politics of the World Today and What's Possible Tomorrow

Introduction by [**Peter Henry**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-henry), New York University Stern School of Business   5:30 **Closing Remarks
[Ashok Banerjee](https://www.iimcal.ac.in/users/ashok)**, India Institute of Management Calcutta   5:40 **Reception**

**Photos**