Kose John and Vivek Rajvanshi, Organizers

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

Keynote Speaker
Tarun Ramadori, Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College, London; Editor of the Review of Financial Studies

 

 

 

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.  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 AM EDT/5:30 PM IST - Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Kose John, NYU Stern School of Business

8:10 AM EDT/5:40 PM IST - Research Paper Session I

Moderator: David Yermack, NYU Stern School of Business

 

Rural Roads, Small Business Creation, and the Gender-Gap in Entrepreneurship

Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore

Pulak Ghosh, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Abhiroop Mukherjee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School

 

Discussant: Ramana Nanda, Imperial College, London

 

Demographics and Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Payments

Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University

Pulak Ghosh, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Apoorv Gupta, Dartmouth College

Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University

 

Discussant: Sergey Sarkisyan, Ohio State University

 

9:20 AM EDT/6:50 PM IST - Break
 

 

9:30 AM EDT/7:00 PM IST - Research Paper Session II

Moderator: Venky Venkateswaran, NYU Stern School of Business
 

 

How Does Bank Lending to Non-Banks Affect Credit Allocation and Systemic Risk?

Abhishek Bhardwaj, Tulane University

Apoorva Javadekar, Indian School of Business

 

Discussant: Franz Hinzen, Dartmouth College

 

Financial Repression, Deposit Rate Deregulation, and Bank Market Power

Yogeshwar Bharat, CAFRAL, Research Department, Reserve Bank of India

Subhadeep Halder, Indian Statistical Institute

Nirupama Kulkarni, CAFRAL, Research Department, Reserve Bank of India

 

Discussant: Olivier Wang, New York University

 

10:40 AM EDT/8:10 PM IST - Break
 

 

10:50 PM EDT/8:20 PM IST - Keynote Speaker

Tarun Ramadorai, Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College, London; Editor of the Review of Financial Studies

 

11:55 AM EDT/9:25 PM IST - Closing Remarks

Vivek Rajvanshi, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta