ECONOMICS 271

Planning and Development Seminar
Fall 2006
Professor Pranab Bardhan
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Seminar Location: 608-7 Evans Hall
Schedule: Monday, 4:00-6:00 PM
 
August 28 Ernesto Dal Bó, UCB
Corruption and Inefficiency: Theory and Evidence from Electric Utilities
September 4 Labor Day Holiday
September 11
Same as Departmental Seminar that week
September 18
Chris Blattman, UCB
Consequences of Child Soldiering
September 25 Berk Ozler, World Bank
Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador
 
October 2 Ethan Ligon, UCB
"The Evolution of Inequality in China"
October 9 Raj Arunachalam, UCB
"Do Women Pay to Lower Their Fertility? Evidence from a Family Planning Experiment in Bangladesh"
 
October 16 Vikram Pathania, UCB
"Long Term Effects of Droughts in Rural India"
October 23 Same as Departmental Seminar that week
 
October 30
Suresh Naidu, UCB
"Persistent Institutions"
November 6 Xangyi Meng, UCB
"Informal Insurance and the Extent of Market in Rural China"
andEmma Aisbett, UCB
"Do BIT's have bite? A Look at the Relationship between Bilateral Investment Treaties and Expropriation Risk"

November 13 John Tang, UCB
"Leading"The Role of Financial Conglomerates in Industry Formation: Evidence from Early Modern Japan"
November 20 Damien de Walque, World Bank
Who gets AIDS and how? The determinants of HIV infection and sexual behaviors in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania and Discordant couples, HIV infection among couples in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania
November 27 Ted Miguel and Alix Zwane, UCB
Spring Cleaning: A Randomized Evaluation of Source Water Quality Improvement
December 4 Stefano Della Vigna, UCB
"Detecting Illegal Arms Trade"
 

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