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Econ 271, Seminar in Economic Development and Planning

Spring 2008

Organizer: Professor P K. Bardhan
E-mail: bardhan@econ.berkeley.edu
Seminar Room: 608-7 Evans
Schedule: Monday 4-6P
Jan 28Tomasz Strzalecki, Northwestern
(joint with recruiting in 608-7 Evans)
Feb 4 Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco
"Does Social Capital Matter? Evidence from a Five-Country Group Lending Experiment"
Feb 11Giacomo de Giorgi, Stanford University
"Insurance in Family Networks"
Feb 18 Holiday
Feb 25Aprajit Mahajan, Stanford University
"Bednets, Information and Microfinance"
Mar 3Martina Bjorkman , Bocconi, Italy
"Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-based Monitoring Project in Uganda"
Mar 10Karen Macours , Johns Hopkins University
"Changing households' investments and aspirations through social interactions: Evidence from a randomized transfer program in a low-income country"
Mar 17Stuti Khemani , World Bank
"When Do Legislators Pass on 'Pork'? The Role of Political Parties and Affirmative Action in Determining Legislator Effort"
Mar 24Holiday
Mar 31week of departmental seminar
Apr 7Edward Miguel, UCB
"The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta"
Apr 14week of departmental seminar
Apr 21Chris Woodruff , UC San Diego
"Returns to Capital in Microenterprises:  Evidence  From a Field Experiment"
Apr 28week of departmental seminar
May 5

Hoyt Bleakley , University of Chicago
"Malaria Eradication in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure"

"Slides"

 

May 12 Cancelled