EUDN/CEPR joint Conference on Development Economics

EUDN/CEPR joint Conference on Development Economics AfD rue Roland Barthes, 75598 Paris Cedex 12 Organized by European Development Research Network (EUDN) and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) In collaboration with Agence française de Développement (AfD)
Programme
Monday, November 6th
09.00 – 10.15	Development at the Border Denis Cogneau (DIAL)
10.15 – 11.30	Family Networks and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Randomized Social Experiments Imran Rasul (University College of London)
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.15	Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Ben Olken (Harvard University)
13.15 – 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.45	Political Connection and Preferential Access to Finance : the Role of Campaign Distribution Erik Feijen (World Bank)
15.45 – 17.00	Infrastructure and Public Utilities Privatization in Developing Countries Emmanuelle Auriol (Toulouse University)
Tuesday, November 7th
09.00 – 10.15	The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: China’s Great Famine Nancy Qian (Brown University)
10.15 – 11.30	Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium Theory and Evidence Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University)
11.30 – 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.15	Power to People: Evidence from Randomized Experiment of a Citizen Report Card Project in Uganda Martina Bjorkman (Bocconi University)
13.15 – 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.45	Contractual Institutions, Financial Development and Vertical Institutions: Theory and Evidence Rocco Macchiavello (Nuffield College – Oxford University)
15.45 – 17.00	Regional Specialization in the Long Run Guy Michaels (London School of Economics)
17.30 - 19.00	EUDN member meeting