Paper Presentations
Apr-May 2022: Self-control
Apr 21: David Laibson.(2015). AER P&P . "Why Don't Present-biased Agents Make Commitments"
Presenter: Dominik
Apr 28: Lorenzo&Rocco.(2019).AER. "Demand and Supply of Infrequent Payments as a Commitment Device: Evidence from Kenya"
Presenter: Wataru
May 26: Ambuehl et al.(2021).AER. "What Motivates Paternalism"
Presenter: Pham
Jun 2: Pavoni&Yazici.(2015). The Economic Journal. "Optimal Life-cycle Capital Taxation under Self-Control Problems"
Presenter: Yijun
June 23: Hunt et al.(2022).NBER. "Digital Addiction"
Presenter: Hanchen
June 30: Parker.(2017).NBER. "Why Don't Households Smooth Consumption: Evidence from a 25 million dollar experiment"
Presenter: Bomb
Jan-Mar 2022: Poverty Trap
Jan 20: Balboni et al.(2021).QJE. "Why Do People Stay Poor"
Presenter: Wataru
Feb 3: Arunachalam and Shenoy.(2017).JDE. "Poverty Traps, Convergence, and the Dynamics of Household Income"
Presenter: Ngoc
Feb 17: Hoyt et al.(2016).QJE. "Shocking Behavior Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital across Generations"
Presenter: Bomb
Feb 24: Margitic and Ravallion.(2019).JDE. "Lifting the floor? Economic development, social protection and the developing World's poorest"
Presenter: Dominik
Mar 3: Rachid.(2017).JDE. "Endogenous Time Horizon and Behavioral Poverty Trap Theory and Evidence from Mozambique"
Presenter: Hanchen
Back-up: Bernheim Ray Yeltekin.(2015). EMA. "Poverty and Self-Control"
Oct-Dec 2021: Transportation, Infrastructure
Oct 21: Communication Infrastructure and Stabilizing Food Prices: Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China
Presenter: Ngoc
Oct 28: Brancaccio et al. (2020) "Geography Transportation and Endogenous Trade Costs" Econometrica.
Presenter: Wataru
Nov 4: Internet Access and U.S. - China Innovation Competition
Presenter: Bomb
Dec 3 (lunch time): Quoc-Anh Do et al, 2017, "One Mandarin Benefits the Whole Clan: Hometown Favoritism in an Authoritarian Regime" AEJ
Presenter: Hanchen
Dec 16: Donaldson, 2018, "Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure" AER
Presenter: Dominik
Dec 23: Brancaccio et al. (2020) "Geography Transportation and Endogenous Trade Costs" Econometrica.
Presenter: Wataru
Donovan, 2020, "Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua" Econometrica
Jun-Jul 2021: Banking Regulation
Jun 3: Erten, Korinek, Ocampo. 2021 JEL Capital Controls: Theory and Evidence
Presenter: Wataru
Jun 17: Boris et al. 2019 Policy Research Working Paper Basel III Implementation and SME Financing: Evidence for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
Presenter: Ngoc
Jun 24: Egan et al. 2017 AER Deposit Competition and Financial Fragility: Evidence from the US Banking Sector
Presenter: Hanchen
Jul 1: Matthew et al. 2021 QJE Banking Crises without Panics
Presenter: Miku
Jul 15: Yan et al. 2021 NBER Branch Expansion versus Digital Banking: The Dynamics of Growth and Inequality in a Spatial Equilibrium Model
Presenter: Bomb
Jul 22: Paula et al. 2020 QJE Capital Accumulation and Structural Transformation
Presenter: Ngoc
Mar-May 2021: Insurance
Mar 5: Auriol et al. 2020 QJE God Insures those Who Pay_ Formal Insurance and Religious Offerings in Ghana
Presenter: Bomb
Mar 11: Cai et al. 2020 AER Subsidy policies and Insurance Demand
Presenter: Ngoc
Mar 18: Morten 2019 JPE Migration and Endogenous Risk Sharing in Village India
Presenter: Yijun
Apr 15: Clarke 2016 AEJ A Theory of Rational Demand for Index Insurance
Presenter: Wataru
Apr 22: Panhans 2017 AEA Adverse Selection in ACA Exchange Markets Evidence from Colorado
Presenter: Hanchen
May 20: Ericson et al. 2020 EJ Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences using Choice from Insurance Menus- Theory and Evidence
Presenter: Miku
May 27: Casaburi et al. 2018 AER Time versus State in Insurance- Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya
Presenter: Bomb
Jan-Feb 2021: Misallocation
Jan 7: Hsieh, Chang-Tai and Peter J. Klenow (2009): “Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 124(4), pp. 1403-1448.
Presenter: Bomb
Jan 21: Chari et al (2020), REStud, Property Rights, Land Misallocation and Agricultural Efficiency in China
Presenter: Ngoc
Jan 28: Bils, M., Klenow, P.J., and Ruane, C. (2020). "Misallocation or Mismeasurement?” NBER Working Paper.
Presenter: Wataru
Feb 4: Gollin & Udry (2019), NBER, Heterogeneity, measurement error and misallocation- Evidence from african agriculture
Presenter: Hanchen
Feb 18: Munshi & Rosenzweig (2016), AER, Networks and Misallocation- Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap
Presenter: Yijun
Feb 19: Boehm & Oberfield (2020), QJE, Misallocation in the Market for Inputs- Enforcement and the Organization of Production
Presenter: Miku
Nov-Dec 2020: Microcredit
Nov 5: Kaboski, Joseph P., and Robert M. Townsend. 2012. "The Impact of Credit on Village Economies." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 4 (2): 98-133.
Presenter: Attavit (Bomb)
Nov 19: Field, Erica, Rohini Pande, John Papp, and Natalia Rigol. 2013. "Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India." American Economic Review, 103 (6): 2196-2226.
Presenter: Ngoc
Nov 26: Ahlin. 2020. " Group lending, matching patterns, and the mystery of microcredit: Evidence from Thailand." Quantitative Economics 11: 713–759.
Presenter: Yijun
Dec 3: Karlan, Dean and Jonathan Zinman. 2019. "Long-Run Price Elasticities of Demand for Credit: Evidence from a Countrywide Field Experiment in Mexico." Review of Economic Studies 86: 1704–1746.
Presenter: Wataru
Dec 17: Banerjee, Breza, Duflo and Kinnan (2019) "Can Microfinance Unlock a Poverty Trap for Some Entrepreneurs?" NBER Working Paper.
Presenter: Hanchen
Dec 24: Greaney, Kaboski and Leemput. 2016. "Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?" Review of Economic Studies, 83: 1614–1644.
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Presenter: Yijun
Remarks
(To presenters) Be well-prepared to answer questions from the participants.
(To all participants) Be well-prepared to discuss on the paper
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