Building Bridges between Finance and Development
Wednesday, May 20
1:30 - 2:10 pm | “The Dynamics of Reforms: Productivity Growth and Capital Flows” Paco Buera (UCLA) (with Yongseok Shin, Washington University at St. Louis) |
2:10 - 2:20 pm | Discussant: John Heaton (University of Chicago) |
2:20 - 2:30 pm | Open Discussion |
2:30 - 2:45 pm | Break |
2:45 - 3:25 pm | “Entrepreneurs, Legal Institutions and Firm Dynamics” Anne Villamil (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) (with Neus Herranz (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Stefan Krasa (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)) |
3:25 - 3:35 pm |
Discussant: Mariacristina De Nardi (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) |
3:35 - 3:45 pm | Open Discussion |
3:45 - 4:15 pm | Break |
4:15 - 4:55 pm | “Credit Rationing, Macro Volatility, and Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries” James Tybout (Pennsylvania State University) ("with Eric Bond (Vanderbilt University) and Hâle Utar (University of Colorado, Boulder)) |
4:55 - 5:05 pm | Discussant: Gregor Matvos (University of Chicago) |
5:05 - 5:15 pm | Open Discussion |
Thursday, May 21
8:30 - 9:10 am |
“Information Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing” Adair Morse (University of Chicago) (with Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago) |
9:10 - 9:20 am | Discussant: Tavneet Suri (MIT) |
9:20 - 9:30 am | Open Discussion |
9:30 - 10:00 am | Break |
10:00 - 10:40 am | “Risk and Return in Village Economies” Krislert Samphantharak (University of California, San Diego) (with Robert M. Townsend, MIT) |
10:40 - 10:50 am | Discussant: Juhani T. Linnainmaa (University of Chicago) |
10:50 - 11:00 am | Open Discussion |
11:00 - 11:30 am | Break |
11:30 - 12:10 pm | “Measuring Marginal Returns in Microenterprises, Experimentally” Chris Woodruff (University of California, San Diego) (with Suresh de Mel (University of Peradeniya) and David McKenzie (World Bank)) |
12:10 - 12:20 pm | Discussant: Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago) |
12:20 - 12:30 pm | Open Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch |