Building Bridges between Finance and Development

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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