3rd Development Economics Workshop
21 and 22 June 2012
Tilburg University Campus - Academia building*, room AZ 211
Tilburg, the Netherlands
[Directions; Campus Map*]
*The Academia building is situated to the left of the Montesquieu building.
Program
The aim of this workshop was to bring together a small number of leading European researchers in order to discuss new and exciting work on economic development. A lean schedule has left sufficient room for in-depth discussion and feedback.
This workshop was co-sponsored by Tilburg University (Department of Economics and CentER) and the University of Wageningen.
Click on the following link for the programme.
Workshop Papers
- Markus Eberhardt
“When Does Public Debt Hamper Economic Growth?”
- Nicolas Van de Sijpe
“Is Foreign Aid Fungible? Evidence from the Education and Health Sectors” - Benedikt Goderis
“The Transnational Origins of Constitutions: An Empirical Investigation” - Robin Burgess
“Weather and Death in India” - Andrew Zeitlin
“Information and Collective Action in the Community Monitoring of Schools: Field and Lab Experimental Evidence from Uganda” - Robert Lensink
“Cash or Food Security Through the Public Distribution System? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Delhi, India” - Dominic Rohner
“Seeds of Distrust: Conflict in Uganda” - Manuel Oechslin
“Income Shocks and Social Unrest: Theory and Evidence” - Silke Bumann
“Financial Liberalization Does Not Benefit Them All” - Malik Curuk
“Trade, Technology Diffusion and Misallocation: Trade Partner Matters” - Haki Pamuk
“Decentralized Innovation Systems and Poverty Reduction: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Central Africa”
PhD Student Session
Organizers
Thorsten Beck , CentER and EBC, Tilburg University and CEPR
Erwin Bulte, CentER, Tilburg University and Wageningen University
Benedikt Goderis, CentER and EBC, Tilburg University
Manuel Oechslin , CentER and EBC, Tilburg University
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