Kaushik Basu 65th Birthday Conference
December 17, 2017
Venue: Swami Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007
08:45 – 09:15 | Registration |
09:15 – 09:30 | Inaugural and Welcome: Pami Dua, Director, Delhi School of Economics Rohini Somanathan, Executive Director, Centre for Development Economics |
09:30 – 10:15 |
HOW INEQUALITY WEAKENS OUR ECONOMY AND DIVIDES OUR SOCIETY: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University Chair: Aditya Bhattacharjea, Delhi School of Economics |
10:15 – 11:00 |
FIGHTING CORRUPTION BY ALTERING EQUILIBRIUM IN AN ASSURANCE GAME Avinash Dixit, Princeton University Chair: Arunava Sen, ISI, Delhi |
11:00 – 11:30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
11:30 – 12:15 |
Title: TBA Debraj Ray, New York University Chair: Homa S. Zharghamee, Barnard College, Columbia University |
12:15 – 13:00 |
CURB-SETS AND BEYOND: Jorgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics Chair: Sudhir A. Shah, Delhi School of Economics |
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
14:30 – 16:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION ON ‘POLICY ADVICE: THE ROLE OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS’ Chair and Moderator: Kaushik Basu Panelists: Celestin Monga, African Development Bank |
16:00 – 16:30 | Tea/Coffee Break |
16:30 – 18:00 |
Felicitation and Festschrift Presentation “Markets, Governance, and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development” edited by Ajit Mishra and Tridip Ray, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Chief Guest: Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister of India Guest of Honour: Amartya Sen, Harvard University Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics |
18:00 – 18:10 |
Vote of Thanks Ashwini Deshpande, Centre for Development Economics |
Co-Sponsors:
Dr. Rohan Murty