FRIDAY
Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference
Program
NEUDC conference materials are available in electronic format, it is anticipated that participants will download papers they need.
The NEUDC Conference sessions will be held in Williams College's Griffin Hall, Williamstown, MA.
Friday, October 25, 2002
Session I 4:00-6:00 pm
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Chairperson: Faruk Khan, Williams College | |
Dean, Judith (US International Trade Commission) |
Do Preferential Trade Agreements Promote Growth? |
Jones, Patricia (Vassar College) |
Does Globalization Reduce Racial Inequality? Evidence from South Africa |
Pavcnik, Nina (Dartmouth College) |
Trade, Wages, and the Political Economy of Trade Protection: Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms |
Feyrer, James (Dartmouth College) |
Dead Weight Losses from Immobile Capital |
Discussants: Andreas Waldkirch, Oregon State University |
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Chairperson: Robert Evenson, Yale University | |
Emran, M. Shahe (Stanford University) |
On Selective Indirect Tax Reform in Developing Countries |
Duclos, Jean-Yves (University of Laval) |
Socially Efficient Tax Reforms |
Jensen, Henning Tarp (University of Copenhagen) |
General Equilibrium Measures of Agricultural Policy Bias in Fifteen Developing Countries |
Jain, Sanjay (University of Virginia) |
Public Opinion and the Dynamics of Reform |
Discussants: Jean-Yves Duclos, University of Laval Victor Matheson, Williams College Robert Evenson, Yale University Francesco Giovannoni, University of Newcastle |
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Chairperson: Robert Jensen, Harvard University | |
Block, Steven (Tufts University) |
Nutrition Knowledge Versus Schooling in the Demand for Child Micronutrient Status |
Strauss, John (Michigan State) |
Economic Crisis Impacts on Children After Three Years: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey |
Minot, Nicholas (International Food Policy Research
Institute) & Daniels, Lisa (Washington College) |
Impact of Falling Cotton Prices on Rural Poverty in Benin |
Discussants: T. Paul Schultz, Yale University |
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RECEPTION AT THE CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 6:15-7:30 PM | |
OTHER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES 8:00 PM Berkshire Symphony Concert with preconcert at 7:15, Brooks-Rogers, Chapin Hall |