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Stanford
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences

Development

Development Seminars hosted by the Department of Economics are supported by the Stanford King Center on Global Development.

Coordinator: Tanya Naranjo
Email: tnaranjo [at] stanford.edu (tnaranjo[at]stanford[dot]edu)

iCal feed: https://economics.stanford.edu/seminar/7086/ical
Note: iCal feed works best with webmail or Outlook and may not function properly with other calendars. Google calendar, in particular, has a problem with syncing when an existing event is modified and the change is not reflected on the calendar.

Past Events

Fall 2023

November
6
Asha Sundaram - University of Auckland (visiting King Center)

Foreign Direct Investment, Geography, and Welfare

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Paper

Co-authors: Jose Asturias and Marco Sanfilippo

October
30
Ben Roth - Harvard University

Does the Invisible Hand Efficiently Guide Entry and Exit? Evidence from a Vegetable Market Experiment in India

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Paper

Co-authors: Abhijit Banerjee, Greg Fischer, Dean Karlan and Matt Lowe

October
23
Suhani Jalota - Stanford University

What Works for Her? Digital Jobs and Married Women's Labor Supply in Urban India

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Abstract

Co-author: Lisa Ho

October
16
Nina Buchmann - Stanford University

Paternalistic Discrimination

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Abstract
October
9
Alex Lenk - Stanford University

How Does “Not” Knowing the Child Impact Parent’s Decisions? Experimental Evidence from School Choice in Bulgaria

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Abstract
October
2
Mark Walsh - Stanford University

Do Social Concerns Affect Technology Diffusion? Evidence From Mobile Banking In Pakistan

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
September
25
Ruixue Jia - University of California, San Diego (visiting King Center)

Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Paper

Spring 2023

June
5
Prabhat Barnwal - Michigan State University

Informal Risk Sharing to Mitigate Local Environmental Risks

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Abstract

Co-authors: Alexander van Geen and Yiqian Wang

May
29

No Seminar - Memorial Day

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
May
22
Diana Moreira - University of California, Davis

State Paralysis: The effect of Compliance Uncertainty on Government Effectiveness

Date
-
Location:
Lucas A and Zoom
Link to Abstract

Co-authors: Gustavo Fernandes, Daniel Faleiros, Socorro P. Martínez, Joana Naritomi and Blenda Pereira