| PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON MONEY AND FINANCE IN THE INDIAN ECONOMY: | ||
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Day1:
January 30th, 2003 |
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Session I : Inauguration: 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. |
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Chair: Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, RBI |
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Welcome:
Dr. R. Radhakrishna, Director, IGIDR |
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Review of Fourth Money and Finance Conference and looking ahead to the Fifth: Dr. Ashima Goyal, Professor, IGIDR |
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Inaugural Address: "Current Issues in the Design and Conduct of Monetary Policy" Dr. Mohsin S. Khan, Director, IMF Institute |
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Vote of Thanks: Dr. Subrata Sarkar, Associate Professor, IGIDR |
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II : Open Economy Issues: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Chair: Manohar Rao |
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Debt Resolution Processes for Sovereign Debt - Current Policy Issues |
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Exchange Market Pressure and Intervention Activity of the Reserve Bank of India |
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Session
III : Inflation and Monetary Policy: 2:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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| The Sub-Optimality of the Opportunistic Approach to Disinflation |
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Inflation
and Openness: A Study of Selected Developing Countries |
Author: Sunil Ashra Discussant: Rupa Regenitsure |
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Determinants of Inflation in India and Scope of Inflation Targeting |
Author: Bhavna Sharma Discussant: Ashok Parikh |
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(Parallel)
Session IV: Monetary Policy and Stock Markets : |
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| Business Cycle Asymmetry and Seasonality: Stylized Evidence from Indian Economy |
Authors: Narain Sinha, Lokendra Kumawat Discussant: N. Srinivasan |
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Monetary Targeting in India – Impact from an Endogenous Money Supply Process |
Author: Debaprasad Rath Discussant: Ganti Subramanyam |
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| Authors: Basabi Bhattacharya, Jaydeep Mukherjee Discussant: Ajit Karnik |
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Determinants
of FII Investment Inflow to India |
Authors: Pushpa Trivedi, Abhilash Nair Discussant: Sunil Ashra |
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(Parallel)
Session V: Financial Development and Growth : |
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Savings and Growth in Bangladesh – Does Banking Sector Development Help Improve the Saving Rate? |
Authors: Pradeep Agrawal, Pravakar Sahoo Discussant: R. Krishnan |
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Supply Chain Management in Retail Banking and ATMs |
Authors: Anirban Mukherjee, Anindya Roy Discussant: Kaushik Chaudhuri |
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Credit Deposit Ratio of Commercial Banks in Kerala: An Inter-Bank Temporal Analysis |
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Credit
Flow to Agriculture: An Analysis of Bank Branches in Kalahandi District |
Author: Gagan Bihari Sahu Discussant: Ganesh Kumar |
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Dinner Talk: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: "How Different is Monetary Policy Making in an Opening DevelopingEconomy?", Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Head, Dept Of Economic Analysis and Policy, RBI. Chair: Dr. Kirit Parikh |
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Day 2: January 31st, 2003 |
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Session
VI: Deregulation, Ownership and Performance in Banking: |
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Does NPA Matter: Evidences from Indian Public Sector Banks |
Author: Paramita Mukherjee Discussant: Veena Mishra |
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Assets and Liabilities Information Analysis of the Indian Public Sector Banks |
Author: Debasis Bagchi Discussant: Rajendra R. Vaidya |
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Productivity and Efficiency of Public and Private Sector Banks in India |
Authors: T.T. Ram Mohan, Subhash C. Ray Discussant: Paramita Mukherjee |
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Session
VII: Financial Reform, FII investment and Corporate Finance: |
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| Financial Reform : Evidence from Sri Lanka |
Author: Arusha Cooray Discussant: Pradeep Agrawal |
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Inter-industry Differences in Capital Structure: Evidence from India |
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FII Investments in Indian Economy – An Econometric Analysis |
Author: Srinivasa S.S. Kumar Discussant: Pushpa Trivedi |
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VIII: Corporate Governance in Banks: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Implications
of Weak Governance Case of CRB Group |
Authors: Bharat Dalal, Harini Mittal Discussant: Jayati Sarkar |
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Governance
and Performance in the Public Sector Banks during Liberalization |
Author: Errol D’Souza Discussant: Debashis Bagchi |
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| Author: Bikram De Discussant: T.T. Ram Mohan |
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Session IX: Monetary Policy, Bank Lending and FII Inflows: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00
p.m.
Chair: Abhay Pethe |
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| Authors: C.J. Unny Discussant: Manoj Panda |
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Monetary Policy and Predictability of Stock Returns: Evidence from an Emerging Economy |
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Financial
Liberalization in India and the Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Transmission |
Author:Abhaysingh
Chavan, Rajendra R. Vaidya Discussant: Abhay Pethe |
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Session X: Market Information and Market Efficiency: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Chair: Susan Thomas |
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| Author: Kavim V. Bhatnagar Discussant: Susan Thomas |
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The
Characteristics of Hot and Cold Period in Indian IPO market |
Author: Saurabh Ghosh Discussant: Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay |
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Variance
Ratio Tests and High Frequency Data: A Study of Liquidity and Mean Reversion
in the Indian Equity Market |
Authors: Susan Thomas, Tirthankar Patnaik Discussant: Gangadhar Darbha |
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Day
3: February 1st, 2003 |
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XI: Market Design and Government Policy: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Chair: Veena Mishra |
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The
Effect of Enforcement on Firm Finance |
Authors: Stefan Krasa, Tridib Sharma, Anne P. Villamil Discussant: Bibhas Saha |
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Estimating
the Benchmark Yield Curve |
Author: Gangadhar Darbha Discussant: Praveen Mohanty |
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Policy
Implications for Ratings Industry |
Author: Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay Discussant: Tridib Sharma |
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Round
Table Conference: “Financial and Policy Issues in Banking” 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Gerard Caprio,Director, Finance Group, World Bank |
Discussant: Suman Bery, Director NCAER |
11.45 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. |
"Prospects and Problems for the Indian Banking Sector, with a Focus on NPAs” Dr. Nachiket Mor, Executive Director, ICICI Bank Ltd. |
Discussant:
Dr. Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Director, IDF |
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Panel :
2.30 p.m.- 4.00 p.m:
“Banking sector reforms: institutions
and incentives.” |
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| Valedictory Address : 4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. | ||
"Finance
in Indian Macroeconomy"
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Dr. Mihir Rakshit, Director, Monetary Research Project, ICRA Ltd. |
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Vote of Thanks: Dr. Jayati Sarkar, Associate Professor, IGIDR |
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