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Finance and Private Sector Research

Finance and Private Sector Seminar Series - sponsored by: World Bank Development Research Group - Finance
Organizer: Bilal Zia (202-458-1433)

The World Bank Finance and Private Sector Seminar Series is an event where leading academic scholars in the finance field are invited to present their recent work. Seminars are held on alternate Tuesdays, 12:30 – 2:00 pm. For details (e.g. venue), email or call Paulina Sintim-Aboagye 202-473-7644.

Date

Event

Type

Presenter

April 22, 2008

Who Runs? The Importance of Relationships in Bank Runs

Finance Brown Bag Seminar Rajkamal Iyer (University of Amsterdam)
March 25, 2008Measuring Aggregate Productivity Growth Using Plant-level DataFinance Brown Bag Seminar Amil Petrin (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
March 11, 2008How Do Financial Frictions Shape the Product Market? Evidence from Mortgage Originations"Finance Brown Bag Seminar James Vickery (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

January 15, 2008(postponed)

Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking?Finance Brown Bag Seminar

Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and NBER)

November 6, 2007The Birth of a Business Community: Tracing the Path to Entrepreneurship in a Developing EconomyFinance Brown Bag Seminar

Kaivan Munshi (Brown University)

October 23, 2007
Entry Regulation and Inter-industry Reallocation: Theory and EvidenceFinance Brown Bag Seminar Elias Papaioannou (Dartmouth College)
October 9, 2007
Financial Distress without Bankruptcy: The Case of ChinaFinance Brown Bag Seminar

Joseph P.H. Fan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

September 25, 2007

Does Collateral Reduce Overdues? A Regression Discontinuity ApproachFinance Brown Bag SeminarAshok S. Rai (Williams College)
June 12, 2007


Risk-taking and the Quality of Informal Insurance: Gambling and Remittances in ThailandFinance Brown Bag SeminarAnna Paulson (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

May 22, 2007

Are Monitors Over-Monitored? Evidence from Corruption and Lending in Indian BanksFinance Brown Bag SeminarShawn Cole (Harvard Business School)

May 15, 2007

Firm-level Productivity Studies: Illusions and a Solution Finance Brown Bag SeminarJames R. Tybout (Pennsylvania State University)

May 1, 2007

Testing a Structural Model of Credit Constraints Using a Large-Scale Quasi-Experimental Microfinance InitiativeFinance Brown Bag SeminarJoseph Kaboski (Ohio State)
April 16, 2007

Finance and Efficiency: Do Bank Branching Regulations Matter?  Finance Brown Bag SeminarJean Imbs (HEC Lausanne, Switzerland)

March 6, 2007

Finance and Hunger Empirical Evidence of the Agricultural Productivity ChannelFinance Brown Bag SeminarErik Feijen (World Bank)

March 1, 2007

Do Firms Engage in One-Stop Shopping for Lending and Underwriting Services?Finance Brown Bag SeminarHarini Parthasarathy (Harvard University)

January 31, 2007

CEO Compensation and Board StructureFinance Brown Bag SeminarVidhi Chhaochharia (International Finance Corporation)
January 23, 2007

Shared Control and Outcomes in Private Firms

Finance Brown Bag SeminarAlbert Bravo-Biosca (Harvard University)
January 18, 2007

Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural ExperimentFinance Brown Bag SeminarVikrant Vig (Columbia University)
January 16, 2007

Measuring the Individual-Level Effects of Access to Credit: Evidence from Payday LoansFinance Brown Bag SeminarPaige Marta Skiba (University of California, Bereley)
January 11, 2007License to Sell: The Effect of Business Registration Reform on Entrepreneurial Activity in MexicoFinance Brown Bag SeminarMiriam Bruhn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
January 9, 2007Export Incentives, Financial Constraints, and the (Mis)Allocation of Credit: Micro-Level Evidence from Subsidized Export LoansFinance Brown Bag Seminar Bilal Husnain Zia (World Bank)

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