Capital Markets, Technology, Financial Inclusion, and Economic Growth
Shilpa Aggarwal and Amit Seru, Organizers
December 16-17, 2023
Format: Authors will have 25 minutes to present their papers, discussants 15 minutes for comments, and there will be an additional 20 minutes for general discussion
| Saturday, December 16 | ||||
| 9:00 am | Coffee and Tea | |||
| 9:30 am |
Can Cashless Payments Spur Economic Growth?
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| 10:30 am |
Beyond the Bureau: Loan Screening and Monitoring under Open Banking
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| 11:30 am | Break | |||
| 12:00 pm |
Impact of the GST on Corporate Tax Evasion: Evidence from Indian Tax Records
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| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:00 pm |
The Moneylender as Middleman: Formal Credit Supply and Informal Loans in Rural India
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| 3:00 pm |
Bank Expansion, Firm Dynamics, and Structural Transformation: Evidence from India’s Policy Experiment
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| 4:00 pm | Break | |||
| 4:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: How Digital Payments are Driving Financial Inclusion Chair: Karen Mills, Harvard Business School and NBER Panelists: Sharath Bulusu, Google Gopalaraman Padmanabhan, Axis Bank (formerly Reserve Bank of India) Chetna Sinha, Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank |
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| 6:30 pm | Dinner | |||
| Sunday, December 17 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Tea | |||
| 9:00 am |
Mobile Money, Interoperability and Financial Inclusion
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| 10:00 am |
Disentangling the Effects of Financial Inclusion on Household Well-Being
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
Information Frictions and Take-up of Government Credit Programs
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Using Lotteries to Attract Deposits
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| 2:30 pm |
Equilibrium Effects of ``Financial Affirmative Action'': Evidence from India
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |||