SEED 2025

Symposium on Evidence of Economic Development
June 28–29, 2025 · Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Hosted by Economics Area
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Venue: Classroom N-001
8:45 – 9:00 AM Inauguration by Prof. U Dinesh Kumar, Dean (Faculty), IIM Bangalore
Session 1: Development 1
9:00 – 9:50 AM
“When Science Feels Like Math: The Role of Quantitative Framing in Science Gender Gaps”
Tarun Jain (IIM Ahmedabad)
9:50 – 10:40 AM
“Green Spaces for Saffron Growth?”
Yatish Arya (Ashoka University)
10:40 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
Session 2: Behavior 1
11:00 – 11:50 AM
“Achieving Peace in Conflicts with Spillovers”
Moumita Roy (Ahmedabad University)
11:50 AM – 12:40 PM
“Bureaucrat Assignment Mechanisms: Theory and Evidence”
Jeevant Rampal (IIM Ahmedabad)
12:40 – 2:00 PM Lunch at MDC
Session 3: Firms 1
2:00 – 2:50 PM
“Consumption and Borrowing: Land-holding Inequality and the Effects of Cash Transfers”
Abhishek Shaw (Azim Premji University)
2:50 – 3:40 PM
“Banning the bottle, shifting the balance: Causal evidence from Bihar's Alcohol Ban”
Manini Ojha (Jindal Global University)
3:40 – 4:00 PM Coffee Break
Session 4: Firms 2
4:00 – 4:50 PM
“Credit Supply Shocks, Firm Performance, and Aggregate Productivity Growth”
Vidhya Soundararajan (CAFRAL)
4:50 – 5:40 PM
“Trade Costs and Industrialization”
Kunal Dasgupta (IIM Bangalore)
7:30 PM Symposium Dinner
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Venue: Classroom N-001
Session 5: Development 2
9:00 – 9:50 AM
“The Roads to Hospital and Healthcare Access”
Tanika Chakraborty (IIM Calcutta)
9:50 – 10:40 AM
“A Road for all Seasons: Market Access and Inter-temporal Arbitrage in Rural India”
Shilpa Aggarwal (ISB)
10:40 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break
Session 6: Development 3
11:00 – 11:50 AM
“Spillover effects in complementary markets: A study of the Indian cellphone and wireless service markets”
Debi Prasad Mohapatra (UMass Amherst)
11:50 AM – 12:40 PM
“Identity, Market Access, and Demand-led Diversification”
Akhil Ilango (IIM Bangalore)
12:40 – 2:00 PM Lunch at MDC

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