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You are cordially invited to
The
IIM Calcutta-NYU Stern
India Research Conference
Friday, October 8, 2021
9:00 AM to 1:05 PM New York Time / 6:30 PM to 10:35 PM India Time
Kose John and Sudhir Jaiswall, Organizers
Hosts
The Financial Research and Trading Laboratory, IIM Calcutta
Center for Global Economy and Business, NYU Stern
Keynote Speaker
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service
Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth and
Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Program Summary
As the world's largest democracy, with the third largest economy in real terms, the fastest growing working-age population, and a rapidly developing financial system, India is set to become one of the world's most important economic forces in the coming decade. This conference will bring together the leading academic and policy experts for an in-depth discussion of India's financial markets and implications for the global economy.
| 9:00 AM ET/6:30 PM IST | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Kose John, NYU Stern School of Business |
| 9:10 AM ET/6:40 PM IST | Research Paper Session I - Moderator: Jennifer Carpenter, NYU Stern School of Business Financial Development and Health - Kim Cramer, Columbia Business School Discussant: Arpit Gupta, NYU Stern School of Business Winds of Change: Gender Quota on Boards in the Face of Patriarchy - S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School, Kasper Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School Discussant: Lalitha Naveen, Temple U Fox School of Business |
| 10:20 AM ET/7:50 PM IST | Break |
| 10:35 AM ET/8:05 PM IST | Research Paper Session II - Moderator: David Yermack, NYU Stern School of Business Do Firms Have a Preference Order While Repaying Lenders? Relationship vs. Transaction Banking - Nitin Vishen, Indian School of Business Hyderabad Discussant: Vikrant Vig, London Business School Hiding Behind the Veil: Informed Traders and Pre-Trade Opacity - K. Kiran Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Ramabhadran S. Thirumalai, Indian School of Business Hyderabad, Pradeep K. Yadav, U Oklahoma Price College of Business Discussant: Jonathan Brogaard, U Utah Eccles School of Business |
| 11:45 AM ET/9:15 PM IST | Break |
| 12:00 PM ET/9:30 PM IST | Keynote Speech Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Introduction by Viral Acharya, NYU Stern School of Business |
| 1:05 PM ET/10:35 PM IST | Closing Remarks Sudhir Jaiswall, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta |
Sponsors
The Financial Research and Trading Laboratory,
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business
For additional information, please contact cgeb@stern.nyu.edu