ERG Annual Summer Conference 2019
5th Summer Conference on Economic Research
Organized by Economic Research Group (ERG)
Date: July 20, 2019 (Saturday)
Venue: ERG Conference Room
House # 304, Road # 19 B, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206
Program
09:30-10:00 Registration & Morning Tea
09:55-10:00 Introduction & Logistics
Session 1:
10:00-10:30 Nazrina Haque (Brac University). Does Technological Investment Have an Impact on Outward Foreign Direct Investment?-A Microeconometric Analysis on Indian Manufacturing Firms Download Abstract Presentation
10:30-11:00 Umama Rahman (North-South University, with others at Tennessee University). Determining the Factors and Role of Renewable Policies Affecting US Wood Pellet Export- A Gravity Model Approach Download Abstract Presentation
11:00-11:30 Discussion on Choice of Subjects by Bangladeshi students in graduate schools
Session 2:
11:30-12:00 Ishrar Tabenda Hasan, Asad Karim Khan Priyo and Ummaha Tul Hazra (North-South University) Social Perceptions on Low-Income Women Driving CNG-Auto-Rickshaws as an Empowerment Tool Download Abstract Presentation
12:00-12:30 Azraf Ahmad, Shirleen Manzur and Matheus T. Bandeira (Simon Fraser University) Light Whose Fire [?]: The Gendered Impacts of Air Pollution on Labor Supply Presentation
12:30-13:00 Discussion on inter-disciplinary gender studies
13:00-14:30 Lunch & Catching up
Session 3:
14:30-15:00 Sakib AMIN, Tooraj JAMASB, Manuel LLORCA, Laura MARSILIANI and Thomas Renstrom (North-South University) Captive Power Generation, Grid Connectivity, and Household Welfare in Bangladesh Download Abstract Presentation
15:00-15:30 Alexander Henke (Howard University), Fahad Khalil (University of Washington), Jacques Lawarree (UW). Honest Agents in a Corrupt Equilibrium. Presentation
15:30-16:00 Last Words & Feedbacks
16:00 Afternoon Snacks & More Adda
