ERG Annual Winter Conference 2017

Organised by: Economic Research Group (ERG) in association with AEDSB
Venue: Economic Research Group (ERG) Conference Room
Date: December 23, 2017

The conference held on December 23, 2017 was the 7th in line of successful conference organized by Economic Research Group (ERG) is collaboration with the Association of Economic and Development Studies for Bangladesh (AEDSB). The event hosted an array of research work done by academics, students and practitioner belonging to various reputed organizations.

Papers presented in the Conference:

Gour Gobinda Goswami and Farzana Alamgir (North South University) 
Is there any Growth Spillover Effect from Partner Countries to Bangladesh?

Samiul Haque (North South University), Michael Delgado (Purdue University)
Labor Market Monopsony Power among Africa’s Manufacturing Sector

Naveen Abedin (NSU), Adnan M. S. Fakir (BRAC University)
Effects of Primary Male Migration on Women Empowerment

Richard Disney (Institute for Fiscal Studies, Sussex and University College, London), Andy Mckay (Sussex), C. Rashaad Shabab (Sussex)
Household Inequality and Remittances in Rural Thailand: A Lifecycle Perspective

Martin Dumav (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid),Urmee Khan (University of California, Riverside)
Moral Hazard, Uncertain Technologies and Linear Contracts

Ananta Neelim (RMIT Universtiy), Julio Cesar Mancuso Tradenta (La Trobe University) 
Self-Promotion, Social-Image and Gender Inequality: Aiding Women Break the Shackles of Modesty

M. Mehrab Bin Bakhtiar (UMD – College Park), Raymond Guiteras (NC State), James Levinsohn (Yale), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale) (University of Manchester/University of Dhaka) 
Social and Financial Incentives for Overcoming Collective Action Problems