Development economics.

PositionProgram and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Development Economics and The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development held a joint meeting in Cambridge on September 25-26. Program Director Duncan Thomas of Duke University, Research Associates Abhijit Banerjee of MIT and Mushfiq Mobarak of Yale University, and Eliana La Ferrara of Bocconi University, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Jing Cai, University of Michigan, and Adam Szeidl, Central European University, "Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance"

* Francesco Amodio, McGill University, and Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco, University of Piura, "Input Allocation, Workforce Management and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Personnel Data"

* Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER, and Shuang Zhang, University of Colorado, Boulder, "Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from Air Purifier Markets in China"

* Emily L. Breza, Columbia University, and Arun G. Chandrasekhar, Stanford University and NBER, "Social Networks, Reputation and Commitment: Evidence from a Savings...

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