This invitation-only junior research workshop is hosted by the Development Finance Research Community and the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance at Princeton University. This workshop is organized in partnership with the African Union Development Agency-New Economic Partnership for Development (AUDA-NEPAD), the African School of Economics (ASE), and the Center for Banking Studies and Training at the Central Bank of West African States. This workshop features new work by young scholars on questions related to development finance, financial inclusion, international finance, and macroeconomic policy for development.
All sessions will take place in Rooms 301 & 397 of the Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building. Directions here.
Workshop Schedule
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Room A (JRR 397) |
Room B (JRR 301) ZOOM Meeting ID: 974 4800 8013 (Room B Link) Passcode: JRCPPF |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 AM |
Opening remarks - Ethan Kapstein, Co-Director, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, Princeton University |
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| 8:45 AM | Forgone Investment Amid Conflict: Evidence from Credit Microdata in Colombia Author: Luis Martinez, University of Chicago Discussant: Rafael J. Ch Duran, Princeton University |
Resource Rents, Urbanization, and Structural Transformation Author: Qinq Huang, Princeton University Discussant: Kristina Manysheva, Princeton University |
| 9:30 AM | Banking Intermediation and Agricultural Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan Author: Ayhan Panwani, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Discussant: Johan Rexner, Princeton University |
Historical Persistence and the Dynamics of Development Author: Jonas Gathen, Toulouse School of Economics Discussant: Alexandre Gaillard, Princeton University |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 AM | Penalties and Premiums in Sovereign Credit Ratings Author: Adityamohan Tantravahi, Princeton University Discussant: Nicolas Hommel, Princeton University |
Terms-of-Trade Shocks in a Monetary Union of Developing Countries Author: Samson M'boueke, Notre Dame University Discussant: Anna Pestova, CERGE-EI |
| 11:15 AM | Effects of Financial Inclusion on Tax Revenue Mobilization in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Countries Author: Nimonka Bayale, Central Bank of West African States Discussant: Till Raphael Sänger, Princeton University |
Fiscal Transition in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Zone: Analysis of the Effects on Fiscal Deficit Author: Vigninou Gammadigbe, Central Bank of West African States Discussant: Javad Shamsi, London School of Economics |
| 12:00 PM | Financial Development and Economic Growth in WAEMU: Does financial inclusion matter? Author: Segnon Aguey, African School of Economics Discussant: Ethan Kapstein, Princeton University |
No presentation |
| 12:45 - 1:45 PM | Adjourn Lunch served in room 397. |
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