INSEE-IIITD International Conference 2021
Sustainable Societies, Ecological Systems and Economic Development
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The conference will cover issues related to (but not restricted to):
- Global environmental change
- Carbon neutrality
- Environmental regulation and governance
- Air quality management
- Water resource management
Sustainable transportation
Green energy
Sustainable land use
Natural capital for sustainable cities
Ecological footprint
Environment and health (including zoonotic diseases such as Covid-19).
Environmental justice
Programme
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INSEE-SANDEE Karl-Göran Mäler Memorial Lecture
Wednesday December 15, 16:30-18:00
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta
Leader, The Dasgupta Review of Economics of Biodiversity, UK Government
and Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, Cambridge University
Chair/Moderator: Dr. Pushpam Kumar
Senior Economic Advisor and Chief Environmental Economist
United Nations Environment Programme, Washington DC
Lecture Title
Sustainable Development and Inclusive Wealth: Problematics
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Plenary Speakers
Prof. Madhu Khanna
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
President-Elect & Fellow, Applied and Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
Lecture Titles
1. Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges (December 15, 11:30-13:00)
Chair: Prof. B.N. Goldar, Institute of Economic Growth (retired)
2. Effects of Community Characteristics on the Spatial Redistribution of Toxic Pollution (December 16, 11:30-13:00)
Chair: Prof. Ramprasad Sengupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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Prof. Matthew E. Kahn
Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Lecture Title
The Microeconomics of Climate Change: Lessons for India (December 16, 9:30-11:00)
| Chair: | Dr. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Dean, School of Environment and Sustainability Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru |
Dr. David Simpson
Senior Professorial Lecturer and Director
Global Environmental Policy, International Development and International Economic Relations Programs
School of International Service, American University
Former Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, US EPA
Lecture Title
Valuation of Ecosystem Services I (December 15, 9:30-11:00)
Chair: Dr. Bhim Adhikari, Senior Environmental Specialist, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa
Valuation of Ecosystem Services II (December 17, 9:30-11:00)
Chair: Dr. Madhu Verma, Chief Economist, World Resources Institute, India
Dr. Francesco Vona
Senior Economist at the French Economic Observatory of Sciences-Po (OFCE) and
Associate Researcher at CMCC
Lecture Title
Skills for the Green Economy: What, Where and How Much? (December 17, 15:30-17:00)
Chair: Prof. Pulapre Balakrishnan, Department of Economics, Ashoka University, Sonepat
Parallel Sessions
1. Air Pollution and Health
Chair: Prof. Neha Khanna, Binghamton University, USA
Coal Plants, Air Pollution and Anemia: Evidence from India
Gaurav Datt (Monash U), Pushkar Maitra (Monash U), Nidhiya Menon (Brandeis U), Ranjan Ray (Monash U)
Discussant: Nitya Mittal, University of Göttingen
Does Traffic Congestion Pose Health Hazards? Evidence From A Highly Congested And Polluted City
Kanishka Kacker (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Ridhima Gupta (South Asian University), Saif Ali (IIIT-Delhi)
Discussant: Geetam Tiwari, IIT Delhi
Who benefited from cleaner air during COVID-19 lockdowns in the United States?
Ancilla Marie Inocenio (Binghamton U), Neha Khanna (Binghamton U)
Discussant: Archana Dang, Institute of Economic Growth
2. Economics of Groundwater Extraction and Policy – I
Chair: Dr. K.J. Joy, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management
Can Cash Incentives Modify Groundwater Pumping Behaviours?
Archisman Mitra, International Water Management Institute
Discussant: Aaditya Dar, Indian School of Business
Metering in West Bengal
Abhijit Banerji, Delhi School of Economics
Discussant: Souvik Dutta, IIIT-Delhi
Stimulating Rules and Behavior Change in Groundwater Governance
Thomas Falk, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Discussant: Sowmya Balasubramanya, International Water Management Institute
The Groundwater Constraint and Responses to Falling Water Tables
Aaditya Dar, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Discussant: Sandip Agarwal, IISER, Bhopal
3. Growth and Environment
Chair: Prof. Vidya Mahambare, Great Lakes Institute of Management
Do Environmental Technologies Affect Green Growth? Evidence from South-Asian Economies
Jasmeena Bashir (University of Kashmir)
Discussant: Dr. Debdulal Thakur, Senior Research Fellow, Lead KREA University
Weather Shocks And Economic Growth In India
Medhavi Sandhani (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), Anubhab Pattanayak (Madras School of Economics), K.S. Kavi Kumar (Madras School of Economics)
Discussant: Prof. Saon Ray, ICRIER
Sustainable energy deployment in developing countries: the role of composition of energy aid.
Panika Jain (IIT Ropar), Samaresh Bardhan (IIT Ropar)
Discussant: Dr. Shrabani Mukherjee, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai
4. Water and Sanitation
Chair: Dr. Viju James, Pragmatix Research & Advisory Services Private Limited
Evaluating Swachh Bharat Mission using an Environmental Sanitation Vulnerability Index
Ewan Nikhil Thomas (University of Hyderabad), Prajna Paramita Mishra (University of Hyderabad), Paul Hutchings (University of Leeds), Alison Parker (Cranfield University), Kenneth Lynch (University of Gloucestershire), Snehalatha Mekala (Fresh Water Action Network South Asia), Dolores Rey (Cranfield University), Simon Willcock (Bangor University)
Discussant: Viju James, Pragmatix Research & Advisory Services Private Limited
Assessing Water Poverty in the State of Maharashtra, India
Aishwarya Dhawan (IIT Bombay) and Haripriya Gundimeda
Discussant: M Dinesh Kumar, Institute for Resource Analysis & Policy
Mapping the Water Literacy of Women in Palakkad District of Kerala
Vijaykiran V. (University of Kerala), Anitha V. (University of Kerala)
Discussant: Vikram Dayal, Institute of Economic Growth
5. Urban and Peri-Urban Ecosystem Management
Chair: Dr. Sowmya Dhanaraj, Madras School of Economics
Industrial accidents and environmental degradation: Exploring the Linkages and Responses in India.
Mousami Prasad (Australian National University), Lavanya Suresh (BITS Pilani)
Discussant: Dr. Santosh Kumar Sahu, IIT Madras
Corporate Philanthropic Engagements in India: Role of Strategic Factor
Sonakshi Jain (Centre for The Digital Future, New Delhi, India)
Discussant: Dr. Sowmya Dhanaraj, Madras School of Economics
Man-animal conflict and the role of eco-development committee (EDCs): A village-level analysis of Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, India
Riyaz Alam (IIT Roorkee), Diptimayee Nayak (IIT Roorkee)
Discussant: Dr. Zareena Begum, Madras School of Economics
6. Contingent Valuation Methods (CVM) and Behavioral Evidence for the Value Estimate in CVM
Chair: Dr. Kavita Sardana, TERI School of Advanced Studies
Are we doing more harm than good? Hypothetical bias reduction techniques in potentially consequential survey settings
Vasudha Chopra (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Discussant: Srijita Ghosh, Ashoka University
Strategic Behavior in Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice Model
Subhra Bhattacharya (OP Jindal University), Kavita Sardana (TERI SAS)
Discussant: Saptarshi Mukherjee, IIT Delhi
Scope insensitivity: behavioral elucidation or mental accounting?
Srijita Ghosh (Ashoka University), Kavita Sardana (TERI SAS)
Discussant: Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
7. Economics of Groundwater Extraction and Policy – II
Chair: Prof. J.V. Meenakshi, Delhi School of Economics
Electricity pricing in Punjab
Disha Gupta, Delhi School of Economics
Discussant: Eshita Gupta, KPMG
Spatial autocorrelation in groundwater levels.
Saif Ali, IIIT-Delhi
Discussant: Abhijit Banerji, Delhi School of Economics
Decentralized Management and the Use of Water
Souvik Dutta, IIIT-Delhi
Discussant: Sujoy Chakravarty, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Integrated Water Management: Policy and Perspective
Navin Horo and Jagdish Purohit, GIZ
8. Ecological-Economic Interactions in Rural Societies
Chair: Prof. M.G. Chandrakant, ISEC Bangalore
Factors associated with Anaemia among Women and Children in Degraded Districts of Rural India
Manikandan AD (IIPS Mumbai)
Discussant: Prof N Nagaraj, ICRISAT and AgEcon UAS Bangalore
Assessing Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential Of Crop Production System In Uttar Pradesh
Saumya (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Discussant: Prof Sunil Nautiyal, ISEC, Bangalore
Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements: A Case of Small Tanks in the Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka
A.M.D. Hansini (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka), J.M.M. Udugama (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka), D.P.N. Ranadewa (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka), and K.A.N.A. Appuhamy (Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka)
Discussant: Dr AV Manjunatha, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
Flourish or perish? The changing forest-food-health nexus among Solega tribes of BR hills, Karnataka
Sheetal Patil (Azim Premji University), Dhanya B (Indian Institute of Forest Management), Shreelata Rao Seshadri (Azim Premji University), Raghvendra S Vanjari (Azim Premji University)
Discussant: Dr Jade Gowda, College of Forestry, Karnataka
9. Sustainable Forest Development
Chair: Prof. Saudamini Das, Institute of Economic Growth
Use Of Common Property Resources And Community-Based Forestry Management – A Case Study Of Madhya Pradesh
Neetu Chopra (University of Delhi)
Discussant: Professor Purnamita Dasgupta, Institute of Economic Growth; and Theme Leader (Ecosystem Services), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu
Sustainable Forest Management Programme, Sectoral Linkages And Employment Policy: General Equilibrium Analysis
Srijita Ghosh (St. Xaviers University) Kausik Gupta (Calcutta University)
Discussant: Prof. Basant Pradhan, Institute of Economic Growth
The role of community perceptions on ecosystem services’ valuation and forest management practices: A case study of the Gaddi community of Himachal Pradesh in India
Kritishnu Sanyal (SHSS, IIT-Mandi)
Discussant: Dr Matías Piaggio, Associate Professor of Economics, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) and Economist, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
10. Networks, Collective Action and Local Environmental Outcomes
Chair: Dr. Nilanjan Ghosh, Observer Research Foundation
Do Inherent Ability and Community Networks Matter in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Bihar
Meeta Keswani Mehra (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Saheli Das (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Jones Paulson (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Discussant: Dr. Renita D’souza, Observer Research Foundation
Role of Self-Help Groups in Coping with Natural Disaster: A Study from Sundarban Region in West Bengal
Sougata Ray (International Management Institute, Odisha), Shyam Nath (Amrita Center for Economics & Governance)
Discussant: Dr Anamitra Anurag Danda, Director – Sundarbans Program, WWF India & Senior Visiting Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Institutional Arrangements and Collective Actions in WUAs of West Bengal, India
Indranil De (Institute of Rural Management Anand), Soumyadeep Chattopadhyay , Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Prabhat Mishra, Akhilesh Parey, Subhasish Dutta
Discussant: Prof. Purnamita Dasgupta, Institute of Economics Growth, University of Delhi
11. Models of emission-generation technologies and applications
Chair: Prof. Sushama Murty, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Inter-Industry Difference in the Impact of Emission Control on Output and Employment: A Nonparametric Analysis of Manufacturing Data
Subhash Ray, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut, USA
Discussant: Resham Nagpal, Jawaharlal Nehru University
The Impact of British Columbia’s Carbon Tax on Economic and Environmental Efficiency
Subal Kumbhakar, SUNY Binghamton, U.S.A.
Discussant: Sushama Murty, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Achieving allocative efficiency using economic instruments for pollution control: The case of the Indian thermal power sector
Sushama Murty, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Discussant: Anup Kumar Bhandari, IIT Madras
12. Current Issues in Air Pollution Policy in India
Chair: Dr. Sarath Guttikunda , Urban Emissions Info
Crop Residue Burning in NW India – From Research to Action
Priya Shyamsundar (The Nature Conservancy), Kunal Sharma (The Nature Conservancy), Krishnapriya P.P. (Duke University)
Discussant: Karthik Ganesan, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Can we vacuum Delhi’s air pollution problem with smog towers?
Sarath Guttikunda (Urban Emissions Info), Puja Jawahar (Urban Emissions Info)
Discussant: Karthik Ganesan, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Energy and the environment – a closer look at multiple transitions facing India and the world
Rahul Tongia (Center for Social and Economic Policy, New Delhi, India)
Discussant: Karthik Ganesan, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
13. Climate Extremes: Impacts and Adaptation Responses
Chair: Prof. Seema Purushothaman, Azim Premji University
Vulnerability Assessment Of Forest Dependent Tribal Community Towards The Impacts Of Drought
D. Sarada Devi (Cochin University and Kerala Forest Research Institute), V. Anitha (Kerala Forest Research Institute)
Discussant: Seema Purushothaman, Azim Premji University
Crop Diversity and Resilience to Droughts: Evidence from Indian Agriculture
Madhumitha Srinivasan (Madras School of Economics), K.S. Kavi Kumar (Madras School of Economics) and Anubhab Pattanayak (Madras School of Economics)
Discussant: Manjula M., School of Development, Azim Premji University
Adaptation to Rainfall Extremes: Role of Dams in India
Agnij Sur (Independent Scholar), K.S. Kavi Kumar (Madras School of Economics), Anubhab Pattanayak (Madras School of Economics)
Discussant: Sadhana Satapathy, Dept of Economics, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar
Role Of Social Capital In Disaster Relief And Reconstruction In The Context Of Natural Disasters And Covid 19 Pandemic In Kerala
Resmi C. Panicker (University College, Thiruvananthapuram)
Discussant: Emmanuel D’Silva, Agriculture & Environment Scientist, Mumbai
Global Perspectives on Sustainable Land Management and Climate
Patrick Alexander Smytzek, GIZ
14. Green technology adoption and related issues
Chair: Prof. Joyashree Roy, Asian Institute of Technology
Understanding the Determinants of Decision making to adopt Climate Smart Technologies among the Rural Farmers of Odisha
Dr. Pradyot Ranajan Jena (NIT Karnataka) & Purna Chandra Tanti (NIT Karnataka)
Discussant: Dr Barun Deb Pal, IFPRI
An Economic Assessment Of Household-Biogas Use In The Province Of Samtse Dzongkhag, Bhutan
Inder Jeet Sunuwar (Nalanda University), Kishore Dhavala (Nalanda University) and Sridhar Telidevera (Development Management Institute, Patna)
Discussant: Dr. Shyamasree Dasgupta, IIT Mandi
Why Is Adoption Of Water-Saving Technologies Slow In India? A Review.
Jyoti Nair (ATREE), Bejoy K Thomas (IISER Pune)
Discussant: Sakib B. Amin, North South University, Bangladesh
15. Health impacts of Air Pollution
Chair: Dr. Kanishka Kacker, ISI Delhi
Health Effects of Sustained Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter: Evidence from India
Yashaswini Saraswat (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Sangeeta Bansal (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Discussant: Dr. Kanishka Kacker, ISI Delhi
Smoky Kitchens, Damaged Health: Indoor Air Pollution from Solid Fuel use for Cooking in Rural Jharkhand
Krittika Roy (Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore)
Discussant: Prof. Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
Health Externality and Air Pollution in the Opencast Coal Mining Region of Odisha
Indrani Roy Chowdhury (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Anusree Paul (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Discussant: Dr. Anand Murugesan, Central European University
16. Air Pollution
Chair: Prof. E Somanathan, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi
Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National-Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China
Mark Buntaine (U Cal Santa Barbara), Michael Greenstone (U Chicago), Guojun He (HKUST), Mengdi Liu (U International Business and Economics), Shaoda Wang (U Chicago), Bing Zhang (Nanjing U)
Discussant: Sabyasachi Das, Ashoka University
Identifying the Effect of Coal Plants on Air Pollution
Rishabh Choudhary (World Bank), Sagnik Dey (IIT Delhi), Kanishka Kacker (ISI Delhi), E. Somanathan (ISI Delhi)
Discussant: Aparajita Dasgupta, Ashoka University
Saving Africa’s Tropical Forests through Energy Transition: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Tanzania
Yonas Alem (U Gothenburg), Remidius Ruhinduka (U Gothenburg)
Discussant: Sisir Debnath, IIT Delhi
17. Environmental Policy, Competitiveness and Green Technology
Chair: Prof. Aparna Sawhney, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Pollution Treaties, Bilateral Carbon Trade and Welfare
Saibal Kar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, and IZA, Bonn.
Discussant: Anindita Sen, Calcutta University
Urbanization, Energy-Use Intensity and Emissions: A Sectoral Approach
Honghong Wei (Shanghai University), and Radhika Lahiri (Queensland University of Technology).
Discussant: Prajna Paramita Mishra, Hyderabad University
Export participation and environmental performance: Firm-level evidence from Indian
manufacturing
Rumi Azim and Aparna Sawhney, Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Discussant: Saon Ray, Indian Council of Research in International Economic Relations
18. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Environment
Chair: Dr. Saket Anand, Center for Artificial Intelligence, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
A Hybrid Approach for Tiger Re-Identification. ICCV 2019 Workshop on Computer Vision for Wildlife Conservation.
A. Shukla, C. Anderson, G. S. Cheema, P. Guo, S. Onda, D. Anshumaan, S. Anand and R. Farrell
Discussant: Shikha Bisht, Wildlife Institute of India
Primate Face Identification in the Wild. Pacific-Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019.
A. Shukla, G. S. Cheema S. Anand, Q. N. Qureshi, and Y. V. Jhala
Discussant: Pushpendra Rana, H.P. Forest Department
IN-SAT: A novel land cover classification dataset for Indian Subcontinent. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2021.
M. Shah, A.V. Subramanyam, and G. Arora
Discussant: Sandeep Mahato, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
The Good Relationship: AI, Natural Resource Management and Climate Change
Gaurav Sharma, GIZ
19. Human Behavior and the Environment
Chair: Kiriti Kanjilal, IIIT-Delhi
Enhancing the Informational Nudge Of Energy Labels: Evidence From A DCE In New Delhi, India
Charu Grover(Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Sangeeta Bansal (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Adan L. Martinez-Cruz (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Discussant: Ritwik Banerjee, IIM Bangalore
Climate change perception, adaptation, challenges, and need of women farmers: insights from eastern Uttar Pradesh in India
Susmita Mitra (Council for Social Development), Sudipta Kumar Mishra (GD Goenka University), Antora Borah (Council for Social Development), Gitesh Sinha(Council for Social Development)
Discussant: Kedar Kulkarni, Azim Premji University Bangalore
Determinants of Household Water Efficient Technology Adoption: Understanding Household Perceptions and Environmental Attitude for Demand Side Management Policies
S. Ashwin Ram (Madras School of Economics)
Discussant: Aparajita Singh, IIT Roorkee
20. Marine Resource Development and Policy Issues in Coastal Societies
Chair: Dr. Sandip Kumar Agarwal, IISER Bhopal
Economic valuation of improved cyclone forecasting services for the coastal households of Bangladesh
Md Masumur Rahaman (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Embassy), Md. Hafiz Iqbal (Government Edward College, Bangladesh)
Discussant: Dr. Zabid Iqbal, University of British Columbia
A Study of Sustainable Management of Marine Fishery Resource in India
Deboshmita Brahma (University of Calcutta)
Discussant: Dr. Sandip Agarwal, IISER Bhopal
Kerala Flood 2018 and Socio-Economic Deprivation of Households in Alappuzha
Lavanya Sivan (University of Kerala), Anitha V. (University of Kerala)
Discussant: Vipin V., IISER Bhopal
21. Global Environmental Change
Chair: Prof. Haripriya Gundimeda, IIT Bombay
Sustainable Wealth and Emissions: An Alternate Approach to EKC Hypothesis
Priti Agarwal (Delhi University)
Discussant: Prof. Haripriya Gundimeda, IIT Bombay
Valuation of Natural Capital: A Meta-Analysis of National Park valuation studies in South and South East Asia
Shraddha Shrivastava (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics), Kakali Mukhopadhyay (McGill University, Canada)
Discussant: Prof. M.N. Murty, Institute of Economic Growth (Retd.)
Land Degradation And Environment Kuznets Curve: Indian Experience
Ipsita Das(IGIDR)
Discussant: TBA
Transboundary Water Pollution and Optimal Water Allocation in a Dynamic Model
Chhanda Mandal (Muralidhar Girls’ College), Sanchari Choudhury (Colorado State University), Kausik Gupta (University of Calcutta)
Discussant: TBA
22. Symposium on Narpat S. Jodha
Chair: Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Observer Research Foundation
Speakers
Kanchan Chopra, Institute of Economic Growth (retired)
Sharachhandra Lele, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Harpinder Sandhu, Federation University Australia
23. Climate Change and Agriculture
Chair: Prof. A.K. Enamul Haque, East West University
Damage to Crops due to Climatic Conditions in India 1953-2018: An Econometric Analysis
Prasanta Patri (IIT Indore), Pritee Sharma (IIT Indore)
Discussant: Professor S Madheswaran, ISEC, Bangaluru, India
Information as a determinant of farmer’s adaptive capacity to climate risk: an empirical study from Haryana, India
Priya Chetri (IIT Delhi), Upasna Sharmaa (IIT-Delhi), P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan (IIT-Delhi)
Discussant: Ms Manjula Menon, Azim Premji University
Coping with or Adapting to Climate Change Impact On Agriculture: A Content Analysis
Madhuri Pratap (IIT-Delhi)
Discussant: Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, IIT Tirupati
24. Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons for Economic Policy
Chair: Dr. Tanmoy Das, XIM University
Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG12) under Asymmetric Information: A Game Theoretic Approach
Arnab Mahapatra (University of Burdwan), Soumyananda Dinda (University of Burdwan)
Discussant: Dr. Parikshit De, IISER Bhopal
Synergies between climate change mitigation options and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Indian cropland-based agriculture
Shreya Some (Ahmedabad University), Joyashree Roy (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Department of Economics, Jadavpur University), Arpita Ghose (Jadavpur University)
Discussant: Dr. Suresh K. Patra, XIM University
Adoption and Impact Of Crop Insurance In India: Evidence From India Human Development Survey
Dinamani Biswal (IIT Tirupati), Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati (IIT Tirupati)
Discussant: Dr. Sandip Sarkar, XIM University
Post-Conference Workshop
INSEE Post Conference Workshop on Behavioral Economics
Date: 18th December, 2021, 10 AM to 5:30 PM
Resource Persons: Dr. Tanmoy Das (XIM University, Bhubaneshwar), Dr. Sandip K. Agarwal (IISER
Bhopal)
Session I, 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Behavioral Economics – Theory & Applications
Instructor: Sandip K. Agarwal
1) Review of Classical Choice Theory
2) Behavioral Decision-making Theory: Prospect Theory
3) Application of Prospect Theory – Agricultural Index Insurance
4) Social Norms and Energy Conservation
5) Role of Salience and Inattention in framing of public policies
Session II, 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Designing Experiments in z-Tree
Instructor: Tanmoy Das
In this session, candidates will learn how to code experiments and surveys in z-Tree.
z-Tree software is an open-source software and can be downloaded for FREE by following the instructions below.
1) Go to link: https://www.uzh.ch/ztree/ssl-dir/index.php
2) Click on “Obtain a license.”
3) Select all ‘Terms and Conditions.
4) Fill in your personal detaills: name, email id, etc.
5) For ‘I request for a license’ select ‘myself.’
6) You will receive a username & password in your email.
7) Use the username and password to login here: https://www.uzh.ch/ztree/ssl-dir/index.php, and download the latest version.
Eligibility Criteria: Bachelor’s degree and above can apply. Applications from all disciplines are welcome but participants are expected to be familiar with basic principles course in economics (see here https://eco.iiserb.ac.in/bs_programme.php). Knowledge of game theory will be an added advantage.
Application Process
1. Kindly fill this Google Form to be considered for participation in the workshop.
2. Registration is free.
3. Deadline: December 13, 2021
In case of queries please email sandipa@iiserb.ac.in with a copy to tanmoy@xim.edu.in and inseesec@gmail.com.
Readings:
Shogren, Jason F., and Laura O. Taylor. “On behavioral-environmental economics.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2.1 (2008): 26-44.
Venkatachalam, L. “Behavioral economics for environmental policy.” Ecological economics 67.4 (2008): 640-645.
Croson, Rachel, and Nicolas Treich. “Behavioral environmental economics: promises and challenges.” Environmental and Resource Economics 58.3 (2014): 335-351.
Scientific Advisory Committee
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Independent Consultant | East West University | University of Kerala | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
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Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp | Forum for the Future | Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi |
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | Jawaharlal Nehru University | Centre for Economics and Social Studies, Hyderabad | Asian Institute of Technology |
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Delhi School of Economics | Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi | TERI School of Advanced Studies | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi |
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Institute for Social and Economic Change | Birla Institute of Technology and Schience, Pilani | Institute of Social and Economic Changei | Binghamton University |
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Observer Research Foundation | University of Hyderabad | South Asian University | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi |
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Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi | Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Bhopal | Urban Emissions | Institute of Economic Growth |
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Azim Premji University | Delhi School of Economics | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi | |
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Jawaharlal Nehru University | XIM University | National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development |