Organizers:

Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University

Papers:

"Corruption and Inspection in the Electricity Sector in Bangladesh"
Wahid Abdullah, University of Washington-Seattle (Contact Author)

"Does Microfinance Help the Ultrapoor Cope with Seasonal Shocks? Evidence from Seasonal Famine (Monga) in Bangladesh"
Claudia Berg, The George Washington University
M. Shahe Emran, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Decision-making Under Surprise and Uncertainty: Arsenic Contamination of Water Supplies Insurance"
Timothy O. Randhir, University of Massachusetts (Contact Author)
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University

"De Soto vs. Yunus: Microfinance, Property Rights, and Poor"
Forhad Shilpi, The World Bank (Contact Author)
M. Shahe Emran, The George Washington University
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University

Discussants:

Claudia Berg, The George Washington University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University
Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

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Session Chairs:

J.B. Kim, Oklahoma State University

Papers:

"Borrowing, Migration, and Remittances in Bangladesh"
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford

"Remittances, Institutional Quality, and Entrepreneurship"
Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso (Contact Author)

"Shipping Time and Multi-Plant Location"
Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

"Bilateral Aid Allocation and the Global War on Terror: A Disaggregated Analysis"
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah (Contact Author)

"Purchasing Power Parity and Inflation Targeting"
J.B. Kim, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nathan J. Ashby, The University of Texas at El Paso
Javed Younas, American University of Sharjah
Danielle Monnier, Georgetown University
Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi, West Virginia University
Jui-Chi Huang, Penn State Berks

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