Speaking about the conference, Professor Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, “The ISB has been actively promoting India-focused research beyond India’s borders , and co- hosting this prestigious global conference is a moment of pride for us. The participation of some of the best minds from across the world is a testimony to the importance of increasing global interest in India.“
The meet will address various issues pertinent to the Indian Financial Markets. The research papers that will be presented at this event have been selected through an international competitive process. The research areas range from corporate governance (‘Corporate Governance Reforms Increase Firms’ Market Value in India’), pension reforms (‘Financial Market Implications of India’s Pension Reform’), insurance (‘Rainfall Insurance Protection in Rural India’), and banking (‘Bank Ownership Type and Banking Relationships, Banking Competition in Developing Countries: Does, Foreign Bank Entry Improve Credit Access? and ‘Access to Collateral and Corporate Debt Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment’) amongst others.
Speaking on his participation , Professor Sankar De, Executive Director, CAF, ISB said, “ The conference is a truly global research event: A conference on India’s financial markets, taking place in the USA, and sponsored by three research centres located on three different continents”.
The conference will comprise four sessions. Professor Sankar De, Executive Director, CAF, ISB will chair a session, titled ‘Corruption, Politics and Financial Policy’. He will also present a paper on Financing, Credit Constraints and Investor Protection. Professor Mudit Kapoor, Professor of Economics, will also represent ISB as a panel expert in a session on ‘Financial Markets-Recent Reforms and their Impact’. The other session will deal with ‘Banks and Financial Institutions and ‘Corporate Financing, Credit Constraints and Investor Protection.’
Please click on the link below for more details on the conference:
http://www.isb.edu/caf/UsrSiteEventMgmt.aspx?ModuleID=14&TopicID;=1
Beginning with this event, CAF, FIC and SIFR will hold joint research conferences annually during spring. The conferences will be hosted on a rotational basis between Philadelphia, Stockholm, and Hyderabad.