Author: Nidhi Aggarwal, Sanchit Arora, Rajeswari Sengupta Title: Capital account openness in India and a comparison with China: Then versus now Abstract: Existing evidence shows that over the years, India’s capital account has become relatively more open, while the same cannot be said for China. However, with its rising share […]
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21st Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) will be held during 13-15 June, 2022 at IGIDR
The 21st Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) will be held during 13-15 June, 2022 at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India. Dr. Kirit Parikh, the well-known economist and Chairman, IRADe and former Member, Planning Commission is the Conference President. Professor […]
Geo-statistical Methods for Economic Analysis
Exploring Correlations between Aggregate Demand and Supply Shocks in India
Author: Ashima Goyal and Sritama Ray Title: Exploring Correlations between Aggregate Demand and Supply Shocks in India Abstract: We explore the relative contributions of demand and supply shocks on inflation and output in India when correlation is allowed between shocks. Our SVAR model is estimated with quarterly GDP, WPI and […]
Flexible Inflation Targeting: Concepts and application in India
Author: Ashima Goyal Title: Flexible Inflation Targeting: Concepts and application in India Abstract: The paper examines considerations that arise in adapting IT to emerging markets (EMs). These include the necessity of flexibility, the working of the expectations channel, the dominance of supply shocks, fiscal-monetary coordination, forecasting issues and guidance of […]
Female representation in school management and school quality
Author: Bharti Nandwani, Chandan Jain Title: Female representation in school management and school quality Abstract: Using administrative data (2012-18) of schools in India, in this paper we construct a large panel comprising of more than 6 million observations to examine the extent to which female representation in school management is […]
Saved by the bell? Equity market responses to surprise Covid-19 lockdowns and central bank interventions
Author: Aakriti Mathur, Rajeswari Sengupta, Bhanu Pratap Title: Saved by the bell? Equity market responses to surprise Covid-19 lockdowns and central bank interventions Abstract: Negative equity market reactions at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis raised concerns about the vulnerabilities in non-financial firms, requiring swift actions by central banks to […]
Summer School on Econometrics and Machine Learning, June 7-11, 2022
Labour Share in Indian Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Trade, Technology and Structural Transformation
Author: Anwesha Basu and C. Veeramani Title: Labour Share in Indian Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Trade, Technology and Structural Transformation Abstract: This study analyses the trends, patterns and determinants of the labour share in India. While most of the literature on this topic covers only the […]
