Title: Global financial and Macro Fragility and Emerging Markets precautionary strategies By:Professor Joshua Aizenman, University of Southern California and National Bureau of Economic Research, USA. Date & Hour:17-December-2018, 4:00 pm Venue:Seminar Hall 1,IGIDR.Mumbai
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IGIDR Working Paper : TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE? Growth,Inclusiveness and Sustainability
NO : WP-2018-026 AUTHOR : S. Mahendra Dev TITLE :TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE? Growth,Inclusiveness and Sustainability ABSTRACT : There are three goals of agricultural development in India. These are: (a) achieving high growth by raising productivity; (b) inclusiveness by focusing on lagging regions, small farmers and women; and (c) sustainability of […]
IGIDR Working Paper : TIME-VARYING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
NO : WP-2018-025 AUTHOR : D.M.Nachane TITLE :TIME-VARYING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS ABSTRACT : Non-stationary time series are a frequently observed phenomenon in several applied fields, particularly physics, engineering and economics. The conventional way of analysing such series has been via stationarity inducing filters. This can interfere with the […]
IGIDR Working Paper : Competition in Two Sided Markets with Congestion
NO : WP-2018-024 AUTHOR : Swapnil Sharma TITLE : Competition in Two Sided Markets with Congestion ABSTRACT : Two sided markets involve two groups of agents who interact via “platforms”. This paper analyses competition in a two sided market with congestion. The existing literature’s on pricing mechanisms of two-sided markets has […]
IGIDR Working Paper : Looking Beyond the Farm and Household: Determinants of On-farm Diversification in India
NO : WP-2018-023 AUTHOR : Varun Kumar Das TITLE : Looking Beyond the Farm and Household: Determinants of On-farm Diversification in India ABSTRACT : This paper analyses the factors affecting on-farm diversification decision. Notwithstanding the influence of farm and household conditions, studies have also highlighted the role of external pull […]
CoRe 2018: Agenda and Session Plan
CoRe – 2018: IGIDR PhD. Colloquium Date and Venue: November 13-16, 2018, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Gen A. K. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400065, INDIA. CoRe Agenda CoRe Session Plan CoRe Website: www.igidr.ac.in/CoRe
IGIDR Working Paper: Insights from Behavioral Economics on Current Policy Issues
NO : WP-2018-022 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Insights from Behavioral Economics on Current Policy Issues ABSTRACT : The paper examines behavioral constraints in policy-making and in achieving coordination across policies. First it applies psychological concepts to understand policy inadequacies, and next examines how general reforms or better coordination can be […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Indian Banks and the Prevention of Corruption Act: Freedom and discipline
NO : WP-2018-021 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Indian Banks and the Prevention of Corruption Act: Freedom and discipline ABSTRACT : Selfless activists like Mr. Pai teach us the importance of continuously interrogating the functioning of our democracy. The NPA issue has persisted for almost a decade. It has eroded the profitability […]
IGIDR Working Paper : “Money and Business Cycle: Evidence From India”
NO : WP-2018-020 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Abhishek Kumar TITLE : Money and Business Cycle: Evidence From India ABSTRACT : In this paper we take a New Keynesian model with non-separable money in utility to Indian data using maximum likelihood. The identification problem in isolating the effect of money on […]
Call for Papers: Towards Improving Nutrition Outcomes in India
Conference organized by SPANDAN research initiative and supported by a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Venue: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Date: November 8-10, 2018 This conference seeks to provide a forum for exchange of ideas among scholars who are engaged in quality research in the […]
