NO : WP-2026-013 AUTHOR : Sumana Kundu TITLE : Transparency versus Opacity: Personalized Pricing and Firm Competition under Network Effects ABSTRACT : We study firms’ strategic choice between transparent and opaque personalized pricing in a duopoly with differentiated network goods with both within-firm and between-firm network effects. Under transparent pricing, […]
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The List of candidates selected provisionally for M.Sc. (Energy, Environment and Climate Change) Programme 2026
The List of candidates selected provisionally for M.Sc. (Economics) Programme 2026
Prasad, Alaka Shree and Mandal, Biswajit, Virtual transfer of labour services and financial capital between non-overlapping time zones, Foreign Trade Review, 2026
Strengthening fiscal legislation through extrinsic and intrinsic incentives by Ashima Goyal
NO : WP-2026-012 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Strengthening fiscal legislation through extrinsic and intrinsic incentives ABSTRACT : Sovereigns can always find ways to escape or to dilute rules, so incentives and commitment are essential complements to fiscal responsibility acts. Government expenditure is required for growth in India, especially […]
On insufficient entry in Bayes-Bertrand oligopoly by Nandish Patel
NO : WP-2026-011 AUTHOR : Nandish Patel TITLE : On insufficient entry in Bayes-Bertrand oligopoly ABSTRACT : We study entry in a differentiated-product Bertrand industry in which firms are privately informed about their marginal costs. We show that policies that facilitate entry, such as per-unit subsidies to entrants increase expected […]
Refining natural interest rate estimation for India by Ashima Goyal and Vipasha Pandey
NO : WP-2026-010 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Vipasha Pandey TITLE : Refining natural interest rate estimation for India ABSTRACT : Natural interest rates (NIRs) are expected to exceed those in advanced economies in emerging market economies (EMEs) because their higher growth is thought to require more savings. But the […]
for M.Sc. Economics and M.Sc. Energy, Environment & Climate Change Programmes 2026
Prof. Ashima Goyal, Visiting Faculty, IGIDR was elected as President of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES) for the year 2026-27
Inflation Expectations of Indian Households: A Better Way to Measure, and Behavioral Consequences by Roshin Paul P and Taniya Ghosh
NO : WP-2026-009 AUTHOR : Roshin Paul P and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : Inflation Expectations of Indian Households: A Better Way to Measure, and Behavioral Consequences ABSTRACT : The causes and consequences of Indian households’ Inflation Expectations (IE) are investigated using an ad-hoc survey covering 1010 urban households across Delhi, […]
