NO : WP-2017-015 AUTHOR : Amey Sapre and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : An analysis of revisions in Indian GDP data ABSTRACT : In this paper we study revisions in the annual estimates of India’s GDP data. The objective of our analysis is to understand the revision policy adopted by the Central Statistical Organisation […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: Slowdown in bank credit growth: Aggregate demand or bank non-performing assets ?
NO : WP-2017-014 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Akhilesh Verma TITLE :Slowdown in bank credit growth: Aggregate demand or bank non-performing assets? ABSTRACT : This paper tests the bank lending channel against the aggregate demand channel as an explanation for slow credit growth by estimating the determinants of credit and of non- […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Drivers of farmers’ income: The role of farm size and diversification
NO : WP-2017-013 AUTHOR : Varun Kumar Das and A. Ganesh-Kumar TITLE :Drivers of farmers’ income: The role of farm size and diversification ABSTRACT : The basic objective of this study is to analyse the role of farm size and diversification in determining farmers’ income. Using data from NSS 70th round […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Watching India’s insolvency reforms: a new dataset of insolvency cases
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IGIDR Working paper: The Plutocratic Bias in the Indian CPI
NO : WP-2017-011 AUTHOR : Dilip M. Nachane, Aditi Chaubal TITLE : The Plutocratic Bias in the Indian CPI ABSTRACT : The Laspeyres-type consumer price index (CPI) is traditionally used to measure the changes in cost-of-living over time. Studies indicate this CPI suffers from a plutocratic bias, attaching greater weightage to expenditure […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: Money’s Causal Role in Exchange Rate: Do Divisia Monetary Aggregates Explain More?
NO : WP-2017-010 AUTHOR :Taniya Ghosh and Soumya Bhadury TITLE : Money’s Causal Role in Exchange Rate: Do Divisia Monetary Aggregates Explain More? ABSTRACT : We investigate the predictive power of Divisia monetary aggregates in explaining exchange rate variations for India, Israel, Poland, UK and the US, in the years leading […]
IGIDR Working Paper: “Rethinking the Development of Post-War Sri Lanka Based on the Singapore Model”
NO : WP-2017-009 AUTHOR :Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake & Chandana Shrinath Wijetunga TITLE : Rethinking the Development of Post-War Sri Lanka Based on the Singapore Model ABSTRACT : This study explores three major points, namely, Singapore’s development process, Singapore’s model of economic development, and the economic challenges of post-war Sri Lanka. This […]
IGIDR Working Paper: “Domestic Value Added Content of India’s Exports: Estimates for 112 Sectors, 1999-2000 to 2012-13”
NO : WP-2017-008 AUTHOR :C Veeramani and Garima Dhir TITLE : Domestic Value Added Content of India’s Exports: Estimates for 112 Sectors, 1999-2000 to 2012-13 ABSTRACT : Using Input-Output (IO) analysis, this study provides the time series estimates of domestic value added (DVA) content of India’s merchandise and services exports for […]
IGIDR Working Paper: “Households’ Inflation Expectations in India: Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty and Global Financial Uncertainty Spill-over”
NO : WP-2017-007 AUTHOR :Taniya Ghosh, Sohini Sahu, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay TITLE : Households’ Inflation Expectations in India: Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty and Global Financial Uncertainty Spill-over ABSTRACT : Inflation expectations are an important marker for the conduct of monetary policy. Using a Bayesian structural VAR-X model that includes the inflation […]
