NO : WP-2024-015 AUTHOR : Yadavindu Ajit and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : A historical perspective on India’s inflation persistence: a quantile analysis ABSTRACT : This study investigates historical inflation persistence in India under three distinct regimes: monetary targeting, multiple indicator, and inflation targeting (IT). Previous stud- ies for India relied heavily on mean-based […]
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Inflation convergence across Indian states
NO : WP-2024-014 AUTHOR : Yadavindu Ajit and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : Inflation convergence across Indian states ABSTRACT : This study examines the convergence of inflation and the formation of inflation clubs across Indian states from 2012 to 2023. The empirical findings indicate a reduction in inflation dispersion among Indian states. The convergence test using […]
Effect of Demand and Supply Side Factors on School Education Outcomes in India
NO : WP-2024-013 AUTHOR : Surabhi Garg and Srijit Mishra TITLE : Effect of Demand and Supply Side Factors on School Education Outcomes in India ABSTRACT : A novelty of this study is to examine the effect of both demand and supply side factors on school education outcomes in India for 6-18 age group in […]
Property Inheritance Rights and Female Political Participation in India
NO : WP-2024-012 AUTHOR : Bharti Nandwani and Punarjit Roychowdhury TITLE : Property Inheritance Rights and Female Political Participation in India ABSTRACT : The paper examines whether granting property inheritance rights to females improves their participation in politics as election candidates in India. Conservative gender norms in pa¬triarchal societies like India discourage women […]
Risk-aversion versus risk-loving preferences in nonparametric frontier-based fund ratings: A buy-and-hold backtesting strategy by Tiantian Ren, Kristiaan Kerstens, and Saurav Kumar
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Misconceptions in Indian fiscal federalism
NO : WP-2024-011 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Misconceptions in Indian fiscal federalism ABSTRACT : We examine common views regarding weakening of rights of states and finds them to be misconceptions. Indian states get more resources and freedoms than in most federal countries. Some fiscal restraints on states borrowing are necessary to […]
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Methodological Nuances in Estimating Proportion and Number of Poor for States and India, 2022-23
NO : WP-2024-010 AUTHOR : Srijit Mishra TITLE : Methodological Nuances in Estimating Proportion and Number of Poor for States and India, 2022-23 ABSTRACT : The purpose of this exercise is methodological while also providing us with poverty estimates of rural, urban, and combined areas for States and India in 2022-23. The methodological […]