NO : WP-2025-009 AUTHOR : Surabhi Garg and Srijit Mishra TITLE : Mother’s Effective Literacy Status: Implications on Child Health ABSTRACT : Mother’s effective literacy status has instrumental importance in affecting child’s health outcomes. This is not to dismiss the relevance of a father’s literacy, but to posit a primitive that the father’s […]
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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 […]
Quota Regulation under Corruption – Grand, Petty and the Cut-Money Culture by Ayushi Choudhary and Rupayan Pal
NO : WP-2025-017 AUTHOR : Ayushi Choudhary and Rupayan Pal TITLE : Quota Regulation under Corruption – Grand, Petty and the Cut-Money Culture ABSTRACT : This paper examines the implications of various forms of corruption—namely, grand corruption, petty corruption, and the cut-money culture—on the formulation and enforcement of regulatory policies. Focusing on quota regulation […]
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 […]
Rent-seeking and Reorganisation of Administrative Units by Gopakumar Achuthankutty, Ayushi Choudhary, and Rupayan Pal
NO : WP-2025-019 AUTHOR : Gopakumar Achuthankutty, Ayushi Choudhary, and Rupayan Pal TITLE : Rent-seeking and Reorganisation of Administrative Units ABSTRACT : We examine whether rent-seeking incentives shape a central planner’s decision to reorganise administrative units. In a two-stage group contest, risk-neutral administrative units compete for shares of a perfectly divisible public fund, with […]
Revisiting the Impact of TRIPS on Trade: Evidence from Staggered Difference-in-Differences by Ridwan Ah Sheikh and Sunil Kanwar
NO : WP-2025-025 AUTHOR : Ridwan Ah Sheikh and Sunil Kanwar TITLE : Revisiting the Impact of TRIPS on Trade: Evidence from Staggered Difference-in-Differences ABSTRACT : This paper uses an extended two-way fixed effects (ETWFE) estimator for staggered difference-in-differences to evaluate the impact of compliance with the 1995 agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual […]
Rules of Origin in India’s Trade Agreements: Introducing a New Dataset and Severity Indices by Himanshu Jaiswal
NO : WP-2025-023 AUTHOR : Himanshu Jaiswal TITLE : Rules of Origin in India’s Trade Agreements: Introducing a New Dataset and Severity Indices ABSTRACT : This paper develops a comprehensive dataset and new severity indices to evaluate the Rules of Origin (RoO) in India’s trade agreements. RoO, while essential for preventing trade deflection, can […]
SPS Measures and Agricultural Trade in BIMSTEC: Quantitative Evidence from WTO Notifications by Himanshu Jaiswal and A. Ganesh Kumar
NO : WP-2025-013 AUTHOR : Himanshu Jaiswal and A. Ganesh Kumar TITLE : SPS Measures and Agricultural Trade in BIMSTEC: Quantitative Evidence from WTO Notifications ABSTRACT : Though the economy of the BIMSTEC members heavily depends on the agricultural sector, the intra-regional trade among them is below par because of several bottlenecks. One […]
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 […]
Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China by Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai)
NO : WP-2026-002 AUTHOR : Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai) TITLE : Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China ABSTRACT : Despite strong GDP growth and favourable demographics, India faces an impending jobs crisis. A large share of the workforce remains stuck in low-productivity agriculture, while […]
