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IGIDR Seminar: Towards a well-targeted interest rate policy
Abstract:- The central bank faces a trade-off while using its interest rate policy for the purpose of macroeconomic stability. So, the policy is not very effective. Also, the prevailing interest rate policy can adversely affect (the non-affluent) recipients of interest incomes. It can also affect asset price stability, which can, in turn, affect banking stability (this happened recently in the US). So, the policy is blunt. Is it possible to have an alternative interest rate policy that is effective and…
Event DetailsSeminar: “Education and Labour Policy Agendas, Escalating Informality and Social Vulnerability: Mapping Domain & Historical Continuities within Development Agendas”
Speaker: Prof. Veena Naregal (IEG, Delhi) Venue: Seanza Hall Abstract:- For a while, India has topped the tables that classify economies according to the ‘degree’ and ‘intensity’ of their employment of informal labour. Equally the very large proportions of the Indian work force in vulnerable employment have been regarded as making for a distinctively Indian pattern of economic growth. Fronting the moot question, we ask: if economic planning and policy is mandated to assess parameters and priorities to create roadmaps for optimal and viable…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: Modelling bond yield: Case of Japan
Abstract:- Using the lens of a medium scale DSGE model, we analyze the macroeconomic effects of Japan’s unconventional monetary policy which is known as Qualitative and Quantitative Easing (QQE). We model QE as a reserve injection by the Central Bank to the banking system. Our focus is on the Japanese bond market. We model heterogenous responses of the yield curves of coupon bonds of various maturities to a positive QE shock instead of the extant approach of modelling a single…
Event Details20th Macroeconomics and Finance Conference" rel="bookmark"> 20th Macroeconomics and Finance Conference
The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) invites submissions of research papers for its 20th Macroeconomics and Finance Conference to be held during December 14-16, 2023. The objective of the Conference is to bring together scholars who are engaged in quality research in macroeconomics and finance, and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas that seek to push the boundaries of existing research, particularly with respect to emerging economies like India. For more information, click here for the…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: “Are the Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture Underestimated? A Disaggregated Analysis for India”
Abstract:- An extensive and growing body of literature on the consequences of climate change for agriculture provides a diverse array of estimated effects. This paper contends documented effects of climate change in the literature are underestimated for three reasons: the use of static specifications, the neglect or inadequate treatment of intra-year variability in key climate change variables, and the asymmetric impact of positive and negative climate shocks. We illustrate this underestimation by presenting a case study focused on the Indian…
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