NO: WP-2019-013 AUTHOR: Ashima Goyal, Rajeswari Sengupta and Akhilesh Verma TITLE: External Debt Financing and Macroeconomic Instability in Emerging Market Economies ABSTRACT: We study the relationship between external debt financing and risk to macroeconomic stability using a panel vector autoregression model for a sample of ten major emerging market economies. We also […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: From participation to repurchase: Low income households and micro-insurance
NO : WP-2016-019 AUTHOR : Renuka Sane and Susan Thomas TITLE : From participation to repurchase: Low income households and micro-insurance ABSTRACT : The paper asks what drives insurance coverage in low income households by analysing repurchase patterns of micro-insurance policies. We use data on customers of a financial services […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Green firm, brown production
NO : WP-2018-011 AUTHOR : Rupayan Pal, A.M.T. Hussain and Prasenjit Banerjee TITLE : Green firm, brown production ABSTRACT : In a theoretical model of an environmentally conscious (“green”) monopolist, we show that increasing greenness does not always mean lower output and environmental damages. We assume that a green firm […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Indian Banks and the Prevention of Corruption Act: Freedom and discipline
NO : WP-2018-021 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Indian Banks and the Prevention of Corruption Act: Freedom and discipline ABSTRACT : Selfless activists like Mr. Pai teach us the importance of continuously interrogating the functioning of our democracy. The NPA issue has persisted for almost a decade. It has eroded the profitability […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Inequality, Employment and Public Policy
NO : WP-2018-003 AUTHOR : S.Mahendra Dev TITLE : Inequality, Employment and Public Policy ABSTRACT : This paper examines dimensions of inequality including labour market inequalities and discusses public policies needed for reduction in inequalities. It discusses both inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities. In terms of income, India […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Insights from Behavioral Economics on Current Policy Issues
NO : WP-2018-022 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : Insights from Behavioral Economics on Current Policy Issues ABSTRACT : The paper examines behavioral constraints in policy-making and in achieving coordination across policies. First it applies psychological concepts to understand policy inadequacies, and next examines how general reforms or better coordination can be […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Integrated Model of Computable General Equilibrium and Social Cost Benefit Analysis of an Indian Oil Refinery: Future Projections and Macroeconomic Effects
NO : WP-2016-024 AUTHOR : Shovan Ray, A. Ganesh Kumar, Sumana Chaudhuri TITLE : Integrated Model of Computable General Equilibrium and Social Cost Benefit Analysis of an Indian Oil Refinery: Future Projections and Macroeconomic Effects ABSTRACT : Social Cost Benefit Analysis has long been used as a useful tool to appraise and […]
IGIDR WORKING PAPER: Land as collateral in India
NO : WP-2019-006 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Judhajit Chakraborty TITLE : Land as collateral in India ABSTRACT : Land is often regarded as a crucial factor enabling credit access because it serves as an ideal collateral, for both borrowers and lenders. Yet in reality, in developing countries like India land is […]
IGIDR WORKING PAPER: Last and least Findings on intrahousehold undernutrition from participatory research in South Asia
NO : WP-2019-005 AUTHOR : Erin C Lentz, Sudha Narayanan, Anuradha De TITLE : Last and least Findings on intrahousehold undernutrition from participatory research in South Asia ABSTRACT : In this paper, we analyze intrahousehold mechanisms that rural South Asian women themselves identify as contributing to their inabilities to achieve adequate […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Modeling Heterogeneity and Rationality of Inflation Expectations across Indian Households
NO : WP-2019-002 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Prashant Parab TITLE : Modeling Heterogeneity and Rationality of Inflation Expectations across Indian Households ABSTRACT :We analyze the inflation expectation formation of Indian Households using Inflation Expectations Survey of Households dataset, and draw out its implications for the effectiveness and use of […]