Author: Karthikeya Naraparaju, S Chandrasekhar Title: Poverty Reduction in Rural India during 2004-05 to 2011-12: Role of Growth, Redistribution,and Population Shifts Abstract: We assess the relative importance of factors contributing to poverty reduction in rural India, between 2004-05 and 2011-12, a period when India was one of the fastest growing […]
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Qualitative and Quantitative Central Bank Communications and Professional Forecasts: Evidence from India
Author: Ashima Goyal and Prashant Parab Title: Qualitative and Quantitative Central Bank Communications and Professional Forecasts: Evidence from India Abstract: We analyze the influence of qualitative and quantitative communications of the Reserve Bank of India on inflation expectations of professional forecasters, and draw out implications for the impact of policy variables on expectations. […]
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Call for Papers: IGIDR invites submissions of research papers for its 19th Annual Conference on Macroeconomics and Finance
The Online Test scheduled on May 8, 2021 stands postponed. The new date and time will be announced in due course of time.
Capital account liberalisation in a large emerging economy: An analysis of onshore-offshore arbitrage
Author: Nidhi Aggarwal, Sanchit Arora and Rajeswari Sengupta Title: Capital account liberalisation in a large emerging economy: An analysis of onshore-offshore arbitrage Abstract: In this paper, we decipher the openness of India’s capital account by calculating the covered interest parity (CIP) deviations between the onshore-offshore rupee market. India is a […]
The China trade shock and the gender wage gap in India: A district-level analysis
Author: Kajari Saha Title: The China trade shock and the gender wage gap in India: A district-level analysis Abstract: This study provides new evidence on the debate surrounding international trade and the gender wage gap in a developing country context. It asks whether increased competition from trade has any causal […]
Effectiveness of Expectations Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from India
Author: Ashima Goyal and Prashant Parab Title: Effectiveness of Expectations Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from India Abstract: We examine the efficacy of expectations channel of monetary policy transmission in India using survey-based expectations of households and professional forecasters in a Structural Vector Auto Regression (SVAR) framework. To analyse […]
Asymmetry, Terms of Trade and the Aggregate Supply Curve in an Open Economy Model
Author: Ashima Goyal and Abhishek Kumar Title: Asymmetry, Terms of Trade and the Aggregate Supply Curve in an Open Economy Model Abstract: We find a basic new Keynesian monetary policy DSGE model estimated for differing countries (India and the US) gives deep parameter estimates, impulse responses and forecast error variance […]
