Author: Madhuparna Ganguly Title: Firms’ Intrinsic Motivation and Environmentalism: blessing or burden? Abstract: This paper analyzes the implications of firms’ intrinsic valuation for proenvironmental production on technology adoption and signaling outcome when adopting acostly pollution-free technology does not favour profit despite consumers’ higher willingness to pay for the environment-friendly product. As growing environmental awareness […]
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IGIDR Webinar: Too Slow for the Urban March: Litigations and Real Estate Market in Mumbai, India
Speaker: Dr. Vaidehi Tandel, IDFC Institute, Mumbai Date & Hour: 17 June 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Too Slow for the Urban March: Litigations and Real Estate Market in Mumbai, India Abstract: We use data on the universe of 3,000 ongoing formal real estate projects in Mumbai to show that 30 percent of the projects […]
Working Paper: Strategy-Proof Rules On Partially Single-Peaked Domains
Author: Gopakumar Achuthankutty and Souvik Roy Title: Strategy-Proof Rules On Partially Single-Peaked Domains Abstract: We consider domains that exhibit single-peakedness only over a subset of linearly ordered set of alternatives. We call such domains partially single-peaked and provide a characterization of the unanimous and strategy-proof social choice functions on these […]
Announcement: The Visiting Scholars Programme 2020 for this year stands cancelled due to the corona virus and also the restrications put on travelling.
Working Paper: Drivers of change in India’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions during 1990-2017
Author: Manisha Jain Title: Drivers of change in India’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions during 1990-2017 Abstract: India is striving to achieve its climate mitigation goal of reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of the economy by 33-35% by 2030 from 2005 levels. The energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are more than […]
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Working Paper: Uncertain Monsoon, Irrigation and Crop Yields: Implications for Pricing of Insurance Products
Author: Hardeep Singh, Digvijay S Negi, and Pratap S Birthal Title: Uncertain Monsoon, Irrigation and Crop Yields: Implications for Pricing of Insurance Products Abstract: A significant body of literature interested in studying the impacts of weather risks on agricultural performance has modeled crop yields as a function of either levels or deviations in […]
Working Paper: Urban food markets and the lockdown in India
Author: Sudha Narayanan, Shree Saha Title: Urban food markets and the lockdown in India Abstract: On March 24, 2020, the Government of India announced a 21-day national lockdown that has since been extended to May 3, 2020. The lockdown has left urban food markets in disarray with severe supply bottlenecks and restrictions on […]
Working Paper: Post Covid-19: Recovering and Sustaining India’s Growth
Author: Ashima Goyal Title: Post Covid-19: Recovering and Sustaining India’s Growth Abstract: The paper discusses past virtuous growth cycles in India and argues that the post Covid-19 macro-financial package is an opportunity to trigger another such cycle, by raising marginal propensities to spend above those to save. It is feasible since the major […]
Working Paper: India’s Search for Link Language and Progress towards Bilingualism
Author: Leena Bhattacharya, S Chandrasekhar Title: India’s Search for Link Language and Progress towards Bilingualism Abstract: The three language formula (3LF) is viewed as an instrument for achieving the objective of a multilingual India. Possibly on account of lack of agreement on 3LF and politics of medium of instruction, the pace of […]
