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 […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: The Indian Fiscal-Monetary Framework: Dominance or Coordination?
NO : WP-2018-010 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : The Indian Fiscal-Monetary Framework: Dominance or Coordination? ABSTRACT : The worldwide move to constrain monetary and fiscal policy using rules is creating a switch from fiscal towards monetary dominance. India also implemented flexible inflation targeting and fiscal responsibility legislation. The theoretical […]
IGIDR Working Paper:A new model of mergers and innovation
NO : WP-2018-009 AUTHOR : Piuli Roy Chowdhury TITLE : A new model of mergers and innovation ABSTRACT : This paper reexamines the impact of merger on innovation. Unlike as in Federico et al (2017), it considers the scenario where merged firms combine their research labs. It shows that, in […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Investment Choice with Managerial Incentive Schemes
NO : WP-2018-008 AUTHOR : Shubhro Sarkar and Suchismita Tarafdar TITLE : Investment Choice with Managerial Incentive Schemes ABSTRACT : In this paper we show that firms might get an additional strategic benefit from using marginal-cost-reducing investments in conjunction with a managerial incentive scheme. While both these instruments allow firms […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: The Growth Slowdown and the Working of Inflation Targeting in India
NO : WP-2018-007 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal TITLE : The Growth Slowdown and the Working of Inflation Targeting in India ABSTRACT : The paper presents a variety of indicators to show that demand constrained output during the period of growth slowdown 2011-17. It also draws on research to show the […]
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Call for papers: IBBI-IGIDR Insolvency and bankruptcy reforms conference, 3-4 August, 2018
3rd – 4th August, 2018 Venue: New Delhi, India The Finance Research Group at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is inviting papers for the IBBI-IGIDR Insolvency and bankruptcy reforms conference. The conference aims to cover presentations and discussions across the following set of themes: Enterprise value of […]
IGIDR Working Paper:SOCIAL REWARDS AND THE DESIGN OF VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE MECHANISM FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION ON FARMLAND
NO : WP-2018-006 AUTHOR : Rupayan Pal, Ada Wossink, and Prasenjit Banerjee TITLE : SOCIAL REWARDS AND THE DESIGN OF VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE MECHANISM FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION ON FARMLAND ABSTRACT : We examine how endogenous social preferences could affect economic incentive design to encourage biodiversity protection on private land. A ‘green’ […]
