NO : WP-2017-005 AUTHOR :Ashima Goyal and Abhishek Kumar TITLE : The effect of oil shocks and cyclicality in hiding Indian twin deficits ABSTRACT : The paper estimates the relationship between the current account and fiscal deficit, and the real exchange rate, in a structural vector autoregression, with Indian data […]
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IGIDR Working Paper : Probabilistic Patents, Alternative Damage Rules and Optimal Trade Policy
NO : WP-2017-004 AUTHOR :Apurva Dey, Arun Kumar Kaushik and Rupayan Pal TITLE : Probabilistic Patents, Alternative Damage Rules and Optimal Trade Policy ABSTRACT : This paper analyzes interdependencies between optimal trade policy and ‘preferred’ liability doctrine to assess infringement damages, when intellectual property rights are probabilistic, in a model of […]
IGIDR Working paper:Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What do we know & What do recent data have to say?
NO : WP-2016-030 AUTHOR :S Chandrasekhar, P. Geetha Rani, Soham Sahoo TITLE : Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What do we know & What do recent data have to say? ABSTRACT : We analyse data from two recent NSSO surveys to provide estimates of expenditure on higher education […]
Conference on Political Economy of Contemporary India
Conference on Political Economy of Contemporary India (2nd edition) (Sponsored by IGIDR, King’s College London, and ICSSR) January 9-10, 2017 Venue: Seanza Conference Room, IGIDR, Mumbai Website:http://www.igidr.ac.in/indiapolecon/ Organizing Committee: R. Nagaraj and Sripad Motiram Conference Secretariat: Ms. Jayshree Borkar. Tel: +91-22-28416586. E-mail: jayshree@igidr.ac.in
IGIDR Working Paper:The Problem of Inequality
NO : WP-2016-029 AUTHOR :S. Mahendra Dev TITLE : The Problem of Inequality ABSTRACT : Inequality is the most discussed development problem all over the world. Development can’t be discussed without talking about inequality. The paper addresses two questions: (a) What are the dimensions and trends in inequality at global […]
IGIDR Working Paper:The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs:Evidence from the MGNREGA in India
NO : WP-2016-027 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett TITLE : The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs:Evidence from the MGNREGA in India ABSTRACT : This study investigates the consequences of poor implementation in public workfare programs, focusing on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural […]
IGIDR Working Paper: The long road to transformation of agricultural markets in India: Lessons from Karnataka
NO : WP-2016-026 AUTHOR : Nidhi Aggarwal, Sargam Jain, Sudha Narayanan TITLE : The long road to transformation of agricultural markets in India: Lessons from Karnataka ABSTRACT : This paper examines Karnataka’s pioneering agricultural output marketing reforms with the twin goals of assessing the state and challenges of implementation and to […]
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Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is a premier research and teaching institution set up by the Reserve Bank of India, for the study of national and international development issues from an economic perspective. Governed by an eminent board, the institute faculty makes notable contributions to academic research and […]
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:Differential Impacts of Currency Undervaluation on Growth and Exports in Natural Resource vs. Manufacturing Exporting Countries
NO : WP-2016-023 AUTHOR : Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake & Keun Lee TITLE : Differential Impacts of Currency Undervaluation on Growth and Exports in Natural Resource vs. Manufacturing Exporting Countries ABSTRACT : In the existing literature, we find a huge debate on the impact of exchange rate undervaluation (depreciation) on growth […]
