NO : WP-2017-015 AUTHOR : Amey Sapre and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : An analysis of revisions in Indian GDP data ABSTRACT : In this paper we study revisions in the annual estimates of India’s GDP data. The objective of our analysis is to understand the revision policy adopted by the Central Statistical Organisation […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: Slowdown in bank credit growth: Aggregate demand or bank non-performing assets ?
NO : WP-2017-014 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Akhilesh Verma TITLE :Slowdown in bank credit growth: Aggregate demand or bank non-performing assets? ABSTRACT : This paper tests the bank lending channel against the aggregate demand channel as an explanation for slow credit growth by estimating the determinants of credit and of non- […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Drivers of farmers’ income: The role of farm size and diversification
NO : WP-2017-013 AUTHOR : Varun Kumar Das and A. Ganesh-Kumar TITLE :Drivers of farmers’ income: The role of farm size and diversification ABSTRACT : The basic objective of this study is to analyse the role of farm size and diversification in determining farmers’ income. Using data from NSS 70th round […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Watching India’s insolvency reforms: a new dataset of insolvency cases
“This original paper, published on 31st August, 2017 on this website has been replaced on the realisation that some impertinent phrases were used in the paper. The paper was revised to remove the objectionable phrases, and the authors tender their unconditional apology to the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal for using […]
IGIDR Working paper: The Plutocratic Bias in the Indian CPI
NO : WP-2017-011 AUTHOR : Dilip M. Nachane, Aditi Chaubal TITLE : The Plutocratic Bias in the Indian CPI ABSTRACT : The Laspeyres-type consumer price index (CPI) is traditionally used to measure the changes in cost-of-living over time. Studies indicate this CPI suffers from a plutocratic bias, attaching greater weightage to expenditure […]
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Dr. Rajeswari Sengupta, Assistant Professor has been awarded a Scholarship by the Reserve Bank of India
Dr. Rajeswari Sengupta, Assistant Professor has been awarded a Scholarship by the RBI under their “Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2017”. This scheme aims at bringing on board scholars, who would be able to undertake and pursue critical projects successfully and thereby contribute to the Reserve […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Money’s Causal Role in Exchange Rate: Do Divisia Monetary Aggregates Explain More?
NO : WP-2017-010 AUTHOR :Taniya Ghosh and Soumya Bhadury TITLE : Money’s Causal Role in Exchange Rate: Do Divisia Monetary Aggregates Explain More? ABSTRACT : We investigate the predictive power of Divisia monetary aggregates in explaining exchange rate variations for India, Israel, Poland, UK and the US, in the years leading […]
IGIDR Working Paper: “Rethinking the Development of Post-War Sri Lanka Based on the Singapore Model”
NO : WP-2017-009 AUTHOR :Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake & Chandana Shrinath Wijetunga TITLE : Rethinking the Development of Post-War Sri Lanka Based on the Singapore Model ABSTRACT : This study explores three major points, namely, Singapore’s development process, Singapore’s model of economic development, and the economic challenges of post-war Sri Lanka. This […]
