Category Archives: General

Table of Contents Dowsing from the Late Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: The Practices, Uses and Interpretations of an Element of European Magic Johannes Dillinger Patrons, Temples and Pilgrimages: The Jain Community in Medieval India Shalin Jain Myth and … Continue reading →

Front Matter (#1) Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine (#2) Fernando M. Aragón and Juan Pablo Rud Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam (#3) Eric P. Bettinger, Brent J. … Continue reading →

Front Matter (#1) Strategic Immunization and Group Structure (#2) Andrea Galeotti and Brian W. Rogers Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India (#3) Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune Why People Vote: Ethical Motives … Continue reading →

Articles Adverse Selection in Reverse Auctions for Ecosystem Services Michael A. Arnold, Joshua M. Duke, and Kent D. Messer Quasi Experiments, Hedonic Models, and Estimating Trade-offs for Local Amenities H. Allen Klaiber and V. Kerry Smith Ecopayments and Deforestation in … Continue reading →

Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah IMF Working Paper WP/13/90 The literature on the investment technology of foreign versus domestic investors has inconclusive results. This paper revisits the question, with a focus on decomposing portfolio performance into asset allocation and security … Continue reading →

Editorials Aberration as the Norm Genuflecting to Finance Capital Comment A Battle Half-Won Prabha Kotiswaran From 50 Years Ago From 50 Years Ago: Indefinite Bilingualism Commentary The Larger Implications of the Novartis Glivec Judgment Sudip Chaudhuri The Cost of Drugs: … Continue reading →

CONTENTS FRONTLINE 4 AcTIoN FRom THe GRASS RooTS Lorna Howarth reports ECOLOGIST 9 SEED FREEDOM Vandana Shiva defends the right of farmers to save their own seeds 12 ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYONE Vicki Hird, campaigner for Friends of the Earth, … Continue reading →

Atulan Guha Working Paper 240 Corporate saving is increasing primarily because of increasing corporate profitability. The influence of capital structure decisions by firms on their saving is less. Reduction in effective corporate tax rate definitely has a positive effect on … Continue reading →

Jeemol Unni Working Paper 238 As India grows into a knowledge economy increasing the use of technology in the manufacturing and service industry, the emerging gaps at the level of tertiary education are being seen as major constraints. In this … Continue reading →

Table of Contents Laurent Le Maux and Laurence Scialom Central banks and financial stability: rediscovering the lender-of-last-resort practice in a finance economy Emiliano Brancaccio and Giuseppe Fontana ‘Solvency rule’ versus ‘Taylor rule’: an alternative interpretation of the relation between monetary … Continue reading →