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DO DEFICITS CROWD OUT PRIVATE BORROWING? EVIDENCE FROM FLOW OF FUNDS ACCOUNTS

by John J. Heim Rensselaer Working Papers Number 1102 Heim (2010) found a strong negative relationship between deficits and private consumer and investment spending, controlling for other key variables. The study did not directly test the mechanism by which deficits were related to consumer and investment spending, only the result. Crowd out theory hypothesizes the [...]

The Value of Customized Insurance for Farmers in Rural Bangladesh

Daniel Clarke, Narayan Das, Francesca de Nicola, Ruth Vargas Hill, Neha Kumar and Parendi Mehta IFPRI Discussion Paper 01202, August 2012 Farmers in rural Bangladesh face multiple sources of uninsured risk to agricultural production and household assets. In this paper, we present results from an experimental demand-elicitation exercise in rural Bangladesh to shed light on [...]

Are Saving and Investment Cointegrated? A Cross Country Analysis

by Sanjib Bordoloi and Joice John Reserve Bank of India Occasional Papers Vol.32, No.1, Summer 2011 Saving is an important part of the economic process that gives rise to investment and economic growth. In this paper an attempt is made to explore the relationship between saving and investment in three diverse economies,viz,US,UK and Chinaa and [...]

Causal Relationship between Saving, Investmentand Economic Growth for India-What does the Relation Imply?

by Ramesh Jangili Reserve Bank of India Occasional Papers Vol.32, No.1, Summer 2011 This study investigates the relationship between saving, investment and economic growth for India over the period 1950-51 to 2007-08. The literature on the role of saving in promoting economic growth generally points to saving led growth. However, few studies show evidence for [...]

Insurance versus Savings for the Poor: Why One Should Offer Either Both or None

Andreas Landmann Björn Vollan and Markus Frölich IZA DP No. 6298, January 2012 This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products and a secret saving device on solidarity in risk-sharing groups among rural villagers in the Philippines. Risk is simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing [...]

Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India

Richard Herd, Sam Hill, Vincent Koen OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 911 Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. [...]

Long Run and Short Run Saving-InvestmentRelationship in India

by Bichitrananda Seth RBI WPS-13/2011, September 2011  The present study examines short and long run relationship between gross domestic savings and investment as well as corporate sector savings and corporate sector investment in India using Engel Granger cointegration test. Also attempt is made to find out the rate of adjustment in the disequilibrium being corrected [...]

Treatment of Valuables as Capital Formation in India:Some Issues and Perspectives

by Rakesh Kumar RBI Working Paper:WPS 9/2011, July 2011 As per UNSNA recommendations, valuables as a separate item had been introduced in the expenditure side of GDP. Since India is one of largest importer and user of gold for various purposes,this treatment resulted into higher share of valuables in capital formation in the economy. Moreover, [...]

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