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GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY — India’s Record Since Liberalization

Edited by K. Pushpangadan, V. N. Balasubramanyam pubished by  Oxford University Press .  The book is organised into three parts. Part one deals with regional growth and development and examines the experience of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar. The second is devoted to child labour, nutrition and education. The last part delves into issues [...]

The flight from marriage,Aug 20th 2011

Asian demography The flight from marriage Asians are marrying later, and less, than in the past. This has profound implications for women, traditional family life and Asian politics by SEOUL AND TAIPEI URL:http://www.economist.com/node/21526329 COURTESY: THE ECONOMIST

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics,Volume 34, Number 4 / Summer 2012

Articles Lessons not learned: from the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management to the subprime crisis by Nigel F. B. Allington, John S. L. McCombie and Maureen Pike The Post Keynesian retort to “After the Washington Consensus” by John Marangos The link between central bank independence and inflation in Central and Eastern Europe: are the results [...]

FREAKONOMICS

Steven D. Levitt is an economist. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer. They co-authored Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama’s boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it has sold 4 million, in 35 languages. Then they wrote SuperFreakonomics, with stories about drunk walking, [...]

First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13

Announced by RBI Governor Dr. Subbarao on July 31, 2012 Introduction Since the Monetary Policy Statement for 2012-13 in April 2012, macroeconomic conditions have deteriorated. Much of the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown, having lost the upward momentum seen in the early months of the year. Despite the slowing global economy, the outlook [...]

SOCIETY, ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

Dr. Y.V. Reddy The Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture 2012 The future of finance, and in particular saving it from a popular backlash against the global financial crisis and related crisis-management policies, has rightly become a matter of great concern. There is broad agreement that finance has, as in the past, the potential to do good, [...]

Some Issues in Higher Education

by Shobhit Mahajan Economic & Political Weekly August 4, 2012 A huge gap in the supply of higher education and demand for it has encouraged private sector participation, but a rigorous regulatory mechanism has to ensure high standards and affordability. More alarming is the serious shortage of faculty in institutions of higher learning, unequal access [...]

Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments First Quarter Review 2012-13

Published by reserve Bank of India, July 30, 2012 Monetary and liquidity conditions have eased during 2012-13 as cuts in cash reserve ratio (CRR) and policy rates worked through the system. The Reserve Bank cut CRR by 125 basis points (bps) and front-loaded the policy rate reduction by cutting the repo rate by 50 bps [...]

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Volume 44, Issue 5, August 2012

ARTICLES On the Welfare Gains of Price Dispersion (pages 757–786) RICHARD DUTU, BENOIT JULIEN and IAN KING The Friedman Rule in a Model with Endogenous Growth and Cash-in-Advance Constraint (pages 787–823) FIROUZ GAHVARI Monetary Policy and Automatic Stabilizers: The Role of Progressive Taxation (pages 825–862) FABRIZIO MATTESINI and LORENZA ROSSI The Advantage of Flexible Targeting [...]

National Bureau of Economic Research THE LATEST WORKING PAPERS for the Week of July 30, 2012

The following NBER Working Papers were released in electronic format this week. Abbreviations in parentheses refer to NBER Research Programs. (visit http://www.nber.org/programs.html for Program information.) 1.  The Determinants of National Competitiveness by Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter, Scott Stern #18249 (PR) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18249?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw 2.  Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance by Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. [...]

Foreign Firms, Indian Multinationals and Spillovers in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry CG Iyer – Indian Growth and Development Review, 2012

Foreign firms and domestic multinationals have certain internal advantages which may spillover to domestic firms. However, due to heterogeneity across multinationals, it is not necessary that the effect of the spillovers generated by the foreign firm and that generated by the domestic multinational be similar. The purpose of this paper is to empirically find out [...]

Racing Towards the Precipice

China’s demographic bullet train is racing into the unknown. Its carriages are already full, but more passengers squeeze in every minute. Most are not young, productive workers, but older travelers who cannot pay for their ride. No one knows where the train will stop, nor whether it will arrive safely. http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2012/06/china-demographics-wang Courtesy: Brookings Institution

Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. 47, Issue No.31, August 4, 2012

Contents Commentary Social Science Engagement and Political Interregnum in Nepal Jeevan Raj Sharma Struggles for Adivasi Livelihoods: Reclaiming the Foundational Value of Work Savyasaachi In a State of Flux Deepak Thapa Silent Emergency in Koodankulam S Senthalir The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal Kanak Mani Dixit The Discovery of the Higgs [...]

Development and Change,Volume 43, Issue 4(July 2012)

Contents Counselling Citizens and Producing Patronage: AIDS Treatment in South African and Ugandan Clinics (pages 823–845) By Lisa Ann Richey Reforming Land and Water Rights in South Africa (pages 847–868) By Philip Woodhouse The IMF, the World Bank, and the Global Economic Crisis: Exploring Paradigm Continuity (pages 869–898) By Ali Burak Guven Consistent and Transparent? [...]

Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Volume 65, Issue 1,May – 2012

PERMANENT OBSERVATORY ON SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN ECONOMUCS The Conference Report 2010 P. ODONE -  “The Permanent observatory on southern Mediterranean economics 2010. Welcome Address”…………………….. A. AMATO – “The Southern Mediterranean economics: Trade relationships with Italy”……… P. ODONE,A. AMATO, G.MANZITTI – “Award of francesco ,manzitti prize and international economics prize, award of manzitti family prize”………… A.GARRONE – [...]

Remittances for Studies Abroad [RBI Data]

RBI Database on Indian Economy The “Study Abroad” Remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme for Resident Individuals was Rs.840/- Crore [USD 150.1 million] during the year 2010-11. URL: http://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rbi?site=statistics Courtesy: RBI

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics,Vol.67(2),April – June 2012

ARTICLES District level sustainable livestock production index:  Tool for livestock development planning in Rajasthan By Prem Chand and Smita Sirohi An Economic Analysis of paddy cultivation in the Kole land of Kerala By Jeena T. Srinivasan A Study on Tank irrigation productivity in the dry zones of West Bengal By Sebak Kumar Jana,K.Palanisami and Amit [...]

The Journal of Finance,Volume 67: Issue 3, June 2012

ARTICLES Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics BY ERWAN MORELLEC, BORIS NIKOLOV, NORMAN SCHURHOFF The Case for Intervening in Bankers’ Pay BY JOHN THANASSOULIS The International Transmission of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market BY PHILIPP SCHNABL The Real Effects of Financial Markets: The Impact of Prices on Takeovers BY ALEX EDMANS,ITAY GOLDSTEIN,WEI [...]

Journal of Biosocial Science,Vol. 44 Issue 04,2012

CONTENTS BODY MASS INDEX OF MARRIED BANGLADESHI WOMEN: TRENDS AND ASSOCIATION WITH SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS BY M. G. HOSSAIN, P. BHARATI, SAW AIK, PETE E. LESTREL, ALMASRI ABEER and T. KAMARUL DIET AMONG PEOPLE IN THE TERAI REGION OF NEPAL, AN AREA OF MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY BY RAJENDRA P. PARAJULI, MASAHIRO UMEZAKI and CHIHO WATANABE INCOME INEQUALITY [...]

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4

Contents Government Insurance Program Design, Incentive Effects, and Technology Adoption: The Case of Skip-Row Crop Insurance By  Joshua D. Woodard, Alexander D. Pavlista, Gary D. Schnitkey, Paul A. Burgener,and Kimberley A. Ward Aggregate and Farm-Level Productivity Growth in Tobacco: Before and After the Quota Buyout By Barrett E. Kirwan,Shinsuke Uchida,and T. Kirk White Explaining the [...]

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY,Vol. 47, Issue No.30, July 28, 2012

CONTENTS Editorials CPI(M) in Trouble The Fertility Industry and Egg Donors Caste Challenges BJP From 50 Years Ago From 50 Years Ago: Chinese ‘Straight Line’ Frustrated Commentary London Interbank Offered Rate: Notes on a Scandal Avinash Persaud The Love and Loathing of Libor K Subramanian Ranvir Sena Revisited: Feudal-Kulak Power and Lalu-Nitish Continuum Dipankar Bhattacharya [...]

Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. 47, Issue No.29, July 21, 2012

CONTENTS Editorials Forgetting the Student Not in My Backyard Dalits in Tamil Nadu From 50 Years Ago From 50 Years Ago: Western Aid and India H T Parkh Finance Column Wages of Capital Account Liberalisation C P Chandrasekhar Commentary Swimming against the Tide: Coastal Communities and Corporate Plunder in Kutch Perspectives Malegaon: Who Is Above [...]

Evaluating the Impact of Working Capital Management Components on Corporate Profitability: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms

Dr. Sarbapriya Ray International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories, Vol. 2, No. 3, P.127-136,  2012 (July) Working capital management is a vital issue in financial decision making since it is a part of investment in asset and it directly affects the liquidity and profitability of the company. The study tries to investigate the relationship [...]

The Quality of Governance How Have Indian States Performed?

by Sudiptlo Munde; Pinaki Chakraborty; Samik Chowdhury and S Sikdar NIPFP Working Paper no.2012-104, July 2012 As the quotation from Avinash Dixit suggests, we have been engulfed by an explosion of interest in the subject of governance during the past thirty years or so. This explosion stems from a widespread belief that much of what [...]

Sovereign Debt Management and Monetary Policy in India: An Empirical Investigation of Conflict of Interest Argument

by Sunil Kumar and Rajendra Kumar RBI Working Paper Series WPS(DEPR):15/2012, July 2012 Based on the conflict of interest argument, separation of SDM from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has often been suggested, as both these functions vest with RBI. The main thrust of this argument is that cost minimisation for government’s market borrowing programme [...]

Determinants of Liquidity and the Relationship between Liquidity and Money: A Primer

by A.K.Mitra and Abhilasha RBI Working Paper Series WPS(DEPR): 14/2012, July 2012 The term liquidity is varyingly used signifying financial flows of various kinds, ranging from that originating from the central bank to the overall existent financing available in the banking system. By analysing the impact that central bank actions and autonomous factors such as [...]

Fiscal Stance, Credibility and Inflation Persistence in India

by Pankaj Kumar and Pratika Mitra RBI Working Paper Series WPS(DEPR):13/2012, July 2012 In the recent past India has experienced high and persistent inflation. In response the Reserve Bank of India cumulatively raised the cash reserve ratio by 100 basis points and the policy rate (repo rate) by 375 basis points between January 2010 and [...]

Land Acquisition and Compensation in Singur: What Really Happened?* Maitreesh Ghatak†, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee and Anusha Nath

This paper reports results of a household survey in Singur, West Bengal concerning compensation offered by the state government to owners of land acquired to make way for a car factory. While on average compensations offered were close to the reported market valuations of land, owners of high grade multi-cropped (Sona) lands were undercompensated, which [...]

Educational Signaling, Credit Constraints and Inequality Dynamics Marcello D’Amato and Dilip Mookherjee

They  present a dynamic OLG model of educational signaling, inequality and mobility with missing credit markets. Agents are characterized by two sources of unobserved heterogeneity: ability and parental income, consistent with empirical evidence on returns to schooling. Both quantity and quality of human capital evolve endogenously. The model generates a Kuznets inverted-U pattern in skill [...]

Step by step around the globe An interactive map of ancient human migrations. 02 May 2012

From nature.com Special issue: Peopling the planet 02 May 2012 Human migrations: Eastern odyssey 02 May 2012 Archaeology: Date with history 02 May 2012 Evolution: What makes a modern human 02 May 2012 Ancient migration: Coming to America 02 May 2012 Young Americans 02 May 2012 Courtesy: Nature, international journal of science URL:http://www.nature.com/news/step-by-step-around-the-globe-1.10458

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