Browsing by Author "Issar, Akash"
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Are Indian rice exporters able to price discriminate? empirical evidence for basmati and non-basmati rice
Varma, Poornima; Issar, Akash (Routledge, 2016)The role of exchange rate fluctuations on the pricing behaviour of Indian rice exporters in their major destination markets is examined using the pricing-to-market (PTM) model. The analysis was undertaken in a context where ... -
India's horticulture sector - A port- level analysis of onion export pricing
Varma, Poornima; Issar, Akash (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-03-10)Extending the traditional model of agricultural pricing behaviour and market structure with the constructed commodity specific export weighted exchange rates, this paper analyses the exchange rate induced market power, ... -
Institutional quality and international differences in firm productivity
Issar, Akash; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Mohapatra, Sanket (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-02-27)In this paper, we examine how firm-level productivity growth is dependent on a broad range of institutional quality measures at the country level. Using a sample of 3,446 firms in 58 advanced and emerging economics, we ... -
Intra-industry trade and labour market adjustment: Indian manufacturing sector
Varma, Poornima; Issar, Akash (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-04-05)The study investigates the role of trade, labor market regulations and institutions on labour adjustment costs. The study develops a linear dynamic panel model using quasi-maximum likelihood fixed effects estimator. Using ... -
Pricing to market behaviour of India's high value agri-food exporters: an empirical analysis of major destination markets
Varma, Poornima; Issar, Akash (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)The pricing behaviour of India's high value agricultural and food exporters in their major destination markets is examined using a pricing-to-market (PTM) model for noncompetitive and exchange rate related pricing behaviour. ...