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Union budget 2005-06: promises and prospects
(2010-10-25)
The Union Budgets are traditionally surrounded by hype, debate, and controversies. This year’s
Budget has been no different. Presented in the backdrop of favourable macro-economic conditions,
a sound business environment, ...
Transfer Payments and Other Determinants of Working Poverty in Canada 1971-90
(2012-10-17)
Government policy of reducing transfer payments drastically is based on arguments of strong preference for leisure by the beneficiaries. Since this has direct bearing on working poverty, empirical evidence on the relationship ...
Expenditure allocation and welfare returns to government effforts - a suggested model and its application
(2010-01-18)
The paper addresses the question of government expenditure allocation among sectors by extending the model developed by Archana Dholakia (1993) and illustrates its application by using the data on major Indian states from ...
Distributional impact of government expenditure a welfare indication approach
(2010-03-24)
Existing approaches and empirical estimation of distributional impact of government expenditure so far have been heavily dependent on several restrictive assumptions which are questionable particularly for the developing ...
Macroeconomic performance and tax revenue the case of gujarat state
(2010-01-16)
It is hypothesised that the tax revenues of a state economy would be sensitive to the macroeconomic performance of the state economy measured in terms of inflation and the growth of real income. The case of Gujarat state ...
State finances in the context of the emerging federalism in India: analysis of past experience in fiscal discipline and consolidation
(Emerging Economy Studies, 2015)
Implications of increased central transfers of resources to states would make state budgets more
important in determining fiscal prudence of the Indian economy that has a multiparty federal democracy. The article examines ...
Measurement issues in state income from registered manufacturing sector – case of Gujarat
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2015-04-25)
This article discusses some important issues involved in the estimation of state income originating in the registered manufacturing sector with illustrations drawn from Gujarat. It critically discusses the present practices ...
Double deflation method and growth of manufacturing: a comment
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2015-10-10)
This comment points out an erroneous assumption in the calculations and central argument of Rajakumar and Shetty ("Gross Value Added: Why Not the Double Deflation Method for Estimation?," EPW, 15 August 2015) that reverses ...
What determines performance gap index of healthcare in Gujarat?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Health performance of Gujarat viewed in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) portrays it as a medium performer in the country. However, the index of health component for Gujarat is found to be positively contributing ...
Measurement issues in state income from registered manufacturing sector – case of Gujarat
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014)
The present paper discusses some important issues involved in estimation of state income originating in the registered manufacturing sector with illustrations drawn from Gujarat. It highlights the present practices in ...