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The formation of partnerships in social networks
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-17)
This paper analyzes the formation of partnerships in social networks. Agents randomly request favors and turn to their neighbours to form a partnership. If favors are costly, agents have an incentive to delay the formation ...
Inequality and Economic Growth: The Role of Initial Income
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-12-15)
We estimate a panel model where the relationship between inequality and GDP per capita growth depends on countries' initial incomes. Estimates of the model show that the relationship between inequality and GDP per capita ...
The Growing Importance of Financial Spillovers from Emerging Markets
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-03-22)
Has growing trade and financial integration resulted in an increase in outward shock spillover from emerging economies to global financial markets? Over the last two decades, transmission of emerging market shocks to equity ...
Intellectual Property Regimes, Technology Adoption and Organization of Firms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-07-26)
Recent debates have emerged in understanding the role of globalization on the demand for more skilled workers or executives and organization of firms, even in developing countries. However, there remains little or no ...
Global sourcing of Services: Strategies, Issues and Challenges
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-04-11)
The world has gone through three waves of sourcing and we are on the cusp of fourth wave. These waves appear to parallel agricultural, industrial, information/Internet, and now the cloud age. It is crucial to pay attention ...
The cradle and grave of the welfare state
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-03-21)
The social struggle which came about in industrializing and urbanizing Europe had as a prime objective, fought for by the up-and-coming trade union movement, better employment conditions culminating in a standard contract ...
Designing retail stores to maximize visual experience
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2017-03-07)
The physical layout of a retail store is known to influence the stimuli and behavior of shoppers, eventually affecting their personal experience and store performance. This talk will focus on the visual stimuli of a shopper ...
Wheels of power: Long-term effects of a one time targeted program
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-04-10)
Expansion of opportunities for the female child may impact her aspirations given the prevailing social norms. Furthermore, the new social equilibrium arising from this expansion feeds back into the social norms. We develop ...
Why are fewer married women joining the work force in rural India? A decomposition analysis over two decades
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-04)
In contrast with global trends, India has witnessed a secular decline in women’s employment rates over the past few decades. We investigate this decline in rural areas, where the majority of Indian women reside. Using ...
Statistical Modelling for Dynamic Computer Simulators
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-03-16)
The recent accelerated growth in the computing power has generated popularization of experimentation with computer models (or simulators) in various physical and engineering applications. Realistic computer models of complex ...