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Access, Agenda Constraint and Informational Lobbying
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-21)
We develop a model of informational lobbying in which a policymaker must decide which issues to implement reforms on. On each issue there is an informed interest group that always favour the adoption of reform, and which ...
Corporate Debt Restructuring, Bank Competition and Stability: Evidence from creditors’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-14)
This paper estimates the causal effect of a unique programme of corporate debt restructuring (CDR) on stability of Indian banks over the period 1992-2012. The banks who participated in the programme were extended regulatory ...
How does point-of-purchase advertising influence sales? A randomized field study
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-11)
Point of Purchase (POP) advertising is ubiquitous; it is hard to find a retail store, fast food restaurant, or convenience store that does not have signs and banners advertising various brands. Despite its frequent use, ...
Missing Men, Migration and Labour Markets:Evidence from India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-02)
How do labor markets function when a large part of the able-bodied male workforce is absent due to out-migration? This question holds great significance as it affects regions covering over 200 million people in India and ...
Open source initiatives for promoting Economics Research - A case study from ZbW, Germany
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)
Identifying the most and least promising customers through similarity kernels
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-11)
Research has demonstrated that identifying profitable customers and acquiring them is far more expensive than retaining existing customers. The higher cost emerges because firms are unable to identify the truly profitable ...
Corporate Social Responsibility Report Narratives and Analyst Forecast Accuracy
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-16)
Standalone corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports vary considerably in content due in part to their voluntary nature and the lack of an accountability framework in CSR reporting. In this study, we develop a CSR ...
The Indian Pharmaceutical Sector
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-10-16)
Currently valued at USD 14.7 bn the domestic Pharmaceutical Market is growing at 14%. It is a highly fragmented market with over 3,000 companies (of which 550 are covered by IMS) and over 30,000 brands. Indian companies ...
Economic Inequality from Statistical Physics Point of View
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015-12-02)
Similarly to the probability distribution of energy in physics, the probability distribution of money among the agents in a closed economic system is also expected to follow the exponential Boltzmann-Gibbs law, as a ...
Why strategic plans fail: can libraries "future proof" their relevance to their constituents?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)