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Sovereign credit ratings, relative risk ratings and private capital flows: evidence from emerging and frontier markets
(Emerald Publishing, 2021-05-13)
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Relative risk ratings measure the degree by which a country’s sovereign rating is better or worse than other countries (Basu et al., 2013). However, the literature on the impacts of sovereign ratings on capital ...
Women’s disempowerment and preferences for skin lightening products that reinforce Colorism: experimental evidence from India
(SAGE Publications, 2021-02-25)
Global racism and colorism, the preference for fairer skin even within ethnic and racial groups, leads millions of women of African, Asian, and Latin descent to use products with chemical ingredients intended to lighten ...
Examining the willingness-to-pay for exclusive use of LPG for cooking among rural households in India
(Elsevier, 2021-01-01)
Using unique household-level data from rural areas of six energy-access-deprived states in India, we examine the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for exclusive use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. We find that awareness ...
‘Too central to fail’ firms in bi-layered financial networks: linkages in the US corporate bond and stock markets
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-12-09)
Several measures have been recently developed in the financial networks literature to quantify the vulnerabilities of firms in specific markets for risk management. However, firms are often active in multiple asset markets ...
Actions in phygital space: work solidarity and collective action among app-based cab drivers in India
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-11-16)
This study delineates the microprocesses of solidarity development and the subsequent collective actions of gig workers in India amidst multiple structural constraints. Using netnography, semi-structured interviews and ...
Asian perspectives on workplace bullying and harassment
(Springer, 2021-08-11)
This book showcases empirical studies on workplace bullying from a range of Asian countries, including China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE ...
Black box: innovation and public policy in India
(Penguin Random House India, 2021-08-23)
What policies should India pursue for fostering innovation? Taking the perspective that all policies that influence technology-related choices of firms should be considered part of innovation policy, the book analyses the ...
Reverse the Lens, Set Focus on the Followers: A Theoretical Framework of Resource Dependence, Upward Influence, and Leadership
(Frontiers Media, 2021-09-24)
Leadership theories predominantly focus on the top-down managerial influence on
employees. Recent theoretical developments, however, have accentuated the call for
scholarly attention on holistic models comprising both ...
Generic Paradoxical Tensions, Appraisals, Work Motivation, and Performance: Insights From a Weekly Repeated-Measures Study
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)
Drawing on the paradox theory, the author developed a theoretical model of appraisal杕otivational responses to generic paradoxical tensions. The author postulated that paradoxical tensions are appraised both as a challenge ...
Does signaling childcare support on job applications reduce the motherhood penalty?
(Springer, 2021)
There is substantial evidence that due to perceived childcare obligations, mothers are disadvantaged in labor markets. To what extent can childcare support ameliorate such a disadvantage? To answer this question, we ran a ...