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The COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity: a viewpoint on India
(World Development, 2020-07-15)
In this article, we present our viewpoint on COVID-19 pandemic and one of the humanitarian challenges it will likely pose: food insecurity. We begin our article by presenting the status of hunger and food insecurity around ...
Do Big 4 auditors limit classification shifting? evidence from India
(Elsevier, 2021-01-20)
Extant research suggests that Big 4 auditors compared to non-Big 4 auditors act as a superior deterrent to accrual-based earnings management. We extend this research to another form of earnings management, classification ...
Exploring the culture-creativity-innovation triad in the handicraft industry using an interpretive approach
(Elsevier, 2023-02)
Researchers have independently studied the roles of culture, creativity, and innovation in the domain of handicrafts. In the present study, we aimed to understand the linkages between the three constructs in the same sector. ...
Time Discount Rate of Forest-Dependent Communities: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2020)
This study presents evidence on time discount rate of forest-dependent communities (FDCs) in the backdrop of the joint forest management program launched by the Government of India in 1990. The study uses data from two ...
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 ...
Enhancing performance of participatory water institutions in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains: What can we learn from new institutional economics and governance theories?
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The paper examines the performance of participatory water institutions in India's Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains region using new institutional economics and management governance fundamentals. Water institutions are of great ...
Consumer behaviour and climate action: insights from a Randomised Control Trial experiment in India's residential cooling sector
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021)
Air-conditioning is expected to be the largest consumer of residential energy in India in the future. Good consumer practices related to servicing air-conditioners (ACs) are critical for maintaining high operational ...
Institutional structure, participation, and devolution in water institutions of Eastern India
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The paper examines the nature and development of the participatory water institutions in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India, focusing on the aspects of structure, participation, and devolution. Though the physical ...
Ground truthing the cost of achieving the EAT lancet recommended diets: Evidence from rural India
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)
In this paper, we quantify the divergence in the cost of current diets as compared to EAT Lancet recommendations at the subnational-level in India. We use primary data on food prices and household food purchases, and ...
Macroeconomic assessment of India's development and mitigation pathways
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020)
Although a rapidly growing economy, India faces many challenges, including in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Moreover, post-2020 climate actions outlined in India's Nationally Determined ...