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Bayesian predictive inference of a finite population proportion under selection bias
(Elsevier Inc., 2013)We show how to infer about a finite population proportion using data from a possibly biased sample. In the absence of any selection bias or survey weights, a simple ignorable selection model, which assumes that the binary ... -
A Bayesian quantile regression model for insurance company costs data
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)We examine the average cost function for property and casualty insurers. The cost function describes the relationship between a firm's minimum production cost and outputs. A comparison of cost functions could shed light ... -
A Bayesian quantile regression model for insurance company costs data
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015)We examine the average cost function for property and casualty insurers. The cost function describes the relationship between a firm's minimum production cost and outputs. A comparison of cost functions could shed light ... -
A Bayesian test of Independence in a two-way contingency table using surrogate sampling
(Elsevier Inc., 2013-03-01)We consider a Bayesian approach to the study of independence in a two-way contingency table which has been obtained from a two-stage cluster sampling design. If a procedure based on single-stage simple random sampling ... -
Behavioral safety management
(2010-09-27)Industrial and occupational safety have become important areas of social concern in India with increase in industrial activity. The standard organizational response to accidents is conducting an investigation and taking ... -
Behaviour of excess stock return around earnings announcement day: a test of the efficiency of Kuala Lumpur stock exchange
(2010-10-13)This study focuses attention on this aspect of market efficiency. Earnings per share are central to the valuation of equity securities. The extent to which the shock market digests the information contained in earnings ... -
Behaviour of stock returns in the KLSE: a test of the random walk hypothesis
(2010-10-14)A sample of 224 companies listed in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was taken for the period 1991-96. The serial correlations tests of varying lags and the runs tests were employed to test for the random walk theory. The ... -
Being professional: organizational control in Indian call centres
(2006-10-29)The relationship between technocratic and socioideological control in organizations is contested among scholars. In an attempt to understand this complex interlinkage, the present study examined organizational control ... -
Beleif distortion near 52W high and low: evidence from Indian equity options market
(Wiley, 2023-06-28)We examine investors' behavioral biases and preferences in the options market near 52-week high and low (52W-H/L) using Indian options market data. We document that as the stock price approaches 52W high (low), the skewness ... -
Beliefs of the supervisory staff in the banking industry
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Benchmarking early literacy skills: developing a tool
(2002-07-19)India’s literacy rate has been rising gradually. Unfortunately we are in the dark about the literacy levels of the so-called literates. This paper attempts to describe a simple, quick, and easy to administer tool for ... -
Bermuda triangle and the Indian retail industry
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Better evaluation of a lease
(1987-09-22)In the October-December 1986 issue, Vikalpa published an article on leasing by I M Pandey who outlined an approach to lease evaluation, treating leasing as functionally equivalent to debt and using the borrowing rate ... -
Between Aastha and Zee, mystery of the missing market for a weather channel
(International Review of Business and Economics, 2019)Until a few decades ago, Doordarshan was the only channel which would broadcast TV programmes in black-&-white and that too for a few hours. It was a pure public good then, offered free of cost by the government. Today, ... -
Between traditional classification and coordinate indexing
(1979-07-29)An ordering system for a global information network is necessary in order to enable the user to retrieve the particular information he is looking for. Classification has been one of the methods of ordering. The principle ... -
Beyond investment: some lessons from development programmes
(1981-09-16)In studies of development programmes, three factors have been identified as critical to success : political support or commitment 9 resources and leadership. It is argued in this paper that while these factors are important ... -
Beyond job security and money: driving factors of motivation for government doctors in India
(Human Resources for Health, 2014)Background Despite many efforts from government to address the shortage of medical officers (MOs) in rural areas, rural health centres continue to suffer from severe shortage of MOs. Lack of motivation to join and continue ... -
Beyond nongovernmental development action into social entrepreneurship
(2009-04-15)This article presents a refl ective perspective on the scope that social entrepreneurship offers to non-governmental development work in the Indian context. Beginning with the early corporate efforts to do good to society, ...