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Role of municipal councillors in the implementation of social protection schemes for children: a case of Ahmedabad, India
(Journal of Public Affairs, 2019)
The 74th constitutional amendment paved the path for strengthening of local governments in India, by devolution of functional and financial powers. The elected local representatives (municipal councillors), as the closest ...
Numeracy and financial literacy of forest-dependent communities
(Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 2019)
The article examines the numeracy and financial literacy of the Indian forest-dependent communities (FDC) involved in the joint forest management (JFM) programme, launched by the Government of India in 1990. An understanding ...
A new valid inequalities for optional communication spanning tree problem
(Informs Journal on Computing, 2019)
The problem of designing a spanning tree on an underlying graph to minimize the flow costs of a given set of traffic demands is considered. Several new classes of valid inequalities are developed for the problem. Tests on ...
A new model for the asymmetric vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and deliveries
(Operations Research Letters, 2019)
The asymmetric vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and deliveries is considered. This paper develops four new classes of valid inequalities for the problem. We generalize the idea of a no-good cut. Together, ...
Payment methods and their effect on durable goods replacement
(Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2019)
Unlike point of purchase behavior, not much is known about how payment method impacts post-purchase behavior, especially for durable goods where user experience can last over long periods. The purpose of this paper is to ...
Achieving sustainable development in India along the low carbon pathways: macroeconomic assessment
(World Development, 2019)
Achieving fast and inclusive economic growth concurrently with greenhouse gases (GHG) emission control could have wide-ranging implications for the Indian economy, predominantly fuelled by fossil energies. India faces high ...
Financial support vis-à-vis share of wind generation: is there an inflection point?
(Energy, 2019)
Wind power is one of the leading source of renewable energy in terms of installed capacity, power generation and technology maturity in the world today. It is promoted through financial support such as Feed-In Tariffs ...
Nuclear energy safety, regulatory independence, and judicial deference: the case of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India
(Administration & Society, 2019)
Research examining regulatory independence has either suggested de jure independence to be a predictor of de facto independence or suggested that the presence of de jure may not always indicate de facto independence. We ...
Female leaders and their response to the social environment
(Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019)
Using data from two sets of experiments conducted in rural India, this paper finds that relative to men, women assigned to be leaders contribute less than what they propose in a public goods game. We examine whether this ...