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Right of recourse claims based on latent defects in the nuclear energy sector in India: brace yourself for factintensive disputes
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-05-01)This working paper is focused on trying to interpret the meaning of “latent defects” and analysing how a case were to unfold if an operator of nuclear installation were to exercise its right of recourse against a supplier ... -
Does it work? information technology (IT) in welfare in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019-04-09)The use of information technology (IT) in public administration is viewed as a significant tool for enhancing transparency and accountability. In popular rhetoric, these continue to be heralded as necessary and sufficient ... -
Benders decomposition for capacitated multi-period maximal covering location problem with server uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Primary Health Centers (PHCs), which are single doctor clinics and vital to health care in rural areas of developing countries, often remain inoperative due to shortage of doctors. When doctors become available, the health ... -
Financing Infrastructure in India: issues and the way forward
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Optimal approaches that recognize the specific kind of market failure/s, in the policy and design of infrastructure, greatly reduce the financing costs and improves the ability of to attract finance in the private provisioning ... -
Does GST in India hurt producing regions? A new estimate of the tax base under GST of select states
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)GST as introduced in India being a destination based tax, does not encourage regions to vigorously promote manufacturing and tradable services industries. Being in the midst of its economic transformation, and given the ... -
Whose Empowerment? national digital infrastructure and India’s healthcare sector
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Patient-centric digital infrastructure can potentially enhance the efficiency of the healthcare systems. Even in developed nations evidence suggests low adoption rates for such infrastructure. The Indian government, ... -
Overestimation in the Growth Rates of National Income in Recent Years? – an analyses based on extending GDP04-05 through other indicators of output
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Quarterly indices of output like those of Industrial Production, other measures of production like net sales, exports, of companies for which data is available, besides proxies like credit to the sector, and indices of ... -
Lighting up lives through cooking gas and transforming society
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The study, reported in the form of a case, narrates the story of a major attempt at social transformation through a simple mechanism of providing cooking gas (LPG) to the marginalized in society. Targeting about 100 million ... -
Too much care? private health care sector and surgical interventions during childbirth in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)This paper evaluates the role of the private sector in performing one of the common surgical interventions, i.e. caesarean sections during childbirth in India. We use the latest round of National Family Health Survey to ... -
Risk-sensitive Basel regulations and firms' access to credit: direct and indirect effects
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)This paper examines the impact of risk-sensitive Basel regulations on access to debt and cost of debt for firms with varying characteristics around the world, and investigates how firms cope through reliance on alternative ... -
Study of retail electricity consumers’ response and perception regarding electricity consumption
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The price of retail electricity is restricted by regulations and have not increased at a same pace with the ever-growing demand of electricity. However, there exists a considerable amount of consumer surplus that can be ... -
Impact of price path on disposition bias
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Recent studies, in experimental markets, have illustrated the incremental influence of price path on investor decisions. We empirically demonstrate that the nature of price path significantly impacts the degree of disposition ... -
Impact of the proposed GST on the consumer price index in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Fears that the movement to GST would add to inflation have been unfounded. In this study we ex-ante estimate the impact the movement to GST would have on inflation and show that it would be very marginal at best. The ... -
E-commerce in oligopsonistic and relational markets: An empirical investigation of transaction costs in agricultural e-markets in India from farmers’ perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-06-15)Some important benefits of electronic marketplaces, especially in agriculture, include improved coordination, better and transparent price discovery, and reduced transaction costs. Agricultural markets in India have often ... -
Lender moral hazard in state-owned banks: evidence from an emerging economy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-07-04)We examine the credit risk-choices of the public sector banks (PSBs) in India with a novel dataset that is able to trace the borrowers to their banks. We determine the likelihood of the ownership type of the lender bank ... -
Grapevine or Informed Selection: significance of quality attributes in India’s emerging wine market
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-03-30)Indian wine market is in a nascent state as compared to its counterparts in Europe, America and Asia. However, with rapid growth in GDP and consequent changes in lifestyle, the absolute size of the market is growing rapidly. ... -
Does entrepreneurial logic impact funding evaluation of startups?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-02-21)From a neoclassical economics perspective, entrepreneurship involves rational decision-making and entrepreneurs engage in rational, goal-driven behavior. However, such a view is put to test in current, dynamic business ... -
Leadership and management of public sector undertakings in an emerging economy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-31)Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) contribute significantly to the growth and economic development of any country. This study explores the key managerial challenges faced by the leaders and managers of public sector ... -
Is the past still holding us back? a study on intergenerational education mobility in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-03)This paper deals with intergenerational education mobility in India. We make use of IHDS-II (2011-12) and prepare a representative dataset that goes beyond co-resident pairs of son-father by utilizing a unique feature of ... -
Indian antecedents to modern economic thought
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-15)The history of economic thought begins with salutations to Greek writings of Aristotle and Plato. While the fourth century BCE Greek writings may have been the fount of modern economic thought that emerged in Europe starting ...
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