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Economic incentives versus institutional frictions: migration dynamics within Europe
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
The immobility puzzle in European Union takes the form that the observed level of migration within Europe is substantially less than is expected in an union which allows free labor mobility, indicating that there are ...
Dispersion in macroeconomic volatility between the core and periphery of the international trade network
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
At the country level, macroeconomic volatility tends to correlate with trade openness although the direction of correlation is not stable across samples. Here I consider trade networks as sum of all pairwise trade linkages ...
Inflationary effects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies with cross-sectoral labor and capital immobility
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
This paper studies the effects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies characterized by extremely low level of labor and capital mobility between urban and rural sectors. Policies are executed in the urban ...
In ationary e ects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies with cross-sectoral labor and capital immobility
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
This paper studies the effects of monetary policies in newly industrialized economies characterized by extremely low level of labor and capital mobility between urban and rural sectors. Policies are executed in the urban ...
Response to increasing competition by business organizations in India: voluntary retirement schemes and their outcome
(2010-01-16)
Companies in India have responded to the challenges of globalization in various ways. One of the strategies to survive in the market was to reduce the cost by reduction in the number of employees with the help of Voluntary ...
Organizational decline and turnaround management: empirical study of a government owned automobile company
(2010-01-16)
Performance of an organization is an outcome of its series of action choices in response to the changes in business environment or independently. Such choices are influenced by the leadership characteristics, organizational ...
Labour reforms: a delicate act of balancing the interests
(2010-04-03)
In this study we examine the issue of the need of labour reforms in the globalised economy. The two legislations discussed in detail are: Chapter VB of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947- provisions relating to layoff, retrenchment ...
Is 2% the Solution? Experimental Evidence on the New CSR Rule in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
The Indian government became the first regulator in the world to mandate a minimum CSR spending on certain specified social welfare activities. Prior research in psychology indicates that individuals tend to focus heavily ...
Entry of Profit-Motivated Microfinance Institutions and Borrower Welfare
(2013-11-22)
In this paper, we model welfare implications of entry of commercial micro nance institutions
(MFIs). We initially characterize equilibrium with a sole fund-constrained benevolent credit
institution followed by equilibrium ...
Need for back-up in box Solar Cooker
(2012-10-11)
Systematic efforts to promote box solar cookers in Gujarat (India) began in Gujarat is characterised by high insolation, high ambient temperatures, clear sky and it parts, severe shortage of fuel –wood. In short, a region ...