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Post-production system: Himachal apples
(2010-03-24)A dynamic continuous mathematical model for post-production system of Himachal apples has been ade. The model includes all operations from harvesting to arrival in the wholesale market at Delhi. Beta density function appears ... -
Distributional impact of government expenditure a welfare indication approach
(2010-03-24)Existing approaches and empirical estimation of distributional impact of government expenditure so far have been heavily dependent on several restrictive assumptions which are questionable particularly for the developing ... -
Equal incomes and a continuum of tastes in an economy with public goods
(2010-03-24)In this paper we show that for a continuum economy with public goods, every fair allocation corresponds to an Equal Income Lindahl Equilibrium under mild assumptions. -
Privatisation programme in Britain and East European countries: some lessons for India
(2010-03-24)In 1979, when the Conservative party was elected in the UK, it was no more than a gut feeling, impatience and inability to improve the working of the nationalised industries, it was felt that the invisible hand of the ... -
The minimum weight rooted arborescence problem: weights on ARCS case
(2010-03-24)In a rooted acyclic graph, G, there exits, in general, several rooted (not necessarily spanning) arborscences. Depending on whether the graph has weights on nodes, on arcs, or on both, it is possible to define, with different ... -
Order level lot-size inventory model with permissible delay in payments for a system with two storage facilities
(2010-03-24)In this paper a mathematical model of order level lot-size inventory model under permissible delay in payment is considered with two storage facilities. The supplier allows time for settling payments for no interest charges ... -
Public services subject to congestion: a reexamination
(2010-03-24)In this paper we reformulate the problem posed by public services subject to congestion in a manner consistent with economic theory and obtain first and second best solutions to the problem. -
National income and social welfare in a public good economy
(2010-03-24)In this paper we extend the relationship between social welfare and national income from an economy consisting society of private goods to an economy consisting of public goods as well. -
The trucking industry an introductory note
(2010-03-24)The paper concludes that considering the inability of Railways to provide piecemeal wagons, it is essential to encourage the movement of goods by roads. Inspite of the unorganized nature of the private companies engaged ... -
Empirical study of the intertemporal relations among the regional share price indicators
(2010-03-24)The purpose of the present research effort is to examine the intertemporal relationships among the share price indictors of five regional stock exchanges at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Ahmedabad and Delhi. For each regional ... -
Management training in third world countries
(2010-03-24)The third world countries have focused on two simultaneous central and critical sectors for growth and development. These are: (a) Industrial and technological sector (2) Social sector. -
Marine and inland fishery sectors in India: issues arising out of privatization of common property resources for accelerating production
(2010-03-24)The marine fishery resources are common property, theoretically accessible to all. However, due to cost and uncertainty of exportable resources, all types of boat owners tend to fish close to shore. Serious conflicts have ... -
Functions and role of institutional finance for agricultural and rural development
(2010-03-24)This paper demonstrates that Institutional finance must play a multi-functional role to fulfil its three-fold objectives of promoting (a) growth, (b) better equity, and (c) its own viability/profitability for agricultural ... -
Management training: mixed groups or single sex groups
(2010-03-24)This paper is an attempt to elucidate the approach for training. It also reviews the history, and perspective of development of management training in India -
Economy demand factor in regional industrialization
(2010-03-24)In the present study it is argued that policies to achieve reduction in regional inequalities in industrialization in India so far have been guided by theories emphasizing the role of supplies of factors of production, ... -
Wage elasticity of labour supply for males and females
(2010-03-24)Male-female wage differential in the Indian economy can be explained satisfactorily by the model of wage discriminating monopsony provided that the wage elasticities of supply of male and female labour are significantly ... -
Strategies for influencing attitude
(2010-03-24)The study examines application of communication in influencing attitude which turn habitual and therefore difficult to change. It tests the effectiveness of appeals based on information processing theory vis-ॆ-vis educative ... -
Generalization of the raiffa-kalai smorodinsky solution in two person bargaining games
(2010-03-24)In this paper we present a generalization of the Raiffa - Kalai - Smorodinsky solution to two person bargaining games, to incorporate asymmetries in solution payoffs. -
Debate on biotechnology and intellectual property rights: protecting the interests of third world farmers and scientists
(2010-03-24)The debate on protection of intellectual property rights of the companies and scientific labs developing technologies through biotechnological means or otherwise has been highly surcharged with the emotions. -
Conceptual framework for MIS for NABARD operations in relation to monitoring and evaluation studies
(2010-03-24)The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) was established on 12th July 1982 by an Act of Parliament and it has been given the mandate to provide {credit for the promotion of agriculture, small scale ...