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Rainwater harvesting, alternative to the water supply in Indian urban areas: the case of Ahmedabad in Gujarat
(2010-03-31)Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous increase of the population as well as the financial, administrative and technical deficiencies of the new ... -
Rational choice correspondence in social choice problems
(2009-12-12)This paper grew out of a reading of an interesting exposition by Danilov and Sotskov [1997], where general one to one correspondences are established between binary relations and choice correspondences. Out purpose in this ... -
Rationalization of bargaining solutions by symmetric metrics and respect for unanimity
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-09-01)In this paper we show that rationalizability of bargaining solution by a symmetric metric implies that the bargaining solution is anonymous. We further show that rations ability of a bargaining solution by a metric implies ... -
Rationing and the private provision of a public good
(2010-03-28)In this paper we study a solution concept for resource allocation in an economy with public goods and a fixed set of cost-shares for each agent. This solution is originally due to Champsaur (1979). We study the existence ... -
Rationing and the private provision of a public good
(2010-07-27)In this paper we study a solution concept for resource allocation in an economy with public goods and a fixed set of cost-shares for each agent. This solution is originally due to Champsaur (1979). We study the existence ... -
A Re-look at the long-run stability of the money multiplier in India
(2009-12-12)To check the stability of the money multiplier, the aggregate relationship between a measure of money stock and reserve money is examined. Section II, after a brief literature review, methodology followed in the study is ... -
Reaching the rural poor: Experience of Public Distribution System in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-01-01)This paper is based on the larger study on Public Distribution System done by the author under then Kellogg Fellowship Programme sponsored by the Michigan State University. -
Real estate and infrastructure resolution
(2019-09-19)We propose a mechanism that uses the financial markets to mobilize the resources of a large population of investors, to revive the impaired assets in the real sector in India today. This should also allow the economy to ... -
Real time location prediction with taxi - Gps data streams
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-07)The prediction of the destination location at the time of pickup is an important problem with potential for substantial impact on the efficiency of a GPS enabled taxi service. While this problem has been explored earlier ... -
Realigning Business Strategy for PWD (People with Disabilities) Customers: A Less-explored Territory in Diversity Inclusion
(2013-11-21)A disability refers to a physical, sensory or mental limitation that interferes with a person's ability to move, see, hear or learn. Business initiatives taken up by organizations for diversity inclusion of people with ... -
Recent policies for rural banking by commercial banks
(2010-03-29)This paper discusses three recent policy changes for rural banking by the commercial banks. It first discusses likely impact of these policy changes. It then presents rationale for promoting rural banking infrastructure. ... -
Recharging Indian bureaucracy
(2009-12-14)Failure of bureaucracy has prompted many efforts at reforming it. But administrative reform has failed in many developing countries, including India, for a variety of reasons. The costs of the bureaucracy s malfunctioning ... -
Reciprocity: making development a two way street
(2010-04-06)As a follow up of agenda 21, Government of Netherlands took an initiative of forming a four country partnership among Bhutan, Benin, Costa Rica and Netherlands. The idea was to explore what kind of reciprocity can be ... -
Recommendations of the task force on revival of the co-operative credit structure: Implementation issues
(2010-04-08)This paper lists out the issues that are involved in implementing this ambitious financial package of Rs. 15000 carors.It first brings out the historic circumstances under which the co-operativefrom of organisation came ... -
A Reconsideration of some properties of solutions for two Dimensional Choice Problems
(2012-10-11)In this paper, we take up the outstanding problems of axiomatically characterizing what we have referred to in the paper as the additive choice function on the classical domain for choice function on the classical domain ... -
Reconsideration of some solutions for two dimensional choice problems
(2010-04-08)In this paper, the outstanding problem of axiomatically characterizing what is referred in the paper as additive c hoice function on the classical domain for choice problems is taken into account. Apart from an impossibility ... -
Reconsideration of the additive choice function
(2010-03-28)The purpose of this paper is to provide axiomatic characterizations of the additive and weighted additive choice functions which are now defined over the entire domain of convex, compact, comprehensive choice problems. -
Redefining property rights for sustaining the wetlands around Calcutta
(2009-12-12)By defining sustainable resource use as one with long-term economic viability besides having both ecological and social compatibility, this paper applies the property rights framework and the economics of fist production ... -
Redefinition of social and organisational roles
(2010-07-27)This paper explores the institution of marriage and work organization as held by women. Both systems demand responses from women for which they are often not prepared. Their dreams of romanticised marriage and fantasy of ...