Browsing Working Papers by Author "Dholakia, Ravindra H."

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    • Appropriate measure of real value added and total factor productivity growth in Indian Manufacturing 

      Dholakia, Bakul H.; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-03-29)
      It is a widely held hypothesis that the Indian industry experienced a significant turnaround in its Total Factor Productivity Growth (TEPG) during the decade of the eighties as compared to the seventies. Recently it is ...

    • Budgetary subsidies in the health sector - a case of Gujarat state 

      Dholakia, Archana; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2009-12-12)
      Budgetary subsidies in the health sector in Gujarat are estimated by following the methodology of the White Paper on Subsidies in India (1997). It includes both the explicit and implicit subsidies for the merit and non-merit ...

    • Consistent measurement of fiscal deficit and debt of states in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Karan, Navendu (2010-07-22)
      There are differences in the definition of debt used by different bodies like the state governments, Reserve Bank of India, the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Eleventh Finance Commission. ...

    • Cost and benefit of disinflation policy in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      Current monetary policy stance is based on assertions that there is no trade-off between inflation and growth and that disinflation will result in more growth. Present study examines recent empirical evidence on India for ...

    • Determinants of Export Performance of Indian Firms – A Strategic Perspective 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Kapur, Deepak (2009-09-02)
      Macroeconomic policy reforms initiated in India since 1991 have brought about a significant improvement in the export performance of Indian firms. This paper examines the export performance of firms with the help of balance ...

    • Determinants of export performance of Indian firms: a strategic perspective 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Kapur, Deepak (2010-01-16)
      This paper examines the export performance of firms with the help of balance sheet data of 557 firms for the years 1980-81 to 1995-96. The paper also draws certain strategic and policy implications likely to be relevant ...

    • Determining lags in export supply function in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Peru, Muthu (2010-03-29)
      This paper considers a partial adjustment model of the export supply function in Indian economy at the aggregate level. A minimum of one month and a maximum of 12 months is considered as the plausible range of the length ...

    • Distributional impact of government expenditure a welfare indication approach 

      Dholakia, Archana; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (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 ...

    • Dividend rate and variation in share prices: an exploration into their inter-relationship 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Bhat, Ramesh (2010-03-14)
      Return and risk are the two acknowledged characteristics affecting investment decision of investors in securities market. The literature on the relationship between these two characteristics provides ample evidence about ...

    • Does inflation-unemployment trade-off exist in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-03-18)
      The hypothesis of extended Philips Curve is examined in the present paper using the Indian data over the period 1950-51 to 1984-85. The empirical evidence does not suggest any substantial trade-off between inflation and ...

    • Does Trade Make Asian Children Healthier? 

      Jani, Vishalkumar; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
      This paper empirically examines the impact of globalization and international trade on the child health status of the Asian countries. In contrast to previous studies we have introduced the initial level of development and ...

    • Economic Globalization: Boon or Bane for African Health? 

      Jani, Vishalkumar; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
      The effect of globalization, especially economic liberalization, on socioeconomic development has long been debated in development economics. There is a view that globalization is not beneficial to the underdeveloped and ...

    • Economic policy reforms and trade performance of private corporate sector in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Kapur, Deepak (2010-01-18)
      After 1991-92, India has witnessed widespread policy reforms in order to integrate its economy with the rest of the world. In this fact-finding study, the balance-sheet data of 557 private sector companies are considered ...

    • Economy demand factor in regional industrialization 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Bhat, Ramesh (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, ...

    • Empirical test of the marginal productivity theory of wages - the case of Indian industries 

      Dholakia, Bakul H.; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-03-13)
      The paper makes an attempt to test empirically the validity of the marginal productivity hypothesis of wage determination in the case of the Indian economy by using the data on the organised manufacturing sector. The broad ...

    • Energy planning in India: relevance of regional planning for national policy 

      Moulik, T. K.; Dholakia, Bakul H.; Dholakia, Ravindra H.; Shukla, P. R.; Ramani, K. V. (2010-03-12)
      This paper presents a macrolevel energy model and its application for energy planning for three States in India - namely Gujarat, Kerala and Rajasthan. In conjunction with energy modelling at national level, the Advisory ...

    • Estimation of price elasticity of fertilizer demand in India 

      Jagdip, Majumdar; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-03-28)
      The empirical evidence on the price elasticity of fertilizer demand in India is not conclusive. In order to properly estimate the likely impact of the policy changes affecting fertilizer prices on the fertilizer use and ...

    • Expected inflation and forecast of growth rate in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-03-25)
      Under rapidly changing economic environment in India, economic decision makers at various levels are likely to consider reliable short term forecast of the growth rate of the economy as an important input. It is argued ...

    • Expenditure allocation and welfare returns to government effforts - a suggested model and its application 

      Dholakia, Archana; Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2010-01-18)
      The paper addresses the question of government expenditure allocation among sectors by extending the model developed by Archana Dholakia (1993) and illustrates its application by using the data on major Indian states from ...

    • First estimates of stock of capital at state level and data gaps in India 

      Dholakia, Ravindra H. (2009-12-12)
      In the present paper the methodology and data sources to construct estimates of capital stock as on March 31, 1961 for 15 major state economies in India are described pointing out gaps in the availability of required data. ...