Browsing Working Papers by Author "Naik, Gopal"

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    • Choosing product features through users response: solar cookers 

      Sharan, Girja; Naik, Gopal (2010-03-31)
      The use of cooker in breakfast was limited. Dal, Rice, Khichadi, Kheer, Handva done in cookers tasted comparatively better, but not the vegetables. Preference of users for attributes of cookers was assessed through cojoint ...

    • Developing small holders agriculture through changing crop composition 

      Naik, Gopal; Babu, K. R. (2010-03-22)
      Small size of holdings of a large proportion of farmers is considered a major bottleneck in increasing the income of the people in rural areas. In India the proportion of small holders is increasing over time. Previous ...

    • Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton sector: disaggregate analysis 

      Naik, Gopal; Jain, S.K. (2010-07-26)
      Keeping in view the magnitude, importance, interlinkages among the variables and the high involvement of a large number of decision makers and the government intervention in Indian cotton sector, this study aims at ...

    • Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton sector: regional perspective 

      Jain, Sudhir Kumar; Naik, Gopal (2009-12-12)
      In this study, an econometric model has been developed for understanding and quantifying the magnitude of influence of major variables of this industry with the regional perspective of cotton production. This model explains ...

    • Econometric modelling of the Indian cotton textile industry 

      Naik, Gopal; Jain, Sudhir Kumar (2009-12-12)

    • Econometric simulation of the Indian silk industry 

      Naik, Gopal; Singh, Santosh Kumar (2010-07-27)
      This study aims at understanding and quantifying the relationship between the important variables of the sub-sectors of the Indian silk industry through an econometric simulation model, and using the model for forecasting ...

    • An evaluation of farmers price expectation process 

      Naik, Gopal; Babu, K. R. (2010-03-27)
      Most dynamic models involve expectation of one or more variables. Existence of several expectation hypothesis, none of them being prominent for all situations, makes it difficult to choose an expectation process while ...

    • A market share approach to pricing commodity exports 

      Naik, Gopal; Asopa, V. N. (2010-03-28)
      In this paper a market share model is developed for formulating appropriate export strategies for commodities by exporting countries. Assuming individual consumer in an importing country makes discrete choice regarding the ...

    • Role of futures trading in facilitating commodity exports 

      Naik, Gopal; Aneja, Ajay (2010-03-22)
      In India, since its beginning in 1921 futures trading has been subjected to frequent intervention by the government in terms of allowing, banning and restricting its operations. As the debate on their utility for the economy ...

    • Setting up an irrigation cooperative: a feasibility study 

      Kolavalli, Shashi; Chhokar, Jagdeep S.; Naik, Gopal; Saha, Jahar; Bhat, Ramesh (2010-03-23)
      The objective of the study was to examine the feasibility of setting up an irrigation cooperative in Hadgood village in Kheda district of Gujarat. A sample of 80 households, chosen at rando, was studied and households ...

    • Structural qualitative method of forecasting 

      Naik, Gopal (2010-01-16)
      The growth rate model of forecasting used so far by business organisations in developing countries can no longer generate satisfactory results owing to maturing markets. Lack of availability of sufficiently long time series ...

    • Viability of rural banking by the nationalized commercial banks in India 

      Bhattacharjee, Sourindra; Desai, Bhupat M.; Naik, Gopal (2010-04-03)
      This paper examines the viability of rural banking by the Nationalized Commercial Banks and the factors influencing it. The viability was examined using both cost and profitability analyses. Theory of costs is used for the ...