Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Dholakia, Ravindra H."
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Commodities spot and future markets in India: efficiency, integration, returns and risk
Jaswal, Anshuman (2009)The commodity futures markets in India are one of the fastest growing markets in the world today. The aim of this research is to help develop a better understanding of these markets, as also their relationship with global ... -
Debt tolerance: a model and its application to Indian states
Karan, Navendu (2006)A number of studies on the fiscal situation in India have noticed the deterioration in finances of the state’s governments in India. The deterioration has translated itself into burgeoning debts, the sustainability of debts ... -
Disaggregate study of mode choice for inland movement of export cargo containerized on sea
Ravi Babu, M. (2001)Containerized mode of transport, by ensuring smooth and seamless movement of cargo, has become the predominant means of export of general cargo by sea. It adds value to the shipper by ensuring door to door delivery with ... -
Dynamics of energy and electricity markets: policy analysis for India
Subramanyam, Pratima (2002)Energy and electricity markets have very long term implications as energy supply projects typically have long gestation periods and lifetimes; environmental impacts manifest over centuries; and availability of primary ... -
Economic analysis of the Indian paper industry
Srinivasan, R. (1999)The Indian paper industry has been significantly affected by the changes in the economic and policy environments. The industry has been completely de-licensed and prices are no more state controlled. Foreign companies are ... -
Economic factors influencing the export performance of indian private corporate sector - pre and post liberalisation
Kapur, Deepak (2001)The Background for present Research: The classical theory postulates maximization of profits as the basis for a firm's behavior. Later developments have considered other basic objectives like 'maximization of sales ... -
The Effect of prices and exchange rates on India's foreign trade flows: an empirical study
Saradhi, Raveendra V. (2003)After independence India followed an industrial policy based on import substitution, assuming that price related measures are ineffective due to lower demand elasticities of both, exports and imports. Moreover the exports ... -
An empirical exploration of education and inequality – Three essays
Kishan, P. K. V. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Education has been reckoned as means through which life chances of the poor and the disadvantaged improve. However, prior research has also attributed education as being one of the key channels by which economic inequality ... -
Energy security in South Asia: integrating the primary energy and electricity markets
Nair, Rajesh (2003)Energy security has influenced world events during the past century. In the last decade, the Asian region has emerged as the new growing consumer of energy. South Asia, a fast growing region is faced with the issue of ... -
Energy, economy and emissions in India: analysis using equilibrium models
Rana, Ashish (1999)Rapid development, increased use of fossil fuels, depletion of natural resources of energy, and increased level of carbon dioxide emissions are some of the major concerns facing the world today. The concerns, specially the ... -
Evolution of global carbon market: implications for India
Chaturvedi, Vaibhav (2010)Emissions mitigation efforts for limiting atmospheric temperature rise have lead to the evolution of a global carbon market. Future carbon price expectations will play an increasingly important role in long term investment ... -
Evolution of new freight structure in India over the long run: A policy assessment
Bhasker, Siddhartha (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)India’s per capita CO2 emissions increased from 0.8 to 1.7 metric tonnes from 1990 to 2010; however it was well below the world average of 4.9 metric tonnes in 2010. The major contributor to the emissions are the electricity ... -
Explorations in modeling and forecast assessment of energy derivatives
Bisht, Deepak (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)Amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty, energy commodities have gone through abrupt shifts in supply and demand dynamics during the last decade. This has caused unprecedented price volatility. To manage excessive price ... -
Exploring welfare maximizing SPS standards in a game-theoretic framework: a case of Indo-US trade in wheat and mango
Rastogi, Siddhartha Kumar (2010)As the trade quotas have been eliminated under GATT and tariffs have been rationalized under WTO; the focal point of disputes and negotiations in international trade has shifted to non-tariff barriers, particularly Sanitary ... -
Exports and economic growth in India: - an empirical investigation
Ganesh, Kumar N. (1993)It has often been argued that the external sector constitutes a small proportion of India’s economy (imports and exports as a proportion of GNP were 8.2 per cent and 6.2 per cent respectively for 1990/91), and hence trade ... -
Financial sector reforms in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Kumar, C. Hema (1997)In the context of Structural Adjustment which involved changing the relative wrights of public and private sectors in the economic matters. Financial Sector Reforms assume added significance as financial institutions have ... -
Future energy transitions in India: an assessment of new and renewable energy technologies
Sharma, Kamal Kishore (2006)Energy systems development has always depended on choices made by consumers, producers, governments and societies. Historically, the choices are made in favour of those alternatives that are most satisfactory in terms of ... -
Governance and economic growth in the Indian states
Singh, Pavneet (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)In Essay 1, I have assimilated a unique dataset of 30 indicators across three broad dimensions of Accountability, State Capacity and Fiscal Performance. Building on theoretical considerations from the New Institutional ... -
Healthcare expenditure and private health insurance: an investigation
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Implications of electricity reforms on technology and environment
Nag, Tirthankar (2005)India has initiated economic reforms in the early nineties with the aim of globalization of the economy and making it competitive in the international market. Reforms in the electricity sector were initiated encouraging ...