Tobacco products such as bidi and cigarette, both of which are smoked, cater to different kinds of households in India … patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across rural and urban India … products to consume. Household level data from National Sample Survey in India for the year 1999-2000, which has information on …

The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie … whether preference over other commodities for tobacco users and non users vary significantly. Using a nationally …

The tax base of tobacco in India is found to be heavily depended on about fifteen per cent of the tobacco users who … control tobacco use of any kind. In this context, this paper examines how the demand for a variety of tobacco products and … tobacco in India have become slightly more price responsive while elasticity of cigarettes and pan have stabilized. With some …

consumption expenditure data, rather to use it for the purposes of rapid monitoring and appraisal of welfare. The three approaches …Although consumption expenditure data is crucial for assessing the level of peoples welfare and calculating important … welfare measures such as the poverty headcount rate, collecting such data requires significant time and effort. In this study …

faced by both developed and developing countries since late seventies. In India, the dismal performance and several … economically disadvantaged class. The policies including that of World Bank and the recent Indian Health Report (WHO) 2000, now … sector in India. The paper, apart from an extensive review of Indias health scenario also identifies the potential areas …

employers meet this challenge by monitoring employees carefully to prevent shirking. But there is another option that relies on … heterogeneity across employees, and that is to screen job candidates to find workers with a stronger work ethic who require less … monitoring. This should be especially useful in work systems where monitoring by supervisors is more difficult, such as teamwork …

as monitoring, but also through agents intrinsic trustworthiness. Their relative usage, however, changes over time and … to potential returns. When monitoring becomes relatively cheaper over time, agents acquire lower trustworthiness, which … choosing governance methods tend to have higher monitoring intensities and lower trust. These results are consistent with the …

employers meet this challenge by monitoring employees carefully to prevent shirking. But there is another option that relies on … heterogeneity across employees, and that is to screen job candidates to find workers with a stronger work ethic who require less … monitoring. This should be especially useful in work systems where monitoring by supervisors is more difficult, such as teamwork …

propping through profit transfers among firms within a group and better monitoring through group level directorial interlocks …

The increasing occurrence of national, regional, and global financial crises, together with their rising costs and … complexity, have increased calls for greater regional and global monetary cooperation. This is particularly necessary in light of … the world. Global financial safety nets (GFSNs) are one important area for monetary cooperation. This paper reviews the …