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Analysis of Power Sector in India: A Structural Perspective

Kumar, Deepak; Singh, J P; Swain, Niranjan - EconWPA - 2005

The inhibitors to growth in power sector were many—small and big but the main roadblock in the growth path was Government Policy, which made it difficult or rather impossible for a private player to enter. This further aggravated the problem that Indian entrepreneurs didn’t have enough...

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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A WEAK JUDICIARY: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA

Koehling, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2002

This paper examines the empirical relationship between the quality of the Indian judiciary and the economic development of the Indian States and Union Territories. It evaluates this causality by analysing the development of the state-level per capita income and poverty rates. I define the...

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IS OUTSOURCING REALLY AS BAD AS IT IS MADE TO SOUND? A RE- ASSESSMENT AND SOME PERSPECTIVE

Rishi, Meenakshi; Saxena, Sweta C. - EconWPA - 2005

The debate on outsourcing of skilled jobs to India has recently picked up steam and has become a hot election … US-India outsourcing history and reassess the key questions surrounding the subject. We provide empirical evidence in …

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An Empirical Analasis of Market reaction Around the Bonus Issues in India

Mishra, Asim - EconWPA - 2005

Past researches have revealed significant abnormal returns for bonus issues even though the bonus issue date is known in advance and the distribution contains no new information. This study examines the stock price reaction to the information content of bonus issues with a view of examining the...

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Returns to Education, Child Labor, & Schooling in India

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana - EconWPA - 2004

offer evidence that children's participation in child labor and schooling responds to economic returns to education in India …

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The Determinants of Economic Well-being:An Application in the Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of economic well-being. We provide a methodology to compute well-being by aggregating different socio-economic dimensions with factor analysis technique. We also estimate quality of good governance (using latent variable approach) and a...

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Economic Growth, Well-Being and Governance under Economic Reforms: Evidence from Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

differential level of development performance across states in India during the last two decades. …

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ECONOMICS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLING INDUSTRY IN KOHIMA, NAGALAND (INDIA)

Mishra, SK; Rio, K - EconWPA - 2005

The enterprise of running private schools has of late assumed the nature of an industry in India. Ever … investment together have contributed to the viability of this industry. In Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland (India), there …

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Poverty, Dietary Imbalance and Sickness among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very short …

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Half a World: Regional inequality in five great federations

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …

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