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We derive exact conditions relating the distributions of firm productivity, sales, output, and markups to the form of demand in monopolistic competition. Applications include a new “CREMR” demand function (Constant Revenue Elasticity of Marginal Revenue): it is necessary and sufficient for...
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The purpose of this research study has been to expand our understanding of the finance-growth ‘nexus’ to finance-growth-inequality ‘nexus’ in the presence of both the formal and the informal sources of borrowing. Using empirical evidence of IHDS Survey data for two rounds the study...
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-section of data from private schools in India. We use differences in student mark across subjects to identify within …
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Employees of globalized firms face a riskier menu of labor market outcomes. They face a more uncertain stream of earnings and riskier employment prospects. However, they may also have stronger incentives to train and upgrade their skills and/or may benefit from more rapid careers. Hence, the...
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We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the potential effectiveness of universal access policies in developing countries. We provide some empirical evidence on the supply and demand characteristics, using a small...
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In this paper we focus on the rapidly deepening bilateral India-China economic relationship. Each is deeply integrating … into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … service-lead growth (see Rodrick & Subramanian (2006)). An alternative view is that India is effectively a lagged version of …
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(China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses … the above subject in the context of possible areas of China - India economic cooperation and integration in the Eastern …
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office. Based on a sample of 356 inexperienced and experienced local politicians in West Bengal, India, we combine survey …
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How would climate change affect India's agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact … of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India's major food crop) and two key millet crops … (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district level panel dataset from 1966-2011. A stochastic production function is …
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I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to...
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