This is an empirical study based on the primary data from the sample of 208 small scale chemical units in Gujarat for the years 1986 through 1990. The details on the various dimensions of the structure, conduct and performance are presented, and the nexus among them is examined. The findings...

The paper discusses the reasons for hypothesizing various kinds of lagged variable models, their characteristics and the appropriate methods for estimating them. In particular, the distributed lag model, the partial adjustment model and the expectation model are explained and the Liviatan and/or...

Based on a sample of 20 annual observations (1948-49 through 1967-68) a policy-oriented econometric model for the Indian economy with an emphasis on the monetary sector has been formulated estimated, and analysed. Besides national income and its components, the demand, supply, and equilibrium...

The paper discusses the various forms of privatisation, its rationale, practices in India and abroad, and the issues facing the privatisation programme. It concludes that while privatisation programme is not easy to design and implement, it has good potentials to resolve economic ills of public...

The big provides forecasts on the money supply in India during 1993-01 through 1995-04, using the quarterly data for the period 1970-01 to 1992-04 and several alternative appropriate statistical and econometric methods. Appropriate statistical and econometric methods. Appropriate statistical...

The paper examines the unsettled issues on the demand for money function with a particular reference to India. It uses the annual time series data for the period 1954-55 through 1982-83. A special feature of the study is that it generates a uniform series on the narrow money concept (M1) for the...

The paper provides a brief account of the scope and developments in macro economic theory and policy. In particular, it highlights the significant determinants of economic well-being and of the effectiveness of economic policies. Factors responsible for the limitations of macro policies have...

The paper aims at the (a) measurement of the extent of income inequality across countries, (b) measurement of the change in income inequality over the last decade, (c) examination of the factors responsible for the income inequality, and (d) identification of the shape and position of the...

Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers are world wide phenomenon and Malaysia is no exception. The first wave of these took off in late 1970s and early 1980s and it is a buzz word unde the current economic trouble. One of the issues to be settled here is which firms act as the bidders and which...

The paper estimates the dividend behaviour model for Malaysia using the annual time series data for the period 1983 to 1992, and the cross-section data for the 23 selected firms representing various sectors of the economy. The results have good fits, and they indicate that the current earnings...