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Interbank contagion at work: evidence from a natural experiment

Iyer, Rajkamal; Peydró, José-Luis - 2010

This paper tests financial contagion due to interbank linkages. For identification we exploit an idiosyncratic, sudden shock caused by a large-bank failure in conjunction with detailed data on interbank exposures. First, we find robust evidence that higher interbank exposure to the failed bank...

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Impact of different irrigation systems on water quality in peri-urban areas of Gujarat, India

Vangani, Ruchi; Saxena, Deepak; Gerber, Nikolaus; … - 2016

The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors - especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage - poses a challenge in an effort to improve water quality and sanitation. In rural and...

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Familial legacies: A study on Gujarati women and family entrepreneurship

Singh, Ranjana; Sebastian, Tania - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-23

Among the states of India, the State of Gujarat in India presents numerous opportunities for entrepreneurship. This is … the result of entrepreneurship ingrained in the culture and tradition of Gujarat. The significant aspect examined in this … article is the link between family and women entrepreneurs in Gujarat. Evidences has been gathered from six cities of Gujarat …

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An agribusiness perspective of demonetization in central region of the state of Gujarat in India

Singh, Ritambhara; Prajapati, Mahesh R. - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 51, pp. 1-20

the state of Gujarat in India. Besides, 50 landless farm laborers, 12 input dealers, 20 wholesalers, 20 retailers, 4 each …

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The mechanics of central bank intervention in foreign exchange markets

Basu, Kaushik - 2009

Central banks in developing countries, wanting to devalue the domestic currency, usually intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up foreign currency using domestic money-often backing this up with sterilization to counter inflationary pressures. Such interventions are usually...

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Skill-based technology adoption: Firm-level evidence from Brazil and India

Harrison, Rupert - 2008

This paper provides the first firm-level econometric evidence on the skill-bias of ICT in developing countries using a unique new dataset of manufacturing firms in Brazil and India. I use detailed information on firms’ adoption of ICT and the educational composition of their workforce to...

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Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: Salient concepts, issues and cases

Jha, Nitish - 2010

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling...

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Public support to food security in India, Brazil and South Africa: Elements for a policy dialogue

Souza, Darana; Chmielewska, Danuta - 2011

[Introduction ...] Following this introduction, Section 2 presents the conceptual framework on food security that guides this study, and offers succinct data on the three countries based on leading international measures. Section 3 offers a general presentation of the food-security policy...

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The Puzzling Decline in Rural Women's Labor Force Participation in India: A Reexamination

Neff, Daniel; Sen, Kunal; Kling, Veronika - 2012

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher education and are therefore not available for work (education...

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The Size and Development of the Indian Shadow Economy and a Comparison with other 18 Asian Countries: An Empirical Investigation

Schneider, Friedrich; Chaudhuri, Kausik; Chatterjee, Sumana - 2003

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