India has employed a variety of military, political, and economic measures to combat the long running insurgency in Kashmir with little evidence on what contributes to stability in the region. This paper uses a variety of tests to detect structural breaks in the time series for violence over the...

India has employed a variety of military, political, and economic measures to combat the long running insurgency in Kashmir with little evidence on what contributes to stability in the region. This paper uses a variety of tests to detect structural breaks in the time series for violence over the...

On the basis of analytical reasoning and buttressed by case studies from Latin America and Northeastern India one can conclude that poverty can and does generate terrorist activity. But poverty alone is not a sufficient factor to generate terrorism. Other necessary and facilitating factors are...

This research paper analyzes the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity in quantity terms, value of production in monetary terms and food security in India. The study undertook state wise analysis based on secondary data for the duration of 1980 to 2009. Climate variation affects...

This Article provides a case study of the regulation of consumer finance and the role of consumer bankruptcy or insolvency law in the context of an emerging economy. Like other emerging economies, India is currently attempting a daunting regulatory balancing act: to promote the continued...

The CAMEL rating is a well established technique to compare the performance of banks and financial institutions. The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is a very useful growth measure. We compare the top five private sector banks in India, ranking them via the CAMEL rating based on the CAGR of...

Banking stocks have been surging off late. However asset quality issues that have plagued the banking sector over the past five years remain in the back ground. This paper seeks to study the influence of key internal determinants on the profitability of listed banks in India and to see if these...

Banking stocks have been hitting new highs off late. However asset quality issues that have plagued the banking sector over the past five years linger in the back ground. This paper seeks to study the influence of key internal determinants on the stock price performance of listed banks in India...

The banking sector in India has come under the scanner following some key changes in monetary policy. With the Reserve bank of India (RBI) raising interest rates to support the falling Indian currency the Rupee, the cost of funds of banks has increased significantly. This could manifest itself...