The Companies Act went into effect in India on April 1, 2014 making it the first law in the world to mandate that companies spend 2% of their profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. We use panel data for 39,736 firms with a difference-in-difference model to estimate the...

India adopted a Cap and Trade in energy intensity via a scheme called Perform-Achieve-Trade (PAT) with the objective to improve energy efficiency of the high energy intensive industries through target setting and tradable energy saving certificates. The scheme was announced in 2007 and the first...

The Indian government is considering the adoption of fuel efficiency labels for cars. By means of a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE), this paper assesses New Delhi's car buyers' preferences for such a label. Random parameters specifications yield a willingness to pay (WTP) of 4.93 thousand US...

Overnutrition increases the risk of diabetes. Evidence on the causal impact of overnutrition on diabetes is scarce for India. Considering a representative sample from India, this study examines the causal effect of a rise in the Body Mass Index (BMI) of an individual on the likelihood of being...