This paper examines the ecosystem impacts of transgenic Bt cotton technology resulting from reduced chemical pesticide use. Employing unique panel data from smallholder farmers in central and southern India, negative environmental and health effects of pesticide use are quantified with the...

The COVID-19 sickness, brought about by the contamination of SARS COV-2, was first revealed in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Present day internationally associated world made the infection to immediately spread across various nations. In India, the main case was accounted for on January 31,...

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...