This paper studies the health effects of one of the world's largest demand-side financial incentive programes - India's Janani Suraksha Yojana. Our difference-in-difference estimates exploit heterogeneity in the timing of the introduction of the financial incentive programs across districts. We...

We present an introductory regulatory and empirical analysis of executive compensation in listed companies in India.Our descriptive overview of levels and trends leads to several interesting conclusions. First, executive pay in the echelon representing the largest firms is several times greater...

While there are many evidences of nonlinearity in developed markets, there has not been many works in this direction in Indian financial markets. In this study we wish to bridge this gap by testing for nonlinearity in the Indian stock and commodity market. We consider the index movements in...

This article highlights the burgeoning significance of Islamic Banking system worldwide which has believed to reach a global investment of $ 1 trillion. Iran, Sudan and Pakistan have Islamic Banks exclusively, whereas, the eastern countries like Malaysia and western markets in United Kingdom,...

This report, based on a sample of 20 Gram Panchayats (GP) in Birbhum district, West Bengal (India), is an attempt to analyze GP level finances. More specifically, the report attempts to answer the following questions: 1) Do GP get their money? 2) Do GPs get all their money? 3) When do GPs...

The post WTO world trading system is witnessing proliferation of large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). The slow pace of multilateral negotiations and lack of consensus among members on major trade issues is undermining the role of WTO and hastening the regionalism process. Realising...

The Information Technology Sector is probably the most booming sector in the world at present. This revolution in the market is attributable to a great extent to the increasing use of computer driven softwares and other innovations in the field of intellectual property. This massive progression...

We examine the impact of electricity sector restructuring on the operating efficiency of coal-fired power plants in India. Between 1995 and 2009, 85 percent of coal-based generation capacity owned by state governments was unbundled from vertically integrated State Electricity Boards into state...

The two decades of post reform period in India witnessed transformation of the economy in to a higher growth plane signaling the arrival of the country in the global stage. But this robust growth failed to translate the economic well being of the large number of marginalized and excluded...

Native American Indians have been historically marginalized in traditional news coverage since the earliest media practices in the United States. Influenced by the media, or forged by the media, research about Native=American Indian identity has continued to evolve and thrive in this new century...