This study examines the determinants of host-location of cross-border acquisitions by Indian Business Group (BG)-affiliates and other firms during 2000-2008. Our empirical estimates indicate the general attraction of host country market-size and double-taxation-avoidance treaty. However, unlike...

This paper appreciates India's role as development partner for HRD in the Mekong sub-region. The paper examines bilateral HRD collaboration between India and the member countries of Mekong region with the case based analysis. The paper is presented in the four parts. Part -1 is introductory one;...

Micro Finance services have existed for the past three decades in the developing nations. It has been implemented as the complementary to the formal financial infrastructure. The major objective is to provide the financial services to the poverty section that has been denied by the commercial...

This research 'Economics of drought in India' is aimed at taking an overview of the drought in India during 1991-2003. The scope was limited to cover the impacts of drought on agriculture and livestock in the State of Orissa during 1991-2003. The desktop methodology was employed to undertake...

Mutual Funds have provided investors with alternative opportunities for investment, with benefits of diversification and professional research back up. Once the objectives of investment and associated constraints have been identified, Fund Managers could select an efficient portfolio. Fund...

Driving infrastructure development, notably mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure projects, has been challenging in many countries. This study includes two parts: an empirical analysis of macroeconomic risks associated with infrastructure booms, and a case study of four emerging...

This study utilizes few selected performance evaluation techniques on a sample of 36 Indian mutual fund schemes, over the period of January 2001 to September 2009. The broad based S&P CNX NIFTY is used in the study as a benchmark. The study measures the performance using Capital Asset Pricing...

Recent case law on the application of the tax exemption in section 87 of the Indian Act. to Indian investment income has taken a very different approach to the purpose and scope of the exemption from that expressed in the leading decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada. Most strikingly, the...

The experiences of the global financial crisis reveal that the spillover effects of the current global financial imbalances undermine the financial stability of different countries. In this emerging scenario, country-specific studies for identifying leading indicators of financial crisis appear...

This article investigates the effects of a large-scale public sector employment quota policy for disadvantaged minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the 1980s and 1990s. We find that, first, the employment...