Search Results - "Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis"

Liquidity constraints, informal institutions, and the adoption of weather insurance: A randomized controlled Trial in Ethiopia by Belissa, Temesgen, Bulte, Erwin, Cecchi, Francesco, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Lensink, Robert

“…We report the results of a drought insurance experiment in Ethiopia, and examine whether uptake of index-based insurance is enhanced if we allow farmers to pay…”
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Efficient priority rules under default: the case of traditio versus contract principle by Andreasson, Jens, Faber, Wolfgang, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Martinson, Claes, Sjögren, Stefan

“…We investigate the economic consequences of the traditio and the contract principle—differing in how they determine the priority rights for an item sold but…”
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Tax/subsidy policies in the presence of environmentally aware consumers by Bansal, Sangeeta, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…We study policy measures to improve environmental quality in the presence of environmentally aware consumers. We consider two sets of policy…”
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Do social policies foster innovation? Evidence from India's CSR regulation by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Homroy, Swarnodeep

“…We examine the effect of social policies on corporate innovation using India's mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regulation. This regulation…”
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Toward a theoretical model of voluntary overcompliance by Arora, Seema, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…We explain why some firms voluntarily overcomply with environmental regulation. In our model all consumers value environmental quality but differ in their…”
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Cash or In-kind Transfers? Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Delhi, India by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Lensink, Robert, Yadav, Bhupesh

“…This article examines a randomised intervention in Delhi, India, that provided unconditional cash transfers to a group of households as a replacement for the…”
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Improving the Lot of Indian Farmers by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Sen, Paroma

“…About a hundred years ago, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had talked about moving people out of farming to solve not only the problem of rural poverty but also of overall…”
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Off-Farm Labor Supply and Correlated Shocks: New Theoretical Insights and Evidence from Malawi by Dimova, Ralitza, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Michaelowa, Katharina, Weber, Anke

“…We offer new conceptual insights into the understanding of occupational choice in uncertain rural environments, with a focus on its ex ante (before a shock)…”
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Developing the Market for Land by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…Government’s land acquisition has come increasingly under fire from both the courts and the people whose lands are being acquired. This article argues that the…”
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Export Bans, Environmental Protection, and Unemployment by Dean, Judith M., Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…This study investigates the case for an export ban on intermediate goods which generate environmental damage. Since export restrictions on intermediates have…”
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No Demand for Skill: The Bane of India’s Vocational Training by Chadha, Nishant, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Yadav, Bhupesh

“…In this article, we document some empirical facts about vocational training in India. First, we show that the education levels and vocational training of the…”
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Does Microfinance Make Households More Resilient to Shocks? Evidence From the Cyclone Phailin in India by Calis, Thijmen, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Ghosh, Namrata, Lensink, Robert, Meesters, Aljar

“…This research note examines the relevance of microfinance as a means to cope with natural disasters, using the event of the cyclone Phailin, which struck India…”
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Reducing subsidies on household fuels in India: how will it affect the poor? by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Ramaswami, Bharat, Wadhwa, Wilima

“…Kerosene and LPG are widely used in households in India for lighting and cooking. These fuels have historically been subsidized. As part of the restructuring…”
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Asymmetric group loans, non-assortative matching and adverse selection by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Lensink, Robert

“…This paper shows that an asymmetric group debt contract, where one borrower co-signs for another, but not vice versa, leads to heterogeneous matching. The…”
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From the Editors’ Desk by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

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From the Editors’ Desk by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

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Reforms and Entry: Some Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector by Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Krishnan, Shagun

“…Traditional research in the context of product market entry has explored the strategic reactions of incumbent firms when threatened by the possibility of…”
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Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect by Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Lensink, Robert

“…We show that the joint liability lending contracts derived in Ghatak (2000) violate an ex post incentive-compatibility constraint which says that the amount of…”
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Incentives for technological development: BAT is bad by Bansal, Sangeeta, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…This paper examines the effect of environmental regulation on a firm's incentives to invest in developing cheaper (clean-up) technologies in a model where…”
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Building a pedagogy around action and emotion: experiences of Blind Opera of Kolkata by Saha, Biswatosh, Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis

“…Contemporary knowledge systems have given too much importance to visual symbols, the written word for instance, as the repository of knowledge. The primacy of…”
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