Working Papers/Discussion Papers (2000 till date)

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Fiscal Consolidation with High Growth: A Policy 
Simulation Model for India (working paper no 73) 
(August 2010)
 
Sudipto Mundle, N.R. Bhanumurthy,
Surajit Das
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Monetary Policy in an Uncertain World: Probability 
Models and the Design of Robust Monetary Rules
 (working paper no 72) (July  2010)
 
Paul Levine
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Understanding the ADR Premium under Market
 Segmentation  (working paper no 71) (July  2010)
 
Matthieu Stigler, Ajay Shah and Ila Patnaik
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A Floating versus Managed Exchange Rate Regime in
 a DSGE Model of India  (working paper no 70) (July 2010)
 
Nicoletta Batini, Vasco Gabriel,  Paul Levine and Joseph Pearlman
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The Exchange Rate Regime in Asia:From Crisis to Crisis
(working paper no 69) May 2010
 
Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah, Anmol Sethy, and Vimal Balasubramaniam
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Urban Governance and Finance in India (working paper no 68)  April 2010

 
M. Govinda Rao and Richard M. Bird
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Stabilising the Indian Business Cycle (working paper no 67)  February 2010

 
Ajay Shah and Ila Patnaik
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Interstate Distribution of Central Expenditure and Subsidies (working paper no 66)  February 2010

Pinaki Chakraborty, Anit N. Mukherjee and H.K. Amar Nath
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Graduating to Globalisation: A Study of Southern Multinationals (working paper no 65)  February 2010

Dilek Demirbas, Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah
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Asia Confronts the Impossible Trinity (working paper no 64) January 2010

Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah
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Why India Choked When Lehman Broke (working paper no 63) January  2010

Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah
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The Difficulties of the Chinese and Indian exchange rate regimes(working paper no 62) August 2009

Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah
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Examining the Decoupling Hypothesis for India (Working Paper no. 61) June 2009

Shruthi Jayaram, Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah
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Indian Capital Control Liberalization : Evidence from NDF Markets(Working Paper no 60) April 2009

Michael Hutchison, Jake Kendall, Gurnain Pasricha, Nirvikar Singh
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Financing Strategy for Achievement of the MDGs and Implementation of the Tenth Five Year Plan (Working paper no. 59) March 2009

M. Govinda Rao, Anuradha Seth, Chewang Rinzin
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Fiscal Health of Selected Indian Cities(Working paper no. 58) March 2009

Simanti Bandyopadhyay, M. Govinda Rao
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Goods and Service Tax for India(Working paper no 57) November 2008

R. Kavita Rao
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The Interface between Economic Development Health and Environment in India: An Econometric Investigation(Working Paper no 56) October 2008

A.L. Nagar,Amit Shovon Ray, Aparna Sawhney, Sayan Samanta
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Issues before the Thirteenth Finance Commission (Working paper No. 55) August 2008

M. Govinda Rao, Tapas Kumar Sen, Pratap R. Jena
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Early warnings of inflation in India (Working paper No. 54) August 2008

Rudrani Bhattacharya, Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah
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Fiscal Policy and Economic Reforms (Working Paper No. 53) July 2008

Y.V. Reddy
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Managing capital flows: The case of India(Working paper No. 52) May 2008

Ajay Shah and Ila Patnaik
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New Issues in Indian Macro Policy(Working paper No 51) May 2008

Ajay Shah
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Does the Currency regime shape unhedged Currency exposure(Working paper No.50) April 2008

Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah
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The Indian Currency Regime and its Consequences (Working paper No. 49)  June 2007  

Ila Patnaik 
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Tracing Functional Devolution by States to Panchayats. (Working paper No.48) May 2007  

Indira Rajaraman,Darshy Sinha  
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Reprioritisation of Public Expendtirue for Human Development.(Financing Human Development)(Working paper No. 2)  May 2007  

Tapas K. Sen, Krishanu Karmakar  
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Public Infrastructure Investment and Non-Market Work in India: Selective Evidence from Time Use Data. (Working paper No. 47) May 2007  

Lekha S. Chakraborty 
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Gender Responsive Budgeting and Fiscal Decentralisation in India: A Preliminary Appraisal(Working paper No. 46)  May 2007  

Lekha S. Chakraborty 
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Public Expenditure on Education : A Review of Selected Issues and Evidence. (Working paper No. 1, 2007 in Financing Human Development) Mar. 2007  

Anit N. Mukherjee 
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Africa : An Appraisal(Working paper No. 45) Jan. 2007  

Lekha S Chakraborty, Amaresh Bagchi 
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Reforming Delivery of Urban Services in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Case Study in India (Working Paper No. 44) Dec. 2006  

Kala Seetharam Sridhar  
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Fiscal Deficit, Capital Formation, and Crowding Out: Evidence from India. (Working Paper No. 43)  Dec. 2006  

Lekha S Chakraborty 
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting in Morocco: Some Observations. (Working paper No. 42) Nov. 2006  

M. Govinda Rao, Lekha S Chakraborty 
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting In The Philippines: An Empirical Analysis (Working paper No. 41)  Oct. 2006  

Lekha S Chakraborty 
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Gender Responsive Budgeting In Mexico: Some Observations (Working paper No. 40.) Sep 2006  

Lekha S Chakraborty 
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Tax Breaks for the Small Scale Sector: An Appraisal (Tax Research Unit Working paper No. 3)  May 2006  

Amaresh Bagchi, R. Kavita Rao, Bulbul Sen 
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Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Property Tax Reforms in Indian Cities (Working paper No. 39 )  April 2006  

Somik V. Lall , Uwe Deichmann 
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Re-visiting the Porter Hypothesis February 2006  

Indrani Roy Chowdhury,Sandwip K.Das 
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Health Damage Cost of Automotive Air Pollution: Cost Benefit Analysis of Fuel Quality Upgradation for Indian Cities ( Working paper No. 37) December 2005  

Ramprasad Sengupta, Subrata Mandal 
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Raising the Tax-Ratio by Reining in the "Tax Breaks" an Agenda for Action (Tax Research Unit 2) December 2005  

Amaresh Bagchi,R. Kavita Rao,Bulbul Sen 
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Trends and Issues in Tax Policy and Reform in India (Tax Research Unit Working paper No.1,2005)  October 2005  

M. Govinda Rao,R. Kavita Rao 
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Transition to Market and Normative Framework of Fiscal Federalism (Working paper No. 36)  September 2005  

M.G. Rao 
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Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt in India: Implications for Growth and Stabilisation(Working paper No. 35)  July 2005  

C. Rangarajan & D.K. Srivastava 
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Fiscal Management in Haryana: A Review (Working paper No. 34) June 2005  

N.K. Bishnoi 
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Fiscal Reforms and Finances of Government of Andhra Pradesh (Working paper No. 33) June 2005  

R. Sudarsana Rao 
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Fiscal Development in Orissa: Problems and Prospects (Working paper No. 32)  May 2005  

S S Rath 
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Joint Ventures, Pollution abd Environmental Policy (Working paper No:31) May 2005  

Indrani Roy Chowdhury 
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Budgetary Constraints and Growth Scenario in Uttar Pradesh(Working paper No:30)  March 2005  

Manoj Kumar Agarwal 
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Measurement of Environmental Efficiency and Productivity: A Cross Country Analysis (Working paper No:29) March 2005  

Surender Kumar & Madhu Khanna 
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Fiscal Situation in Maharashtra An Assessment, A Critique, and Some Policy Suggestions (Working paper No:28) March 2005  

Abhay Pethe and Mala Lalvani 
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Estimation of Marginal Abatement Costs for Undesirable Outputs in India (Working paper No:27) March 2005  

Manish Gupta 
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Fiscal Reforms at the Sub-National Level: The Case of Punjab. (Working paper No:26)  February 2005  

Upinder Sawhney 
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Overlapping Fiscal Domains and Effectiveness of Environmental Policy in India (Working paper No:25) January 2005  

Subrata Mandal and M. Govinda Rao 
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Projection of Quarterly Corporate and Income Tax Collection (Working paper No:24) December 2004 Updated Projections 

A. L. Nagar, Sanjay Kumar & Dev Ashish 
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Cities with suburbs: Evidence from India (Working paper No:23) December 2004  

Kala Seetharam Sridhar 
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A Decomposition of Total factor Productivity Growth: A Regional Analysis of Indian Industrial Manufacturing Growth (Working paper No:22) December 2004  

Surender Kumar  
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The VAT Versus The Turnover Tax With Non-Competitive Firms ( Working paper No:21 ) July 2004  

Arindam Das-Gupta  
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Fiscal Transfers in Australia: Review and Relevance to India (Working paper No:20 )  July 2004  

C.Rangarajan & D.K.Srivastava 
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Impact of the Enterprise Zone.( Working paper No:19) June 2004  

Kala Seetharam Sridhar 
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Fiscal Transfers in Canada: Drawing Comparisons and Lessons (Working paper No:18), May 2004  

C. Rangarajan & D K Srivastava 
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Resource Use Efficiency of US Electricity Generating Plants during the S02 Trading Regime: A Distance Function Approach (Working paper No: 17) May 2004  

Surender Kumar & Shreekant Gupta 
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Towards a Rational System of Centre . State Revenue Transfers in India: An Exploration(Working paper No: 16) April 2004  

Amaresh Bagchi & Pinaki Chakraborty 
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Fiscal Developments and Outlook in India (Working paper No.15) March 2004  

Indira Rajaraman 
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Telecommunications Infrastructure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Countries (Working paper No.14) March 2004  

Kala Seetharam Sridhar &Varadharajan Sridhar 
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The Economic Theory of Tax Compliance with special Reference to Tax Compliance Costs (Working paper No.13)  March 2004  

Arindam Das-Gupta 
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Analysing Industrial Water Demand in India: An Input Distance Function Approach (Working paper No.12)  March 2004  

Surender Kumar 
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Revenue Incentives at the Third Tier (Working paper No.11)  March 2004  

Indira Rajaraman 
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The Use of Socio-Economic Criteria for Inter Governmental Tranfers: The Case of India (Working paper No.10) March 2004  

Tapas K Sen & Christoph Trebesch 
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The Compliance Cost of the Personal Income Tax in India,2000-2001: Preliminary Estimates (Working paper No.9) March 2004  

Arindam Das-Gupta 
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The Income Tax Compliance Cost of Corporations in India ,2000-2001(Working paper No.8)  March 2004  

Arindam Das-Gupta 
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Fiscal Restructuring in the Context of Trade Reform (Working paper No.7) February 2004  

Indira Rajaraman 
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Asymmetric Federalism in India (Working paper No.6) February 2004  

M.Govinda Rao 
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Tax Compliance Costs and Non-Filing Behaviour (Working paper No.5) January 2004  

Arindam Das-Gupta 
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Impact of Growth Centres on Unemployment and Firm Location : Evidence from India(Working paper No.4) January 2004  

Kala Seetharam Sridhar 
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Productivity and Profitabilty changes in the US .Electric Power Plants During subscript Trading Regime (Working paper No.3 ) December 2003  

Surender Kumar  
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Fifty Years of Fiscal Federalism in India : An Appraisal (Working paper No.2) August 2003  

Amaresh Bagchi 
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Intergovernmental Finance in South Africa : Some Observations (Working paper No.1) May 2003  

M.Govinda Rao 
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Harmonising Taxation of Inter-State Trade under a Sub-National VAT: Lessons from International Experience (Discussion Paper No. 8),July 2002   

Mahesh C. Purohit 
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Structure and Administration of VAT in Canada- Lessons for India (Reprint Paper No. 1),March 2002   

Mahesh C. Purohit 
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Revenue Estimates for a Crop-Specific Agricultural Tax (Discussion Paper No. 7),March 2002   

Indira Rajaraman & Nilabja Ghosh 
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Government Subsidies in India: Issues and Approach (Discussion Paper No. 6,January 2002   

D.K. Srivastava & C. Bhujanga Rao 
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India’s Fiscal Deficits and their Sustainability in Perspective (Discussion Paper No. 5),January 2002   

Ashok K. Lahiri & R. Kannan 
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Rational Ways of Increasing Tax Revenues in India (Discussion Paper No. 4),January 2002   

Raja J. Chelliah & R. Kavita Rao 
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Fiscal Adjustment and Expenditure Management (Discussion Paper No. 3) ,January 2002   

A. Premchand & Saumen Chattopadhyay 
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Growth Accelerating Fiscal Devolution to the Third-Tier (Discussion Paper No. 2),January 2002   

Indira Rajaraman 
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Fiscal Discipline at the State Level: Perverse Incentives and Paths to Reform (Discussion Paper No. 1),January 2002   

Mukesh Anand, Amaresh Bagchi & Tapas K. Sen 
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Coming to Grip with Issues of Pricing Urban Water and Intra-City Bus Transport (Discussion Paper No. 5)January 2001   

Om Prakash Mathur  
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Non-Performing Loans of PSU Banks: Some Panel Results (Discussion Paper No. 4),November 2001   

Indira Rajaraman & Garima Vasishtha 
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Road Map for National and Sub-National VATs in India (Discussion Paper No. 3),May 2001    

Mahesh C. Purohit  
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Women Contributions to the Economy through their Unpaid Household Work (Discussion Paper No. 2)  May 2001   

R.N. Pandey 
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Economic Consequences of the Gujarat Earthquake (Discussion Paper No. 1) April 2001  

Ashok K. Lahiri, Tapas K. Sen, R. Kavita Rao & P 
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Time-Series Properties of State-Level Public Expenditure (Discussion Paper No. 4) January 2001  

Indira Rajaraman, Hiranya Mukhopadhyay & R. Kavita Rao 
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Tradable Permits for Environmental Protection: Case Study of An Integrated Steel Plant in India (Working Paper No. 2) December 2000  

Rita Pandey & Geetesh Bhardwaj 
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Fixing Responsibility (Discussion Paper No. 3) June 2000  

Geetesh Bhardwaj & Ramprasad Sengupta 
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Nonlinear Adjustment in Real Exchange Rates and Long Run Purchasing Power Parity – Further Evidence (Discussion Paper No. 2),April 2000    

Gangadhar Darbha & Urjit R. Patel 
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Impact of Grants on Tax Effort of Local Government (Working Paper No. 1) April 2000  

Indira Rajaraman & Garima Vashishtha 
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Practising Sub-National Public Finance in India (Discussion Paper No. 1) March 2000   

Ashok K. Lahiri