Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

About: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research is a facility organization based out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Monetary policy & Inflation. The organization has 307 authors who have published 1021 publications receiving 18848 citations.

Managerial delegation under network effects

Abstract: This paper shows that network effects do not have any implication to the nature of the equilibrium strategic managerial delegation under Cournot type quantity competition, unlike as in the case of Bertrand type price competition a la Hoernig (2012). It also shows that delegation of output/price decision to the manager is optimal for the owner even in the case of monopoly in the product market, due to the existence of network effects. The monopolist offers sales-oriented incentive scheme to her manager in equilibrium, if there is network effect.

Structure of Financial Savings During Indian Economic Reforms

Abstract: In an economy undergoing structural reforms the composition of savings goes through considerable change. It is important to understand such changes both for increasing the volume of aggregate savings (to garner resources for higher economic growth) as well as affecting their composition (towards more productive instruments) through an understanding of inter-asset substitutability. We conduct nonparametric tests to examine whether data on financial savings in India can be rationalized in terms of a utility function of a representative economic agent. The parametric test has the disadvantage that in some cases it is not possible to distinguish between rejections of the functional form from a rejection of weak separability. We establish that data on financial savings in India are consistent with the existence of a utility function for a representative individual with a sub-preference where contractual savings (insurance and provident funds) can be separated out. This would facilitate construction of a suitable financial aggregate using these assets.

Wholesale Spreads and the Dynamics of Retail Price Volatility

Abstract: This paper proposes a general model of asymmetric price transmission at the retail level to examine the volatility of retail spreads in vertical markets, with endogenous overshooting of the wholesale spreads. The model is tested with Indian data and detects significant levels of asymmetry in price transmission. In addition it is found that endogenizing the instability at the wholesale level is significant in explaining volatilities of retail spreads.

Integrated Model of Computable General Equilibrium and Social Cost Benefit Analysis of an Indian Oil Refinery: Future Projections and Macroeconomic Effects:

Abstract: Cost benefit analysis (CBA) has long been used as a useful tool to appraise and evaluate the value of a range of investment projects to a society. Certain aspects of this method such as the appropr...