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Browsing 18. Working Papers by Title

Browsing 18. Working Papers by Title

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  • On a Two-Parameter Discrete Distribution and its Applications 
    Chowdhury, Shovan; Mukherjee, Amitava; Nanda, Asok K (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2014)
    Here we introduce two-parameter compounded geometric distributions with monotone failure rates. These distributions are derived by compounding geometric distribution and zero-truncated Poisson distribution. Some statistical ...
  • On Modeling the Step Fixed-Charge Transportation Problem 
    Ram Kumar, P N (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2013)
    Fixed-charge transportation problem (FCTP) deals with determining optimal quantities ofgoods to be shipped and the routes to be used to satisfy the customers’ demands at minimaltotal cost. The total cost contains a fixed ...
  • Opening the Pandora’s Box – Liberalised Input Trade and Wage Inequality with Non-traded Goods and Segmented Unskilled Labour Markets 
    Mukherjee, Soumyatanu (University of Nottingham, 2016-07)
    This paper, using a full-employment general equilibrium model for a developing Asian country like India with internationally non-traded goods and international fragmentation in skill-intensive production, illuminates how ...
  • The Paradox of Unbiased Public Information 
    Ladha, Krishna K; Miller, Gary J (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2012)
    Recent game-theoretic literature on juries proposes many reforms including the abandonment of the unanimity rule. Considering the scope of the proposed change, this paper sets out to do one thing: it tests the critical ...
  • Patterns of PED Test Sanctions in Professional Sports– Baseline and Implications for Research 
    Dhayanithy, Deepak (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2013)
    This paper establishes an empirical ground for the exploration of PEDs in professional sport, and the research implications. We use athlete level testing and sanctions data of 70 sports disciplines between 2001 and 2012, ...
  • Perfection of the Jury Rule by Rule-Reforming Voters 
    Ladha, Krishna K (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2012)
    With no authority to change the constitution, a jury does the next best thing: it adopts the optimal rule given the constitution. At equilibrium, some jurors, called the rule reformers, vote independent of their information ...
  • A Phase-II Nonparametric Cusum Chart with an Application to Exchange Rates Data 
    Mukherjee, A; Marozzi, M; Chowdhury, Shovan (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2014-11)
    Recently, Chowdhury et al. (2014a) proposed a single distribution-free Shewhart-type control chart based on the Cucconi (1968) test statistic for monitoring shift in the unknown location and scale parameters of a process ...
  • Political Economy and the Media Marxist approach to the nature and effects of media 
    Mathew, A.F. (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2013)
    What are the basic aims, function and role of the media? It is here that a political economy perspective becomes relevant. The idea of ‘political economy’ is vital to examine a critical perspective of the media. This is ...
  • Portfolio choice decision making with NBP-effSAMWMIX: A Stochastic Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithm using Naïve Bandit Portfolio Approach 
    Villari, Boby Chaitanya; Abdulla, Mohammed Shahid (Indian Institute of Management, 2017-01)
    Portfolio Selection Problem (PSP) is actively discussed in financial research. The choice of available assets poses the need for exploration and the objective to maximize the portfolio payoffs makes the PCP an explore-exploit ...
  • Predicting the Probability of Default Using Asset Correlation of a Loan Portfolio 
    Bagg, Pankaj (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2014-03)
    We use the asymptotic single risk factor model, which is a portfolio invariant model and preferred by BCBS with the factor based structural CreditMetrics portfolio default model to empirically estimate the Probability ...
  • Public work programmes and gender-based violence: the case of NREGA in India 
    Amaral, Sofia; Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Sensarma, Rudra (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015-03)
    NREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) is the Indian government’s flagship anti-poverty programme and is one of the largest public works programmes in the world which aims to increase employment ...
  • A Qualitative Study of Training Effectiveness 
    Dhal, Manoranjan (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2014-03)
    Organizations invest a lot of money and time on training towards employee development and learning transfer. Training is defined as a systematic process designed to provide trainees with knowledge, skills and develop ...
  • Readying for Change: Use of Improvisation in Change Management Training 
    Rajeev, Priya Nair; Kalpathi, Subramanian (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015)
    This paper elucidates how Improv games can be used in a change management program and describes its utility and versatility in enhancing training effectiveness. For Change Management consultants and trainers the method ...
  • Relevance of Rural Periodic Markets: A Review 
    Velayudhan, Sanal Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2016-05)
    Literature on periodic markets in rural areas predicts the demise of these markets. Administrative policies support alternative markets for marketing farmer produce. Despite these predictions and administrative actions ...
  • Response Rate in Industrial Surveys conducted in India:Trends and Implications 
    Krishnan, T N; Poulose, Shobitha (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2013)
    Despite a growth in the number of India-focused articles appearing in leading business journals, there has not been an attempt to conduct systematic reviews of response rate in surveys conducted in India. India differs ...
  • Role of Stylized features in Constructing estimators for Regime Switching Models 
    Ramprasath, L (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015)
    This article explores a link between stylized features and estimation accuracy, in the context of estimating the transition probabilities in regime switching models. We provide an example where estimators that are constructed ...
  • Rumor Sharing in the Marketplace: What motivates the Consumer? 
    Sudhir, Subin; Unnithan, Anandakuttan B (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2013)
    Rumors are often shared in the marketplace about products, services, brands or organizations. These rumors get communicated from consumer to consumer in the form of Word of Mouth (WOM). An exhaustive review of literature ...
  • Satisfaction of Learning, Performance and Relatedness needs at Work and Employees' Organizational Identification 
    Kumar, Manish; Jauhari, Hemang (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015)
    In today's Scenario where loyalty can no longer be demanded from employees, the extent of organizational identification of employees predicts outcomes of organizational interest. It is therefore essential for organizations ...
  • Section 135 of Companies Act (2013): Implementation challenges faced by Companies and NGOs 
    Rajeev, Priya Nair; Kalagnanam, Suresh (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015-04)
    The completion of the first year of implementation of the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act (2013) is perhaps an opportune moment to take stock of the potential implementation challenges faced by companies and ...
  • Sexual Violence: A Model of Occupational Choice and Gender Wage Gap 
    Gangopadhyay, Kausik (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2015)
    Surge in sexual violence in India is a public concern in the recent times. I present the stylized facts regarding rapes in India over time and contrast them to global data. Incidence of rape is positively associated with ...

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