DSpace at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode: Recent submissions

  • Economic Convergence in the Old and the New Economies of the OECD 
    Nandakumar, Parameswar; Batavia, Bala *; Wague, Cheick * (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2004)
    A rapid process of income convergence or catch-up of per capita income occurred in the industrialized group of countries in the post-war years. The process was limited to the rich group of nations, to a “convergence” club, ...
  • Capital Mobility and Financial Integration in Emerging Economies 
    Nandakumar, Parameswar; Barot, Bharat*; Wague, Cheick* (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2004-01)
  • Asset prices and inflation is there a predictive link 
    Batavia, Bala*; Nandakumar, Parameswaran; Wague, Cheick* (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2007)
    The relationship between asset prices and consumer price inflation has been in the limelight again in the last decade.The reason has been the observed linkages in the early 1990's between housing as well as stock market ...
  • Nature of current inflation in. food prices 
    Sthanumoorthy, R. (Economic & Political Weekly, 2008-10-04)
    Food prices are supposed to bedriving the current inflationaryspiral. The analysis here showsthat it is "food products" and not "primary food articles" which aremainly responsible for the surge ininflation. Among food ...
  • Measuring Productivity in Manufacturing Sector 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre (Economic and Political Weekly, 2004-04)
    Conventional wisdom and current practice in India appear to privilege total factor productivity (TFP), as a measure of productivity, rather than labour productivity. However, labour productivity is a measure of potential ...
  • Land Reforms and the Question of Food in Kerala 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre (Economic and Political Weekly, 1999-05-22)
    This paper explores the idea that the decline of foodgrain production in Kerala originated in the decline of agriculture following migration to the Gulf. It is this event, it is argued that has stood in the way of land ...
  • Labour Arrangements and Bargaining Outcomes under Different Market Conditions 
    Chakravarty, Deepita (The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2006)
    It is the market conditions in a specific industry and/or in the economy in general,not the labour policy legislations and trade unions practices, that take the lead role in determining the labout market outcomes. This is ...
  • Keynes with or without Capital Flows 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre (Economic and Political Weekly, 2003-01-11)
  • Is FDI Led Exports in New Zealand? 
    Bhatt, P.R. (National Institute of Bank Management, 2011-01)
    The objectives of the paper are to study foreign trade and investment dimensions of New Zealand in comparison with its competitors such as Australia, China, India, Japan and Republic ofKorea and to study the rote of FDI ...
  • Invest big in Agriculture 
    Sthanu, R. Nair (The New Indian Express, 2012-12-05)
    My central argument is: To bring down food inflation to the desired level, among others, concrete measures need to be undertaken to control and/or cut down the cost of production of food commodities.
  • Industrial Recovery: Is it sustainable ? 
    Damodaran, Suma; Bhattacharyya, Subhajit*; Bhattacharya, B.B.*; Singh, Rakesh* (ICFAI University Press, 2003-10)
    India Inc. showed a strong performance in the fiscal year 2002-03 and continued the tempo through the first quarter of 2003-04. While this is a reason to celebrate, many doubts linger about the sustainability of this trend ...
  • Industrial Dispersal Through Sales Tax Incentives: An Inter-Regional Picture of Maharashtra upto 1995 
    Rameshan, P. (Man & Development, 2001-06)
    This paper aims at analysing the inter-regional distribution of sales tax exemption and deferral benefits granted to industrialists in Maharashtra during 1979-1995. The incentives have been offered as a strategy dispersal ...
  • Indian Trade Unions: Today and beyond Tomorrow 
    Noronha, Ernesto (Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2003-07)
  • Workers Displacement: Sources of support and coping 
    Noronha, Ernesto (Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2001)
    The paper examines the case of indusrial sickness in New Rajpur Mills, which resulted in industry unemployment and an adverse impact on the lives of workers. It reveals the initial response of the workers to be closeure, ...
  • What do We Know about Productivity Growth in Indian Industry ? 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre; Pushpangadan, K.* (Economic and Political Weekly, 1998-08-22)
    If the growth in toal factor productivity in the manufacturing sector during the 1980s may be used as teh testing ground for our understanding of the phenomenon we must recognise that our knowledge is limited. Two equally ...
  • Vision and Illusion in Fiscal Correction 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre (Economic and Political Weekly, 2000-04)
    In a bid to contain the fiscal deficit, the government has in this budget targeted outlay on subsidies. This note focuses on the likely consequences in the case of the food subsidy.
  • Trade Liberalisation and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing: Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data 
    Balakrishnan, Pulapre; Pushpangadan, K.*; Suresh Babu, M.* (Economic and Political Weekly, 2000-10-07)
    Using panel data comprising firm-level drawn from groups within manufacturing industry which have experienced the most significant tariff reduction, this study investigates teh trend in productivity growth since 1988-89. ...
  • Trade Disputes under WTO: Trends and Features 
    Rameshan, P. (Foreign Trade Review, 2004)
    The Dispute Settlement Mechanism is one of the best elements of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) system since it addressed the earlier concerns under the GATT system, of lack of transparency, non-enforceability, ...
  • Trade and Investment Flows in SAARC Region 
    Bhatt, P.R. (Man & Development, 2001-09)
  • There is a future in farming 
    Sthanu, R. Nair (Hindu Business Line, 9-11-20)
    The fact that the agriculture sector in India has not experienced any significant growth during the post-economic reforms period is well established. For the revival of the sector, policy makers have suggested among others, ...