By Sreyashi Chakraborty The importance and potential contribution of the Micro, Small, Medium and Small Enterprises Sector, or the MSME sector as it is called, are supported by both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence. It has been recognized all over the world that MSMEs are adept in distributing national income in a more efficient and equitable…
Bitcoins: Modern currency or a bubble asset?
By Sujayata Choudhry Money as we all know is an important part of our lives. Its origin traces back to the time when people engaged in barter, the exchange of merchandise for merchandise, without value equivalence. It is also evident that as the economy evolved, so did different forms of money. From commodity money to…
महात्मा गांधी के आर्थिक विचार
भूपेंद्र सिंह गांधीजी के विचारों को शब्दों में बांधना अपने आप में एक चुनौतीपूर्ण कार्य है।महात्मा गांधी के विचारों की सरलता और गहराइयों को समझने के लिए शब्दों का अभाव हो सकता है। भूमंडलीकरण के इस दौर में शहरों की चकाचौंध बढ़ती जा रही है, वहीं गाँवों की सादगी धूमिल होती प्रतीत हो रही है।…
THE NORWEGIAN REVOLUTION
By Meghna Kane Whenever one thinks of Norway, one immediately conjures up images of the Northern Lights, the Fjords, the deep lakes and the picturesque towns located on cliffs. The country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world and ranks number 1 on the HDI since 2009. Norway is also, the undisputed…
Assessment of Intra-Regional Trade in South Asia
Assessment of Intra-Regional Trade in South Asia_PDF Rahul Jaiswal, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, discusses the issue of low trade integration among SAARC members in his well researched paper. “The growth of intra-regional trade has remained subdued. Even after 25 years of existence, SAARC has failed to integrate well to take advantage of…
CAC vs EIs in Air Pollution Control; International Experience
By Daanish Padha & Shubhankar Yadav This article is a brief commentary on the common mechanisms employed for air pollution control. Part one of the article is a delineation of the properties of these mechanisms and the subsequent part two outlines the international experience of these regulatory instruments. The instruments for Air pollution regulation…
Inequality and the ‘Awesomes’
By Saandhy Ganeriwala This is the age of inequality. The thinkers in our world seem to have only recently become aware of how disgusting it has become. We have all heard the stats by now – CEO to freshers Salary ratios, below poverty line populations, the top 1 (or, maybe 0.1) % wealth concentrations etc. We…
Need for Multipronged Policy Intervention in the Rural Credit Market: Nudging the Loss Averse Poor Borrower
Policy Intervention in the Rural Credit Market_PDF Aranyak Saikia,Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, discusses the possibility of government intervention in improving access to institutional credit to borrowers in the rural credit market. ABSTRACT The paper explores the possibility of government intervention in improving access to institutional credit to borrowers in the rural credit market….
Re-routing the path towards a renewed Ganga
By Kriti Jain Common pool resources may be owned by national, regional or local government as public goods, by communal groups as common property resources or by private individuals or corporations as private goods. When they aren’t owned by anyone they are used as open access resources. It’s widely recognized that size and characteristics of…
Transit Infrastructure in Eastern South Asia: A Game Theoretic Analysis of the BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement
BBIN_Game Theory_PDF Rahul Singh Chauhan, 2nd Year, B.Sc. Economics (Hons.) Presidency University, Kolkata, tries to analyze BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement with the help of Game Theory. ABSTRACT Investment in transit infrastructure and connectivity remains one of the biggest challenges to South Asian integration. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India & Nepal (BBIN) recently signed the Motor Vehicles Agreement 2015,…
Segregation and Ethnic Conflict
By Vasuki Nandan Mannem Following the end of cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union, the world is witnessing a surge in conflicts based on religious and ethnic lines rather than the conflicts based on economic and class struggles as was seen during the period of the cold war. Given the…
Looking Back at the DU Photocopy Case
Guest Post by Apoorva Gautam In August 2012, three international publishers- Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor and Francis, filed a case in the High Court of Delhi, claiming damages to the tune of 60 lac rupees from Rameshwari photocopy shop (in the premises of Delhi School of Economics) and the University of…
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