Theory, Measurement and Policy Evolving Themes in Quantitative Economics

Contents: Introduction/V. Pandit and K.R. Shanmugam. Section I. Theory and Methodology. 1. Information and Structure: Some Explorations in Econometrics/C.R. Rao. 2.  Methodology and Economics/Sukhamoy Chakravarty. 3. Structural Modelling in Economics/A.L. Nagar. 4. Sensitivity to Critical Facts and Premises in the Exploration of Economic Hypotheses/B.S. Minhas. 5. Causal Inference and Scientific Explanation in Economics/D.M. Nachane. 6. Teaching of Econometrics in India/K.L. Krishna. 7. Commonsense of Econometrics Revisited/R. Bharadwaj. Section II. Economy-wide Policy Modeling. 8.  Monetary Management: The Changing Framework/C. Rangarajan.  9. Macroeconometric Models for India: Past, Present and Prospects/K. Krishnamurty. 10. Sustainable Economic Growth for India: An Exercise in Macroeconomic Scenario Building/V. Pandit. 11. Econometric Research and Public Policy/V.R. Panchamukhi. 12.Computable General Equilibrium and Policy Analysis/Atul Sarma. Section III. Development Issues. 13. Recent Studies on Poverty in India: A Survey/N.S. Iyengar. 14. Assessing Environment Consequences of Economic Development/Kirit S. Parikh. 15. Development Models: The Next Phase/Y.K. Alagh. 16. On the Regulation of Public Utilities Facing Competitive Fringe/U. Sankar. 17. Determinants of Profitability of Banks in India/R.B. Barman.

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