Nirvikar Singh

University of California, Santa Cruz

Distinguished Professor of Economics

Department of Economics

E2 Building

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

United States

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1.

Information Technology and Rural Development in India

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 563
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2004
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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India, information technology, Internet, rural development

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Asymmetric Federalism in India

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 04-08
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 May 2004
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 1,020 (30,933)
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Intergovernmental transfers, federalism, political bargaining, constitutional arrangements

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Information Technology and India's Economic Development

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 523
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Feb 2003
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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information technology, software, complementarities, telecommunications

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Indian Federalism, Economic Reform and Globalization

UC Santa Cruz Center for International Economics Working Paper No. 02-13
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Aug 2002
Nirvikar Singh and T. N. Srinivasan
University of California, Santa Cruz and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
Downloads 863 (39,143)
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Indian Federalism

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Regional Inequality in India: A Fresh Look

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 532; UC Santa Cruz Center for International Economics Working Paper No. 02-23
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Nirvikar Singh, Laveesh Bhandari, Aoyu Chen and Aarti Khare
University of California, Santa Cruz, Indicus Analytics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and INDICUS Analytics
Downloads 790 (44,111)
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regional inequality, federalism, human development

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Federalism in India: Political Economy and Reforms

UCSC Economics Working Paper No. 484
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Oct 2001
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 776 (45,156)
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Intergovernmental transfers, economic reform, convergence

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Fiscal Policy in India: Lessons and Priorities

Univ California Santa Cruz: Dept of Economics Working Paper No. 555
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Mar 2004
Nirvikar Singh and T. N. Srinivasan
University of California, Santa Cruz and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
Downloads 748 (47,631)
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Federalism and Economic Development in India: An Assessment

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Dec 2006
Nirvikar Singh and T. N. Srinivasan
University of California, Santa Cruz and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Seller Strategies on Ebay

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 564
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Apr 2004
Steven T. Anderson, Daniel Friedman, Garrett H. Milam and Nirvikar Singh
Government of the United States of America - International Minerals Section, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, Ryerson University - Economics and Management Science and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 577 (66,393)
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Information Technology and Its Role in India's Economic Development: A Review

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Icts and Rural Development in India

Number of pages: 117 Posted: 08 Dec 2006
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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India, ICTs, Internet, development

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Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India

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Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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finan cial inclusion, saving, insurance, credit, microfinance, financial literacy, India

Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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financial inclusion, saving, insurance, credit, microfinance, financial literacy, India

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Services-Led Industrialization in India: Assessment and Lessons

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 14 Dec 2006
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Productivity and Economic Growth in East Asia: Innovation, Efficiency and Accumulation

UCSC, Economics Working Paper No. 502
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Nov 2001
Gaofeng Han, Kaliappa Kalirajan and Nirvikar Singh
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 447 (90,645)
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TFPG, technical efficiency change, sources of growth

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Inter State Water Disputes in India: Institutions and Policies

UCSC Department of Economics Working Paper No. 503
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Nov 2001
Alan Richards and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 445 (91,139)
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federalism, bargaining, water, investment

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Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization in India

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 16 Oct 2008
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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federalism, decentralization, intergovernmental relations, economic reform, accountability, service delivery

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The Impact of International Labor Standards: A Survey of Economic Theory

UCSC Economics Working Paper No. 483
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 26 Oct 2001
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Labor standards, trade, rights, welfare, development

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Productivity, Efficiency and Economic Growth: East Asia and the Rest of the World

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Apr 2003
Gaofeng Han, Kaliappa Kalirajan and Nirvikar Singh
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Total factor productivity growth, technical efficiency change, technical progress, sources of growth, varying coefficients frontier production functions

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Transaction Costs, Information Technology and Development

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Nov 2004
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Transaction costs, information technology, Internet, development, India

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The Political Economy of India's Federal System and its Reform

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 04-07
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 May 2004
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 288 (147,892)
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Intergovernmental transfers, economic reform, federalism, regional inequalities

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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?

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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?

NET Institute Working Paper No. 06-05
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Oct 2006
Jake Kendall and Nirvikar Singh
University of Washington, CSE and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 276 (153,083)
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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?

Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Jake Kendall and Nirvikar Singh
University of Washington, CSE and University of California, Santa Cruz

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Internet in India, Influences, social biases

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Theories of Governance and Development: How Does India’s Experience Fit?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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democracy, embedded autonomy, governance, limited access orders, India, inclusive institutions, political economy

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Buy it Now: A Hybrid Internet Market Institution

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 565
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 May 2004
Steven T. Anderson, Daniel Friedman, Garrett H. Milam and Nirvikar Singh
Government of the United States of America - International Minerals Section, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, Ryerson University - Economics and Management Science and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Information Technology and Broad-Based Development: Preliminary Lessons from North India

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 522
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Feb 2003
Nirvikar Singh and P. D. Kaushik
University of California, Santa Cruz and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
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India, South Asia, information technology, Internet, rural development

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The Idea of South Asia and the Role of the Middle Class

Univ. California SCCIE Working Paper No. 05-08
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 May 2005
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Middle class, public goods, identity, heterogeneity

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India's System of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

UC Santa Cruz SCCIE Working Paper No. 04-17
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Sep 2004
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Fiscal Decentralization in China and India: Competitive, Cooperative or Market Preserving Federalism?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 238 (177,994)
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cooperative federalism, competitive federalism, market-preserving

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Some Economic Consequences of India's Institutions of Governance: A Conceptual Framework

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 556; SCCIE Working Paper No. 03-20
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Mar 2004
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 219 (192,634)
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governance, commitment, durability, enforcement, decentralization

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Information Technology as an Engine of Broad-Based Growth in India

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Oct 2008
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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information technology, software, complementarities, telecommunications

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Foreign Capital, Inflation, Sterilization, Crowding-Out and Growth: Some Illustrative Models

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 04-09
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Aug 2004
Nirvikar Singh and T. N. Srinivasan
University of California, Santa Cruz and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
Downloads 197 (212,323)
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Foreign capital, sterilization, absorption, crowding out, inflation, growth

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The Political Economy of India's Fiscal Federal System and its Reform

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Dec 2006
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 192 (217,216)
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intergovernmental transfers, economic reform, federalism, regional inequalities

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State Finances in India: A Case for Systemic Reform

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Oct 2008
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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fiscal policy, intergovernmental transfers, incentives, institutional reform

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Does Too Much Finance Harm Economic Growth?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Siong Hook Law and Nirvikar Singh
University Putra Malaysia and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Finance, economic growth, threshold effects, dynamic panel threshold

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Network Economics and the Digital Divide in Rural India

NET Institute Working Paper No. 07-29
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Oct 2007
P. D. Kaushik, Jake Kendall, Nirvikar Singh, Kristen Williams and Yan Zhou
Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, University of Washington, CSE, University of California, Santa Cruz, affiliation not provided to SSRN and California State University, Sacramento
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Development, IT, ITC, India, Digital Divide, Internet

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Digital India as an Innovation System

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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digital India, innovation system, digital infrastructure, information technology, economic growth

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Some Patterns in Center-State Fiscal Transfers in India: An Illustrative Analysis

UC Santa Cruz International Economics Working Paper No. 04-18; UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 579
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Nov 2004
Nirvikar Singh and Garima Vasishtha
University of California, Santa Cruz and International Monetary Fund
Downloads 158 (256,574)
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Time Series Analysis of U.S.-East Asia Commodity Trade, 1962-1992

Univ. California Santa Cruz Center for International Economics Working Paper No. 04-11
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jun 2004
Terrie Carolan and Nirvikar Singh
Finaplex, Inc. and University of California, Santa Cruz
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International trade flows, time series, ADF, KPSS, trends, economic development

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"The Dynamics of Reform of India's Federal System"

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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P26, P35, H1, H7

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Understanding and Quantifying Aspects of the Black-White Wealth Gap in the United States

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2021
Nirvikar Singh, Anirban Sanyal and Rongchen Liu
University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC and University of California, Santa Cruz
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wealth inequality, racial inequality, education, inheritance, wealth patterns

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Equilibrium Vengeance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Oct 2002
Daniel Friedman and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Negative Reciprocity, Evolutionary, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium, Emotional State Dependent Utility

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Inequality, Coalitions and Collective Action

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 570
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jul 2004
Pranab Bardhan and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 128 (302,586)
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inequality, self-enforcing, collective action, infrastructure

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Negative Reciprocity: The Coevolution of Memes and Genes

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 560
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Mar 2004
Daniel Friedman and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Altruism, reciprocity, negative reciprocity, coevolution

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Nash Bargaining Versus Market Outcomes

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 526
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Oct 2002
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Federalism, political economy, transaction-cost politics

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Indian Capital Control Liberalization: Evidence from NDF Markets

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2014
Michael M. Hutchison, Jake Kendall, Gurnain Kaur Pasricha and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, University of Washington, CSE, International Monetary Fund and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 104 (350,016)
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Environmental Issues, Economic Policies and Agricultural Development: The Case of Punjab, India

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Mar 2021
Rongchen Liu, Anirban Sanyal and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 98 (363,881)
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Environment, Growth, Policy Implications

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Network Economics and the Digital Divide in Rural South Asia

NET Institute Working Paper No. 07-30
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Oct 2007
P. D. Kaushik, Jake Kendall, Nirvikar Singh, Kristen Williams and Yan Zhou
Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, University of Washington, CSE, University of California, Santa Cruz, affiliation not provided to SSRN and California State University, Sacramento
Downloads 89 (386,260)

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Development, IT, ITC, South Asia, Digital Divide, Internet

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Contests Where There is Variation in the Marginal Productivity of Effort

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 466
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Feb 2001
Donald Wittman and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Power, Privacy and Personalization in Digital Commerce

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2021
Nirvikar Singh, Rajiv Sunkara and Simon Yencken
University of California, Santa Cruz, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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behavioral data, personalization, artificial intelligence, market power, data privacy, digital networks

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Mental Health Policy in India: Seven Sets of Questions and Some Answers

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Arshad Mirza and Nirvikar Singh
Independent and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Mental Health, India, Healthcare, Insurance, Public Policy, Human Rights, Discrimination

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Vengefulness Evolves in Small Groups

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 559
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Mar 2004
Daniel Friedman and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 80 (411,588)
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Structural Change and Economic Growth in India: A Comparative Study of Punjab

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Jan 2021
Anirban Sanyal and Nirvikar Singh
UCSC and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Structural Change, Panel Regression, Time Varying Parameters

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Impacts of the COVID Lockdown on Consumption: Household Data from India

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 May 2021 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2021
Anirban Sanyal, Nirvikar Singh and Rolly Kapoor
UCSC, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Embedded Autonomy, Political Institutions and Access Orders

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2021
Weicheng Lyu and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
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embedded autonomy, corruption, economic growth, access orders, inclusive institutions

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Punjab’s Agricultural Innovation Challenge

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Punjab, agriculture, innovation, switching costs, infrastructure

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Structural Change and Economic Growth in India: Patterns and Heterogeneity Among the States and Possible Implications for Post-Pandemic Recovery

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Jan 2021
Anirban Sanyal and Nirvikar Singh
UCSC and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 56 (494,480)
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India, Economic Growth, Structural Change, Panel Regression, Time Varying Parameters

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Lost, Dysfunctional or Evolving? A View of Business Schools from Silicon Valley

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Oct 2008
Kyle Eischen and Nirvikar Singh
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Santa Cruz
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management education, Silicon Valley, globalization, technology

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Analyzing the Structural Change and Growth Relationship in India: State-Level Evidence

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Orcan Cortuk and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 50 (519,752)
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Indian economy; structural change; growth

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Reforming India's Institutions of Public Expenditure Governance

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Foreign Investors Under Stress: Evidence from India

IMF Working Paper No. 13/122
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jun 2013
Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah and Nirvikar Singh
Indian Express, Independent and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Foreign investment, India, Stock markets, Emerging markets, Economic models, Event study, Extreme events, Foreign investors, stock market, equity market, financial globalization, stock market index, stock returns, financial stability, international finance, stock markets, financial system, financial economics, stock market indexes, stock price, stock prices, equity markets, local stock market, stock market price, financial markets, financial institutions, international capital, emerging market stock, financial market, stock market fluctuations, bond, bond price, hedge, stock market declines, portfolio investment, hedge funds, asset markets

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Impacts of the COVID Lockdown on Household Incomes: Evidence from India

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Oct 2021
Anirban Sanyal, Rolly Kapoor and Nirvikar Singh
UCSC, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 48 (528,714)

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COVID, lockdown, India, income decline, wage income, business income

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Regional Inequality in India in the 1990s: A District-Level View

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh, Jake Kendall, R. K. Jain and Jai Chander
University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Washington, CSE, Government of India - Reserve Bank of India and Government of India - Reserve Bank of India
Downloads 44 (547,328)
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regional inequality, growth convergen ce, economic reform, inclusive growth

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Trade Productivity Upgrading, Trade Fragmentation, and FDI in Manufacturing: The Asian Development Experience

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jun 2012
Nirvikar Singh and Jesse Mora
University of California, Santa Cruz and Occidental College - Department of Economics
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international trade, trade policy, product upgrading, trade fragmentation, vertical specialization, FDI and economic development

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Regional Inequality in India in the 1990s: A Further Look

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Feb 2014
Nirvikar Singh, Jake Kendall, R.K. Jain and Jai Chander
University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Washington, CSE, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and Government of India - Reserve Bank of India
Downloads 42 (557,186)
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A Model of Embedded Autonomy and Asymmetric Information

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
Weicheng Lyu and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 37 (582,939)

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embedded autonomy, asymmetric information, economic development, cronyism

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Trade Dynamics in the East Asian Miracle: A Time Series Analysis of U.S.-East Asia Commodity Trade, 1962-1992

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jun 2012
Nirvikar Singh, Terrie Carolan and Jesse Mora
University of California, Santa Cruz, Finaplex, Inc. and Occidental College - Department of Economics
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international trade flows, time series, ADF, KPSS, trends, economic development

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The 0.0003 Percent: Short-Run Dynamics of Extreme Wealth in America

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 02 May 2022
Arsh Singh and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Merced - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 26 (650,176)

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Forbes 400, financial crisis, wealth inequality, higher education, mobility

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Public Finances of Internal Security in India

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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public finance, India, police services, internal security

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Dove or Hawk? Characterizing Monetary Policy Regime Switches in India

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Feb 2013
Michael M. Hutchison, Rajeswari Sengupta and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, Institute for Financial Management and Research and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 25 (657,066)
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monetary policy, Taylor rule, Markov regime switching, inflation targeting, RBI’s discretionary policy

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Healthcare Costs, Choice of Providers and Patient Satisfaction: Survey Evidence from India

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2021
Prateek Arora, Nirvikar Singh and Abhijit Visaria
University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Santa Cruz and Duke-NUS Medical School
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healthcare demand, India, cost sensitivity, healthcare policy

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Religion, Morality and Economics: Insights from the Sikh Tradition

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Religion, morality, economics, ethics, evolution, Sikhism

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How Do Extreme Global Shocks Affect Foreign Portfolio Investment? An Event Study for India

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Anick Yaha, Nirvikar Singh and Jean Paul Rabanal
University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Santa Cruz and University of Stavanger
Downloads 23 (671,657)
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Millennial Sikhs in a Capitalist Economy

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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wealth inequality, capitalism, Sikhs, entrepreneurship, millennials, religious identity

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China, India and Industrial Policy for Inclusive Growth

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Inderjit Kaur and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 19 (702,031)
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Industrial policy, China model, India, inclusive growth, comparative advantage, economic reform

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Mental Health Policy in India: Seven Sets of Questions and Some Answers

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Arshad Mirza and Nirvikar Singh
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 17 (718,068)

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mental health, India, healthcare, insurance, public policy, human rights, discrimination

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Mobility Among the Wealthiest Americans: The Influence of Education and Inheritance

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Arsh Singh and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Merced - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 16 (726,220)

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Forbes 400, financial crisis, wealth inequality, higher education, inheritance.

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Financial Integration in East Asia: Past, Present and Possible Futures

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Inderjit Kaur and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California, Santa Cruz
Downloads 15 (734,670)

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inancial integration, financial development, financial crises, trilemma, monetary union, risk management

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Breaking the Mold: Thoughts on Punjab's Future Economic Development

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Punjab, economic development, structural change, political economy

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Truthful Living: Sikh Thought and Practice in Economic Life

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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economics, ethics, religion, Sikhism, entrepreneurship

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Punjab's Agricultural Innovation Challenge

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Punjab, agriculture, innovation, switching costs, infrastructure

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India’s Strategy for Achieving Net Zero

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Jun 2022
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Climate change, carbon emissions, Net Zero, India, energy policy

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Heterogeneous Patterns of Financial Development: Implications for Asian Financial Integration

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Linh Bun and Nirvikar Singh
Independent and University of California, Santa Cruz
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Financial development, financial integration, Asia Pacific, East Asia

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India’s Trilemma: Financial Liberalisation, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy

The World Economy, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 3-18, 2012
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jan 2012
Michael M. Hutchison, Rajeswari Sengupta and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and University of California, Santa Cruz
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The Political Economy of India's Fiscal Federal System and its Reform

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 37, Issue 1, pp. 26-44, 2007
Posted: 18 Aug 2009
M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and University of California, Santa Cruz

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Implementation with Partial Verification

UC Santa Cruz Economics Working Paper No. 465
Posted: 08 Feb 2001
Donald Wittman and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz

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Implementation, Partial Verification, Mechanism Design, Revelation Principle

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No Easy Exit: Property Rights, Markets, and Negotiations Over Water

UCSC Department of Economics Working Paper No. 463
Posted: 07 Nov 2000
Alan Richards and Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of California, Santa Cruz

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Coase Theorem, Property Rights, Middle East, Water, Conflict

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Issues in Local Government Reform in India

UCSC Dept. of Economics WP 393
Posted: 08 Jun 1998
Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz

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Rent Seeking and Rent Setting with Asymmetric Effectiveness of Lobbying

UCSC Dept. of Economics WP 363
Posted: 16 Oct 1996
Inderjit Kohil and Nirvikar Singh
Santa Clara University and University of California, Santa Cruz

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The Role of R & D in Explaining Total Factor Productivity Growth in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

UCSC Dept. of Economics Working Paper #362
Posted: 16 Sep 1996
Nirvikar Singh and Hung Trieu
University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California at Santa Cruz and Phoenix

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