Topics in applied economics
Subtitle: tools, issues, and institutions
By: editors, G. Mythili and R. Hema.
Contributors: Sankar, U.; Mythili, G.; Hema, R.
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Economics -- Methodology.; Econometric models.; Economics -- India.; Econometric models -- India.
Other titles: Applied economics
Description: Some articles are with special reference to India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"A festschrift volume for Prof. U. Sankar."
Table of contents: title: 1. On errors in the variables / Arnold Zellner and U. Sankar; title: 2. Profit maximising estimators and medical decision rules / V.K. Chetty; title: 3. Price-quantity indexes through consistent aggregation of markets / Nagesh S. Revankar and M. Salih; title: 4. Patterns and determinants of economic growth in Indian states / K.L. Krishna; title: 5. Measurement and analysis of agricultural growth in India : a critical appraisal / A. Vaidyanathan; title: 6. Estimation of decline in Marginal Productivity of land using stochastic production funtion / G. Mythili; title: 7. Valueing community labour : why not? / Gopal K. Kadekodi and Man Mohan Agraval; title: 8. A relative view of absolute poverty : some implications for identification, aggregation and policy intervention / S. Subramanian and T. Bandyopadhyay; title: 9. A review of India's recent trade policy reforms / Kaliapa Kalirajan; title: 10. Investors' decision behaviour and post-issue performance of firms under alternative regulatory regimes / Sreejata Banerjee; title: 11. Empowering the Indian power sector : a road map / R. Hema; title: 12. Institution of collective action for pollution abatement : the common effluent treatment plant / V. Anuradha.