COVID-19 pandemic in India: through psycho-social lensJournal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 23 - Trang 414-437 - 2021
Aparna Joshi
COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that simultaneously affected
different countries and communities across the globe. The large-scale
psychosocial impact of the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, is an
experiential reality for many, in India. Despite this impact, a closer look at
India’s response to the pandemic shows that the two strands of health and relief
measures, continue to occ... hiện toàn bộ
Does economic policy uncertainty affect banks’ non-interest income in India?Journal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 25 - Trang 261-276 - 2023
Muthu Shanmugam
This paper examines how economic policy uncertainty (EPU) affects the banks’
non-interest income for a sample of 61 scheduled commercial banks in India for
the period from 2004–2005 to 2019–2020. Using a dynamic Generalized Method of
Moment (GMM) approach, we find that EPU has a positive effect on the banks’
non-interest income. The findings regarding the positive association between
economic poli... hiện toàn bộ
Insurance and risk practices: an exploration of religious texts to reveal the evolutionary development of insurance institutionsJournal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 20 - Trang 274-292 - 2018
Ashu Tiwari, Imlak Shaikh, Archana Patro
Archeological evidence shows that many ancient civilizations were engaged in
practices resembling insurance to protect individuals from adverse economic
loss. The present study argues that such protection mechanisms are indeed very
old and have their roots in various religions, but rather than an economic
orientation, they were governed by religious faith for collective survival. The
concepts of p... hiện toàn bộ
Urban infrastructure financing in India: applying the benefit and earmarking principles of taxationJournal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 20 - Trang 110-128 - 2018
Alok Kumar Mishra, Prasanna Kumar Mohanty
Cities in developing countries, including India, are the engines of economic
growth and structural transformation due to their agglomeration, knowledge and
networking externalities. Yet, they suffer from a serious mismatch between their
functions and finances. As a result, they have been consistently neglecting core
urban public facilities, critically needed for sustaining growth. This is
puzzling... hiện toàn bộ
The causal nexus between bank indices and geopolitical risk: bootstrap causality analysis under horizontal sector dependenceJournal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 25 - Trang 531-538 - 2023
Hakan Yıldırım, Eyyüp Ensari Şahin, Saffet Akdağ, Andrew Adewale Alola
As the global economy thrives and pushes for sustainable growth, there are also
a plethora of non-economic challenges arising from the respective dimensions of
insecurity and geopolitical tensions such as inter- and intra-country conflicts.
Geopolitical risk mostly arises from security tensions, war, and terrorist
incidents, which hamper peaceful inter-country and regional cooperation, thus
endang... hiện toàn bộ
Factors influencing knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Nepal: role of socioeconomic interactionsJournal of Social and Economic Development - Tập 20 - Trang 174-191 - 2018
Sharmistha Self, Richard Grabowski
This paper focuses on analyzing those factors which influence the extent of
knowledge about HIV/AIDS in Nepal. The main hypothesis is that the social
network that is the foundation for market exchange can also serve as a mechanism
for diffusing knowledge concerning this disease. Thus, there is a social
spillover effect from market activity. Data drawn from a broad sample of
Nepalese households are... hiện toàn bộ