The power sector reforms of Delhi, the capital of India presents an interesting case in the evolution of power sector reforms in India, targeting improvements in distribution side. The Delhi reform design has benefitted from the experience of an earlier partially successful experiment in the...

Dualism is a pervasive feature of the manufacturing sectors of less-developed countries, with large differences in productivity between the informal and the formal sectors. Policy distortions are viewed as an important factor behind the prevalence of manufacturing dualism. We examine whether...

This paper tests the impact of institutional quality on the performance of thermal power sector in India. We estimate a translog inefficiency effects stochastic frontier model using plant age, plant capacity and an index of regulatory governance as determinants of inefficiency. The dataset...