This paper examines hedging effectiveness of four agricultural (Soybean, Corn, Castor seed and Guar seed) and seven non-agricultural (Gold, Silver, Aluminium, Copper, Zinc, Crude oil and Natural gas) futures contracts traded in India. We apply VECM and CCC-MGARCH model to estimate constant hedge...

A comparative study of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) was done in the Indian scenario on the lines of the methodology proposed by Chen (1983). A factor analysis (maximum likelihood method) was done on the daily returns data of selected scrips from...

The monthly factor premium time series for the three factors (market, size and value) in the Fama-French three factor model in India are found to be stationary for period April 01, 1991 till March 31, 2015. The stationarity behavior for the time series is inferred from a visual examination as...

Brings out the issues in infrastructure development in India. The policy, regulatory, legal and institutional constraints in infrastructure development, and the opportunities for reform are highlighted. Topics covered are the background of infrastructure reform emanting from a more liberal...

In this paper, we examine the trends in the CPI and the core part of the CPI to bring out a grievous error in the core CPI. The core in certain years shows a jump of as much as 7% in certain quarters due to the error in the way the rent prices are computed. During the periods following the Pay...

Delays and cost overruns in Public Sector investments can raise the capital-output ratio in the sector and elsewhere, bringing down the efficacy of investments. Yet there are no estimates of the delays and cost overruns, and of their opportunity cost. This study arrives at rough estimates of the...

Public Investments in India have witnessed large delays and cost overruns. The same are estimated and shown to continue to be large, even though they have declined despite many changes in economic policy. What has brought about change in efficiency of overall investments is the sharp decline in...