Since cotton is grown under different agroclimatic and local conditions of the northern, central and southern regions of the country, the performance of cotton production is influenced by the agroclimatic and region-specific factors. In this study, an econometric model has been developed for...

This paper examines the viability of rural banking by the Nationalized Commercial Banks and the factors influencing it. The viability was examined using both cost and profitability analyses. Theory of costs is used for the former, while multi-variate econometric model is formulated for the...

Most dynamic models involve expectation of one or more variables. Existence of several expectation hypotheses, none of them being preeminent for all situations, makes it difficult to choose an expectation process while building models. In this context it would be helpful if empirical validity of...

Keeping in view the magnitude, importance, interlinkages among the variables and the high involvement of a large number of decision makers and the government intervention in Indian cotton sector, this study aims at understanding and quantifying the interrelationship among the important variables...

Small size of holdings of a large proportion of farmers is considered a major bottleneck in increasing the income of the people in rural areas. In India the proportion of small holders is increasing over time. Previous studies have suggested policies oriented towards non-prince factors such as...

This study aims at understanding and quantifying the relationship between the important variables of the sub-sectors of the Indian silk industry through an econometric simulation model, and using the model for forecasting as well as policy simulations. Forecasts of the endogenous variables of...

In this paper a market share model is developed for formulating appropriate export strategies for commodities by exporting countries. Assuming individual consumer in an importing country makes discrete choice regarding the source of a commodity or product depending on his/her perception of...

In India, since its beginning in 1921 futures trading has been subjected to frequent intervention by the government in terms of allowing, banning and restricting its operation. As the debate on their utility for the economy as a whole, especially in terms of price stabilization, continues, the...

The objective of the study was to examine the feasibility of setting up an irrigation cooperative in Hadgood village in Kheda district of Gujarat. A sample of 80 households, chosen at rando, was studied and households having no irrigation sources and having irrigation sources were compared on...

Keeping in view a large number of variables and their interlinkages among them, involvement of a large number of decision makers and the government interventions in the Indian cotton textile industry, this study aims at understanding and quantifying the interrelationship among the important...