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Vivek Dehejia

Vivek Dehejia

Vivek Dehejia

Vivek Dehejia

Vivek Dehejia: A monetary policy paradigm

Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime'

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Updated On : 18 Aug 2014 | 9:47 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Aiming at the wrong target

Inflation targeting is not necessarily the holy grail its defenders make it out to be. We ought to be mindful of this in India

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Updated On : 14 Jul 2014 | 10:14 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Rise of the 'supply side'

Narendra Modi's rhetoric around governance seems closer to Mundell's ideas than Keynes' that focus on managing demand

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Updated On : 16 Jun 2014 | 9:57 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: The true 'cost' of elections

The money spent on vote-seeking should not be reckoned a cost, but merely a costless transfer from electoral candidates to the public

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Updated On : 19 May 2014 | 9:53 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Behind the 'positive' data

A paper demonstrating that the UPA's economic performance is better than the NDA's ends up becoming a thinly veiled opinion piece

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Updated On : 21 Apr 2014 | 10:03 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Enter, exit polls

A new paper by economist Manasa Patnam analyses the impact of exit polls on voters in the middle of multi-stage election contests

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Updated On : 17 Mar 2014 | 9:59 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia & Rupa Subramanya: Why no centre-right political party in India today?

It is perhaps a direct fallout from the misreading of the causes of the defeats of Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh and the National Democratic Alliance at the centre in 2004

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2014 | 10:46 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Middle-class revolutions, again

AAP's rise mirrors the rise of similar movements in history, and each case reflects the role of a politically energised middle class

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Updated On : 20 Jan 2014 | 10:16 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: The myth of fair pay

The image of a domestic worker as a feudal serf is erroneous

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Updated On : 24 Dec 2013 | 2:11 AM IST

Vivek Dehejia: The 'what if' question

The 'counterfactual' scenario is central to reasoning in the sciences and social sciences, yet it remains poorly understood outside these disciplines

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Updated On : 25 Nov 2013 | 10:07 PM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Pleasures and perils of inequality

The case for poverty reduction is accepted by both the Left and Right, whereas the case for reducing inequality is not as clear-cut

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2013 | 10:02 PM IST

Is more competition good in politics as it is in economics?

The theory and evidence about competition in politics are mixed

Is more competition good in politics as it is in economics?
Updated On : 01 Oct 2013 | 10:01 AM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Volatility's the problem

While a depreciating rupee, in theory, is good for exports, the subtler effect of a more volatile rupee should warrant the concern of our policymakers

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Updated On : 08 Sep 2013 | 12:10 AM IST

Vivek Dehejia: Fixed or flexible exchange rate?

The current debate around the rupee is a perfect opportunity to revisit a classic debate between two titans: Friedman and Mundell

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Updated On : 02 Sep 2013 | 10:04 PM IST

Why are reforms difficult?

If economic reform benefits the majority of people, why is it politically hard to achieve? Research points to distributional conflict as the key

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Updated On : 06 Aug 2013 | 10:21 AM IST

Don't look for any easy answers in India's new poverty numbers

Recently released survey statistics show poverty has declined in many fast-growing states. But don't read them as addressing the "debate" between Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen

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Updated On : 27 Jul 2013 | 10:30 PM IST

Can Modi pull off a Thatcher?

His vague good governance rhetoric, micro-managerial style, and realities of politics don't bode well for becoming an economic reformer

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Updated On : 08 Jul 2013 | 9:48 PM IST

The BJP's poll star

What surveys do - and don't - tell us about how popular Modi really is

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Updated On : 10 Jun 2013 | 9:47 PM IST

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

A meaningful long-run strategy to eradicate poverty would do more than a top-down distributive model

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate
Updated On : 08 May 2013 | 2:26 AM IST

The notorious difference-makers

What ties together Thatcher and Modi is that their respective economic and political approaches are rigged in controversy

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Updated On : 08 May 2013 | 2:25 AM IST