11th conference of the Macro/Finance Group

All the materials are up on the website.

A new web page: Commentary

We have collected together our discussions of current events and public policy debates at a Commentary page on the website.

Recruitment

The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy is inviting applications for the post of Consultants / Research Associates to work with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. The consultancy assignment will be valid till 28 February 2014. The applicants should have a Masters degree in Economics and should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Applicants with experience in Reuters and Bloomberg terminals are preferred. Interested applicants should send an application to Mr. Anurodh Sharma at anurodh.sharma@nipfp.org.in by 9 am on 15 May 2013. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

10th Conference of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program

As part of the NIPFP-DEA Research Program, we have been running a conference series in the fields of macroeconomics and finance. The 10th of these conferences was a joint effort with Journal of International Money and Finance: a subset of the papers will appear as a special issue on the Macroeconomic and financial policy challenges of China and India. The materials of the conference are up on the website.

Cost-benefit analysis of UIDAI

At the main page for this project, there is a paper, the full spreadsheet where you can modify assumptions and explore alternative variants of the calculations, a video of the presentation, a non-technical summaries, and some media treatment of this work.

Did the Indian capital controls work as a tool for macroeconomic policy

A recent article: Did the Indian capital controls work as a tool for macroeconomic policy, Ila Patnaik and Ajay Shah. IMF Economic Review, page 439--464, volume 60, 2012.

At the main page for this paper, you will find all the materials: a video presentation, PDF paper, link into the journal, a compact summary on voxEU.

Modified dates for financial law seminar

In consideration of a number of requests for extension of the last date for paper submission for Financial Law & Policy: An Inter-disciplinary Approach, the dates for submission of paper and intimation of shortlisted papers have been extended which are as follows:

Crucial Dates

• The last date for submission of the completed paper: November 12, 2012 (23.59 hrs)
• Intimation of shortlisted papers: November 20, 2012
• Date of the seminar: December 01, 2012

Other details about the seminar are as provided in my earlier post.