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Trade openness, labour institutions and flexibilisation: Theory and evidence from India. (2013)
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Saha, B., Sen, K., & Maiti, D. (2013). Trade openness, labour institutions and flexibilisation: Theory and evidence from India. Labour Economics, 24, 180-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2013.08.008

There is a global trend of substituting permanent workers by workers on fixed term contracts, job outsourcing and production subcontracting. Labour institutions and globalisation are often taken to be causally related to this phenomenon, but the evid... Read More about Trade openness, labour institutions and flexibilisation: Theory and evidence from India..

Mixed duopoly and environment. (2013)
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Saha, B., & Pal, R. (2014). Mixed duopoly and environment. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 16(1), 96-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12056

We show under general demand and cost conditions that in a mixed duopoly with pollution the government can implement the socially optimal outputs and abatements by a tax-subsidy scheme and keeping the public firm fully public. The scheme requires tax... Read More about Mixed duopoly and environment..

Bilateral Delegation in Wage and Employment Bargaining in Monopoly (2013)
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Chatterjee, I., & Saha, B. (2013). Bilateral Delegation in Wage and Employment Bargaining in Monopoly. Economics Letters, 120(2), 280-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.04.009

We study efficiency and distributional implications of bilateral delegation in wage and employment bargaining in monopoly. Delegation causes underproduction, and the bargaining pie severely contracts rendering mutual gains from delegation impossible.... Read More about Bilateral Delegation in Wage and Employment Bargaining in Monopoly.

State ownership, credit risk and bank competition: a mixed oligopoly approach. (2013)
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Saha, B., & Sensarma, R. (2013). State ownership, credit risk and bank competition: a mixed oligopoly approach. Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, 6(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17520843.2011.641719

The recent financial crisis led many governments to buy equity in banks leading to situations of mixed oligopoly in banking markets. We model such a case where a partially state-owned bank competes with a private bank in collecting deposits. The gove... Read More about State ownership, credit risk and bank competition: a mixed oligopoly approach..

Does privatization improve the environment? Revisiting the monopoly case. (2012)
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Saha, B. (2012). Does privatization improve the environment? Revisiting the monopoly case. Economics Letters, 115(1), 97-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.017

This note shows that the argument of Beladi and Chao (2006) [Beladi, H., Chao, C., 2006. Does privatization improve the environment? Economics Letters 93, 343–347] that privatization can harm the environment by inducing lower pollution tax is incorre... Read More about Does privatization improve the environment? Revisiting the monopoly case..

Match-Fixing under Competitive Odds. (2011)
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Saha, B., & Kanti Bag, P. (2011). Match-Fixing under Competitive Odds. Games and Economic Behavior, 73(2), 318-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2011.03.001

Two bookmakers compete in Bertrand fashion while setting odds on the outcomes of a sporting contest where an influential punter (or betting syndicate) may bribe some player(s) to fix the contest. Zero profit and bribe prevention may not always hold t... Read More about Match-Fixing under Competitive Odds..

Academic specialization and returns to education: Evidence from India. (2011)
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Saha, B., & Sensarma, R. (2011). Academic specialization and returns to education: Evidence from India. Journal of Education and Work, 24(5), 501-520. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2011.573775

We study returns to academic specialisation for Indian corporate sector workers by analysing cross-sectional data on male employees randomly selected from six large firms. Our analysis shows that going to college pays off, as it brings significant in... Read More about Academic specialization and returns to education: Evidence from India..

Mixed Ownership, Managerial Incentives and Bank Competition. (2011)
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Saha, B., & Sensarma, R. (2011). Mixed Ownership, Managerial Incentives and Bank Competition. Bulletin of Economic Research, 63(4), 385-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00354.x

We consider deposit competition between two banks, where prior to competition one bank is subjected to a nationalization decision and the other bank chooses managerial incentives. The government who maximizes a modified form of social welfare (with g... Read More about Mixed Ownership, Managerial Incentives and Bank Competition..

Interest rate discrimination, tenancy and cost sharing. (2011)
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Saha, B., & Sharma, T. (2011). Interest rate discrimination, tenancy and cost sharing. Indian Growth and Development Review, 4(2), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538251111172050

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to develop a theory of sharecropping with cost sharing after allowing for an explicit role of a creditor. In the tenancy literature, the prevalence of sharecropping has remained an important issue. While most contri... Read More about Interest rate discrimination, tenancy and cost sharing..

Labour institutions in India and China: A tale of two nations. (2006)
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Saha, B. (2006). Labour institutions in India and China: A tale of two nations. Journal of South Asian Development, 1(2), 179-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/097317410600100202

This essay makes a comparative assessment of labour institutions of China and India. China's drastic labour reforms were to some extent necessary for the creation of a free labour market, which then allowed unfettered industrial growth and rapid empl... Read More about Labour institutions in India and China: A tale of two nations..

Extractive bribe and default in subsidized credit programs. (2006)
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Saha, B., & Thampy, T. (2006). Extractive bribe and default in subsidized credit programs. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 60(2), 182-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2004.05.004

We present a dynamic model of subsidized credit provision to examine how asymmetric information exacerbates inefficiency caused by corruption. If a borrower and a corrupt official interact with symmetric information, credit terms can be so designed t... Read More about Extractive bribe and default in subsidized credit programs..

Divestment and bank competition. (2004)
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Saha, B., & Sensarma, R. (2004). Divestment and bank competition. Journal of Economics, 81(3), 223-247