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Incentives for Corporate Social Responsibility in India: Mandate, Peer Pressure and Crowding-Out Effects, (with Madhu Khanna and Joe Sydlowski), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, (105), 2021, 102382.
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c6CzLdSUycp%7E

Effect of green network and emission tax on consumer choice under discrete continuous framework, (with C. Grover). Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 23, 641–666 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00312-y

Macrorelationship between average life expectancy and prevalence of obesity: Theory and evidence from global data (with David Zilberman). Agricultural Economics. 2020; 1–25.
https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12562

Does a rise in BMI cause an increased risk of diabetes?: Evidence from India (with Shivani Gupta). PLoS ONE 15(4): e0229716, 2020.
https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229716

Health and Nutrition of India’s Labour Force and COVID-19 Challenges (with Uma Lele and J. V. Meenakshi). Economic and Political Weekly, May 23, 2020 vol lV (21), 13-16.

Towards an Energy Efficient Economy: Policy Measures by Government of India (with M Rahul), Sustainable Development Insights from India: Selected Essays in Honour of Ramprasad Sengupta, Editors: Dasgupta, Purnamita, Saha, Anindita Roy, Singhal, Robin (Eds.) Springer Nature, 2021.

Towards Sustainable Consumption Practices: Evidence from India (with Charu Grover and Adan L. Martinez Cruz) in Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume 1, Editors: Ranjula Bali Swain, and Susanne Sweet, Springer Nature 2021.

 

Published Papers(Peer Reviewed International Journals)

Incentives for Corporate Social Responsibility in India: Mandate, Peer Pressure and Crowding-Out Effects, (with Madhu Khanna and Joe Sydlowski), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, (105), 2021, 102382.
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c6CzLdSUycp%7E

Effect of green network and emission tax on consumer choice under discrete continuous framework, (with C. Grover). Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 23, 641–666 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00312-y

“Macrorelationship between average life expectancy and prevalence of obesity: Theory and evidence from global data” (with David Zilberman). Agricultural Economics. 2020;1–25.
https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12562

“Does a rise in BMI cause an increased risk of diabetes?: Evidence from India” (with Shivani Gupta). PLoS ONE 15(4): e0229716, 2020.
https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229716

“Tax-Subsidy Policies in the Presence of Environmentally Aware Consumers”, (with S. Gangopadhyay), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, 45, 333-355 (2003).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WJ6-4811Y0R-2/2/8ac2343126f0df1c9e1b39c1bd5b16f2

“Choice and Design of Regulatory Instruments in the Presence of Green Consumers,” Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, 30 (3), 345-368, (2008).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VFJ-4RR8YNY-1/1/469c407b32daed76ab2e2615d61f9d03

“Incentives for Technological Development: BAT is Bad”, (with S. Gangopadhyay), Environmental and Resource Economics, Springer, 30, 345-367 (2005).
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10640-004-4223-z

“Do farmers value rice varieties tolerant to droughts and floods? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Odisha, India” (with A. Arora and P. S. Ward), Water and Resource Economics, volume 25, pp 27-41, (2019).

“Fit-risk in Development Projects: Role of Demonstration in Technology Adoption” (with Moon Parks and David Zilberman), Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2016).

“Environmental Quality: Impact of Economic Growth", Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2014).

“Information and Signaling Impacts of Labels: Experimental Evidence from India on GM Foods” (with S. Chakravarty, and B. Ramaswami), Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, 18(06), 701-722 (2013).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X13000326

“Implications of Mandatory Labeling of GM Food in India: Evidence from the Supply Side” (with G. Gruere), Food Policy, Elsevier, 37, 467– 472 (2012).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.04.008

“Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Varietal Approval” (with A. Arora), Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Oxford Journals, 34(1), 102-118 (2012).
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/aepp/ppr038

“Do farmers value rice varieties tolerant to droughts and floods?”, (with A. Arora and P. S. Ward), Global Water Forum, September 17, (2018).

“Labeling GM Food in India: Anticipating the Effects on GM Brinjal and Rice Marketing Chains" (with Guillaume Gruere), AgBioForum (2015).

"Technology Adoption under Fit Risk: What Should Development Project Donors and Managers Know?" (with Moon Parks and David Zilberman). Procedia Engineering, Science Direct, Volume 107, Pages 3–10 (2015).

 

Published Papers (Peer Reviewed Indian Journals)

“Health and Nutrition of India’s Labour Force and COVID-19 Challenges” (with Uma Lele and J. V. Meenakshi). Economic and Political Weekly, MAY 23, 2020 vol lV (21), 13-16.

“Imperfect Certification and Eco-labelling of Products” (with Charu Grover), Indian Growth and Development Review, (2019).

“The Corporate Social Responsibility Act in India: An Early Assessment”, (with Madhu Khanna and Sonakshi Jain), Economic and Political Weekly, (2018).

“An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Expenditure in India”, (with S. Rai), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - XLIX No. 50, December 13 (2014).
http://www.epw.in/web-exclusives/analysis-corporate-social- responsibility-expenditure-india.html

Distributional Effects of Adopting Carbon Tax in India: An Economic Analysis (with Pooja Rathore), Review of Market Integration, Sage Publications, 5(3), 271-302 (2013).
http://rmi.sagepub.com/content/5/3/271.full.pdf

“Labeling policy for genetically modified foods in India” Economic and Political Weekly, (commentary section) August 24, vol XLVIII No 34 (2013).
http://www.epw.in/commentary/labelling-genetically-modified-foods-india.html

Labels for GM Foods: What Can They Do?” (with B. Ramaswami), (Special Article) Economic and Political Weekly, XLV, 26 and 27 (2010).
http://www.epw.in/review-issues/labels-gm-foods-what-can-they-do.html

 

Book Chapters

Towards an Energy Efficient Economy: Policy Measures by Government of India” (with M Rahul), Sustainable Development Insights from India: Selected Essays in Honour of Ramprasad Sengupta, Editors: Dasgupta, Purnamita, Saha, Anindita Roy, Singhal, Robin (Eds.) Springer Nature, 2021.

Towards Sustainable Consumption Practices: Evidence from India (with Charu Grover and Adan L. Martinez Cruz) in Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume 1, Editors: Ranjula Bali Swain, and Susanne Sweet, Springer Nature 2021.

Labeling GM Food in India: Anticipating the Effects on GM Brinjal and Rice Marketing Chains" (with Guillaume Gruere), in Biotechnology for a Second Green Revolution in India: Socioeconomic, Political, and Public Policy Issues, Eds. N. Chandrasekhara Rao‚ Carl E. Pray‚ Ronald J. Herring (Eds.), Academic Foundation, 2018.

“Private provision of public goods: Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Protection” in Paths for Sustainable Development Ed. Robert Lensink, Stefan Sjogren and Clas Wihlborg, 2017.

“Climate Change Negotiations: Challenges and Opportunities for India” in India and the World Economy (ed.) Jayati Ghosh, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

“Impact of Price Controls on Diffusion of Bt Cotton and Profitability of Seed Providers” (with A. Arora) in India’s Tryst with Bt Cotton: Learnings from the First Decade (ed.) N. Lalitha and P.K. Viswanathan, Concept Publications (2015).

“Genetically Modified Crops in India: An Economic Analysis” with (A. Arora) in Sustainability of Growth of the Indian Economy ; The Role of Economic, Technological and Environmental Factors (ed) Manmohan Agarwal, World Science, (2015).