The book is based on a socio-political survey, conducted in 2006-07, on the street hawkers of Kolkata metropolitan area. It views Kolkata hawkers as constituting a large political society whose members sell their political allegiance to one party or the other in exchange of overall protection. This protection is crucial for the survival of the hawkers, given the lack of a legal legitimacy of their trade and the consequent vulnerability. In this background, the ...
Indian Equity Market Since Liberalization: Efficiency, Volatility and Structural Break
This book intends to provide an in-depth analysis of the Indian equity market since the initiation of the liberalization era. The initial chapters of the book cover an overview of the composition, functioning and evolution of the Indian equity market and its relation to macroeconomic fundamentals over the years and also a broad survey of the theoretical and empirical studies relating to the equity market. The remaining chapters focus on application of ...
