Saibal Ghosh worked at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for two decades. In his final stint, he was deputy research adviser at the Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning, RBI. He has over 25 years of experience in financial intermediation, financial stability and developmental issues. His research has been extensively published in leading international and national journals. He is presently working as expert (adviser) with the Qatar Central Bank in Doha, Qatar.Partha Ray is currently Director of the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune. Earlier for nearly a decade he was a professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His earlier stints include Adviser to executive director (India) at International Monetary Fund, and an Economist at the Department of Economic & Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India. He has written extensively on issues relating to global and Indian macroeconomics and financial sector.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Part I: MICRO EVIDENCE 1. Economies of Scale in Household Consumption Pattern 2. Analysing mental well-being of adults during COVID using a MIMIC model: Evidence from Indian metropolitan cities 3. Quality of Innovation and Market Access under Merger 4. Wealth Disparity in India and the Impact of Fiscal Interventions 5. The Crossroad of Management Puzzles and Game Theory 6. Does internationalization affect bank risk-taking? Evidence from India 7. Security Issue Decisions in Public and Private Security Markets: Evidence from an emerging economy 8. Financial Constraints and Export Behaviour: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Firms Part II: BUSINESS AND MACRO POLICIES 9. Fiscal Policy in India - A Critical Analysis 10. Credit Growth and Optimal Monetary Policy Design 11. How Powerful are Today’s Women? Evolution of Women Empowerment and its Determinants in India during 2004-2019 12. Should Climate Change include a Separate Focus on Loss and Damage? 13. R&D-based innovations as India's next growth driver 14. India and the Recent Wave of Regionalism in Asia-Pacific 15. Global Value Chains in a Post-Pandemic World. Index.

Saibal Ghosh worked at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for two decades. In his final stint, he was deputy research adviser at the Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning, RBI. He has over 25 years of experience in financial intermediation, financial stability and developmental issues. His research has been extensively published in leading international and national journals. He is presently working as expert (adviser) with the Qatar Central Bank in Doha, Qatar.Partha Ray is currently Director of the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune. Earlier for nearly a decade he was a professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His earlier stints include Adviser to executive director (India) at International Monetary Fund, and an Economist at the Department of Economic & Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India. He has written extensively on issues relating to global and Indian macroeconomics and financial sector.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Part I: MICRO EVIDENCE 1. Economies of Scale in Household Consumption Pattern 2. Analysing mental well-being of adults during COVID using a MIMIC model: Evidence from Indian metropolitan cities 3. Quality of Innovation and Market Access under Merger 4. Wealth Disparity in India and the Impact of Fiscal Interventions 5. The Crossroad of Management Puzzles and Game Theory 6. Does internationalization affect bank risk-taking? Evidence from India 7. Security Issue Decisions in Public and Private Security Markets: Evidence from an emerging economy 8. Financial Constraints and Export Behaviour: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Firms Part II: BUSINESS AND MACRO POLICIES 9. Fiscal Policy in India - A Critical Analysis 10. Credit Growth and Optimal Monetary Policy Design 11. How Powerful are Today’s Women? Evolution of Women Empowerment and its Determinants in India during 2004-2019 12. Should Climate Change include a Separate Focus on Loss and Damage? 13. R&D-based innovations as India's next growth driver 14. India and the Recent Wave of Regionalism in Asia-Pacific 15. Global Value Chains in a Post-Pandemic World. Index.

Saibal Ghosh worked at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for two decades. In his final stint, he was deputy research adviser at the Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning, RBI. He has over 25 years of experience in financial intermediation, financial stability and developmental issues. His research has been extensively published in leading international and national journals. He is presently working as expert (adviser) with the Qatar Central Bank in Doha, Qatar.Partha Ray is currently Director of the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune. Earlier for nearly a decade he was a professor of economics at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His earlier stints include Adviser to executive director (India) at International Monetary Fund, and an Economist at the Department of Economic & Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India. He has written extensively on issues relating to global and Indian macroeconomics and financial sector.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Part I: MICRO EVIDENCE 1. Economies of Scale in Household Consumption Pattern 2. Analysing mental well-being of adults during COVID using a MIMIC model: Evidence from Indian metropolitan cities 3. Quality of Innovation and Market Access under Merger 4. Wealth Disparity in India and the Impact of Fiscal Interventions 5. The Crossroad of Management Puzzles and Game Theory 6. Does internationalization affect bank risk-taking? Evidence from India 7. Security Issue Decisions in Public and Private Security Markets: Evidence from an emerging economy 8. Financial Constraints and Export Behaviour: An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Firms Part II: BUSINESS AND MACRO POLICIES 9. Fiscal Policy in India - A Critical Analysis 10. Credit Growth and Optimal Monetary Policy Design 11. How Powerful are Today’s Women? Evolution of Women Empowerment and its Determinants in India during 2004-2019 12. Should Climate Change include a Separate Focus on Loss and Damage? 13. R&D-based innovations as India's next growth driver 14. India and the Recent Wave of Regionalism in Asia-Pacific 15. Global Value Chains in a Post-Pandemic World. Index.