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Original Article
Open Access
An Empirical Analysis of the Demand for Home Loans in Urban India
Archana Fulwari, Jayant Kumar
· pp. 7–15
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2016/v5i2/92786
Housing aspirations of households in India have been on a rise, particularly in the post reforms period, and the role of home loans in meeting these needs cannot be overemphasized. The entry of private financial institutions and banks in a …
Keywords:
Housing Finance, Home Loan Interest Rates, Household Income
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Original Article
Open Access
Empirical Estimation of Technical and Scale Efficiency in Indian City Gas Distribution (CGD) Entities Using DEA
T. Nandakumar, Sandeep Chouhan
· pp. 16–27
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2016/v5i2/92788
This paper empirically examined the technical and scale efficiency of 14 entities of Indian city gas distribution (CGD) entities using the data development analysis. The efficiency score thus obtained was used for ranking the entities. This study also discovered, on …
Keywords:
Data Envelopment Analysis, Technical and Scale Efficiency, PNGRP, Indian CGD Entities
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Original Article
Open Access
A Structure, Conduct, and Performance Paradigm for the Industrial Analysis of India Over Two Decades of Economic Reforms
Ankita Sajjan, Bimal Jaiswal
· pp. 28–38
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2016/v5i2/92906
The Indian economic reforms of 1991 and other policy measures have brought changes in business conditions over the long-term. In order to assess how well firms have responded to these reforms and policy initiatives over the two decades of reforms …
Keywords:
S-C-P Framework, Industrial Sector, Economic Reforms, Competition Policy, Deregulation
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Original Article
Open Access
Interrelation between Mother's Empowerment and Children's Schooling : A Case Study of SC, OBC, and General Households of a Developing Region
Promila Das, Sumanash Dutta
· pp. 39–50
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2016/v5i2/92908
Empowerment can be described as a process of enhancing the choice-making capacity of individuals or groups, total freedom to choose from available options and thereafter, transforming the chosen options into desired actions and outcomes. It is a process of awareness …
Keywords:
Mother's Empowerment, Mother's Education, Children's Schooling I 20, I21, J 16
