Dr. Shyam Nath currently serves as Director at the Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri (Kollam). His research interests and publications are in the field of public finance, development economics and environmental and natural resource economics. He has published extensively and presented several papers in international conferences. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience at University level in India and abroad and 20 years of active participation in consultancy and research for national and regional governments and international agencies (UNDP, UNCDF, The World Bank, UNU/WIDER, USAID, UNRISD, ECA, AERC, Commonwealth Secretariat).
He is presently engaged in a research project "Globalization, Climate Change and Urban Public Finance" as ICSSR Senior Fellow. The project is funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India).
PRESENT AFFILIATION
- Director, Amrita Center for Economics & Governance, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Clappana, Kollam, Kerala, India (Since 2014)
- Adjunct Professor in Economics, Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Clappana, Kollam, Kerala, India (Since 2009)
- Overseas Consultant on Environmental Challenges in Small Islands, Indian Ocean Commission/European Union, Headquarters Eben Complex, Republic of Mauritius (Since 2016)
PAST AFFILIATION
- Professor of Economics, University of Mauritius, Department of Economics, University of Mauritius, Le Reduit, Mauritius(1990 - 2008)
- Visiting Researcher/ Professor, Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2010 - 2011)
- Overseas Consultant, Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK (2007 - 2011)
- Overseas Consultant, Social Policy in Small States, UN Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland (2009 - 2011)
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (1980 - 1990)
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA (1979 - 1980)
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (1976 - 1979)
- University of Rajasthan, India (1965 - 1976)
- Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India (1964 - 1965)
RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY INTERESTS
Development Economics, Public Finance, Environmental Economics, Econometric Modeling
ACADEMIC RECORD AND QUALIFICATIONS
- PDF (Post-Doctoral Fellow) Economics 1979 - 1980, Syracuse University (New York, USA)
- Ph. D. Economics 1977, University of Rajasthan through ICSSR, New Delhi, India
- M. A. (Economics) 1964, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India
- B. A. (Hons) 1962, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India
- Graduate Course in Econometric Theory and Applied Econometric Modeling 1979 - 1980, Syracuse University (New York, USA)
DISTINCTIONS, PRIZES AND MEDALS
- Wagle Gold Medal and BHU Gold Medal for standing FIRST at M.A. Economics Examination of Banaras Hindu University, 1964
- BHU Prize for standing FIRST in Economics at B.A. (Hons) Final Year Examination of Banaras Hindu University, 1962
- ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) National Doctoral Fellowship, New Delhi (1973-1976)
- Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Economics, 1979-80
- ICSSR Senior Fellowship, Indian Council of Social science Research, New Delhi, India (2013-15)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, 1990- 2008
- Fellow, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1984-90
- Faculty Associate, Metropolitan Studies Program, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (New York, USA), 1979-80 (attachment)
- Senior Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1976-79
- ICSSR Teacher Fellow, University of Rajasthan, Department of Economics, 1973-76
- Lecturer, University of Rajasthan, Department of Economics, Banasthali Vidyapeeth University, 1965-73
- Lecturer, Banaras Hindu University, Department of Economics, 1964-65
RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
20 years of active participation in research and consultancy in the field of public finance, urban development and economics of developing countries for national and regional governments in India and international agencies (UNDP, UNCDF, WORLD BANK, UNU/WIDER (Finland), USAID, UNICEF, ECA, AERC (Africa), UNRISD (Geneva, Switzerland), Commonwealth Secretariat (London, UK).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (30 YEARS)
Post-graduate and graduate level, PhD program in India and abroad.
Economics: Public Finance and Public Economics (BSc Hons and MSc), Economic Development (BSc), Development Economics (BSc Hons), Microeconomic Theory, Applied Microeconomics (BSc Hons and MSc), Environmental Economics (MSc), Econometrics and Econometric Modeling (BSc Hons and MSc), Statistics (BA and MA)
Management and Finance: International Banking (MA), Managerial Economics (MBA), Environmental Economics and Management (MBA), Applied Econometric Modeling (MSc)
PROGRAMME AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
MBA, MSc Applied Economics with Specialisation in Banking and Finance and Economic Policy and Development, MSc International Trade and Economic Diplomacy, Master in Public Policy and Administration, BSc (Hons) Economics and BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance
SUPERVISION OF PhD RESEARCH
University of Mauritius, Banaras Hindu University, University of Rajasthan, Amrita University, Member PhD Comments Committee, Syracuse University (New York), USA.
AREAS OF PhD RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Economics of Water Utilities, Municipal Finance, Macro Economics of Public Budgets, Economics of Social Security Budgets, Public Expenditure Analysis, Monetary and Banking Policy, Labour Market Analysis, Foreign Direct Investment, Environmental Economics.
Publications
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2021 |
Shyam Nath and Yeti N. Madhoo, “Ethnic diversity and Firm performance in India”, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy (Forthcoming), 2021. |
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2021 |
S. Feeny, Posso, A., Skali, A., Jyotishi, A., Shyam Nath, and Dr. Viswanathan P. K., “Child labor and psychosocial wellbeing: Findings from India”, Health Economics, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 876-902, 2021.[Abstract] Abstract Mental health is a neglected health issue in developing countries. We test if mental health issues are particularly likely to occur among some of the most vulnerable children in developing countries: those that work. Despite falling in recent decades, child labor still engages 168 million children across the world. While the negative impacts of child labor on physical health are well documented, the effect of child labor on a child's psychosocial wellbeing has been neglected. We investigate this issue with a new dataset of 947 children aged 12–18 years from 750 households in 20 villages across five districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Our purpose-built survey allows for a holistic approach to the analysis of child wellbeing by accounting for levels of happiness, hope, emotional wellbeing, self-efficacy, fear and stress. We use a variety of econometric approaches, some of which utilize household-level fixed effects and account for differences between working and nonworking siblings. We document a robust, large and negative association between child labor and most measures of psychosocial wellbeing. The results are robust to a battery of exercises, including tests for selection on unobservables, randomization inference, instrumental variable techniques, and falsification exercises. More »» child-labor-and-psychosocial-wellbeing-findings-india.pdf
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2020 |
Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Yeti N. Madhoo, and Shyam Nath, “Ethnic diversity and human capital development in India: A disaggregated analysis at the state and district levels”, Applied Economics, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 506-518, 2020.[Abstract] This study contributes to the development literature by providing a new perspective on understanding factors that influence human capital development in India. We examine the effects of ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity on various measures of human capital at the state and district levels. Based on indices of ethnic diversity calculated for 30 Indian States and 557 districts, we examine the direct effects of ethnic diversity on indicators such as infant mortality, education and health. Our findings suggest that, on average, ethnic diversity contributes to some elements of development. Specifically, we find evidence to support development-enhancing effects of diversity on education and health. More »»ethnic-diversity-and-human-capital-development-india-disaggregated-analysis-state-and-district-levels.pdf
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2020 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “State Fragility, Colonial Incidence vs Contemporary Institutions”, International Journal of Development and Conflict , vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-19, 2020.[Abstract] The paper derives new empirical evidence on the efficacy of contemporary institutions in offsetting persisting adverse effects of colonial governance on fragility, apart from overcoming fragility. Pre-colonial state experience and initial population abundance tend to reduce fragility but appear weak in reducing the colonial drag. Among contemporary institutions, democracy and political stability apparently increase fragility without alleviating colonial incidence. On the other hand, civil liberty and control of executives seem to reduce fragility but colonial incidence carries over. While economic institutions like government effectiveness and rule of law show both fragility reducing and colonial incidence mitigating effects, protection of property rights does not yield any desired results and control of corruption increases fragility. The perverse behaviour of these institutions can be attributed to fragility trap and stable low-income equilibrium. Strikingly, macro-policies achieve limited success but world economic booms as luck factor do not reduce fragility. More »»state-fragility-colonial-incidence-vs-contemporary-institutions.pdf
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2020 |
P. Holzschuh, Mishra, A., Misra, J., Moosa, I. A., Shyam Nath, and Tawadros, G. B., “An augmented P-star model of Indian inflation”, Applied Economics, vol. 52, no. 26, pp. 2795-2806, 2020.[Abstract] An augmented P-Star model is estimated and tested to identify the drivers of inflation in India. The model includes monetary and non-monetary factors, demand-pull and cost-push factors, and domestic as well as foreign factors. The results show that inflation in India is driven by a combination of monetary factors and non-monetary factors, some of which affect inflation on the supply side while others operate on the demand side. It turns out, however, that inflation in India is determined more by domestic rather than foreign factors. More »»augmented-p-star-model-indian-inflation.pdf
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2019 |
Sougata Ray, Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra, and Shyam Nath, “Over-indebtedness and its Drivers among Microfinance Borrowers in India”, Economic and Political Weekly (ABDC - B Category), vol. 54, no. 7, pp. 47-54, 2019.[Abstract] In microfinance markets worldwide, over-indebtedness among borrowers and households has emerged as an important concern. Over-indebtedness, measured in terms of sacrifices made by households, is high in both rural and urban India. Factors statistically significant in explaining over-indebtedness are the borrower’s age and financial literacy; the household’s entrepreneurial activity, income level, and spatial location; and the proportion of dependent members in a household. More »»over-indebtedness-and-its-drivers-among-microfinance-borrowers-india.pdf
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2014 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “Beneficiary Charges: The Cinderella of Subnational Finance”, Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link? Essays in Honor of Roy Bahl, R. Bird and J. Martinez-Vazquez (eds.), pp. 364-402, 2014.[Abstract] The revenue objective to cover the identifiable costs (in full or partly) is important with respect to both fees and charges. All revenue sources – taxes, fees, fines and user charges – are instruments of cost recovery to meet the financial obligations of public administration and the public and private supply of public goods and services. In the case of publicly supplied local goods, such as public administration, public education, health services, street lighting and sanitation, cost recovery may not be the dominant objective. But cost recovery is tremendously significant in the case of privately supplied local public goods, such as water supply, sewerage, electricity and telephone. In recent years, user fees and charges have gained significance at the sub-national level mainly because of hard local budget constraints. Recession resulted in drastic cuts in intergovernmental transfers and reduced access to market loans. According to the 2009 International City and County Management (ICMA) State Survey in the US, for instance, 46 percent of reporting local governments increased existing fees by 23 percent and added new levies for additional funds (Ebel and Petersen, 2012). While these trends are encouraging, there is no systematic research to assess the efficacy of local government in collecting fees and user charges vis-à-vis performance of other institutional arrangements such as off- budget supply and privatization. The structure of this paper is as follows. Section 2 discusses the principles and practices of user fees and charges and their revenue potential. Section 3 analyzes factors adversely impacting the growth of beneficiary charges in local government budgets, including the centralization of revenue, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, and alternative fiscal strategies such as tax earmarking and piggybacking. Section 4 examines the trade-off between budgetary and privatization regimes of water supply and the efficacy of cost recovery policies. Section 5 More »»beneficiary-charges-cinderella-subnational-finance.pdf
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2013 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “Ethnic Diversity, Development and Social Policy in Small States”, UNRISD Research Paper (Geneva), vol. 2, 2013.[Abstract] The present study critically examines social policy performance in Mauritius in terms of the quality of institutions, overall resources of the government, social welfare orientation of government budgets and ethnic balance in social policy formulation. The historical roots of colonization and political developments are analysed to assess their impacts on social policies. Part 2 of the study portrays the colonial history and politics, and part 3 describes post-independence political developments that have marked the economic and social trajectories. Part 4 depicts the social situation in terms of social indicators during different phases of development and economic transformation. Part 5 contains an assessment of the budgetary performance of social policy. Part 6 examines the institutional foundations to meet the social policy challenges. The discussion in this section is carried out in the light of the alternative strands of literature, namely participatory democracy, power of state jurisdiction and social cohesion. An analytical exercise is undertaken in part 7 to examine the welfare orientation of social policy with particular emphasis on budgetary efforts to catch up with other countries in the region. Part 8 summarizes the major findings and puts forward some guidelines for social policy reform in small states and a tentative agenda for future research directions. More »»ethnic-diversity-development-and-social-policy-small-states.pdf
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2012 |
Shyam Nath, “A political cost model of fiscal federalism : some empirical results from Indian federation”, Development and Public Finance: Essays in Honour of Raja J. Chelliah, eds by D.K. Srivastava, U. Sankar, pp. 98-112, 2012.[Abstract] The chapter extends the literature in monopoly government as an expenditure leviathan. He constructs and tests a political cost (vote losses) model of fiscal federalism by explicitly incorporating the policy maker’s choice of a structure of tax authority to expand the leviathan at the central and state levels. Given that the political cost of raising the same amount of revenue is lower at the central level but the political gain of spending this revenue is higher at the state level, state leviathans collude with the center for revenue centralization and sharing. Using income and public finance data for 17 major Indian states for the period 1975-97, He estimates both fixed effects and random effects models and tests three hypotheses. His results support the validity of the model. One of the important corollaries of the model is that the concept of expenditure stimulation of grants is less attractive. What emerges is the sub central expenditure stimulation of central budgets as retaliatory response. He concludes that decentralization of revenue bases and tax earmarking should be a key feature of the reform agenda of fiscal federalism in India. More »» |
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2012 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “Geography, Macroeconomic Vulnerability and Economic Performance”, International Journal of Development and Conflict, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 1250006, 2012.[Abstract] The objective of the paper is to empirically examine the effects of macroeconomic volatility on growth and other indicators of welfare incorporating more particularly geography produced diverse conditions that are either growth promoting or growth hampering. We extend the literature on macroeconomic volatility, growth and welfare by integrating the macroeconomics and new development economics literature on cross-country growth performance by capturing factors beyond neoclassical and new growth approaches. Empirical results confirm that growth outcomes under different geography-produced favorable and adverse conditions have the potential of minimizing and exacerbating the effects of macroeconomic variability. The significance of geography and its links with institutions is highlighted and adverse growth and welfare effects of income inequality, coastal openness and trade openness are analyzed. More »» |
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2010 |
Shyam Nath, “Tax instruments for environmental management in tourist destinations”, Saving Small Island Developing States, pp. 108-122, 2010.[Abstract] The intent of this chapter is to discuss some of the theoretical and practical issues associated with tourismtaxation and to consider in more detail an approach that relies on a tax instrument that is already used at the local level in most developed and developing countries – property taxation.We begin by briefly addressing the major issues associated with identifying and measuring the external costs associated with tourism. That is followed by a brief review of analyses of alternative revenue instruments designed to internalise those external costs. The possibility of using property taxation is then addressed followed by a short summary and conclusion. More »» |
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2010 |
Shyam Nath and Deepchand, K., “Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: Sugarcane bagasse energy cogeneration in Mauritius”, Saving Small Island Developing States, pp. 197–208, 2010.[Abstract] A sustainable environment is a precondition for sustainable economic development. When an economy produces GDP by using energy and other inputs, the planet produces an invisible product, known as photosynthetic product of the planet (PPP) as a natural process. This PPP however contributes to the production of GDP as an invisible input. As GDP increases, there are adverse effects on the growth of PPP due to utilisation of environmental and natural resources. If degradation of the environment is not arrested and exhaustible natural resources are not conserved, the natural growth of PPP and consequently, future GDP growth will decline. In other words, the environmental cost of producing GDP will tend to increase, alongside the threats posed by global warming. More »» |
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2010 |
S. K. Sobhee and Shyam Nath, “Is Donors' Concern About the Fungibility of Foreign Aid Justified?: A Panel Data Analysis”, The Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 299–311, 2010.[Abstract] This paper addresses donors’ policy of providing external assistance to developing countries using an inter-temporal framework, over a finite horizon. While the framework adopted tracks the motivation of providing foreign aid, it is altogether consistent with the paradigm of forward-looking governments in developed economies. Given uncertainties surrounding income flows, and the gradual convergence towards generational accounting conventions in public finances of donor countries, an attempt is made to empirically ascertain whether foreign assistance is provided on a random basis or is backed by a systematic foreign aid policy. Our findings from a panel of 27 developing countries clearly contest the hypothesis that grants are provided on a random basis. This would otherwise suggest the existence of a consistent policy characterising granting behaviour, urging the need for recipient governments to incorporate grants in their budgetary decision-making. More »» |
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2009 |
Shyam Nath and Sobhee, S. K., “Rational partition preferences and the equivalence of flypaper and fungibility of foreign aid: An application of Young’s Theorem”, Asian Economic Review , vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 403-410, 2009.[Abstract] This paper discusses the political economy implications of external financial assistance in the presence of partisanship in parties. In fact, rational partisan theory posits that parties tend to adapt to the median voter’s alteration in preferences during a given incumbency period so that they could maximize their chances of being re-elected. Our paper specifically tends to illustrate whether parties should be concerned with |
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2008 |
Shyam Nath, “Sustainable Energy from Renewable Biological Resources:The case of sugarcane bagasse”, IHDP Science Policy Dialogue , 2008. |
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2008 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “A shared growth story of economic success: The Case of Mauritius”, The Political Economy of African Economic Growth, 1960-2000: Country Case Studies, edited by B. Ndulu, S. O’ Connell, J. Azam, R. Bates, A.K. Fosu, I. W. Gunning and D. Njinkeu , vol. 2, pp. 369-400, 2008. |
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2007 |
S. K. Sobhee and Shyam Nath, “Growth, Income Inequality and Aid Giving: Looking for an Aid-Kuznets Curve”, Review of Applied Economics, vol. 3, pp. 157–167, 2007.[Abstract] This paper contributes to the literature on foreign aid by exclusively explaining a donor’s motivation for foreign external assistance. The underlying framework focuses on recipients’ needs for foreign aid to address income inequality as and when growth occurs. A tax-subsidy policy is hypothesised in the manner advocated by optimal tax theory to effectively deal with inequity by minimizing the distortionary effects of income taxes. This framework is ultimately endogeneized in the recipient’s budget constraint, from which the donor derives the demand for foreign assistance. The outcome supports an inverted-U relationship between foreign aid and per capita income in the way postulated by the conventional Kuznets curve. Our postulate is empirically tested using a panel of 29 developing countries across a time span of 27 years; and from which the hypothesis of an ‘Aid-Kuznets’ curve could not be rejected. More »» |
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2007 |
Shyam Nath and Schroeder, L., “A counterfactual analysis of fiscal decentralization: The case of Mauritius”, Public Finance & Management, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 116-148, 2007.[Abstract] Local government autonomy may be less significant in very small island counties, due to lack of spatial variations in citizen-voters' preferences. A counter factual analysis is performed to test efficiency of local expenditure in a small country environment by incorporating the idea of a new institutional arrangement. Empirical analysis utilising Mauritian data lends support to superiority of local government over central government in providing local services despite very small country size. This result is robust even when the central government is modelled to provide non-uniform local services to recognize spatial variation in preferences. Thus, voter support for local government even in very small countries is rational. More »» |
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2007 |
Shyam Nath and Sobhee, S. K., “Aid Motivation and Donor Behavior”, American Review of Political Economy, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–13, 2007.[Abstract] This paper develops an analytical framework to explain foreign aid motivation and donor behavior, using an interdependent utility maximization framework, in which donor faces two constraints; its own budget constraint and the recipient's utility function. This paper specifically contributes to the literature on foreign aid by integrating the various objectives underlying aid allocation, namely recipient income and trade performance, |
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2007 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “Weak Agriculture-industry Linkages, International Political Economy and Labour Market Distortions: A Case study of Mauritius”, International Journal of Economic Research , vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 179-199, 2007. |
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2006 |
P. Gangopadhyay and Shyam Nath, “Globalization, sub-national governments and urban crises in the developing world”, Globalisation and the Third World (eds.) B N Ghosh and H M Guven, pp. 68-84, 2006. |
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2002 |
S. K. Sobhee and Shyam Nath, “Foreign aid and donor's trade gains”, Applied Economics Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 515–517, 2002.[Abstract] This paper shows that the impact of foreign aid on recipient output and donor's trade gains are greater when aid is utilized as intended by the donor than when foreign funds are funged in the form of tax relief. A lower impact of fungibility on output is caused by the fact that the multiplier effect is reduced when spending units are consumers because the latter save a part of the additional disposable income obtained from tax relief, whereas the government spends the entire aid amount. More »» |
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2002 |
Shyam Nath and Sobhee, S. K., “Is external development assistance fungible? The case of Mauritius”, Oxford Development Studies, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 307–315, 2002.[Abstract] External and internal development funds may be substitutes or complementary in financing development projects. We construct a welfare-maximizing model of a community, explicitly incorporating the decision-makers' choice between internal and external resources for development purposes. The model is estimated with Mauritian data, which include periods of rising foreign aid and substantial repayment. The computed values of substitution elasticity between the two sources of funds, derived from the social choice process, indicate that internal and external funds are complementary and therefore external funds do not seem to be fungible. More »» |
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2001 |
Shyam Nath, “Government expenditure and economic development”, The Mauritian Economy: A Reader (Eds. R. Dabee and D. Greenaway), 2001. |
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2001 |
Shyam Nath, “Local government finance in Mauritius - A Small Island Perspective”, The Mauritian Economy: A Reader (Eds. R. Dabee and D. Greenaway), 2001. |
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2001 |
P. Gangopadhyay and Shyam Nath, “Deprivation and incidence of urban public services: A tale of three cities”, Review Of Urban & Regional Development Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 207–220, 2001.[Abstract] We approach the problem of deprivation and incidence of urban public services by quantifying the extent of deprivation of different income groups in relation to both desired and minimum levels. Three types of deprivation are clearly established. First, deprivation in both Bombay and Calcutta is higher than that of Delhi. Second, there is a serious concern for primary health and education because it is established that the lack of these local services is the major source of deprivation among urban settlers. Finally, we report how well different income classes are served in these cities: the rich are worst-off in Calcutta and best-off in Bombay. Middle income and poor citizens are best-off and worst-off in Delhi and Bombay, respectively. More »» |
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2001 |
P. Gangopadhyay and Shyam Nath, “Bargaining, coalitions and local expenditure”, Urban Studies, vol. 38, no. 13, pp. 2379–2391, 2001.[Abstract] We extend the literature on local expenditure determination by showing that bargaining and grand coalition seem to facilitate collective decision-making in an assembly of elected councillors. We demonstrate that the solution of the game turns on the principle of equal relative concession. Based on limited experimentation, we assess the performance of local governments and find that group dominance frustrates local expenditure efficiency in urban localities of India. More »» |
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1998 |
Shyam Nath, “Environmental Resources, International Tourism and Taxation - The case of Mauritius”, Mauritius Research Journal , vol. 1, 1998. |
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1997 |
Shyam Nath, “Industrialization and Labor Market Trends in Newly Emerging Economies: A Case Study of Mauritius”, Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography , vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 123-134, 1997. |
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1995 |
Shyam Nath, “Tax Experiments and the Motor Vehicles Trade in India”, Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation, vol. 49, no. 12, pp. 577–582, 1995. |
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1995 |
Shyam Nath and Purohit, B. C., “Expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralisation: an empirical study of state and local government in India”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy , vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 351–360, 1995.[Abstract] Reassignment of local functions to state government and fiscal decentralisation seem to be contradictory. Whether these fiscal strategies are compatible policy packages is an empirical question. The crucial issue is as to how local governments respond to reassignment, a response which may be reflected in their willingness to spend on remaining functions. If reassignment stimulates local expenditure such that the extent of decline in fiscal decentralisation (the local share in total state-local expenditure) is less than the amount warranted, the two fiscal strategies can be taken to be compatible. To test this hypothesis, conditions for compatibility are postulated in terms of tax efforts of state and local governments. With use of Indian fiscal data, state and local tax efforts are computed and compared for selected states, as a first approximation. There is no conclusive evidence to show that reassignment has invariably exerted any dampening impact on local expenditure. More »» |
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1994 |
Shyam Nath, “Privatisation of urban public services: cost recovery as a major constraint in India”, Public Enterprise, vol. 14, no. 3-4, pp. 432–445, 1994. |
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1992 |
Shyam Nath and Purohit, B. C., “A model of local fiscal choice”, Public Finance= Finances publiques, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 93–107, 1992. |
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1989 |
Shyam Nath and Sen, T. Kumar, “Business Property Tax as an Alternative to Octroi”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 24, pp. 473–478, 1989.[Abstract] One of the recent developments in the area of revenue of local governments is that octroi is on its way out. A vigorous drive is on to locate a new tax to compensate the urban local bodies for the loss of octroi revenue. Tax supplements to sales tax in the form of entry tax and surcharge/additional sales tax have been employed as a substitute measure to restore local fiscal balance in the absence of octroi. These present study evaluates these tax supplements in-terms of their impact on resource allocation, equity and local fiscal autonomy. Surcharge/additional sales tax has been argued to be better than entry tax. However these taxes being state levies are found to be contradictory to the objective of local fiscal autonomy. More »» |
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1988 |
Shyam Nath, “A Substitute for Octroi: Entry Tax vs Business Property Tax”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 23, no. 31, pp. 1579–1581, 1988. |
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1987 |
Shyam Nath, “Is Residential Property Tax Equitable?: A Case Study of Calcutta”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 22, no. 29, pp. 1190–1196, 1987.[Abstract] This study of the residential property tax in Calcutta confirms that the tax is inequitous. Further, the conditions in the housing market are conducive to the shifting of the tax to the consumers of housing. Estimates of the elasticity of housing services with respect to income suggests that the residential property taxes posses built-in regressivity. The tax in Calcutta is much more than what the income-rent relationship suggest. It is only through the tax rate and efficient administration that the regressivity reduced or the progressivity introduced. For the tax to be fair and to be closely related to the services that support, the assessment disparities should be minimized and tax rates should be so structured as to generate tax demands according to the ability to pay. More »» |
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1986 |
Shyam Nath, “Urbanisation, growing fiscal responsibilities and property tax in Delhi metropolitan”, 1986. |
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1986 |
Shyam Nath, “Financing of urban public services: property tax vs. user charges”, Financing Urban Development in India, pp. 227-242, 1986. |
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1986 |
R. W. Bahl and Shyam Nath, “Public expenditure decentralization in developing countries”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 405–418, 1986.[Abstract] The objective of this paper is to investigate the extent of public expenditure decentralization among developing countries, and to identify its determinants. Using data compiled from international agency sources, and from primary sources, it is shown that fiscal decentralization has gone significantly farther in developed than in developing countries. The use of factor analysis and regression analysis indicates three general explanations for the wide variation in fiscal decentralization among countries. The public expenditure share of subnational governments appears to be greater where the level of economic development is higher, in countries with larger populations, and in countries whose central government budgets carry less of a defense burden. The results also suggest that where central governments mobilize more resources through the revenue system, the subnational government's share of expenditures may be lower -- taxes are more likely to stick where they hit than to be passed through as grants to local governments. More »» |
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1984 |
Shyam Nath and Schroeder, L., “Property Tax Growth in Metropolitan Cities of India'”, Nagarlok Urban Affairs , vol. Quarterly14, April-June , pp. 33-44, 1984. |
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1984 |
Shyam Nath, “Impact of Rent Control on Property Tax Base in India: An Empirical Analysis”, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 805–810, 1984.[Abstract] Urban property taxes in India are levied against the annual rental value of the property. At the same time, Indian housing policy has relied upon rent controls to constrain increases in house rents. Since the Courts have found that property assessments are to be based upon rents paid rather than on what the property would fetch in a free market, rent control has adversely affected the level and growth of property tax revenues in Indian cities. |
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1983 |
Shyam Nath, “Property tax potential in the major municipal corporations”, Economic Policy Review, 1983. |
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1980 |
Shyam Nath, “Incidence of Indirect Taxation in Rajasthan”, Journal of Applied Economic Research , vol. 20, pp. 60-79, 1980. |
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1977 |
Shyam Nath, “Level, growth and composition of the tax system in Rajasthan”, Rajasthan Economic Journal, vol. 1, 1977. |
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1974 |
Shyam Nath, “Indexing income tax for inflation”, Economic Affairs (September Issue), vol. 19, no. 9, 1974.[Abstract] Doring the period of rising prioeB, income tax paJers are put to a higher tax burden owing to interaction of loBation and a progressive tax schedule. On 'he one hand, the increase in income (money or real) puahee a portion of the income into the higher income brackets aubjeo$ to higher marginal tax ra'-, on the other, the rise in price leads to eroaion in purchasing power. If the price level is relatively atable, increase in money income and subeequent increase in tax liability may be juetified on the groUDd of increased ability to pay. But during the rleiog prioea, the riBe in tax burden may or may not be in oonformi$y with 'be rille in real inoome creating $hereby p088ibi·litlee of injllBtioe in taxauon. More »» |
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1974 |
Shyam Nath, “A note on Professor Musgrave’s diagrammatic explanation of tax liabilities under various sacrifice formulae”, Artha Vijnana: A Journal of Politics and Economics, vol. 16 , no. 3, 1974. |
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1973 |
Shyam Nath, “Comparison of state’s tax ratio, marginal tax rate and income elasticity of taxation”, Economic Affairs(April Issue), vol. 18, no. 4, p. 185, 1973.[Abstract] Planned developmental elfort n-itatee enhancing the magnitude of financial re110uroe~~. During the pro- of development, both level· and compoeition of tax revenue undergo coneldtrable change. The p~nt paper propoeea to dillcuu trende in . taxation during the lut decade io fourteen Btatee of Indian Union, mainly · in tenu · of the ' . Level· of tuatlon.1 Tax ratio (T{Y), marginal tax rate (M&T) and the income eluticlty of U.x revenue (E) have been uaed ae indicators of Ute level of tuation More »» |
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1972 |
Shyam Nath, “Land revenue: Alternative to farm income tax”, Capital, 1972. |
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1972 |
Shyam Nath, “Taxation of agriculture in India”, Southern Economist, 1972.[Abstract] Agricultural land taxes can be an important source of deve. Jopmflnt finance in underdeveloped countries. In developing countriee adequate taxation of the furroing sector is more important than it Ia in advanced countries, sinca it has a special contribution to make to the emooth proceee of development. In underdeveloped countries the agricultural &ector is the largest sector of the economy and contribu&ee about 80 .per cent of the national product. If this eector remain& untaxed or lightly taxed, either the burden of taxation will be ehifted to other aeotore or the econom.ic growth may elow down for lack of adequate finance. Again, iD each countriea the agricultural sector baa pined much aa compared to other eectors. If thie aeotor is undertaxed the gains will be enh&nced at the coat of other aectore. For example, In India &!though the income of the agricultur&l aeotor inoreaeed, on an averege, by 11 per cent & year between 1950 and 1970 and ~he prfcee of farm products went up by 48 per cent during the Third Plan period againat the 25 per cent gain registered by lnd118trial products, bardlv any elfort baa been made to mop up the additiouaJ gains of the former. As a consequence, the burden of taxation baR been ahifted to non-agricultural aector. More »» |
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1972 |
Shyam Nath, “On mopping the agricultural surplus”, Economic Affairs, Annual Number, vol. 18, no. 1, 1972. |
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2021 |
Shyam Nath, Vanishing Borders of Local Fiscal Domain: Global Developments with Illustrations from Indian Federation . Palgrave Macmillan (Under Review), 2021. |
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2021 |
J. Laing Roberts, Shyam Nath, Paul, S., and Yeti N. Madhoo, Shaping the Future of Small Islands, 1st ed. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, p. XXIX, 429. |
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2010 |
Shyam Nath, John L. Robert, and Yeti N. Madhoo, Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges. London (UK): Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.[Abstract] Small may be beautiful, but small island states have a big problem - the environmental consequences of climate change. Emanating from research at the University of Mauritius and with contributions from a wide range of experts, <em>Saving Small Island States</em> introduces and explains the key environmental policy challenges and suggested responses to them. More »» |
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1994 |
Shyam Nath and Purohit, B. C., Management of Urban Local Finances. New Delhi: R. Publications, 1994. |
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1987 |
Shyam Nath, Measuring Tax Burden in India: A Case Study of Rajasthan State. New Delhi: Ashish Publishing House, 1987. |
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1982 |
Shyam Nath and Schroeder, L. D., Property tax revenue growth in two Indian cities / Shyam Nath and Larry Schroeder. Metropolitan Studies Program, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y, 1982. |
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2021 |
S. Awaworyi Churchill, Yeti N. Madhoo, and Shyam Nath, “Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Small States”, in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 125 - 138.[Abstract] Using data from the World Values Survey (WVS) on Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago, we provide empirical evidence on the relationship between social capital and subjective wellbeing. We show that social capital is an important factor in improving quality of life although the effects of social capital, measured by trust and social networks, are more pronounced in Singapore than in Trinidad and Tobago. We argue that the effect of social capital is influenced by the country’s development level. More »» |
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2021 |
L. Schroeder and Shyam Nath, “International Climate Diplomacy, Collective Action and SIDS”, in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 325-337.[Abstract] Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable to substantial economic losses as the result of climate change, particularly global warming. But just as the effects of climate change are global in scope, so too must be policies intended to combat this environmental change. This chapter reviews the challenges of having governments throughout the world adopt and implement environmental policies that will slow the changes in climatic conditions. It is argued that small island states can play leadership roles in collective action efforts including participating in or advocating for the creation of climate clubs that may be a useful organizational approach to improved international environmental policies. More »» |
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2021 |
Shyam Nath and Yeti N. Madhoo, “Climate Change, Sea Level Dynamics, and Mitigation”, in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 185-203.[Abstract] Small island developing countries (SIDS) have higher prospects of growth due to their geographic location and trade openness, but survival challenges may be insurmountable in the face of climate change, natural hazards, and sea level rise. Besides international cooperation and lobbying by SIDS as net importers of goods produced elsewhere and as climate victims, the emerging channels to reduce the extent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are by shifting to green energy sources and defensive expenditure to restore environmental productivity. Other strategies include carbon capture from air and emission locations and storage in carbon sinks as well as geoengineering or carbon engineering to generate artificial volcanic eruptions to whiten the earth’s surface and drift away the sunshine to atmosphere thereby reducing the warming. The chapter also discusses the suitability of production- and consumption-based CO2 emissions as a yardstick for fixing the enhanced responsibility of developed countries in global emissions. More »» |
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2021 |
Shyam Nath and Roberts, J., “Transition from Economic Progress to Sustainable Development: Missing Links”, in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., , Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 3-19.[Abstract] Conventional economic models have systematically ignored the significance of environmental and natural resources in the development process. Climate change and global warming have now occupied the centre stage in the discussion on growth and development issues for the current and future generations. Consistent with this literature, this chapter focuses on issues that emerge in the systematic transition from economic progress to sustainable development. In the context of small island developing states (SIDS), we hold the view that sustainable development models should incorporate strategies for small-island-specific sectors such as tourism development, natural resource management and marine governance. International cooperation and agreements could be the additional arguments in such models as part of global environmental governance. More specifically, small islands may be adopted as experimental laboratories for climate risk management strategies, which would benefit both the threatened islands in particular and global environmental survival in general. More »» |
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2010 |
Shyam Nath, “Concepts and public policy issues in environmental and natural resource analysis”, in Saving Small Island Developing States, London (UK): Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010, pp. 19–31.[Abstract] This chapter introduces the relevant concepts in environmental and natural resource analysis and brings out why there is a need for governmental regulation and policy for environmental management. Classification and definitions of environmental goods and services are presented in the second section. In the third and fourth sections, an attempt is made to discuss environmental goods as a necessity or an amenity and as public goods and to examine the major characteristics of these goods. In the fifth section, policy context is examined. Given the public goods nature of environmental resources, the importance of conscious policy on use and conservation is highlighted. Concluding remarks are contained in the last section. More »» |
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2015 |
Shyam Nath, “Economic Models, Growth and Sustainable Development”, in Youth Conference on Small Island Developing States and Climate Change, Indian Ocean Commission/European Union in Mauritius, 2015.[Abstract] Economic models are prepared utilizing stylized facts and available information about the economy and economic agents. The overwhelming dependence on market efficiency and limitations of cost benefit analysis tend to underplay the role of environmental resources in growth process. What is vital to note is that invisible positive externalities of environmental resources are under-estimated but negative externalities generated during production and consumption activities are also under-estimated. The end result is that economic activities creating negative externalities are boosted due to inefficiency of markets and public policy failure. There is however a paradigm shift in economic thinking and environmental contributions to economic growth are well recognized. Technically speaking, environmental contributions to growth are part of total factor productivity, which derives its strength from environmental and other missing factors in the model. Further analytical advances are necessary to isolate the environmental impacts.Besides the concept of externalities in the context of environmental degradation, an analysis is presented to explain the existence of externalities in relation to sustainable development by bringing in historical (inter-temporal) externalities, overlapping generational externalities and intergenerational externalities. |
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2012 |
Shyam Nath, “Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of sub-national finance, Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link”, presented at the 09/2012, Stone Mountain, Marriott Conference Resort, Atlanta (Georgia, USA), 2012.[Abstract] Taxation and Development highlights the importance of better understanding the ways in which taxes and expenditure are linked. Focusing on developing countries, the book argues for a broader approach to the topic, with a secondary focus on developing and applying new modeling techniques to country-specific data. More »» |
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2008 |
Shyam Nath, “Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: The case of sugarcane bagasse”, in Workshop on energy efficiency, sustainability and societal change, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 2008.[Abstract] A sustainable environment is a precondition for sustainable economic development. When an economy produces GDP by using energy and other inputs, the planet produces an invisible product, known as photosynthetic product of the planet (PPP) as a natural process. This PPP however contributes to the production of GDP as an invisible input. As GDP increases, there are adverse effects on the growth of PPP due to utilisation of environmental and natural resources. If degradation of the environment is not arrested and exhaustible natural resources are not conserved, the natural growth of PPP and consequently, future GDP growth will decline. In other words, the environmental cost of producing GDP will tend to increase, alongside the threats posed by global warming. More »» |
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2005 |
Shyam Nath, “Measuring coastal damage and planning for sustainable international tourism management in the Island of Mauritius”, in Indian Ocean Marine Environment Conference, University of Western Australia in Perth (Australia), 2005. |
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2005 |
Shyam Nath, “Taxing international tourist for the coastal environment: The case of Mauritius”, in 52nd Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA), 2005. |
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2004 |
Shyam Nath, “Spatial Dimensions of Government Spending in Small Islands : The case of Mauritius”, in 51st Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International, University of Washington, Seattle (USA), 2004. |
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2003 |
Shyam Nath, “On Explaining Mauritian Economic Miracle”, in AERC Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, Nairobi (Kenya), 2003. |
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2003 |
Shyam Nath, “Urban governance - central vs. local government efficiency in providing urban public services: A case study of Mauritius”, in Research Committee 21 Meeting on Urban and Regional Development, University of Milan, Italy, 2003. |
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2003 |
Yeti N. Madhoo and Shyam Nath, “Explaining Mauritian Growth”, in African Economic Research Consortium Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, Nairobi (Kenya), 2003. |
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2001 |
Shyam Nath, “Modelling Wages Under Neoclassical Distortions, The case of Mauritius”, in 15th Meeting of European Society for Population Economics, Athens University of Business and Economics, Athens (Greece), 2001. |
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2001 |
Shyam Nath, “Socio economic disparities in city states, A case study of Mauritius”, in Research Committee Meeting on Regional and Urban Development on the theme Social Inequalities, Re-distributive Justice and the City, Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment, University of Amsterdam, 2001. |
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2001 |
Shyam Nath, “Modeling wages under neoclassical distortions, The case of Mauritius”, in 15th Meeting of European Society for Population Economics, Athens University of Business and Economics, Athens (Greece), 2001. |
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1999 |
Shyam Nath, “Export-led growth and labor markets in emerging economies: The case of Mauritius”, in International Conference on Globalization, Economic Reform and Development in Asia-Pacific Region, University of Western Sydney, 1999. |
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1998 |
Shyam Nath, “A model of local fiscal assignment: Some empirical results for Mauritius”, in 54th Congress of International Institute of Public Finance, Cordoba, Argentina, 1998. |
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1997 |
M. Wrede and Shyam Nath, “Efficiency of local goods provision”, in 53rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Kyoto University, Japan, 1997. |
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1997 |
Shyam Nath, “Coastal resources, the environment and international tourists”, in International Workshop on Coastal Resources and Economic Development, Zanzibar, 1997. |
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1996 |
Shyam Nath, “Industrialization and labor market trends – A case Study of Mauritius”, in Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Conference on Vanishing Borders, Department of Geography, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 1996. |
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1996 |
Shyam Nath, “New urban forms: Economic and social dimensions”, in ISA Research Committee Conference on Regional and Urban Development, University of Queensland, Brisbane, (Australia) , 1996. |
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1995 |
S. K. Sobhee and Shyam Nath, “Foreign aid and public fiscal behavior: A case study of Mauritius”, in Econometric Society 7th World Congress, Keio University, Tokyo (Japan), 1995. |
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1995 |
Shyam Nath, “Urbanization and employment structure change in African economies: An analysis of policy options with special reference to Mauritius”, in UNU/WIDER Workshop on Changing Employment Patterns and the Structure of Unemployment in Africa, Ghana, Africa, 1995. |
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1993 |
P. Ganguly and Shyam Nath, “Optimal Mix of Urban Public services: A Game Theoretic Approach”, in Far Eastern Conference of Econometric Society, The Academia Sinica, Institute of Economics, Taipei (Taiwan), 1993. |
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1993 |
Shyam Nath, “International tourist population as a tax base: The case of Mauritius”, in 7th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest (Hungary), 1993. |
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1991 |
Shyam Nath, “Privatization of municipal services in India: Facts and issues”, in CIRIEC Conference, University of Liege (Belgium), 1991. |
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1990 |
Shyam Nath, “Local fiscal adjustment and state grants policy: An empirical analysis”, in Twenty-Seventh Indian Econometric Conference, Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1990. |
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1990 |
Shyam Nath, “Local fiscal response to expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralization in India”, in 46th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Brussels (Belgium), 1990. |
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1988 |
Shyam Nath, “An alternative to Octroi”, in Seminar on Octroi – Problem and Prospects, Shivaji University, Kolahapur, 1988. |
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1988 |
Shyam Nath, “Rent control policy and urban housing”, in 2-day Seminar on Issues in Urban Housing and Transport, CIRIEC India/ Society for Development Studies, India International Centre, New Delhi, 1988. |
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1987 |
Shyam Nath, “State fiscal response to external aid for plan projects under the concept of additionality”, in 2-day Seminar on Issues in Resource Mobilization for Planning, NIPFP, New Delhi, 1987. |
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1986 |
Shyam Nath, “Housing and urbanization: Economic and social dimensions - A Brief Note”, in Workshop on Housing in Urban Development, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, 1986. |
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1985 |
Shyam Nath, “Property tax as a source of urban finance”, in National Workshop on Urban Finance, NIPFP, New Delhi, 1985. |
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1985 |
Shyam Nath, “Provision of urban public services: An economic analysis of municipal government vs. autonomous board”, in National Workshop on Urban Finance, NIPFP, New Delhi, 1985. |
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1982 |
Shyam Nath, “Metropolitan growth and management in India with reference to local finance - A study of the property tax in Calcutta”, in Conference on Urbanisation and National Development, East West Centre, Population Research Institute, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, 1982. |
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1980 |
Shyam Nath, “Indian Economic Policy”, in Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Montreal (Canada), 1980 (Discussant’s paper), 1980. |
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1987 |
Shyam Nath, “Replacing Octroi: A look at alternatives”, Economic Times, December 10, 1987. |
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1975 |
Shyam Nath, “Predictability of state taxes”, Economic Times, September 9 , 1975. |
OCCASIONAL/WORKING PAPERS AND MIMEOGRAPHS
- Environmental fiscal federalism and atmospheric pollution: A tale of two Indian cities, Australia South Asia Research Centre Working Paper, Crawford Schoolof Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (Forthcoming).
- A Game-theoretic Economic Model of Intergenerational Filial Piety and Care: What drives parental cohabitation among rural households in India? Public Policy and Governance Working Paper 2/2016, Partha Gangopadhyay, Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia and Shyam Nath, Amrita Center for Economics and Governance, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India
- Is ethnic diversity a human resource curse? An empirical analysis, Public Policy and Governance Working Paper 3/2016, Yeti Nisha Madhoo and Shyam Nath, Amrita Center for Economics and Governance, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham School of Business, Kerala, India.
- Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of sub-national finance (co-authored). International Center for Public Policy Working Paper 13-17, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), May 2013, 1-41.
- Ethnic Diversity, Development and Social Policy in Small Islands: The Case of Mauritius by Yeti Nisha Madhoo and Shyam Nath, Research Monograph No 2, Published by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva (Switzerland), 2013- 69 pages
- Modelling political economy of social security in Mauritius: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/3, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
- Foreign ownership and labour productivity in Sub Saharan Africa (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/1, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
- A counterfactual analysis of fiscal decentralisation in small countries: The case of Mauritius (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2005/02, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (published in Journal of Public Finance and Management as indicated above).
- Aid motivation and donor behaviour (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/1, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (published in American Review of Political Economy as indicated above).
- A model of local fiscal choice (co-authored), Working Paper No. 3/89, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, May 1989 and Occasional Paper No 135, May 1990, International series of the Maxwell School, Metropolitan Studies Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse (New York, USA) (published in Public Finance/Finances Publiques as indicated above).
- Optimal mix of urban public services: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), Working Papers in Economics, No. 140, May 1990, The University of Sydney, Australia and Working Paper No. 5/89, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, July 1989.
- Public expenditure decentralisation in developing countries (Co-authored) Working Paper No. 21 National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, September, 1986 (published in Government and Policy as indicated above).
- Impact of standard rent on property tax base in India: An empirical analysis, Working Paper No. 11, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, October, 1982 and Occasional Paper, No. 75, The Maxwell School (published in Economic and Political Weekly as indicated above).
- Property tax revenue growth in Indian cities (co-authored), Occasional Paper No. 65, The Maxwell School, December 1982 and Working Paper No. 10, National Institute of Public and Policy, New Delhi, December 1982, (published in Nagarlok: Urban Affairs Quarterly as indicated above).
- Local fiscal response to expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralisation in India, Working Paper No. 1/93, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, January 1993.
AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONSULTANCY REPORTS
- Social Policy Challenges in Small States (with Yeti Nisha Madhoo), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, 2011.
- Explaining African Economic Growth Performance in Africa: Mauritius (27 Countries Project), The Case of Mauritius, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Africa), Funded by Multiple Donor Countries and International Funding Agencies, 2003-2006.
- Author of Economic Report on Africa, 2003: Mauritius, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, 2002.
- Financing Local Governance in Mauritius, Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius and University of Mauritius Research Project, 2003.
- Author of Common Country Assessment (CCA): Mauritius, UNDP, August – November, 1999.
- Author of Policy of Fiscal Decentralisation and Draft Policy Statement for the Royal Government of Cambodia (with Paddy Roome), United National Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), February – March, 1999.
- Co-author of Local Government Financing and Fiscal Decentralisation in Malawi (with Larry Schroeder) UNCDF/WORLD BANK, May – July, 1998.
- Co-author of the Working Group Report on the Economy: National Long Term Perspective Study 2020, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Government of Mauritius, Port-Louis, 1997.
- Author of Employment Structure Change in African Economies: Policy and Options with Special Reference to Mauritius, WIDER/UNU (United Nations University), Helsinki (Finland), 1995.
- Principal Author of the Report on Management of Urban Local Finances in Non-Octroi States, A Study for the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1989-90.
- Principal Author of the Report on Principles and Practices of Entry Tax, submitted to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 1989-90.
- Co-author of the Report on Finance and Management Capabilities of Urban Local Bodies, submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1988-90.
- Author of Donor Funds and Budgetary Practices in India, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), New Delhi, 1986.
- Co-author of the Report on Property Tax System in Delhi (with Raja J. Chelliah, submitted to Delhi Administration, Government of India, 1984.
- Co-author of the Report on the Tax Reform in West Bengal (with Amaresh Bagchi), submitted to the Government of West Bengal, Municipal Finance Commission, 1980-81.
- Co-author of the Report on the Tax System in the State of Assam (with Raja J. Chelliah), submitted to the Government of Assam (India), 1977-78.
- Co-author of the background paper entitled Elasticity and Buoyancy of State Indirect Taxes (with Raja J Chelliah) for the Indirect Taxation Enquiry Committee, Government of India, 1976-77.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS
- International Conference on Applied Economics, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 27-29, 2013, Chaired a Session on Microeconomics (5.30-7.30 pm Session).
- The 18th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), University of Hull, UK, June 24-26, 2012, participation.
- The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), Earth Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development and Asian Development Bank Institute, New York, USA, May8-10 2011, participation.
- The Asia Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, Berkeley, California, February 18-20, 2011, participation.
- Country Role Model of Economic Development Conference, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland), June 13-14, 2008.
- Climate Change and Economic Development Workshop, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), April 22-24, 2008.
- Subject Specialist Workshop in Health Economics for Collaborative MA Programme for Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30, 2007.
- World Meteorological Organisation’s Annual Meeting, Finnish Meteorological Office, Helsinki (Finland), July 6-10, 2006.
- Special Senior Policy Seminar on Explaining African economic Growth Performance, held in Kigali (Rwanda), October 25-26, 2006.
- Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), May 23-25, 2002.
- Workshop on the National Human Dimensions Programme, Organised by the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP, Bonn, Germany) on Global Environmental Change, Mauritius, March 25-27, 2002.
- Research Committee Meeting on Regional and Urban Development on the theme Social Inequalities, Re-distributive Justice and the City, Amsterdam Study Centre for Metropolitan Environment, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), June 17, 2001.
- Subject Specialist Workshop for Collaborative MA Programme in Managerial Economics for Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30, 2000.
- Training Workshop in Capacity Building and Networking in the Area of Biogeochemical Budgeting and Socioeconomic Modelling including Human Dimension Aspects in Coastal Systems of South Asia, 18-22 September Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka, 2000.
- Inter-Ministerial Conference and Workshop on Decentralised Commune Governance and Fiscal Decentralisation, organised by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom Pehn (Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999 (Facilitator on Fiscal Decentralisation).
- Workshop in Advanced Econometrics, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), September 30 – October 11, 1996.
- Ninth International Symposium on the Property Tax, held in Spain (Barcelona and Seville), November 22 – December 2, 1988.
SHORT INTERNATIONAL VISITING ACADEMIC VISITS AND ATTACHMENTS
- Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), Meeting to publish an edited volume in Honor of R. W. Bahl, Jr., 2012.
- The University of California, Berkeley (USA), Center for African Studies, 2010-11, Research.
- University of Western Sydney, Macarthur (Australia), Department of Economics and Finance, July 1999, Research.
- University of Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Economics, June 1993, Research.
- Erasmus University Local Finance Centre and Municipality of Rotterdam (Netherlands), August 1990, Lecture.
- Institute of Housing, Rotterdam (Netherlands), September 1990, Lecture.
MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES
- Member of the Committee on Professional and Institutional Development, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-99.
- Member of the Academic Committee, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1995-98.
- Member of the Special Group to make recommendations about the ways and means to operate sewage treatment plants and stations on a commercial basis under Ganga Action Plan, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, New Delhi, 1986-87.
- Member of the Expert Committee on Used Oil, Ministry of Environment and Quality of Life, Government of Mauritius, Port Louis, 1990-91.
- Member of the Working Group on the Mauritian Economy 2020 Scenario Building, Government of Mauritius, Port Louis, 1992-93.
JOURNAL REFEREE
World Development, Journal of Developing Areas, International Journal of Economic Research, Economic and Political Weekly, Mauritius Research Journal, African-Asian Journal of Economics and Econometrics, International Journal of Development and Conflict.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
- Co-ordinating Editor (with J. L. Roberts, S. Paul and Y. N. Madhoo), Shaping the Future of Small Islands: Roadmap for Sustainable Development, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2019-2020.
- Principal Editor (with John Roberts, Indian Ocean Commission, Mauritius and Yeti Nisha Madhoo, University of Mauritius), Saving Small and Island States, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2007 to 2010.
- Member of Editorial Board for the Committee on Research, Consultancy and Innovation, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2004-08.
- Editor, Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2001-2008.
- Member, Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius, Pool of Resources for screening project reports and PhD dissertations for publication grant, 1998-2004.
- Resource Person, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya.
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING OF PUBLIC SECTOR OFFICERS AND RESOURCE FACULTY
- Research Methodology Workshop for Social and Management Sciences, University of Mauritius, July 24 -August 2, 2000 (Director).
- Inter-Ministerial Workshop on Decentralised Commune Governance and Fiscal Decentralisation, Organised by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom Penh (Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999, (Facilitator and Resource Person on Fiscal Decentralisation).
- Advanced Management Programmes for Senior and Middle-Level Executives in the Public and Private Sectors held at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius in 1993 and 1994 (Resource Person and Member of the Directorate).
- Supply Management Course for Government Officials in Mauritius, Ministry of Finance, Government of Mauritius, Mauritius, 1993 and 1994 (Resource Person).
- Training Courses on Urban Finance, (1984-85), Sponsored by the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development.
- National Workshop on Urban Finance (May 6-8, 1985), Sponsored by the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development.
- Training Programmes on the Techniques of Budgetary Projections (1978-79), Sponsored by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Advanced Training Programmes in Sale Tax Administration (1970-88), Sponsored by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance.
- Workshop on Computerisation of Sales Tax Data (1978), at the request of State Governments in India.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
World Econometric Society, European Society for Population Economics, International Sociological Association Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development, North American Regional Science Association, International Institute of Public Finance
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
- Dean, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, (Officiating/Full Time), 2001-2002.
- Acting Dean of Faculty, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Nov 1997.
- Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1998-2005.
- Chairperson Departmental Research Committee, Department of Economics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 2002-05.
- Convener, Technical Committee, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 2000-02.
- Academic Expert on Staff Selection Committees at the University of Mauritius, Reduit, during 1991-99.
- Member of Advisory Committees on Course and Curriculum Development Committees, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1996-99.
- Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1999-2000.
- Programme Coordinator, Master in Public Policy and Administration, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 2005-08.
- Member of Faculty Board, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, 1990-99
- Member of University Senate, University of Mauritius, Reduit, 1990-95.
- Member, Faculty Committee, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1986/87.
- Chairperson, Faculty and Staff Council, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1987-88.
- President, Faculty and Staff Association, Banasthali Vidyapeeth (University of Rajasthan, 1972-73.
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Dr. Prema Nedungadi
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Dr. Vidya Viswanad
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