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Papers by Sovik Mukherjee
Reigniting GIS's Application in Ecotourism
IGI Global eBooks, 2019
The chapter brings out a brief note on the tourist attractions, hotels and lodges, NGOs/travel ag... more The chapter brings out a brief note on the tourist attractions, hotels and lodges, NGOs/travel agencies operating in that region, railway/bus stations, land use profile, etc. in the Sundarban area of West Bengal in conjunction with exploring the potential of ecotourism using GIS and some secondary source data. Moving onto the analysis part, by making use of geo-spatial data, the attributes of ecotourism potential in the Sundarbans has been explored. The author makes use of the Euclidean distance mechanism and principal component analysis to rank the ecotourism sites in Sunderbans (i.e., based on the construction of ecotourism potential index [EPI]). The novelty of the chapter lies in comparing the ranks obtained by constructing the EPI following the principal component analysis and the Euclidean distance function. It needs to be mentioned here that these tourist spots have been selected based on the information collected on the inflow of both domestic and foreign tourists to these spots. The chapter concludes by discussing the future scope of research in this regard.
A Quadrangular Analysis of Exports, Imports, Economic Growth, and Exchange Rate in the Post-Liberalization Era
Routledge eBooks, Apr 12, 2024
Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book series, 2019
The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composi... more The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composition, pattern of primary energy use, fuel access to clean cooking energy, and access to electricity for the households. Moving on, this relationship between energy and poverty has preoccupied development economists for decades and begs for a policy dialogue on whether the lack of energy in terms of the 3E's-energy security, energy accessibility, and energy use-makes a nation energy poor or not. This moves the focus on the state of equity in the distribution of energy in India. The chapter, then, looks at the issue of energy poverty, in particular, rural-urban magnitude of energy poverty by estimating the specific concentration curve using National Sample Survey (NSSO) household unit level data from the 68th round (July 2011 -June 2012). To conclude, the study comments on how the optimum fuel mix design should look and talks about sustainable strategies involving the use of new renewables for breaking India's energy poverty jinx.
The Dynamics of Demographic and Macroeconomic Variables in India
IGI Global eBooks, Aug 5, 2022
The theory of economic growth is one of the principal branches of macroeconomics that tries to hi... more The theory of economic growth is one of the principal branches of macroeconomics that tries to highlight the factors that have influenced the long-run trend of the growth of an economy. One of the leading issues in the literature on India's economic growth has been the manifold effects of inflation and employment among many others. The present paper aims to examine the relationship between economic growth rates, inflation, employment, and population growth in a Simultaneous Equations System (SES) framework, with an exclusive focus on the experience since economic liberalization in 1991. The literature on this subject has up till now analyzed the determinants of these endogenous variables disconnectedly. Not only does this paper endeavour to ascertain the existence of endogeneity among these variables but also highlight a multitude of factors that are connected in this regard. This paper comes to a close by discussing the possibilities for developing strategies that are overtly concerned with productive employment generation.
Modelling Energy Poverty and Energy Inequality into India’s Energy Policy
Springer eBooks, 2022
Anatomy and Significance of Public Healthcare Expenditure and Economic Growth Nexus in India
IGI Global eBooks, 2018
The objective of this chapter is to take a closer look at the liaison between the two focus varia... more The objective of this chapter is to take a closer look at the liaison between the two focus variables viz. growth and public healthcare expenditure, and the associated implications for public health infrastructure development. Initially, a theoretical model has been proposed which brings out the link between the focus variables. Panel cointegration and causality are the techniques applied in a Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) set-up using panel data from 1980-2015. Next, a health infrastructure index has been constructed using the Euclidean distance function approach for India for two time points i.e. 2005-06 and 2014-15, to evaluate the interstate performance in public healthcare infrastructure. The findings validate the existence of a cointegrated relationship between health expenditure and economic growth coupled with a bidirectional causality linking the focus variables in this model. It comes to a close by highlighting the policy implications and the future research possibilities in this regard.
Is Fiscal Decentralization a means to Poverty and Inequality Reduction?
Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2023
Dynamic Linkages among Stages of Economic Development, Human Development and the Natural Environment: On the Road towards Sustainability in the Globalization Era
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, May 25, 2022
Detecting COVID‐19 Through Lung X‐Ray Imaging: An Alternative Using Modified CNN Architecture
Wearable and Neuronic Antennas for Medical and Wireless Applications, May 6, 2022
Handbook of Research on Economic and Political Implications of Green Trading and Energy Use, 2019
The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composi... more The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composition, pattern of primary energy use, fuel access to clean cooking energy, and access to electricity for the households. Moving on, this relationship between energy and poverty has preoccupied development economists for decades and begs for a policy dialogue on whether the lack of energy in terms of the 3E's—energy security, energy accessibility, and energy use—makes a nation energy poor or not. This moves the focus on the state of equity in the distribution of energy in India. The chapter, then, looks at the issue of energy poverty, in particular, rural-urban magnitude of energy poverty by estimating the specific concentration curve using National Sample Survey (NSSO) household unit level data from the 68th round (July 2011 – June 2012). To conclude, the study comments on how the optimum fuel mix design should look and talks about sustainable strategies involving the use of new renew...
Edtech Startups in India: Leveraging the New Normal
Academia Letters, 2021
Internal Reverse Migration in India Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Linking up Human Capital with Natural Capital
IGI Global eBooks, 2020
Terroristactivitiesinthepost-ParisPeaceTreatieshaveemergedasoneofthemostperilousagendas thataretr... more Terroristactivitiesinthepost-ParisPeaceTreatieshaveemergedasoneofthemostperilousagendas thataretroublingtheworldeconomiesandpoliticalfiguresinsecuringtheirnationsandregions. Several socioeconomic factors were evidenced to be the crucial factors in determining terrorist activitiesallaroundtheworld.Thepresentarticlestrivestoidentifythesignificanceofseveralsocio economicfactors,namely,refugeepopulation,accesstogoodsanitationfacilities,youthunemployment rate,percentageofeducationexpendituretoGDP,percentageofmilitaryexpendituretoGDP,per capitaGDPandpoliticalstabilityinthepanelofsevenSouthAsiancountriesandChinaforthe period2002-2016.Byapplyingbothstaticanddynamicpanelmodels,thearticleobservesthatall oftheselectedvariablesexplaintheterrorismindexwithexpectedsigns.Thearticlethusprescribes thatthegovernmentsoftheselectedcountriesshouldconcentrateonallocatingtheirbudgetsonthe improvementsofsectorsunderlyingtheassociatedindicators.
“Love for variety,” outside option and extensive margin of demand
International Journal of Economic Theory, Nov 2, 2022
The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly... more The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly market, where the buyers' preference shows “love for variety.” The buyers differ from each other in their valuation of the differentiated product with a common outside option available to all. The model endogenously determines both the extensive and intensive margin of demand and the equilibrium number of varieties in the differentiated product market. It shows that in such a framework complementarity exists at the extensive margin of demand even in the presence of demand substitutability between the varieties. The results apply to the competition between brick and mortar shops and malls.
Understanding Gender, Poverty, and Social Justice: A New Look From the Perspectives of Indian Experience
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Aug 14, 2023
Reflections on Microfinance
IGI Global eBooks, Sep 23, 2022
Is There A Long Run Nexus Among Mental Disorder And Socio-Economic Indicators? : Experiences From An Econometric Study Across 40 Countries
Regional Science Inquiry, 2020
Are there evidences of an association between poor mental health and the experience of poverty an... more Are there evidences of an association between poor mental health and the experience of poverty and socio-economic deprivation? To explore it, we try to relate all sorts of mental disorders with the per-capita GDP (PCGDP), the level of per-capita CO2 emissions as a measure of pollution (PCCO), usage of Internet (IU) as a measure of social behaviour, and Globalization Index (GI), for all the major countries in the world. Applying Vector Autoregression (VAR) model the results reveal that most of the high income countries in the selection have produced the result that mental disorder is cointegrated to the four socio economic indicators. The short run causality tests unambiguously backs up the sustainability of the long run cointegration relations derived for countries like Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and UAE. Hence, mental disorder is not a problem to the lower income countries but to the high income countries as well.
Insights from the India-China Comparison of Fiscal Decentralization and Its Effects on Poverty and Inequality Reductions: A System GMM Approach
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Jul 19, 2023
“Love for variety,” outside option and extensive margin of demand
International Journal of Economic Theory
The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly... more The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly market, where the buyers' preference shows “love for variety.” The buyers differ from each other in their valuation of the differentiated product with a common outside option available to all. The model endogenously determines both the extensive and intensive margin of demand and the equilibrium number of varieties in the differentiated product market. It shows that in such a framework complementarity exists at the extensive margin of demand even in the presence of demand substitutability between the varieties. The results apply to the competition between brick and mortar shops and malls.
A Tri-Variate Nexus of Microfinance-Growth-Inequality
Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics
Policymakers throughout the world have actively been in pursuit of improvements of financial mark... more Policymakers throughout the world have actively been in pursuit of improvements of financial markets in the developing regions, but often with disappointing results. In this background, this chapter claims that microfinance can play a significant role in financial development, and that by concentrating on microfinance, development policy can consolidate the links between financial development, growth, and thus inequality reduction. The inequality computation used is based on the generalized entropy index (standard assumption of weight equal to 2 is applicable). Panel cointegration and panel causality are the techniques that have been applied in a vector error correction mechanism (VECM) set-up using panel data for fifteen years across seven South-Asian nations (i.e., Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The findings validate the existence of a cointegrated relation coupled with a tri-variate causality linking the focus variables in this model in t...
Reigniting GIS's Application in Ecotourism
IGI Global eBooks, 2019
The chapter brings out a brief note on the tourist attractions, hotels and lodges, NGOs/travel ag... more The chapter brings out a brief note on the tourist attractions, hotels and lodges, NGOs/travel agencies operating in that region, railway/bus stations, land use profile, etc. in the Sundarban area of West Bengal in conjunction with exploring the potential of ecotourism using GIS and some secondary source data. Moving onto the analysis part, by making use of geo-spatial data, the attributes of ecotourism potential in the Sundarbans has been explored. The author makes use of the Euclidean distance mechanism and principal component analysis to rank the ecotourism sites in Sunderbans (i.e., based on the construction of ecotourism potential index [EPI]). The novelty of the chapter lies in comparing the ranks obtained by constructing the EPI following the principal component analysis and the Euclidean distance function. It needs to be mentioned here that these tourist spots have been selected based on the information collected on the inflow of both domestic and foreign tourists to these spots. The chapter concludes by discussing the future scope of research in this regard.
A Quadrangular Analysis of Exports, Imports, Economic Growth, and Exchange Rate in the Post-Liberalization Era
Routledge eBooks, Apr 12, 2024
Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book series, 2019
The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composi... more The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composition, pattern of primary energy use, fuel access to clean cooking energy, and access to electricity for the households. Moving on, this relationship between energy and poverty has preoccupied development economists for decades and begs for a policy dialogue on whether the lack of energy in terms of the 3E's-energy security, energy accessibility, and energy use-makes a nation energy poor or not. This moves the focus on the state of equity in the distribution of energy in India. The chapter, then, looks at the issue of energy poverty, in particular, rural-urban magnitude of energy poverty by estimating the specific concentration curve using National Sample Survey (NSSO) household unit level data from the 68th round (July 2011 -June 2012). To conclude, the study comments on how the optimum fuel mix design should look and talks about sustainable strategies involving the use of new renewables for breaking India's energy poverty jinx.
The Dynamics of Demographic and Macroeconomic Variables in India
IGI Global eBooks, Aug 5, 2022
The theory of economic growth is one of the principal branches of macroeconomics that tries to hi... more The theory of economic growth is one of the principal branches of macroeconomics that tries to highlight the factors that have influenced the long-run trend of the growth of an economy. One of the leading issues in the literature on India's economic growth has been the manifold effects of inflation and employment among many others. The present paper aims to examine the relationship between economic growth rates, inflation, employment, and population growth in a Simultaneous Equations System (SES) framework, with an exclusive focus on the experience since economic liberalization in 1991. The literature on this subject has up till now analyzed the determinants of these endogenous variables disconnectedly. Not only does this paper endeavour to ascertain the existence of endogeneity among these variables but also highlight a multitude of factors that are connected in this regard. This paper comes to a close by discussing the possibilities for developing strategies that are overtly concerned with productive employment generation.
Modelling Energy Poverty and Energy Inequality into India’s Energy Policy
Springer eBooks, 2022
Anatomy and Significance of Public Healthcare Expenditure and Economic Growth Nexus in India
IGI Global eBooks, 2018
The objective of this chapter is to take a closer look at the liaison between the two focus varia... more The objective of this chapter is to take a closer look at the liaison between the two focus variables viz. growth and public healthcare expenditure, and the associated implications for public health infrastructure development. Initially, a theoretical model has been proposed which brings out the link between the focus variables. Panel cointegration and causality are the techniques applied in a Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) set-up using panel data from 1980-2015. Next, a health infrastructure index has been constructed using the Euclidean distance function approach for India for two time points i.e. 2005-06 and 2014-15, to evaluate the interstate performance in public healthcare infrastructure. The findings validate the existence of a cointegrated relationship between health expenditure and economic growth coupled with a bidirectional causality linking the focus variables in this model. It comes to a close by highlighting the policy implications and the future research possibilities in this regard.
Is Fiscal Decentralization a means to Poverty and Inequality Reduction?
Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2023
Dynamic Linkages among Stages of Economic Development, Human Development and the Natural Environment: On the Road towards Sustainability in the Globalization Era
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, May 25, 2022
Detecting COVID‐19 Through Lung X‐Ray Imaging: An Alternative Using Modified CNN Architecture
Wearable and Neuronic Antennas for Medical and Wireless Applications, May 6, 2022
Handbook of Research on Economic and Political Implications of Green Trading and Energy Use, 2019
The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composi... more The chapter starts by comparing India with China, U.S. and world as a whole in respect of composition, pattern of primary energy use, fuel access to clean cooking energy, and access to electricity for the households. Moving on, this relationship between energy and poverty has preoccupied development economists for decades and begs for a policy dialogue on whether the lack of energy in terms of the 3E's—energy security, energy accessibility, and energy use—makes a nation energy poor or not. This moves the focus on the state of equity in the distribution of energy in India. The chapter, then, looks at the issue of energy poverty, in particular, rural-urban magnitude of energy poverty by estimating the specific concentration curve using National Sample Survey (NSSO) household unit level data from the 68th round (July 2011 – June 2012). To conclude, the study comments on how the optimum fuel mix design should look and talks about sustainable strategies involving the use of new renew...
Edtech Startups in India: Leveraging the New Normal
Academia Letters, 2021
Internal Reverse Migration in India Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Linking up Human Capital with Natural Capital
IGI Global eBooks, 2020
Terroristactivitiesinthepost-ParisPeaceTreatieshaveemergedasoneofthemostperilousagendas thataretr... more Terroristactivitiesinthepost-ParisPeaceTreatieshaveemergedasoneofthemostperilousagendas thataretroublingtheworldeconomiesandpoliticalfiguresinsecuringtheirnationsandregions. Several socioeconomic factors were evidenced to be the crucial factors in determining terrorist activitiesallaroundtheworld.Thepresentarticlestrivestoidentifythesignificanceofseveralsocio economicfactors,namely,refugeepopulation,accesstogoodsanitationfacilities,youthunemployment rate,percentageofeducationexpendituretoGDP,percentageofmilitaryexpendituretoGDP,per capitaGDPandpoliticalstabilityinthepanelofsevenSouthAsiancountriesandChinaforthe period2002-2016.Byapplyingbothstaticanddynamicpanelmodels,thearticleobservesthatall oftheselectedvariablesexplaintheterrorismindexwithexpectedsigns.Thearticlethusprescribes thatthegovernmentsoftheselectedcountriesshouldconcentrateonallocatingtheirbudgetsonthe improvementsofsectorsunderlyingtheassociatedindicators.
“Love for variety,” outside option and extensive margin of demand
International Journal of Economic Theory, Nov 2, 2022
The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly... more The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly market, where the buyers' preference shows “love for variety.” The buyers differ from each other in their valuation of the differentiated product with a common outside option available to all. The model endogenously determines both the extensive and intensive margin of demand and the equilibrium number of varieties in the differentiated product market. It shows that in such a framework complementarity exists at the extensive margin of demand even in the presence of demand substitutability between the varieties. The results apply to the competition between brick and mortar shops and malls.
Understanding Gender, Poverty, and Social Justice: A New Look From the Perspectives of Indian Experience
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Aug 14, 2023
Reflections on Microfinance
IGI Global eBooks, Sep 23, 2022
Is There A Long Run Nexus Among Mental Disorder And Socio-Economic Indicators? : Experiences From An Econometric Study Across 40 Countries
Regional Science Inquiry, 2020
Are there evidences of an association between poor mental health and the experience of poverty an... more Are there evidences of an association between poor mental health and the experience of poverty and socio-economic deprivation? To explore it, we try to relate all sorts of mental disorders with the per-capita GDP (PCGDP), the level of per-capita CO2 emissions as a measure of pollution (PCCO), usage of Internet (IU) as a measure of social behaviour, and Globalization Index (GI), for all the major countries in the world. Applying Vector Autoregression (VAR) model the results reveal that most of the high income countries in the selection have produced the result that mental disorder is cointegrated to the four socio economic indicators. The short run causality tests unambiguously backs up the sustainability of the long run cointegration relations derived for countries like Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and UAE. Hence, mental disorder is not a problem to the lower income countries but to the high income countries as well.
Insights from the India-China Comparison of Fiscal Decentralization and Its Effects on Poverty and Inequality Reductions: A System GMM Approach
Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Jul 19, 2023
“Love for variety,” outside option and extensive margin of demand
International Journal of Economic Theory
The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly... more The paper models a uniform‐price Bertrand‐price‐competition in a differentiated product oligopoly market, where the buyers' preference shows “love for variety.” The buyers differ from each other in their valuation of the differentiated product with a common outside option available to all. The model endogenously determines both the extensive and intensive margin of demand and the equilibrium number of varieties in the differentiated product market. It shows that in such a framework complementarity exists at the extensive margin of demand even in the presence of demand substitutability between the varieties. The results apply to the competition between brick and mortar shops and malls.
A Tri-Variate Nexus of Microfinance-Growth-Inequality
Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics
Policymakers throughout the world have actively been in pursuit of improvements of financial mark... more Policymakers throughout the world have actively been in pursuit of improvements of financial markets in the developing regions, but often with disappointing results. In this background, this chapter claims that microfinance can play a significant role in financial development, and that by concentrating on microfinance, development policy can consolidate the links between financial development, growth, and thus inequality reduction. The inequality computation used is based on the generalized entropy index (standard assumption of weight equal to 2 is applicable). Panel cointegration and panel causality are the techniques that have been applied in a vector error correction mechanism (VECM) set-up using panel data for fifteen years across seven South-Asian nations (i.e., Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The findings validate the existence of a cointegrated relation coupled with a tri-variate causality linking the focus variables in this model in t...