Development and Public Finance: Essays in Honour of Raja J. Chelliah

1.On Strategies for Disinvestment and Privatization / D.K. Srivastava / U. Sankar 2.Financial Transactions Taxes / Vijay Kelkar 3.Issues in Design and Implementation of a Carbon Tax System in India / Parthasarathi Shome 4.Economic Analysis of India's Double Tax Avoidance Agreements / U. Sankar 5.A Political Cost Model of Fiscal Federalism: Some Empirical Results from Indian Federation / Arindam Das-Gupta 6.Tax Effort of Indian States, 2002-07 / Shyam Nath 7.On the Political Economy of Fiscal Imbalances in India / Rajan Goyal / Indira Rajaraman 8.When Should Budget Deficit Be a Serious Concern? / D.K. Srivastava 9.Revenue Estimation for Goods and Services Tax / Subra Ramamurthy 10.Contours of Central Banking: Have They Changed? / Mahesh C. Purohit / Vishnu Kanta Purohit 11.Decentralization and Economic Development: Issues in Policy and Institutional Reform / C. Rangarajan Contents note continued: 12.Modelling Social Policy / M. Govinda Rao 13.Decentralization in India: Outcomes and Opportunities / Jaya Krishnakumar / Juan Tellez / Paola Ballo?n 14.Globalization of Knowledge Development / Kaliappa Kalirajan / Keijiro Otsuka 15.Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation Policies in India / N.S. Siddharthan 16.Regional Growth Convergence in Indian States: A Panel Data Approach / K.S. Kavikumar 17.Investment and Subsidies in Indian Agriculture: One Variation on a Theme by Dr Raja J. Chelliah / K.R. Shanmugam 18.Credit, Branch Banking and Output: Evidence from Indian States / Raghbendra Jha A Biographical Sketch / Kausik Chaudhuri / Mary Cherical Raja Chelliah: Economist without an Honorific 'Indian' / D.K. Srivastava Dr Chelliah: Great Crusader for Fiscal Reforms / Deena Khatkhate Raja Chelliah: An Indomitable Crusader / Subra Ramamurthy.