ARTICLES

1.

Ajit, D. (1998) : A Case for Risk Based Deposit Insurance System in India, September, p.215.

2.

Bhoi, B.K. and S.C. Dhal (1998) : Integration of Financial Markets in India : An Empirical Evaluation, December, p.345.

3.

Joshi, Himanshu (1998) : Liquidity Effects on the Term Structure of Government Securities Market in India, December, p.381.

4.

Joshi, Himanshu and Mridul Saggar (1998) : Excess Returns, Risk-Premia and Efficiency of the Foreign Exchange Market: Indian Experience in the Post Liberalisation Period, June, p.129.

5.

Patra, M.D. and Sitikantha Pattanaik (1998) : Exchange Rate Management in India : An Empirical Evaluation, September, p.185.

6.

Samanta, G.P. and Sharmishtha Mitra (1998) : Recent Divergence between Wholesale and Consumer Prices in India - A Statistical Exploration, December, p.329.

7.

Singh, Bhupal and Sarat C. Dhal (1998) : Repo Auction Formats, Bidders’ Behaviour and Money Market Response in India, September, p.249.

8.

Singh, Charan (1998) : Ricardian Equivalence and Consumption in India, March, p.39.

9.

Srimany, A.K. and K. Bhattacharya (1998) : Measures for Financial Services : A Review with Special Reference to Banking in India, March, p.1.

10.

Srimany, A.K. and G.P. Samanta (1998) : Identification of Monetary Policy Shock and its Effects on Output and Price : A Structural VAR Approach, June, p.109.

NOTES

1.

Gopinath, Shyamala and A. Prasad (1998) : Managing Financial Risks in India : A Note, December, p 417.

2.

Jain R.K. (1998) : Financing of Power Projects in India : Problems and Prospects - A Note, September, p.281.

3.

Khundrakpam, J.K. (1998) : Sustainability of Central Government Debt, March, p.61.

4.

Mohanty M.S. and Nishita Raje (1998) : Effective Cost of Small Savings, September, p.269.

5.

Roy, Sunando (1998) : The Economics of Amartya Sen - A Review, December, p.395.

REVIEW ARTICLE

1.

Reddy, Y.V. (1998) : Money and Finance through the Looking Glass, September, p.305.

BOOK REVIEWS

1.

Ahluwalia, Isher Judge and I.M.D. Little (eds) : India’s Economic Reforms and Development : Essays for Manmohan Singh. By Sunando Roy, March 1998, p.89.

2.

Anderson, Nicola, Francis Breedon, Mark Deacon, Andrew Derry and Gareth Murphy : Estimating and Interpreting the YIELD CURVE. By T.K. Chakrabarty, June 1998, p.164.

3.

Apostolas, Paul Refenes (ed) : Neural Networks in the Capital Markets. By A.S. Ramasastri, March, p.102.

4.

Cohen, Benjamin J. : International Trade and Finance : New Frontiers for Research. By M.P. Gaikwad, December 1998, p.445

5.

Frankel, Jefferey A., Giampado Galli and Alberto Giovannini (eds) : The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets. By Satyananda Sahoo, September 1998, p.323.

6.

Fry, Maxell J. : Emancipating the Banking System and Developing Markets for Government Debt. By T.K. Chakrabarty, December 1998, p 439.

7.

Jha, Raghbendra : Modern Public Economics. By Partha Ray, June 1998, p.153.

8.

Marjit, Sugata and Ajitava Raychaudhuri : India’s Exports : An Analytical Study. By D. Singh, December 1998, p 453.

9.

Patil, B.R. : Collective Bargaining : Perspective and Practices. By Saibal Ghosh, June 1998, p.159.

10.

Radaelli, Giorgio : Exchange Rate Determination and Control. By Sitikantha Pattanaik, June 1998, p.176.

11.

Wakelin, Katherine : Trade and Innovation : Theory and Evidence. By M.P. Gaikwad, June 1998, p.170.

12.

World Bank : Private Capital Flows to Developing Countries - The Road to Financial Integration. By B.M. Misra, September 1998, p.313.

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