TY - BOOK AU - Sankar, U. AU - Mythili, G. AU - Hema, R. TI - Topics in applied economics: tools, issues, and institutions SN - 8171883656 U1 - 330 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi PB - Academic Foundation KW - Economics KW - Methodology KW - Econometric models KW - India N1 - "A festschrift volume for Prof. U. Sankar."; Includes bibliographical references; 1. On errors in the variables / Arnold Zellner and U. Sankar -- 2. Profit maximising estimators and medical decision rules / V.K. Chetty -- 3. Price-quantity indexes through consistent aggregation of markets / Nagesh S. Revankar and M. Salih -- 4. Patterns and determinants of economic growth in Indian states / K.L. Krishna -- 5. Measurement and analysis of agricultural growth in India : a critical appraisal / A. Vaidyanathan -- 6. Estimation of decline in Marginal Productivity of land using stochastic production funtion / G. Mythili -- 7. Valueing community labour : why not? / Gopal K. Kadekodi and Man Mohan Agraval -- 8. A relative view of absolute poverty : some implications for identification, aggregation and policy intervention / S. Subramanian and T. Bandyopadhyay -- 9. A review of India's recent trade policy reforms / Kaliapa Kalirajan -- 10. Investors' decision behaviour and post-issue performance of firms under alternative regulatory regimes / Sreejata Banerjee -- 11. Empowering the Indian power sector : a road map / R. Hema -- 12. Institution of collective action for pollution abatement : the common effluent treatment plant / V. Anuradha N2 - Some articles are with special reference to India ER -