PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND NOTES [By Arvind Virmani]

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1 PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND NOTES [By Arvind Virmani] Page No. I. PUBLISHED 1 A. JOURNALS & BOOKS 1 B. OTHER 2 C. WORKING PAPERS 4 D. POLICY DISCUSSION PAPERS 6 E. COMMENTRY 7

2 I. PUBLISHED A. JOURNALS & BOOKS 1. Forex for Infrastructure, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX No. 52, December 25-31, 2004, pp Election 2004: A Different Explanation, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX No. 25, June 19-25, 2004, pp Competitive Access to Telecom: Spectrum Policy and M&A, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX No. 7, February 14-20, Accelerating Growth and Poverty Reduction A Policy Framework for India s Development, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, January India s External Reforms: Modest Globalisation Significant Gains, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVII No. 32, August 9-15, 2003, pp A New Development Paradigm: Employment, Entitlement and Empowerment, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVII No. 22, June 1-7, 2002, pp Also in Global Business Review, International Management Institute, SAGE Publications, Vol. 3, No. 2, July- December, 2002, pp , and in India: The Political Economy of Reforms, edited by Bibek Debroy & Rahul Mukherji, Published by Bookwell Publishers in association with Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, Central Value Added Tax: CENVAT, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVI No. 8, February 24-March 2, 2001, pp A Communication Policy for the 21 st Century, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume XXXV, No. 23, June 3-9, 2000, pp India: Crises Reform and Growth, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume XXXII, No. 32, August 9-15, 1997, pp Partial Convertibility of the Rupee (PCR) Implications for Exporters, RBI Bulletin, August 1992, pp Trends in Current Account Deficit and the Balance of Trade: Separating Facts From Prejudices, Journal of Foreign Exchange and International Finance, Vol. VI, No. 1, April-June 1992, pp Demand and Supply Factors in India's Trade, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXVI, No.6, February 9, Size and Role of Government: Quality vs. Quantity of Intervention, Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, April-June Saving Performance and Prospects: A Historical Perspective, in Domestic Savings in India: Trends and Issues, (editors) U. D. R. Choudhury & A. Bagchi, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi, /01/05 1

3 15. International Trade and Balance of Payments, in Eighth Plan Perspectives (editor) M S Adiseshiah, Lancer International, Delhi, Technical Possibilities, Usable Blueprints and Physical Plant Capacity: A Simple Model of Endogenous Technical Change, Indian Economic Review, Vol. XXIV, No.2 (July-Dec 1989). 17. Indirect Tax Evasion and Production Efficiency, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 39(1989), pp Determinants of Consumption and Savings Behaviour in Developing Countries, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 3, No. 3, 1989, pp (with L. K. Raut). 19. Credit Markets in Developing Countries: Myth and Reality, Greek Economic Review, Vol. 11, No. 1 (June 1989). 20. Tax Reform in Developing Countries: Issues, Policies and Information Gaps, Public Finance Vol. 43, No. 1 (1988), pp Personal Income Taxes in Developing Countries (with G. Sicat), The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1988). 22. A Dynamic Model of the Firm, Journal of Political Economy, June Price-Cost Uncertainty and Firm Decisions, Indian Economic Review, Vol. XVII, No.2-4. B. OTHER 1. Should Forex Reserves be used to Finance Infrastructure?, Business Standard, 10th November Paper on Response to East Asian Regionalism and its Impact The Indian View at the International Conference on East Asian Regionalism and its Impact, organized by Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at Beijing scheduled for October 21-22, Should Plan Panel be Disbanded?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 8th October What can we cook in Seoul Kitchen?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 1st October (with Amita Batra) 5. Inflation and the Way Out, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 12th August Tax Reform Returns, The Indian Express, New Delhi, 28th July The Politics of Good Budgets, The Indian Express, New Delhi, 6th July The Real Story of E-2004, India Today, 28 th June, 2004, pp Will the New Regime Push Reforms?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 18th May Is a South Asia Currency Feasible?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 19th December Will FTA with Asean Work?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 21st October WTO Negotiations: The role of Economics and Politics, Financial Express, September, ( 10/01/05 2

4 13. WTO: The Political Economy to Cancun, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 30th August, Bharatiya Rate of Growth: The Role of Services, Business Standard, September India and the Global Growth Sweepstakes, Economic Times, August Media in the FDI Arena: A blueprint for how the media should be controlled vis-à-vis foreign direct investment. Business Standard, New Delhi, Monday 24 th June, Also on web site : 17. India: A Potential Growth Star of The Next Decade, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 11 th June 2002 (front & back page). 18. India and China will make the 21 st Century The Asian Century? The Financial Express, New Delhi, 12 th June, 2002 (back page). 19. High Growth Economies of the 20th Century (No Kidding, India s Up There), The Economic Times, New Delhi, 16th May Universal Primary Education and the Spurious issue of Privatisation, The Economic Times, 17 th February Picture Perfect Education, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 17 th February Fiscal Deficit & the quality of government expenditure, Economic Times, 28 February 2002 also appeared as Go Back to Basics, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 28 th February Capital Account Convertibility: Looking Back and Ahead Lessons from the Asian Crises- I & II, Financial Express, 21 st & 22 nd, February Telecom Policy for High Growth, Business Standard, N. Delhi, December, Islamic Terrorists of Just Plain Terrorists, The Economic Times, 24 th November Terrorists or Freedom Fighters, Business Standard, N. Delhi, November Indo-US relations and Afghan Policy, Financial Express, November 10, Keynote & Valedictory Address, External Debt Management: Role of Financial Intermediaries, CRISIL, December CENVAT, The Economic Times, New Delhi, March Macro-management of Economic Growth with Underemployed Labour and Technological Inertia, ADB/World Bank Senior Policy Seminar on Managing Global Financial Integration in Asia, Manila, Philippines, March Derivatives: An Economic Perspective, in Derivatives Markets in India, editor Susan Thomas, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi /01/05 3

5 32. Economic Development and Transition: India, Paper presented at the Tokyo Dialogue on Alternatives to the World Bank-IMF Approach to Reforms and Growth organised by the Economic Planning Agency on December 5, 1997, Tokyo, Japan. 33. Demand Recession and Economic Policy, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 31 st July Towards Capital Account Convertibility, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 5 th, June The Puzzle of Growth Recession, The Business Standard, New Delhi, 4 th June Tax Evasion, Corruption and Administration: Monitoring Tax Auditors Under Symmetric Dishonesty, paper presented at the Conference on Political Economy: Theory and Policy Implications, Washington, June Inflation and Import Liberalisation, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 29, June Rising BOP Deficit (part II): The Real Culprit, Economic Times, January 11, Rising BOP Deficit (part I): Liberalisation Culprit or Scapegoat, Economic Times January 10, C. WORKING PAPERS 1. Economic Performance, Power Potential and Global Governance: Towards a International Order, Working Paper No. 150, ICRIER, December Economic Growth, Governance And Voting Behaviour: An Application to Indian Elections, Working Paper No. 138, ICRIER, July Impact of Tariff Reforms on Indian Industry: Assessment Based on a Multi-Sector Econometric Model (with Bishwanath Goldar, Choorikkad Veeramani and Vipul Bhatt), Working Paper No. 135, ICRIER, June Sources of India s Economic Growth: Trends in Total Factor Productivity, Working Paper No. 131, ICRIER, May India s Economic Growth: From Socialist Rate of Growth to Bharatiya Rate of Growth, Working Paper No. 122, ICRIER, February Economic Reforms: Policy and Institutions Some Lessons From Indian Reforms, Working Paper No. 121, ICRIER, January Towards a Competitive Economy: VAT and Customs Duty Reform, Planning Commission Working Paper No. 4/2002-PC, April ( 8. Excess Food Stocks, PDS and Procurement Policy (with P. V. Rajeev), Planning Commission Working Paper No. 5/2002PC, December ( 9. India s Crisis: Reforms, Myths and Paradoxes, Planning Commission Working Paper No. 4/2001-PC, December /01/05 4

6 10. Tax and Contractual Arrangements for Natural Resource Exploitation, World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 752, World Bank Government Policy and Development of Financial Markets: The Case of Korea, World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 747, Evaluation of Credit Policy: Credit Allocation in Bangladesh, World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 672, World Bank, The Nature of Credit Markets in Developing Countries, World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 525, World Bank, Direct Taxes and Fiscal Policy Issues: An Illustration for East Asia, 3PE No , Development Research Department, World Bank, June Tax Evasion, Corruption and Administration: Monitoring the People's Agents Under Symmetric Dishonesty, DRD discussion paper No.271, World Bank, May Personal Income Taxes in Developing Countries: International Comparisons (with G. Sicat), Development Research Department Discussion Paper No.265, World Bank, March Efficiency of Practical Resource Rent Tax Systems: Threshold Rates and Income Taxes, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 164, World Bank, Measuring Income Tax Incentives Under Evasion: Effective Average and Marginal Rate Schedules, DRD Discussion Paper No. 187, World Bank, September Determinants of Savings in Developing Countries: Theory, Policy and Research Issues, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 186, World Bank, August Implications for a VAT in India: The Deductibility System, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 165, World Bank, Efficiency of Tax Contract Policies for Resource Rent Collection, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No 163, Adverse Selection, Competitive Rationing and Government Policy in Credit Markets, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 143, World Bank, January Domestic Indirect Taxes and Tax Reform in India, 3PE No.85-7, Development Research Department, World Bank, December Loan Market Imperfections and Optimal Policy Intervention, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 117, World Bank, Moral Hazard in Competitive Loan Markets, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 101, World Bank, The Microeconomics of a Corrupt Tax Bureaucracy, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No. 54, World Bank, May Contractual Equilibrium in the Loan Market, Development Research Department Discussion Paper No.43, World Bank, December Administrative Constraints and Tax Structure in Dualistic Economies, 3PE No , Development Research Department, World Bank, May /01/05 5

7 D. POLICY DISCUSSION PAPERS 1. Foreign Direct Investment Reform, Occasional Policy Paper, ICRIER, April ( 2. Policy Briefs Customs Tariff Reform Vol. 1 No.1 Rev, ICRIER, December Policy Briefs Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) Vol. 1 No. 2, ICRIER, February 2003 ( 4. Policy Briefs Customs Tariff Reform Vol.1 No. 1, ICRIER, January India s BOP Crisis and External Reforms: Myths and Paradoxes, Public Policy Workshop Paper, ICRIER, December Policy for Investment Revival, Chintan Policy Paper No. 21, October Policy Framework for Power, August Reprinted with postscript as, Chintan Policy Paper No. 20, September Telecom 2020: Increasing Tele-density and Internet Access, Chintan Policy Paper No. 19, June Policies for Employment Generating Growth, Chintan Policy Paper No. 18, April Agenda for Reform: Infrastructure, Chintan Policy Paper No. 17, January Capital Account Convertibility: Timing and Phasing, Chintan Policy Paper No. 16, December Agenda for Reform: External, Chintan Policy Paper No. 14, December Potential Growth Stars of the 21 st Century: India, China and The Asian Century, Occasional Paper, Chintan, October 1999, Agenda for Reform: Rural, Social & Institutional, Chintan Policy Paper No. 13, October Agenda for Reforms: Fiscal, Chintan Policy Paper No. 12, October Agriculture and Agro-Processing Policy Reform, Chintan Policy Paper No. 11, September Star Performers of the 20 th (21 st ) Century: Asian Tigers, Dragons or Elephants, Occasional Paper, Chintan, September 1999, FDI in Media, Chintan Policy Paper No. 10, June Administrative, Institutional and Legal Reform, Chintan Policy Paper No. 9, June Urban Infrastructure, Real Estate & Housing Policy: Eliminating Slums and generating Employment, Chintan Policy Paper No. 8, May From Poverty to Middle Income: Reforms for Accelerating Growth in the 21 st Century, Chintan Policy Paper No. 7, April Railway Reform, Chintan Policy Paper No. 7, April A Communication Policy For the 21 st Century: Unleashing An Information-Communication Revolution, Chintan Policy Paper No. 6, November Exchange Rate Management, Chintan Policy Paper No. 5, December /01/05 6

8 25. Development of Government Debt Markets, Chintan Policy Paper No. 4, July A New Foreign Exchange Act (FEA), Chintan Policy Paper No. 3, June An Agenda for Tax Reform, Chintan Policy Paper No. 2, May Capital Inflows: Problem or Opportunity, February E. COMMENTRY 1. Reforms with a Human Face, Business Standard, New Delhi, 9th July Pot-pourri Package, The Times of India, New Delhi, 9th July Responsible on Reform but Unsound on Taxes, The Indian Express, New Delhi, 9th July Of Exaggerated Fears and Exaggerated Hopes, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 9th July Has the Interim Budget Achieved Anything?, The Economic Times, New Delhi, 4th February Mixed Emotions, Business Standard, New Delhi, 4th February There is Little in this Policy to Propel Growth, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 1st April Lack of a Clear Direction, Business Standard, New Delhi, 1 / 2 March Pegged to Bharatiya Growth Rate, The Financial Express, New Delhi, 28th February /01/05 7