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First Name: Sarmistha
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Last Name: Pal
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Homepage: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sss/depts/economics/ef_staff/sarmisthapal
Postal Address: Centre for Economic Development and Institutions (CEDI) Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University, West London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
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Working papers

  1. Fabrizio Coricelli & Nigel Driffield & Sarmistha Pali & Isabelle Roland, 2011. "Optimal Leverage and Firm Performance: An Endogenous Threshold Analysis," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 11-05, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  2. Maitra, Pushkar & Pal, Sarmistha & Sharma, Anurag, 2011. "Reforms, Growth and Persistence of Gender Gap: Recent Evidence from Private School Enrolment in India," IZA Discussion Papers 6135, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  3. Pal, Sarmistha, 2010. "Norms, Culture and Local Infrastructure: Evidence from a Decentralised Economy," IZA Discussion Papers 5281, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  4. Nigel L. Driffield & Tomasz Mickiewicz & Sarmistha Pal & Yama Temouri, 2010. "Bridging the Gap? Corruption, Knowledge and Foreign Ownership," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 10-01, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  5. Pal, Sarmistha & Kingdon, Geeta, 2010. "Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts," IZA Discussion Papers 5274, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  6. Pal, Sarmistha & Roy, Jaideep, 2010. "Fiscal Decentralization and Development: How Crucial is Local Politics?," IZA Discussion Papers 5286, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  7. Fabrizio Coricelli & Nigel Driffield & Sarmistha Pal & Isabelle Roland, 2010. "Microeconomic implications of credit booms: evidence from emerging Europe," Working Papers 119, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Office of the Chief Economist.
  8. Sarmistha Pal, 2009. "Norms, Culture and Local Infrastructure: Evidence from Indonesia," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 09-08, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  9. Coricelli, Fabrizio & Driffield, Nigel & Pal, Sarmistha & Roland, Isabelle, 2009. "Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?," CEPR Discussion Papers 7617, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  10. Pal, Sarmistha, 2009. "Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Primary School Attainment in an Emerging Economy," IZA Discussion Papers 4572, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  11. Oluwarotimi Owolabi & Sarmistha Pal, 2009. "The Value of Business Networks; an Analysis of Firm Financing in Transition Economies," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 09-01, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  12. Sarmistha Pal, 2008. "Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Quality of Schooling in an Emerging Economy," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 08-05, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  13. Pal, Sarmistha & Palacios, Robert, 2008. "Understanding Poverty among the Elderly in India: Implications for Social Pension Policy," IZA Discussion Papers 3431, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  14. Driffield, Nigel & Pal, Sarmistha, 2008. "Evolution of Capital Structure in East Asia: Corporate Inertia or Endeavours?," IZA Discussion Papers 3426, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  15. Pal, Sarmistha & Ghosh, Sugata, 2008. "The Elite and the Marginalised: An Analysis of Public Spending on Mass Education in the Indian States," IZA Discussion Papers 3707, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  16. Nigel Driffield & Sarmistha Pal, 2007. "How Does Ownership Structure Affect Capital Structure and Firm Value? Recent Evidence from East Asia," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 07-04, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
  17. Maitra, Pushkar & Pal, Sarmistha, 2007. "Birth Spacing, Fertility Selection and Child Survival: Analysis Using a Correlated Hazard Model," IZA Discussion Papers 2878, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  18. Pal, Sarmistha, 2007. "Effects of Intergenerational Transfers on Elderly Coresidence with Adult Children: Evidence from Rural India," IZA Discussion Papers 2847, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  19. Sarmistha Pal, 2006. "Elderly Health, Wealth and Coresidence with Adult Children in Rural India," Economics and Finance Discussion Papers 06-17, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
  20. Nigel Driffield & Vidya Mahambare & Sarmistha Pal, 2006. "How Does Ownership Structure Affect Capital Structure and Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from East Asia," Economics and Finance Discussion Papers 06-23, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
  21. Sarmistha Pal & Robert Palacios, 2006. "Old Age Poverty In The Indian States:What Do The Household Data Tell Us?," Economics and Finance Discussion Papers 06-16, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
  22. Sarmistha Pal & Sugata Ghosh, 2006. "Elite Dominance and Under-investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92," Economics and Finance Discussion Papers 06-14, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
  23. Gerald Makepeace & Sarmistha Pal, 2005. "Understanding the Effects of Siblings on Child Mortality: Evidence from India," HEW 0509010, EconWPA.
  24. Nigel Driffield & Vidya Mahambare & Sarmistha Pal, 2005. "How Ownership Structure Affects Capital Structure and Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from East Asia," Finance 0505012, EconWPA.
  25. Sarmistha Pal & Robert Palacios, 2005. "Old Age Poverty In The Indian States: What The Household Data Can Say?," Labor and Demography 0505015, EconWPA.
  26. Gerald Makepeace & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Understanding the Effects of Sibling Composition on Child," Labor and Demography 0402004, EconWPA.
  27. Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Do Children Act As Old Age Security In Rural India? Evidence From An Analysis Of Elderly Living Arrangements," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004 107, Royal Economic Society.
  28. Nigel Driffield & Vidya Mahambare & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Dynamic Adjustment of Corporate Leverage: Is there a lesson to learn from the Recent Asian Crisis?," Finance 0405007, EconWPA.
  29. Pushkar Maitra & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Early Childbirth, Health Inputs and Child Mortality: Recent Evidence from Bangladesh," HEW 0411004, EconWPA.
  30. Pushkar Maitra & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Birth Spacing and Child Survival: Comparative Evidence from India and Pakistan," Labor and Demography 0403023, EconWPA.
  31. Sarmistha Pal, 2003. "Child Schooling in Peru: Evidence From A Sequential Analysis of School Progression," Labor and Demography 0309001, EconWPA.
  32. Sugata Ghosh & Sarmistha Pal, 2003. "The effect of inequality on growth: Theory and evidence from the Indian states," Development and Comp Systems 0309006, EconWPA.
  33. Sarmistha Pal, 2003. "How Much of the Gender Difference in Child School Enrolment Can Be Explained? Evidence from Rural India," HEW 0309004, EconWPA.
  34. Sarmistha Pal & Nigel Driffield, 2003. "Do External Funds Yield Lower Returns ? Recent Evidence From East Asian Economies," Finance 0309002, EconWPA, revised 15 Mar 2004.
  35. Andrew McKay & Sarmistha Pal, 2003. "Relationships between consumption and inequality in the Indian states," Development and Comp Systems 0309005, EconWPA.
  36. Sugata Ghosh & Sarmistha Pal, 2000. "On Regional Inequality and Growth in India: Theory and Evidence," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 1391, Econometric Society.
  37. Pal, S, . "Farm Size and Hoarding Costs: Modelling Farms' Choice of Labour Contracts for Indian Agriculture. Revised version," Discussion Papers 9606, Department of Economics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  38. Hussain, A & Pal, S, . "Equity versus Efficiency Considerations: Land Allocation in China under Household Responsibility System," Discussion Papers 9607, Department of Economics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Articles

  1. Nigel Driffield & Sarmistha Pal, 2010. "Evolution of capital structure in east Asia-corporate inertia or endeavours?," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 173(1), pages 1-29.
  2. Sumon Kumar Bhaumik & Nigel Driffield & Sarmistha Pal, 2010. "Does ownership structure of emerging-market firms affect their outward FDI? The case of the Indian automotive and pharmaceutical sectors," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 41(3), pages 437-450, April.
  3. Gerald Makepeace & Sarmistha Pal, 2008. "Understanding the effects of siblings on child mortality: evidence from India," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 877-902, October.
  4. Maitra, Pushkar & Pal, Sarmistha, 2008. "Birth spacing, fertility selection and child survival: Analysis using a correlated hazard model," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 690-705, May.
  5. Erik Berglöf & Sarmistha Pal, 2007. "Symposium on," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 15, pages 429-432, 07.
  6. Nigel Driffield & Vidya Mahambare & Sarmistha Pal, 2007. "How does ownership structure affect capital structure and firm value?," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 15, pages 535-573, 07.
  7. Driffield, Nigel & Pal, Sarmistha, 2006. "Do external funds yield lower returns?: Recent evidence from East Asian economies," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 171-188, February.
  8. Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Child schooling in Peru: Evidence from a sequential analysis of school progression," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 657-680, December.
  9. Andrew McKay & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "Relationships between Household Consumption and Inequality in the Indian States," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 40(5), pages 65-90.
  10. Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "How Much of the Gender Difference in Child School Enrolment Can Be Explained? Evidence from Rural India," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(2), pages 133-158, 04.
  11. Sugata Ghosh & Sarmistha Pal, 2004. "The Effect of Inequality on Growth: Theory and Evidence from the Indian States," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(1), pages 164-177, 02.
  12. Sugata Ghosh & Iannis A. Mourmouras & Sarmistha Pal & Ivan Paya, 2003. "On Public Investment, the Real Exchange Rate and Growth: Some Empirical Evidence from the UK and the USA," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 71(3), pages 242-264, 06.
  13. Pal, Sarmistha, 2002. "Segmentation of Rural Labour Contracts: Some Further Evidence," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 151-80, April.
  14. McNabb, Robert & Pal, Sarmistha & Sloane, Peter, 2002. "Gender Differences in Educational Attainment: The Case of University Students in England and Wales," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 69(275), pages 481-503, August.
  15. Driffield, Nigel & Pal, Sarmistha, 2001. "The East Asian crisis and financing corporate investment: is there a cause for concern?," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 507-527.
  16. Sarmistha Pal, 2000. "Economic reform and household welfare in rural China: evidence from household survey data," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(2), pages 187-206.
  17. Sarmistha Pal & Jocelyn Kynch, 2000. "Determinants of occupational change and mobility in rural India," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 32(12), pages 1559-1573.
  18. Pal, Sarmistha, 1999. "Task-Based Segmentation of Rural Labour Contracts: Theory and Evidence," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(1), pages 67-94, January.
  19. Pal, Sarmistha, 1999. "An Analysis of Childhood Malnutrition in Rural India: Role of Gender, Income and Other Household Characteristics," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 27(7), pages 1151-1171, July.
  20. Sarmistha Pal, 1996. "Casual and regular contracts: Workers' self-selection in the rural labour markets in India," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 99-116.

NEP Fields

39 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (2) 2007-07-07 2008-04-21
  2. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2005-05-14 2011-05-24
  3. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (4) 2005-10-04 2006-01-01 2008-04-15 2009-12-11
  4. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2008-09-20
  5. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2008-09-20
  6. NEP-CWA: Central & Western Asia (14) 2004-03-14 2004-05-09 2004-05-09 2004-08-23 2005-10-04 2005-10-04 2006-11-25 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2008-04-21 2008-09-20 2008-10-07 2008-10-13. Author is listed
  7. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (2) 2003-09-08 2003-09-24
  8. NEP-DEV: Development (14) 2003-09-14 2003-09-14 2003-09-24 2004-08-23 2005-10-04 2005-10-04 2006-11-25 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2007-12-15 2008-09-20 2010-11-06. Author is listed
  9. NEP-EDU: Education (10) 2003-09-08 2003-09-24 2004-02-23 2007-07-07 2008-09-20 2008-10-07 2008-10-13 2009-12-11 2010-11-06 2011-12-13. Author is listed
  10. NEP-EEC: European Economics (2) 2010-04-04 2011-02-05
  11. NEP-EFF: Efficiency & Productivity (2) 2005-10-04 2010-04-04
  12. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2010-11-13
  13. NEP-FDG: Financial Development & Growth (2) 2010-04-04 2011-02-05
  14. NEP-FIN: Finance (4) 2005-05-14 2005-05-14 2005-10-04 2006-01-01
  15. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (2) 2005-10-04 2006-01-01
  16. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2008-04-21
  17. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (8) 2004-03-14 2004-11-22 2005-10-04 2006-11-25 2007-07-07 2007-07-07 2007-12-15 2007-12-15. Author is listed
  18. NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (1) 2007-07-07
  19. NEP-IFN: International Finance (2) 2003-09-08 2004-05-09
  20. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (4) 2003-09-24 2004-02-23 2010-11-06 2011-12-13
  21. NEP-LAM: Central & South America (1) 2003-09-08
  22. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2003-09-14
  23. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (3) 2003-09-14 2010-11-13 2010-11-13
  24. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (2) 2008-10-13 2010-11-13
  25. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (10) 2004-05-09 2005-05-14 2005-05-14 2005-10-04 2006-01-01 2007-12-15 2008-04-15 2008-09-20 2010-11-13 2010-11-13. Author is listed
  26. NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2010-11-13
  27. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (4) 2009-02-07 2010-04-04 2011-02-05 2011-03-19
  28. NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (3) 2008-09-20 2010-11-13 2010-11-13

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