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Deficit Financing In Lcds: Evidence From South Asia, Muhammad K. Chowdhury Aug 2012

Deficit Financing In Lcds: Evidence From South Asia, Muhammad K. Chowdhury

Khorshed Chowdhury

Fiscal policy triggers three distinct effects on the economy such as (1) interest rate effect (2) price effect and (3) exchange rate effect. A VAR system was developed to capture these effects in jive South Asian countries. Empirical results suggest that budgetary action does not have any perceptible influence ·on the interest rate of the sampled countries. In terms of the price effect, fiscal action has opposite effects in Bangladesh and India. Fiscal action tends to increase aggregate price level in India but reduces the price level in Bangladesh, although the magnitude is very small. For Pakistan the price effect …


A Sequential Procedure For Testing Unit Roots In The Presence Of Structural Break In Time Series Data: An Application To Quarterly Data In Nepal, 1970-2003, Min B Shrestha, Khorshed Chowdhury Aug 2012

A Sequential Procedure For Testing Unit Roots In The Presence Of Structural Break In Time Series Data: An Application To Quarterly Data In Nepal, 1970-2003, Min B Shrestha, Khorshed Chowdhury

Khorshed Chowdhury

Testing for unit roots has special significance in terms of both economic theory and the interpretation of estimation result. As there are several methods available, researchers face method selection problem while conduction the unit root test on time series data i the presence of structural break.


Family Values And Cultural Continuity Among The Displaced East Bengal Hindus In Kolkata, Golam Sarwar Khan, Muhammad K. Chowdhury Aug 2012

Family Values And Cultural Continuity Among The Displaced East Bengal Hindus In Kolkata, Golam Sarwar Khan, Muhammad K. Chowdhury

Khorshed Chowdhury

In the process of resettlement in Kolkata, the East Bengal (EB) Hindu refugee-migrants initiated some strategic plans for their unity. These plans were reflected in their attitudes of retaining family values, marriage practices and distinct cultural boundaries. EB Hindus known as Bangal tended to maintain such distinctive attitudes because they could not easily socialise and adjust themselves with the local people of West Bengal (WB) known as Ghoti. Initially, the EB Hindus felt threatened by maintaining distinct cultural values and supremacy primarily for their unsettled status. Even after a stay of over 30 years in Kolkata, most EB Hindus could …