Ram Singh [Publications] [Detailed CV]
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Delhi 110007
Phone : 91-011-27666533,34,35 Extn:145
Fax : 91-011-27667159
Email : ramsingh"at"econdse"dot"orgPh.D. (JNU)
Area of Specialization:Law and Economics, Public Economics, Economic Theory
Research Publications
Working Papers:
- “Incomplete Contracts, Renegotiations and Cost Overruns” mimeo.
- “Distribution of Highways Public Private Partnerships in India: Key Legal and Economic Determinants” (with TCA Anant) CDDRL, Stanford University, Working Paper
- “Cost and Time Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: Extent, Causes and Remedies” Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Working Paper No 181
- “The Efficiency of Comparative Causation” (with Francesco Parisi) Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Working Paper No 179
- “On the Existence and Efficiency of Equilibria under Liability Rules”, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge M.A., Working Papers No 12625
- “Comparative Vigilance: A Simple Guide” (with Allan Feldman), Brown University Working Paper No 2008 -11
- “Relationship between Liability Regimes and Economic Development: A Study of Motor Vehicle Accidents in India.” Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Working Paper No CSLG/WP/09/03
Selected Publications
- “Delays and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: An Enquiry into Extents, Causes and Remedies” in the Economic and Political Weekly, (Forthcoming) Working Paper Version
- “Comparative Vigilance” (with Allan Feldman), in American Law and Economics Review, 2009 (11), pp. 134-161.
- “Risk, Informational Asymmetry and Product Liability: An enquiry into conflicting objectives” in Pacific Economic Review, 2009 (14), pp. 89-112.
- “Comparative Causation and Economic Efficiency: When activity level are constant” in Review of Law and Economics, 2007 (3), pp. 383-406.
- "‘Causation-consistent’ liability, Economic Efficiency and the Law of Torts" in International Review of Law and Economics, 2007 (27), pp. 179-203.
- Review of “Markets and Governments” in Indian Economic Review, 2007 XXXXII.
- “Liability Rules in India” in Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Kaushik Basu (editor), Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2007.
- “Efficiency characterization of liability rules when liability payments differ from the actual harm” in Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2005 Vol 19 (2).
- "‘Full’ Compensation Criteria: An Enquiry into Relative Merits" in European Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, Vol. 18 pp. 223-237.
- “Economics of Judicial Decision Making in Indian Tort Law: Motor Accident Cases” (special article) in Economic and Political Weekly, 2004, Vol. 39 ( 25), pp. 2603-2616.
- "Efficiency of ‘simple’ liability rules when courts make erroneous estimation of the damage", in European Journal of Law and Economics, 2003, Vol. 16.
- "Efficient liability rules: Complete characterization", (with Satish K. Jain) in Journal of Economics, 2002, Vol. 75, pp. 39-58.
- "Implementation of TRIPS-compatible Intellectual Property Rights regime: The Justification Question", in Social Scientist, 2002, Vol. 30. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/
Selected Articles, OP-EDs:
- “Backward-bending policy to take toll” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “Transaction cost theory carries the day” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “Public Private Partnerships: A means or an end?" in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “Road map for National Highways” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “Fisc can fix it” in THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
- “Your land is my land: Acquisition laws used indiscriminately” in THE TRIBUNE
- “Fiscal States” in THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
- “Road to the End” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS
- “Judicial activism not a bad idea to fill up for policy shortcomings” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “A new law for the land” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS
- “Political economy of property rights” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
- “Insurance for better driving” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS
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