Krishna Raj

• Ph D in Economics (Environmental Economics)
• Professor at Institute for Social and Economic Change

There has been increased concern about the continued deterioration in the asset quality of Indian public sector banks in recent times. Reserve Bank of India’s Financial Stability Report 2017 acknowledged that the risks to the Indian banking sector have been increasing in the post-recession period, particularly, the risk of accumulating non-performi...

This study empirically examines the nature of volatility in BSE Realty Index using daily closing price of BSE Realty Index for five and half years period from January 2011 to June 2016. The study employed conditional heteroscedasticity models, both symmetric and asymmetric, for the analysis. The study found that the volatility is persistent in the...

The present article attempts to understand the relationship between foreign portfolio investment (FPI), domestic institutional investors (DIIs), and stock market returns in India using high frequency data. The study analyses the trading strategies of FPIs, DIIs and its impact on the stock market return. We found that the trading strategies of FIIs...

In a bank-dominated financial system like India, the strength of the overall financial system or financial stability highly depends on the soundness of banks. Indian Banking system proved to be strong and resilient during the global financial crisis of 2008. But of late, there has been increased concerns about the continued deterioration in the sta...

The demand for urban water supply service is increasing rapidly as globalization accelerates economic development and brings improvements in living standards in India, with the interactive effects of demographic growth and influx of migrants into cities due to push and pull factors. Provision of reliable and safe water supply to urban habitat is an...