The Indian Economic Review aims to provide a platform for dissemination of innovative research in economics that employs theoretical and empirical approaches. Original research in all areas of economics is welcome. These areas include but are not limited to Agricultural and resource economics Behavioural economics Development economics Economic theory Economics of health and education Environmental economics Experimental economics Game theory Industrial organisation International trade and finance Law and economics Macro and monetary economics Poverty and inequality The Journal follows a double blind peer reviewing process, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process, i.e., neither author nor reviewer is aware of each other’s identities.