Ram Singh : Research

Ram Singh : Research

Selected Publications

• Settlements and Resolutions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
  Settlements and Resolutions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (with Hitesh Thakkar, GNLU), The Indian Economic Journal, 69 (1), 2021, pp. 1-16.
  Equilibria under Negligence Liability: How the Standard Claims Fall Apart
   (with Allan M Feldman, Brown University), Review of Law and Economics, 17 (1), 2021, pp. 1-26.
  Covid-19 and Contractual Disputes in India: A Law and Economics Perspective
   (with Utkarsh Leo, NALSAR University), Economic and Political Weekly, Special Article, Vol. 56(16), 2021, pp. 37-43
  Public-private partnerships Traditional Contracts for Highways: comparison of cost and quality of roads
  forthcoming in the Indian Economic Review Working paper version
  Takings of Land by Self-interested Governments: Economic Analysis of Eminent Domain
  (with H-B Schäfer) Journal of Law and Economics, 2018, Vol 61(3), pp 427-459, Working Paper Version 
  Existence and Efficiency of Equilibria: When care is multidimensional
  Themes in Economic Analysis Routledge, New Delhi 2015.
  Infrastructure: Source of growth or bottleneck?:
  (with Param Jit) in The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2014.
  Land Acquisition: Abuses and Inefficiency: An Enquiry into the Way Forward
  Economic and Political Weekly. 2012, Vol XLVII(19), pp 46-53.
  A Simple Guide to Comparative Vigilance:
  (with Allan Feldman), in the Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2011 Vol 2(3), pp 1-24.
  Determinants of Cost Overruns in Public Procurement of Infrastructure: Roads and Railways:
  In the India Policy Forum, 2010-11, Vol 7, pp 97-158.
  The Efficiency of Comparative Causation: 
  (with Francesco Parisi) in the Review of Law and Economics, 2010 Vol. 6(2), pp. 219-245.
  Delays and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: Extents, Causes, and Remedies: 
  In the Economic and Political Weekly, 2010, Vol XLV No 21, pages 43-54[ Also see “What’s Holding Up New Highways, Airports?” (a write up on this paper) in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ]
  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/
• Non-technical Articles
• Economic Efficiency: 
  In Marciano A., Ramello G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY, (2018).