List of figures x
List of tables xi
List of Contributors xiii
Foreword xx
Preface xxii
Abbreviations xxiv
Introduction 1
Ramesh Chandra Das
PART 1
Policy Implications to Economics and Business 11
1 Interplay of Governance, Inflation, Monetary Policy, and Fiscal Policy: Theories and Empirics for BRICS+ Economies 13
Nilendu Chatterjee and Soumyajit Adhikari
2 Analyzing the Designs of Monetary Policy and Their Impacts in the Post-Financial Crisis Era: Perspectives from G-7 and BRICS Nations 31
Sudipta Jha
3 Relation of Governments' Revenue Expenditures with Growth and Inflation: Insights from Major SAARC Countries 48
Imran Hussain, Sunanda Das, and Ramesh Chandra Das
4 Role of Good Governance and Financial Development on Economic Growth and Inflation: Perspectives from India, China and the USA 65
Rajib Bhattacharyya
5 Assessing the Role of Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, and Governance in Bangladesh's Economic Growth: A Time Series Analysis 81
Md. Mahbubul Hakim, Md. Imran Hossain Milon, and Farhana Ahmed
6 The Interplay between Stock Market Movements and Monetary Policy in India: A Spillover Analysis 101
Pinky Konwar and Ujjal Protim Dutta
7 Interpretation of Public Finance through IS-LM Model in BRICS Countries: A Comparative Analysis 119
Tiyasa Mishra
8 Governance and Economic Performance: Unveiling the Link through Composite Indices 130
Somnath Chattopadhyay
9 Assessing the Impact of Governance on Economic Growth in India: An ARDL Approach 149
Sagnik Maity and Amit Majumder
10 Good Governance and Inflation: Countries' Outlooks 169
Susobhan Maiti and Ramesha K
11 Does Government Borrowing Constrain Corporate Leverage? An Empirical Study from Emerging Markets 184
Aishwarya Nagpal and Megha Jain
PART 2
Implications to Sustainable Development 205
12 Fiscal Deficit and Economic Growth Relationships in Selected Developing Asian and African Countries: Empirical Evidence 207
Prasenjit Makur
13 Beyond the Averages: An Investigation on Sustainability of Cost Drivers and Convergence in Efficiency among Public and Private Banks in India 226
Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay and Santanu Ghosh
14 Impact of Fiscal Policy and Governance Indicators on Sustainable Development in EU Countries 243
Ali Gökhan Gölçek, F¿nd¿k Özlem Alper, and Ali Eren Alper
15 Aggregating Citizens' Personalised Recommendations into Tax Directions for Automatic Project Proposal Development Using NLP, Enabling Sustainable Hyperlocal Governance and Longevity 260
Santanu Banerjee, Tiyasa Mishra, Anandita Das, Atul Kumar Dubey, and Krishna Das
16 Impact of Minimum Support Price (MSP) on Paddy Production in West Bengal: A Move towards Promoting Agricultural Sustainability 278
Sebak Kumar Jana and Siddhartha Sankar Manna
17 Economic Policy and Geography of Environmental (In) Justice 290
Md. Juel Mia
18 Linkage between Green Governance and India's Economic Policies: Challenges and Opportunities 304
Siddhartha Sankar Manna and Raj Kumar Kothari
19 Sustainability Reports as the Basis for Sustainability Management Governance Reporting 324
José G. Vargas-Hernández, Absalón J. Salmerón-Zapata, and M. C. Omar C. Vargas-González
Index 341
