When rain matters! Investments and value relevance

S Rao, S Koirala, C Thapa, S Neupane - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2022 - Elsevier
We study whether firms, whose operational performance is highly sensitive to rainfall
conditions (rain-sensitive firms), follow differential investment strategies to generate value in …

Linking Climate Risk to Credit Risk: Evidence from Sectorial Analysis

MH Shahrour, M Arouri, S Rao - Available at SSRN 4794355, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper addresses the pressing issue of the impact of climate change on credit risk. We
take a novel approach by examining a company's emission category score, which measures …

Weather variation and temporary labor migration: A panel data analysis for select semi-arid villages in India

KC Pradhan, K Narayanan - Migration and Development, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between weather variation and
temporary labor migration. In doing so, we investigate how labor migration is used as an …

Livelihood diversification of farm households under rainfed agriculture: a case of Barak Valley of Assam, India

HN Prasad, G Das… - International Journal of …, 2022 - inderscienceonline.com
The paper outlines the extent and pattern of rural livelihood diversification of farm
households in Barak Valley of Assam, India. The study uses primary data collected from a …

Modelling student migration to Karnataka for Higher Education using a partial least square structural equation model

S Rao, V Andini - Higher Education Quarterly, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing student migration for Higher Education to Karnataka, it is important to
understand the reasons which influence the migrants. Studies have indicated various push …

Corporate borrowing and investment decisions under regulatory and climate risk

SK Rao - 2020 - stax.strath.ac.uk
This thesis examines corporate decisions under the legal and environmental dimension of
the PESTLE model using two exogenous shocks. First, using a regulatory intervention, I …