Trade Policy, Equipment Investment and Growth in India
The relationship between trade policy and economic performance is one of the oldest controversies in economic development. In this paper, we examine an alternative mechanism through which trade reforms may impact on economic growth to those commonly discussed in the literature. This mechanism builds on the link between equipment investment and growth that has been observed in cross-country data. We argue that that in countries which have had highly restrictive trade policies with respect to capital goods, liberalization measures that specifically target capital goods imports may bring about a fall in the relative price of capital goods, leading to an increase in the rate of investment in equipment. Quantifying the link between trade policy, equipment investment and economic growth in the Indian case, we find strong support for this mechanism.
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2002
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Authors: | Sen, Kunal |
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Oxford Development Studies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1360-0818. - Vol. 30.2002, 3, p. 317-331
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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