The paper investigates how changes in industries'' funding costs affect total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based …

Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that … points. This paper tests the hypothesis of the J curve of Productivity and Growth following major liberalization and finds it … result in negative effects on measured productivity …

, the external terms of trade, and productivity in the manufacturing sector. A once-and-for-all unit increase in the ratio …