We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure … the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We … also depart from this literature by mixing principal components (to condense our institutional and infrastructure measures …

, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at … face greater interruptions in infrastructure services. Larger firms spend significantly more time dealing with officials … growth of all firms, particularly micro and small firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure …

India has undertaken extensive reforms in its manufacturing sector in the last two decades. However, an acceleration of … growth in manufacturing, and a concomitant increase in employment, has eluded India. What might be holding the sector back …-reform performance of the manufacturing sector is heterogeneous across industries. In particular, industries dependent on infrastructure …

The effects that regulation has on the innovation and the introduction of new telecommunications services have not been … previously quantified in the literature. This study compares state-regulated services in Indiana under rate of return regulation … (RoRR) and under alternative regulation. The econometric model comprises an count process (for innovation) followed by a …

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … effects on the manufacturing industry as well as aggregate income. A policy directing resources towards infrastructure … development pattern in India. …