The role of weak exchange rate in stimulating exports is a foregone conclusion both at the theoretical as well as in empirical literature. This is more so in many of the emerging economies that are pursuing export-led growth strategy and led to currency intervention to contain any appreciation....

This paper uses panel data to analyse the extent to which the prices of India’s imports and exports in nine product groups react to exchange rate changes before (1980-90) and after (1991-2001) a change in policy that included the adoption of a flexible exchange rate regime and an acceleration...

This study attempts to analyze the effect of volatility in the real exchange rate of Indian Rupee with US Dollar, UK Pound, Euro and Japanese Yen on India’s real exports of agricultural commodities such as Tea, Coffee, Cereals and Rice to Euro area, USA, UK and Japan for the period 2002-2009...

Though India has a long history of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, the actual FDI postindependence was quite low. Post-1991 liberalization policies supported inflow of FDI. Overall there is increase in foreign trade from 1991 to 2012 however the annual growth has not been consistent...

The aim of this paper is to analyse India's anti dumping behaviour. India has become a major user of anti dumping measures, initiating more than 300 cases against many of its trading partners. After looking at the trends and patterns in the use of anti dumping measures by India, the paper tries...

Should India's export promotion policies be targeted at accelerating export growth at the extensive (new trading relationships) or at the intensive margin (increase in trade of existing relationships)? To help answer this question, we undertake a comparative study of exports from India and China...

We explore the relative positions of China and India in the international fragmentation of automobile production by analyzing disaggregated trade flows, while distinguishing between final and intermediate goods. The size and composition of trade has significantly moved in favor of trade of...

The Indian retail industry is expanding in line with the overall economical growth of the nation. Globally, the retail and distribution sectors have been impacted by a variety of technologies. First and foremost, retailers should have the ability to adapt to new technologies. Though retailers...

This paper documents how China is crowding out India’s presence in the Mauritian economy by presenting a comparative analysis of Mauritius’ engagement with the Asian drivers in terms of trade, investment and aid. China has surpassed India to become Mauritius’ second most important import...

New goods play a central role in many trade and growth models. We use detailed trade and firm-level data from a large developing economy - India - to investigate the relationship between declines in trade costs, the imports of intermediate inputs and domestic firm product scope. We estimate...