Purpose: Based on the hypothesis of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between environmental pollutants (as measured by CO2 emissions) and GDP for India, over the period 1980–2012. The presence of an inverted “U” shape...

Despite somewhat similar central allocation of funds, States in India have been achieving varying growth rates of Per Capita State Domestic Product (PC SDP). To analyze the extent to which this variation is on account of variation in governance levels, the paper constructs the Composite Quality...

Recent global economic crisis has once again brought to the forefront the role of fiscal policy in promoting growth and reducing poverty. In the past, studies have shown that different types of government spendings have differential impacts on economic growth. This implies that there is a...

Recent experience of growth in developing countries is associated with accentuation in income inequalities in nations such as India, China and Bangladesh (Wade, 2004). However, an analysis of the factors that underlie accentuation of inequalities has not received sufficient attention. Therefore,...

Various types of government spendings have differential impacts on economic growth, implying that there is a great potential to improve the efficiency of government spending by re-allocating resources among sectors. In this backdrop. the article examines how the size of public spending on...