This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the relationship between transfers, state domestic...

This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the relationship between transfers, state domestic...

The objective of this paper is to examine the causal relationship of foreign portfolio inflows and economic growth for two Asian economies, i.e. China and India. We have used Granger causality test for both countries' data ranging from 2001 to 2013 and concur with the findings of Durham (2003)...

This paper provides an update on the recent performance of the Indian economy. It reviews India's growth performance, and the supporting performance of savings and investment, productivity and international trade. It highlights the performance of a dynamic sector (automobiles) and a laggard...

The timing of China’s and India’s demographic transitions and the implications of alternative fertility scenarios are here explored using a global economic model incorporating full demographic behavior and measures of dependency that include the working aged and those of working age who do...

The study observes that in the 1980s, India's balance of trade deficit showed a tendency to decline in the face of a more rapid growth of exports than imports. The seven year period under NEP(1991-98), however, did not accelerate the process. Rather there is some indication of its failure on the...

This paper examines trends in Indian macroeconomic series since 1970 and during the regime of 'liberalisation' since 1991. It finds no significant change in India's macroeconomic performance under liberalisation. Growth in export earnings did not pick up. Real sectors (industry and agriculture)...

Number of international schools is rising in India recently. The trends are presented and various reasons for the observed rising trends are presented. Globalization of the Indian economy, recent economic growth, perceived value of international education, and elitism are identified as a few...

The world's two population giants have undergone significant, and significantly different, demographic transitions since the 1950s. The demographic dividends associated with these transitions during the first three decades of this century are examined using a global economic model that...

In this paper, we examine the growth convergence hypothesis within a developing country. Across Indian states, income dispersion has widened in recent years. Some new methods that are used by many researchers for studies across countries or across U.S. regions are applied, and we find that...