An important question that has continued to elude trade economists is why trade interventions are biased in favor of import-competing rather than exportable sectors. Indeed, as Philip Levy (1999) points out, under a set of neutrality assumptions, the dominant political-economy model, Grossman...

Purpose – In this study, the authors aim to analyze India's trade performance from the period of liberalization until the recent financial crisis, and compare it to China's. Design/methodology/approach – The authors then examine Indian trade and investment policy and also institutional...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ground in serious empirical evidence the debate on whether the post-reform acceleration in growth has helped bring poverty down for all economic, social and religious groups and in all state or has left certain groups or states....