The present study tries to understand the trends and determinants of economic growth in the Indian states in the post-reform period. For this, it considers the role of financial sector development since this sector has seen substantial reform measures. With the help of panel time series models,...

Financial development plays an important role in the structure of the trade balance and promoting economic development. Trade literature suggests that differences in economies' endowments of labour, land, physical capital and technology explain the dynamics and patterns of international trade...

Using a large publicly available dataset, we examine the extent of difficulty faced by marginalised caste entrepreneurs from the unorganised sector in India when trying to access formal credit for their small businesses. Contrary to the expectation that a perceived social vulnerability would...