This paper attempts to analyze sources of output growth in the Indian economy using Input-Output based Structural Decomposition Analysis over the period 1993-4 to 2003-4. The decomposition results show that overall output expansion of the economy was primarily driven by increase in domestic...

The long list of product in sensitive list maintained by the member countries is one of the major weaknesses of South Asia Free Trade agreement for its effectiveness. Present study analyzes the impact of sensitive list (Phase II) under the SAFTA at disaggregate level (HS6 digit) by using partial...

This paper is an attempt to analyze changing energy intensities in the Indian economy. The hybrid I-O model at constant prices has been used to address the problem of homogenous pricing of energy inputs across sectors of the economy. Results reveal that the indirect rather than direct energy use...

At the backdrop of expanding economies and in the race of attracting higher investments and enhancing exports, it becomes important to analyze the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and growth in terms of output of the economy. A number of studies have been conducted for...

UAE was the largest trading partner of India in the fiscal year 2012-13. Over the years, UAE has become world's third largest exports and re-exports centre after Hong Kong and Singapore. First objective of this paper tries to solve the puzzle that how UAE became India‟s top three exporting...

The Indian economy has widened its economic partnership with African LDCs during the lastdecade especially after the implementation of the Duty Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) scheme byGovernment of India in 2008. The present study gives an overview on trade relations betweenIndia and African LDCs...

This book argues that the 2007/08 financial crisis revealed fundamental flaws in how the financial sector had evolved over the previous three decades. While access to financial services has improved, the total stock of debt in the global economy has risen to more than twice the size of global...