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...