Implications for South Asian Countries (2007)
Sanjay Kathuria, Will Martin, Anjali Bhardwaj, World Bank
A review of the basic economics of the MFA highlights the importance of the discriminatory character of the arrangements. While exporting countries can gain from some quota rents, these gains have to...
The Evolution of Institutions in India and its Relationship with Economic Growth (2007)
Arvind Subramanian, Ejaz Ghani, Ajay Chhibber, Shanta Devarajan, Nurul Islam, Simon Johnson, ...
Krishna Srinivasan, and S. Sriramachandran for useful discussions. This paper draws upon work with my colleagues, Prachi Mishra and Petia Topalova. An anonymous referee and the editors provided...
Forthcoming in the Economic and Political Weekly, June 2007.The author is grateful to (2007)
Arvind Subramanian, Udaibir Das, Olivier Jeanne, Simon Johnson, Sanjay Kathuria, Kalpana Kochhar, ...
discussions. On any liberal view, capital account convertibility (CAC) like free trade must be a consummation devoutly to be wished. At some deep level, the case for both is a moral one— the...
Export incentives : the impact of recent policy changes
India's trade policy regime has changed dramatically since July 1991. The objective of reform has been to improve export performance by improving export incentives and eliminating discretionary...
Export quotas and policy constraints in the Indian textile and garment industries
Kathuria, Sanjay, Bhardwaj, Anjali
The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing will abolish all quota restrictions in trade in textiles and clothing by the year 2005. Dismantling the quota regime represents both an opportunity (for...
Implications for South Asian countries for abolishing the Multifibre Arrangement
Kathuria, Sanjay, Martin, Will, Bhardwaj, Anjali
The authors provide a simple introduction to the economics of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) and use available empirical evidence to examine its impact on exports of garments and textiles, focusing...
Export Incentives: The Impact of Recent Policy Changes in India
Since July 1991, there have been dramatic changes in the trade policy regime in India. The objective of these reforms has been to enhance export performance by improving export incentives and...