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Import protection and exports
(1995-07-14)
The note by Marjit and Sarkar (1995) in
this journal attempts to show that reduction
in tariffs on imports of a commodity could
lead to decline in its exports. The arguments
put forward by the authors is not only ...
Import tariffs as strategic policy signals
(1996-07-14)
IN reply to my note in this journal (1995)
on import protection and exports, Marjit and
Sarkar (1995) have come out with a technical
point of optimal pricing rule of monopoly
instead of addressing my main contentions.
In ...
Indian Industry and Industrial policy at the crossroads
(1995-07-14)
DURING the last few years we have heard
and read quite a bit about how the past
industrial and trade policies stifled Indian
industry and the recent policy reforms would
release the caged tiger. Sometimes the ...
Exports and liberalization: a simple industrial organization approach
(1996-10-07)
A few empirical studies that had examined export behavior of large and small scale firms in Indian industry for the pre-liberalization period observed that exports had been basically a residual activity to the large scale ...
An analysis of short-run price instability of cotton Hank Yarn
(1994-07-14)
This article shows that the lower counts cotton hank yarn, which are used to produce lower quality segment of
handloom cloth, are subject to higher short-run price instability than the higher counts hank yarn which are ...
Factor and product market distributions, production efficiency and international trade
(1993-07-14)
Policy-induced factor market distortions in resource allocation can be effectively used to shun the static inefficiency to
bring about dynamic growth in an economy. This paper argues that static allocative inefficiency ...
Economic reforms and institutions: policy implications for India
(1996-07-15)
In the absence of necessary institutional conditions, market reforms in developing economies cause rent seeking
and inequitable distribution of income. This, in turn, could stun economic growth and also thwart the ...
Defunct economists and economic policy reforms
(1994-07-14)
The headlong rush into a free market economy has been undertaken in India without constructing the minimum necessary
institutional structures without which the crude free market economy can lead to disastrous consequences. ...