Theoretical perspectives and empirical literature -- MSMEs access to finance and policy initiatives -- Micro, small and medium enterprises in India: their characteristics and evolution over time -- Access to credit and small firm growth -- gender, small firm ownership and credit constraints --...

This paper examines the impact of Ramp;D and FDI on firm growth for a panel data of Indian manufacturing firms. We argue that besides age and size, FDI and Ramp;D are essential determinants of firm growth. We use GMM estimation for fixed effects panel data models to control for endogenity of...

Journals moderate knowledge activity in economics. The activity of publishing article in professional journal forms significant part of knowledge output. Output of economics articles has been growing over the time. We examine an important question: Is there any case of institutional or location...