Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on industry‐level productivity, output and efficiency in India over the period 1994‐2006. Design/methodology/approach – The first stage, estimated total factor...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a political economy model for a less developed region where a significantly large number of people belonging to the informal sector depend on political favours for their survival due to ill‐defined property rights. The purpose is to show that...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the interdependencies between trade and environment policies, as they get jointly determined in a political‐economy model of a small open economy. In theoretical literature, government is usually modeled as benevolent. In real economies,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether mining can serve as a pathway for economic development despite the environmental externalities. The extensive literature on the “resource curse” phenomenon at the national level generally finds that economic dependence on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss implications of the global crisis for economic and financial research and policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews many recent studies on the crisis and offers the author's views on some of the most important lessons to be...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the interdependencies between trade and environment policies, as they get jointly determined in a political-economy model of a small open economy. In theoretical literature, government is usually modeled as benevolent. In real economies,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on industry-level productivity, output and efficiency in India over the period 1994-2006. Design/methodology/approach – The first stage, estimated total factor productivity...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether mining can serve as a pathway for economic development despite the environmental externalities. The extensive literature on the “resource curse” phenomenon at the national level generally finds that economic dependence on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a political economy model for a less developed region where a significantly large number of people belonging to the informal sector depend on political favours for their survival due to ill-defined property rights. The purpose is to show that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss implications of the global crisis for economic and financial research and policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews many recent studies on the crisis and offers the author's views on some of the most important lessons to be...