: The specific objective of the study is to develop a multi-market model for the analysis of alternative policy options to increase exports of coconut products from Sri Lanka. Secondary data on the production and exports of coconut products are used. Simulations indicate that depreciation of the...

: The improvement of the trade balance of India vis-à-vis Canada can be attributed to the devaluation of Indian rupee as a part of the reform program in July 1991 and the subsequent depreciation of the Indian currency owing to the managed floating exchange rate regime. However, but for the...

: The paper empirically studies the financing of investment under incentive problems. From the perspective of informational asymmetries among contracting parties, the firm does not behave as in the neoclassical framework. By contrast, it bears the restriction to access external funds, when...

: The inflows of foreign capital into India have been a mixed blessing for the economy. Capital inflows have been associated with increased investment and rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The main focus of the paper lies in analyzing the behavior of the macroeconomic indicators in relation...

: This paper mainly attempts to examine the causal nexus between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and savings (at 1993-94 prices) in India, using the annual observation from 1950-51 to 2002-03. Although a number of studies have shed light on this issue using time series data, the present study...

: This paper investigates the relationship between changes in oil prices and the UK s manufacturing and services sectors performances. Only a few studies have been conducted at the sector level; the goal of this paper is to contribute in that direction. In a more detailed analysis, three sets of...

: This study examines the existence of any short-run and long-run relationship between GDP growth and export growth in India over the period 1971-2005. Income growth (Yt) and export growth (Xt) are found to be stationary variables and both the series are I(0). There exists a long-run...

: This study uses a multistage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the productive efficiency of commercial banks in Nigeria. Thirteen banks with detailed information required were selected for the purpose. Three types of efficiencies were estimated and it was found that about 25% of the...

: The goal of development is to improve human well-being in a sustainable way, with a particular emphasis on less well-off. India s economic growth has received potential attention in the recent years. While the economy of India has been growing rapidly with broadly based gains in absolute...