This paper investigates the relationship between information technology and capital markets, specifically the enabling and stimulating role of the stock market in the `new economy.' A multivariate analysis is used to test the hypothesis that, other things being equal, a more fully developed and...

The paper examines two major components of financial liberalisation, stock market development and portfolio capital flows, in the context of LDCs. The paper considers microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives on their implications for long-term development and economic growth. It concentrates...

An outstanding feature of the Indian economic reform in the recent period has been the fast expansion of stock markets and their growing role in the economy. The paper first reviews the stock market reforms and analyses the effects of stock market expansion on corporate growth and the real...

Although the concept of national competitiveness is widely used by policy-makers at both the national and international levels, it has been the subject of severe criticism by Professor Krugman. He regards it as a meaningless concept and in the hands of naïve policy-makers 'a dangerous...