Growth is one of the primary objectives of an enterprise. Achieving growth is one thing and sustaining growth is another as also achieving sustainable growth is yet another thing. In this context, it is to be noted that growth is essentially a multidimensional concept as it can refer to many a...

Does higher import competition increase formalization and aggregate productivity? Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation from Chinese imports, we provide empirical causal evidence that higher imports increases the share of formal manufacturing enterprise employment in India. This formal share...

We examine the effect of geographical indications (GIs) on India's agricultural exports. We combine a novel dataset of state-product-year level exports with data on registered GIs for agricultural products in India from 2004 to 2016. Our identification strategy relies on exploiting the...