The author points out that the Industrial Revolution in the West was followed by a major decline in artisan activities in the colonies and semi-colonies in the East. One of the worst sufferers was the Indian sub-continent under British rule. He discusses "de-industrialisation" of the...

Trade Liberalisation in developing countries over the last 20 years has often been implemented considering it as a pre-requisite to growth. This paper uses ARDL approach to cointegration and examines the relationships between growth and trade liberalisation in the context of India and Korea....

Stock market development has been an important part of financial liberalisation in the less developed countries (LDCs). In the pro-liberalisation circle, stock market is assigned to play an important role in the capitalist development of the LDCs. This is also true for the liberalisation regime...

The paper analyses a new leximetric dataset for India relating to the protection of shareholders of the limited liability corporate sector and examines the impact of the changes in the shareholder protection law on economic development through stock market development. It finds no long-term...

This paper analyses a new leximetric dataset on Indian labour law over a long period 1970-2006. There are five broad aspects of labour law such as Alternative employment contracts, Regulation of working time, Regulation of dismissal, Employee representation and Industrial action. Indian labour...

This paper examines trends in Indian macroeconomic series since 1970 and during the regime of 'liberalisation' since 1991. It finds no significant change in India's macroeconomic performance under liberalisation. Growth in export earnings did not pick up. Real sectors (industry and agriculture)...