This paper examines the relation between exchange rates and prices in India over three periods, 1975-1986, 1992-1998 and 1999-2010. These periods which are marked with changing trading and monetary policy regimes provide an interesting case study to analyze the importance of openness and...

This paper examines the extent of pass-through of exchange rate and tariff changes into import prices using sectoral panel data (at the 2-digit SITC level) for the post-reform period in India (1990-2001). After having controlled for unobserved effects that might have an impact on the import...

International Reserves held by developing countries including India have increased with a fast pace during last decade. Our study provides briefly the influencing factor of international reserves in case of India. The study takes in the areas of international reserves and trade openness in...

In this paper we assess the impact of external economic liberalization in India on the transmission of aggregate shocks. We examine the relative importance of domestic and external shocks and capture their feedback effects by estimating an eight variable vector autoregression (VAR) model. We...

The paper aims to examine the dynamic impact of openness on inflation in India applying by an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bound testing approach. Empirical evidence shows that there is a unique and stable long-run relationship between inflation and other variables, such as trade...

This working paper is the output from the first phase of a research project dedicated to how developing countries react when opening to trade and foreign direct investment on employment, income distribution, and poverty. The first phase of the research project is based on international...

In July 1991, India began to dismantle its long-standing, highly restrictive import control regime and move toward a more open economy. How were policymakers able to dislodge and replace an entrenched system with powerful vested interests behind it? Standard explanations for policy change -...

The paper reviews India's macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key macroeconomic developments regarding economic growth, inflation, external balance, the fiscal situation and aggregate savings and investment. The second section considers some of...