"There has been much interest in understanding various dimensions of the growth and integration of emerging Asia with the rest of the world, particularly with regard to international capital flows and external financing. Nonetheless, serious academic work in this area has lagged somewhat...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether India is a suitable candidate for an inflation targeting regime. It begins by placing India's monetary policy actions in a broader context by discussing whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should shift from its current policy of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether India is a suitable candidate for an inflation targeting regime. It begins by placing India's monetary policy actions in a broader context by discussing whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should shift from its current policy of...

This paper explores the impact of foreign bank entry on interest-rate pass-through for a panel of 57 emerging and developing economies over 1995-2009. The paper tests for possible thresholds in terms of foreign bank presence that differentially impact interest-rate pass-through. The empirical...

This paper examines the role of the bank lending channel of monetary policy in India during the global financial crisis, especially since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008. Contrary to popular perceptions and in contrast to the United States, the paper shows that, following the...