Economic Reforms, FDI, and Economic Growth in India: A Sector Level Analysis

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1192-1212

  Chakraborty, Chandana ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

causality; cointegration; economic reform; foreign direct investment; growth effects; India

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; MANUFACTURING; SERVICE SECTOR; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44549086275     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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