This paper evaluates the real-time performance of the growth rate of the DSE-ECRI Indian leading index for exports for predicting cyclical downturns and upturns in the growth rate of Indian exports. The index comprises the 36-country real effective exchange rate and leading indices of India’s 17 major trading partners. Leading indices of India’s major trading partners were developed at the Econ...

This paper reviews Indian economic policy and performance. It traces first how the economy evolved from independence through the 1980s. The early emphasis on industrialization through import-substitution led to a restrictive trade regime and sluggish growth in exports. Pervasive government regulations and controls over private economic activity during this period also impeded economic efficienc...

Adelaide to strengthen teaching and research in the field of international economics and closely related disciplines. Its specific objectives are: • to promote individual and group research by scholars within and outside the University of Adelaide • to strengthen undergraduate and postgraduate education in this field • to provide shorter training programs in Australia and elsewhere • to conduct...

Author Contact: Wing Yuk, P.O. Box 37063 RPO, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5P 4W7. Tel: +1-604-782-8081; email: [email protected] Abstract This study considers the long-run relationship between government expenditure and economic growth for the United Kingdom over the period 1830 to 1993. The causality analysis allows for the effects of exports, and for the presence of complex structural breaks i...

abstract issue: in economic literature, there are two hypotheses regarding the link between economic development and gender inequality. the first gender inequality decreases with economic development. second, economic development increases gender inequality. this research is conducted to investigate the effects of economic development on gender inequality according to kuznets gender curve in ir...