Location of SEZs and Policy Benefits What Does the Data Say?

Mukhopadhyay, Partha and Pradhan, Kanhu Charan (2009): Location of SEZs and Policy Benefits What Does the Data Say? Published in: CPR Occasional Paper Series No. 18 (March 2009): pp. 69-89.

Abstract

This paper undertakes a more in-depth investigation into the location of SEZs, based on data available from the Ministry of Commerce. It builds upon early work in Mukhopadhyay (2008) which noted that not only are SEZs located mostly in a few states, even within these states, they are concentrated in a few districts, most of which had an above average rate of industrialisation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: SEZ, India, Special Economic Zones
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A10 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O14 - Industrialization ; Manufacturing and Service Industries ; Choice of Technology

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