Regional Origin of Manufacturing Exports: Inter-State Patterns in India

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash and Das, Keshab (2012): Regional Origin of Manufacturing Exports: Inter-State Patterns in India. Published in: Journal of Regional Development and Planning , Vol. 1, No. 2 (2012): pp. 117-167.

Abstract

Regardless of exports’ increasing roles in national and state level economic growth performance, there are hardly any studies that analyze inter-state disparities in export activities. Constructing a unique dataset from a variety of published and unpublished sources of information, the study has estimated state level manufacturing exports for 1991–2008. It is the first ever attempt on estimating state level exports focusing on plant information. The estimation derived with reference to plant size information and covering majority of sub-national entities in India, has offered preliminary but useful findings for furthering policy understanding on inter-state disparities in firms’ export activities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Manufacturing exports; Indian states
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O24 - Trade Policy ; Factor Movement Policy ; Foreign Exchange Policy; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General

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