Remittance-led growth hypothesis: a conceptual analysis

Examined the Energy-led Growth Hypothesis in India: Evidence from Time Series Analysis

The present study examined the linkage between energy consumption and economic growth in India uses the annual time series data covering the period from 1970-71 to 2011-12. The study used Gross Domestic Product as a proxy for economic growth and energy consumption (oil equivalent per capital). The empirical findings of the study suggest that there is both the short run and the long run relation...

Trade-Led Growth in India and China: A Comparative Analysis

The trade-led growth theory has received considerable attention over the decades with vast amount of literature devoted to analyse it empirically particularly in case of exportled growth hypothesis. India & China are two large Asian countries experiencing rapid growth during recent decades. For years, India’s economic growth rate ranked second among the world’s large economies, after China, whi...

Export-led growth in Bangladesh: a time series analysis

In over three decades, Bangladesh has witnessed substantial growth in its export of goods and services. Over this period economic growth has accelerated withGDP initially recording an average growth rate of below 3% in the early 1970s and rising to 5% during the 1990s. The trade and industry policies have changed from being highly import substituting and government controlled to become more lib...

Remittance and domestic labor productivity: Evidence from remittance recipient countries

Does the commodities boom support the export led growth hypothesis? Evidence from Latin American countries

Commodity prices are characterized by boom and bust cycles. In this article, the impact of the commodity boom of the 2000s on Latin American and Caribbean economies is studied by analyzing four categories of commodity exports (agricultural raw materials, fuel, food, ore and minerals) as well as manufactured exports. Latin American and Caribbean economies had higher growth during the 2000s than ...