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India's trade balance in the 1980s an econometric analysis

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  • D. M. Nachane
  • Prasad Ranade

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The paper is an examination of India's trade balance in the 1980s. The approach attempted is of examining the bilateral trade balances of India with nine trading partners from the non-communist bloc. The long-run equilibrium relations are studied via two VAR models in Johansen's multivariate cointegration framework. Five hypotheses of interest are singled out for attention. The nominal and real exchange rates consistently emerge as important influences on the trade balance. However, as the exchange rates fail weak exogeneity tests, policy implications are not clear cut.

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  • D. M. Nachane & Prasad Ranade, 1998. "India's trade balance in the 1980s an econometric analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6), pages 761-774.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:30:y:1998:i:6:p:761-774
    DOI: 10.1080/000368498325462
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