The "V-Factor": Distribution, Timing and Correlates of the Great Indian Growth Turnaround

Chetan Ghate () and Stephen Hurst Wright ()

No 783, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: The ratio of Indian to US per capita output over the past 45 years has displayed a distinctive "V"-shaped pattern. We show that a strikingly similar V-shaped pattern is visible not just in aggregate output .figures, but also as the primary determinant of long-term movements in the cross-sectional distribution within the All-India total, at both sectoral and state output levels. We also carry out preliminary investigations of correlates of the "V-Factor", using a new panel data set for Indian states from 1960 to 2005 that extends and encompasses all previous datasets relevant to macroeconomic analysis of the Indian states.

Keywords: Principal components; divergence; Indian States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O40 O53 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2008
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