Assessing Sino-Indian Economic Relations in an Interdependence Framework: 1992-2008

Joe Thomas Karackattu

Economic and Political Studies, 2015, vol. 3, issue 1, 129-159

Abstract: This study situates Sino-Indian economic interaction under the interdependence framework. By mapping conflict behavior in this dyad against the trends in the economic interdependence, we find a discernible shift away from escalation (high-level conflict) towards bargaining (diplomatic contestation). This paper argues that interdependence has only recently emerged in the India-China dyad and that lingering strategic distrust, national security consideration, and protectionist tendency have prevented the deepening of economic interdependence. The findings challenge the direction of interdependence in this dyad normally gleaned from nominal trade data. This paper also highlights key issue-areas that inhibit strategic coupling in the bilateral economic interaction.

Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/20954816.2015.11673841 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:repsxx:v:3:y:2015:i:1:p:129-159

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/reps20

DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2015.11673841

Access Statistics for this article

Economic and Political Studies is currently edited by Qing He and Cunna Li

More articles in Economic and Political Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().