South Asia Economic Journal

2000 - 2025

From Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
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Volume 21, issue 2, 2020

Causal Nexus Between FDI Inflows and Its Determinants in SAARC Countries pp. 193-215

Sushil K. Rai and Akhilesh Sharma

Financial Inclusion in India: Does Distance Matter? pp. 216-238

Saibal Ghosh

Determinants of the Commodity Futures Market Performance: An Indian Perspective pp. 239-257

Priti Dubey and Rishika Shankar

What Drive Trade Costs? South Asia and Beyond pp. 258-280

Mamta Kumari and Nalin Bharti

Determinants of Households’ Budget Allocation to Water Consumption: Evidence from Urban Pakistan pp. 281-294

Hazrat Yousaf, Parvez Ahmed and Syed Ammad Ali

Volume 21, issue 1, 2020

Impact of Remittances on Domestic Investment: A Panel Study of Six South Asian Countries pp. 7-30

Ranjan Kumar Dash

Financial Globalization and Economic Growth in South Asia pp. 31-57

N R Bhanumurthy and Lokendra Kumawat

Fourth Industrial Revolution, Technological Advancement and Youth Employment: A South Asian Perspective pp. 58-75

Fahmida Khatun and Syed Yusuf Saadat

Regional Cooperation in Industrial Revolution 4.0 and South Asia: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward pp. 76-98

Arpita Mukherjee and Divya Satija

Liberalizing Bangladesh’s Services Trade: Is Joining Trade in Services Agreement the Way to Go? pp. 99-121

Susara J. Jansen Van Rensburg, Riaan Rossouw and Wilma Viviers

Anatomy of Non-tariff Barriers in India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement: An Empirical Investigation pp. 122-141

Barun Deb Pal and Sanjib Pohit

Impact of Microcredit on Second Generation Borrowers in Bangladesh: Revisited pp. 142-157

Laila Arjuman Ara, Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Chanwahn Kim

Towards a ‘Responsible AI’: Can India Take the Lead? pp. 158-177

Rajesh Chakrabarti and Kaushiki Sanyal

Book Review: Dushni Weerakoon and Sisira Jayasuriya (eds.), Managing Domestic and International Challenges and Opportunities in Post-conflict Development: Lessons from Sri Lanka pp. 178-181

Herath M. Gunatilake

Book Review: Sanjay Kathuria and Priya Mathur (Eds.), Strengthening Cross-Border Value Chains: Opportunities for India and Bangladesh (English) pp. 181-183

Saon Ray

Book Review: Sanjay Kathuria, Arti Grover, Viviana Maria Eugenia Perego, Aaditya Mattoo and Pritam Banerjee, Unleashing E-commerce for South Asian Integration pp. 183-186

Arpita Mukherjee

Volume 20, issue 2, 2019

Tests of Income Convergence in ASEAN and SAARC Trading Blocs pp. 167-183

Uzma Zia and Zafar Mahmood

Club Convergence among the Major Indian States During 1982–2014: Does Investment in Human Capital Matter? pp. 184-204

Sulekha Hembram, Souparna Maji and Sushil Haldar

Nexus between Openness to Trade and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation of Afghanistan pp. 205-223

Nassir Ul Haq Wani

Dimensions of Informality in Bangladesh Labour Market and the Consequent Wage Penalty pp. 224-247

Mustafizur Rahman, Debapriya Bhattacharya and Md Al-Hasan

Tourism and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Sri Lanka pp. 248-273

K. Ravinthirakumaran, E. A. Selvanathan, S. Selvanathan and T. Singh

Revisiting the Role of Private Schooling on Children Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Rural India pp. 274-302

Karan Singhal and Upasak Das

Size-Competition-Productivity Nexus: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms pp. 303-321

Lopamudra D. Satpathy and Bikash Mishra

Book Review: Bimal Jalan, India Ahead 2025 and Beyond pp. 322-325

Jyoti Nair

Book Review: Deeparghya Mukherjee (Ed.), Economic Integration in Asia: Key Prospects and Challenges with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership pp. 325-329

Amita Batra

Book Review: ASEAN India Centre at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs): Evidence from ASEAN-India Trade pp. 329-331

Arvind Kumar

Book Review: Biswajit Nag and Debashis Chakraborty (Eds.), India’s Trade Analytics—Patterns and Opportunity pp. 331-333

Anusree Paul

Book Review: Sukh Deo Muni and Rahul Mishra, India’s Eastward Engagement: From Antiquity to Act East Policy pp. 334-337

Shankari Sundararaman

Volume 20, issue 1, 2019

Trade Impacts of South Asian Free Trade Agreements in Sri Lanka pp. 1-18

Hiroyuki Taguchi and Don Chalani Imasha Rubasinghe

Is Bangladesh’s Economy Approaching the Lewis Turning Point? pp. 19-45

Subir Bairagi and Muntaseer Kamal

The Indian Inflation 2006–2016: An Econometric Investigation pp. 46-69

Paramita Mukherjee and Dipankor Coondoo

India–China Trade: Asymmetrical Developments and Future Prospects pp. 70-93

Sunandan Ghosh, Manmohan Agarwal and Adrita Banerjee

The Nexus Among Economic Growth, Inflation and Unemployment in Bhutan pp. 94-105

Ugyen Tenzin

Male–Female Wage Gap and Informal Employment in Bangladesh: A Quantile Regression Approach pp. 106-123

Mustafizur Rahman and Md. Al-Hasan

The Economic Impact of Road Accidents: The Case of Sri Lanka pp. 124-137

Thangamani Bhavan

Some Common Lessons from Uncommon FTAs pp. 138-157

Kumar Gaurav and Nalin Bharti

Book Review: Sanjay Kathuria, A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia pp. 158-161

Mustafizur Rahman

Book Review: Paras Kharel (ed.), South Asian Cooperation: Issues, Old and New pp. 162-163

Sampa Kundu

Book Review: Arvind Panagariya, Free Trade & Prosperity: How Openness Helps Developing Countries Grow Richer and Combat Poverty pp. 164-166

Anusree Paul

Volume 19, issue 2, 2018

Does Improvement in Trade Openness Facilitate Renewable Energy Transition? Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies pp. 151-170

Muntasir Murshed

Exploring the Channels and Impact of Debt on Economic Growth pp. 171-191

Kashif Munir and Nisma Riffat Mehmood

Services Outsourcing and Productivity Growth pp. 192-209

Sonia Mukherjee

Determinants of Financial Stress of Indian Banks pp. 210-228

Nitin Kumar, Arvind Shrivastava, D. P. Singh and Purnendu Kumar

Tax Rates and Tax Evasion pp. 229-250

Harini Weerasekera

Investment in Physical, Human Capital, Economic Growth and Life Expectancy in Bangladesh pp. 251-269

Biswajit Maitra

Book Review: Prem Shankar Jha, Dawn of the Solar Age: An End to Global Warming and to Fear pp. 270-272

Sunetra Ghatak

Book Review: Indrajit Paul and Tuhin Ghosh, Natural Hazards Management in Asia pp. 273-275

Swati Sulagna

Book Review: Export-Import Bank of India, Act East: Enhancing India’s Trade with Bangladesh and Myanmar across Border pp. 275-278

Komal Biswal

Volume 19, issue 1, 2018

Testing the Sustainability of Current Accounts for Major South Asian Economies pp. 1-21

Shruti Shastri, Arun Giri and Geetilaxmi Mohapatra

Examining Technical Efficiency in Indian Agricultural Production Using Production Frontier Model pp. 22-42

Kailash Pradhan and Shrabani Mukherjee

Drivers of Food Security of Vulnerable Rural Households in Bangladesh pp. 43-63

G.M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam and Shahbaz Mushtaq

Economic Growth, Structural Change and Productive Employment Linkages in India pp. 64-85

Aradhna Aggarwal

Does Casualization Increase the Job Opportunity to the Workers or Impoverish Them? An Evidence from Indian-Organized Manufacturing Sector pp. 86-107

Simontini Das

A Critical Examination of Inter-temporal Spatial Poverty Trends in Bangladesh pp. 108-123

Shadlee Rahman

Remittances and Real Effective Exchange Rate pp. 124-136

Ujjal Protim Dutta and Partha Pratim Sengupta

Book Review: Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Ashok Kapur, Modi’s Foreign Policy pp. 137-140

Constantino Xavier

Book Review: Jayant Menon and T. N. Srinivasan (eds), Integrating South and East Asia: Economics of Regional Cooperation and Development pp. 140-143

Durairaj Kumarasamy

Book Review: Binoy Goswami, Madhurjya Prasad Bezbaruah and Raju Mandal (eds), Indian Agriculture after the Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges pp. 143-148

Nilabja Ghosh

Book Review: Prabir De (Ed.), Twenty Years of BIMSTEC: Promoting Regional Cooperation and Integration in the Bay of Bengal pp. 148-150

Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy