The Structure and Composition of India's Exports and Industrial Transformation (1980-2000)

Abhijit Sharma () and Michael Dietrich

International Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 21, issue 2, 207-231

Abstract: This paper analyses structural change in Indian manufactured exports empirically for 143 (mainly manufacturing) industrial groupings. Trade indices such as Balassa's revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index and variants are used. Detailed econometric analysis is employed to examine structural change. The stability and the process of the intertemporal evolution of the RCA indices is considered. Three technology categories (high technology, medium technology and low technology) are analysed individually. Our results point towards substantial industrial restructuring in manufactured exports. We find evidence of despecialisation within India's manufactured exports for the time period studied, which is consistent with increasing specialisation in a subset of manufactured exports.

Keywords: India; comparative advantage; manufactured exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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