The Structure and Composition of India’s Exports and Industrial Transformation (1980–2000)

Abhijit Sharma; Michael Dietrich

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The Structure and Composition of India’s Exports and Industrial Transformation (1980–2000)

Abhijit Sharma, Michael Dietrich

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-231
Number of pages	25
Journal	International Economic Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	2
Early online date	21 May 2007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10168730701345471
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

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