Does Trade Liberalization Promote Regional Disparities? Evidence from a Multiregional CGE Model of India

B-Tier
Journal: World Development
Year: 2014
Volume: 64
Issue: C
Pages: 339-349

Authors (2)

Naranpanawa, Athula (Griffith University) Arora, Rashmi (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Over last few decades, there has been a growing interest among researchers in understanding the link between trade liberalization and regional disparities within the context of an individual country. In this study, we develop the first ever single-country multiregional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the Indian economy to investigate this linkage. Overall our results suggest that, in the short run, trade liberalization has a beneficial impact on the rich and fast-growing middle-income states and a marginal or negative impact on the poor states.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:wdevel:v:64:y:2014:i:c:p:339-349
Journal Field
Development
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26