Together We Stand? Agglomeration in Indian Manufacturing

This paper uses plant-level data to examine the impact of industrial and trade policy reforms on the geographic concentration of manufacturing industries in India from 1980 to 1999. First, the research shows that de-licensing and liberalization in foreign direct investment significantly reduced spatial concentration, but trade reforms had no significant effect on spatial concentration. Second, plants respond differently to policy reforms based on their size. Liberalization in foreign direct investment and de-licensing caused small plants to disperse, while trade liberalization had the opposite effect. However, for large plants trade liberalization led to lower spatial concentration.

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Main Authors: Sharma, Gunjan, Fernandes, Ana M.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-05
Subjects:ACCOUNTING, BARRIER, BARRIERS TO COMPETITION, BOOK VALUE, CENTRALIZATION, COMMODITIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITORS, CONDITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, CONSUMERS, COST FUNCTIONS, COST REDUCTION, COSTS OF PRODUCTION, DEREGULATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIVIDENDS, DOMESTIC MARKET, DRIVERS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC COSTS, ECONOMIC CRITERIA, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC REFORMS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELASTICITY, EMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATE REGIME, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORTS, EXTERNALITIES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN MARKETS, FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, FOREIGN TRADE, FREE PRESS, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, GLOBALIZATION, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, INCOME, INCREASING RETURNS, INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE, INDUSTRIAL AREAS, INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS, INDUSTRIAL LOCATION, INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, INDUSTRIAL POLICY, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE, INDUSTRIALISTS, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVENTORIES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MOBILITY, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR RELATIONS, LABOUR, LICENSE, LICENSING, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, MARGINAL COST, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET DISCIPLINE, MARKET SHARES, MIXED ECONOMY, MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION, MOTIVATION, NATURAL RESOURCE, OUTPUT, OUTPUT RATIO, OUTPUTS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROTECTIONISM, RATE OF GROWTH, RENTS, SAVINGS, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED WORKERS, SUPPLIERS, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, THIRD WORLD, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADE REFORMS, UNSKILLED LABOR, UNSKILLED WORKERS, URBANIZATION, VALUABLE INFORMATION, WAGES, WORLD ECONOMY, WORLD MARKETS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16258556/together-stand-agglomeration-indian-manufacturing
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9344
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