The benefits and costs of import substitution in India : a microeconomic study / Anne O. Krueger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krueger, Anne O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile supplies industry--India.

Automobile supplies industry.

Automobile industry and trade--India.

Automobile industry and trade.

Foreign trade regulation--India.

Foreign trade regulation.

Industries--India.

Industries.

Import substitution--India.

Import substitution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Import substitution in India

Import substitution in India.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1975]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Benefits and Costs of Import Substitution in India was first published in 1975. In its basic economic plan, the government of India has fostered a policy of import substitution in virtually all industrial sectors. One industry in which the policy is followed is the automobile and ancillary industry, which is the subject of an analysis by Professor Krueger. She points out that some sort of import-substitution strategy should undoubtedly be adopted in any sensible development plan for a country such as India, but that questions arise when details of the controls and incentives used are exami

Contents:

Contents; INTRODUCTION; I: INDIAN ECONOMIC POLICY AND PERFORMANCE; II: INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN INDIA; III: GROWTH OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND ANCILLARY INDUSTRY; IV: THE ECONOMICS OF IMPORT SUBSTITUTION IN THE ANCILLARY INDUSTRY; V: DOMESTIC RESOURCE COSTS OF IMPORT SUBSTITUTION IN THE ASSEMBLY AND ANCILLARY INDUSTRIES; VI: CAUSES OF DOMESTIC RESOURCE COST VARIATIONS; VII: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX. Demarcation of the Automobile Parts To Be Manufactured by the Ancillary Industry and Vehicle Manufacturers; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

On spine: Import substitution in India.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6335-1

OCLC:

476161965