Indian Economy and Neoliberal Globalization

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List of Contributors

Foreword

1 Introduction

P L BEENA, MURALI KALLUMMAL AND SANTOSH KUMAR

2 Is Global Economy Heading towards a Sovereign Debt Crisis?

ABHIJIT MUKHOPADHYAY

3 Global Liquidity and Emerging Market Economies

S. KRISHNAKUMAR

4 Our Preoccupation with Speculation and its Consequences for Commodity Derivatives Markets in India

ROSE MARY K ABRAHAM

5 Rural Credit and Growth in Indian Agriculture

AKANKSHA PRATIK SONKER

6 Decline of DFIs in India during Post-Financial Liberalisation

SANTOSH KUMAR

7 Impact of India's Bilateral Investment Treaties on FDI Quality: A Firm-Level Analysis

AMRITA GOLDAR

8 India's Tariff Jumping FDI: A Case of Overseas Investment Flows under ASEAN-India FTA

MURALI KALLUMMAL AND SOMDUTTA BANERJEE

9 Mergers and Acquisitions and Antitrust Implications: Evidence from the High-Tech Manufacturing Sector

P L BEENA AND SMRUTI RANJAN SAHOO

10 Industrialisation and Role of MSMEs in India: With a special Reference to Punjab

JATINDER SINGH

11 Bridging the Gap: A Critical Assessment of the Digital Divide in India

GAUTAM KUMAR JHA

12 Liberalisation of Petroleum Product Prices in India: Expectation and Reality

ANIMESH KUMAR

13 An Enquiry into India's Labour Market Flexibility: Learning from the Literature

DEVANGANA JHA

14 Female Employment in the Retail Trade Sector in India

BINDU OBEROI

15 Women's Workforce Participation and Spousal Violence: Insights from India

ARPITA BISWAS AND ANJANA THAMPI

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