Determinants of Exports in India

Abstract

This paper examines the responsiveness of exports to FDI taking into account responsiveness to other determinants. Using 46 year annual data of the variables and applying various time series techniques such as unit root, cointegration, ARDL and ECM; the results show cointegration relationships among the variables as a whole. The results also show the existence of long run and short run causality from the determinants to exports.