An empirical analysis of determinants of India's export performance (1980–2008)

Exports have assumed a place of paramount importance in the development process of an economy. The aim of this paper is to try and identify the determinants of India's export performance at aggregate level during the period 1980–2008. It applies Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method to investigate the impact of demand and supply side factors on India's export performance. The results of study indicates that World demand (Demand Side) and Domestic demand (Supply side) are found to be statistically significant.