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ICT Diffusion, Trade Openness and Growth: Empirical Evidence from Asian Countries ICT 传播、贸易开放与增长：来自亚洲国家的经验证据

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241263316

M. Chhabra, Anushka Verma, A. K. Giri

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Making Global Pharma Supply Chain Resilient: Will the PLI Scheme of India make it a Reliable Alternative to China for the Supply of APIs? 使全球医药供应链具有弹性：印度的 PLI 计划能否使其成为中国原料药供应的可靠替代选择？

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241265475

Reji K. Joseph, Ramaa Arun Kumar

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Technology Intensification and  Farmers’ Welfare: A Case  Study from Karnataka,  a Semi-arid State of India 技术强化与农民福利：印度半干旱邦卡纳塔克邦的案例研究

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241253871

S. Kapoor, B. Pal, Aditi Singhal, K. Anantha

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International Remittances and Household Expenditure Patterns in Bangladesh 孟加拉国的国际汇款和家庭支出模式

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241238937

S. Dey, Faroque Ahmed

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Political Economy of Fertiliser Use in Agriculture: A Study of Two Districts of West Bengal* 农业化肥使用的政治经济学：西孟加拉邦两个地区的研究*

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241251565

Rishav Mukherjee, Pratip Kumar Datta, Saumya Chakrabarti

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Factors Influencing Adoption of Technical Advice from Agricultural Extension Services: Evidence from a Field Survey in Western Uttar Pradesh, India 影响采用农业推广服务技术建议的因素：来自印度北方邦西部实地调查的证据

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241254502

Ankit Nagar, D. K. Nauriyal, Sukhpal Singh

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Credit Quality and Credit Risk: A Rigorous Walkthrough 信用质量和信用风险：严谨的演练

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-09 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241254500

Richa Verma Bajaj, Soumya Gupta

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Modelling (A)symmetric Nexus Between Macroeconomic Information Sentiment Biases and Stock Market Returns in Case of India: A Bound Test Approach 以印度为例，模拟宏观经济信息情绪偏差与股市回报之间的（A）对称关联：边界检验法

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241257650

Prem Vaswani, M. Padmaja

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Financial Inclusion—A Study of Informal Workers from Delhi NCR 金融普惠--德里非正规工人研究

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241254501

Dr. Kawal Gill, Gurminder Kaur Arora, Jappanjyot Kaur Kalra

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Economic Efficiency of Agriculture in Punjab: Evidence from Cost of Cultivation Survey 旁遮普省农业的经济效率：种植成本调查证据

The Indian Economic Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/00194662241251554

Poonam Rani, A. K. Sahoo, Naresh Singla

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