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Gupta, Bishnupriya (2013) Discrimination or social networks? Industrial investment in colonial India. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS), Volume 2013 (Number 1019).
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Abstract
Industrial investment in Colonial India was segregated by the export oriented industries, such as tea and jute that relied on British firms and the import substituting cotton textile industry that was dominated by Indian firms. The literature emphasizes discrimination against Indian capital. Instead informational factors played an important role. British entrepreneurs knew the export markets and the Indian entrepreneurs were familiar with the
local markets. The divergent flows of entrepreneurship can be explained by the comparative advantage enjoyed by social groups in information and the role of social
networks in determining entry and creating separate spheres of industrial investment.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | India -- Economic conditions, India -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1947, India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947, Capital investments -- India, Industries -- India | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | May 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
Number: | Number 1019 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 42 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | R000239492 (ESRC) | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Gupta, Bishnupriya. (2013) Discrimination or social networks? Industrial investment in colonial India. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (CAGE Online Working Paper Series, No.111/2013). http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/57911 | ||||
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