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Item Constrained Optimization: The State and the Indian Entrepreneur(2007-01-29T20:43:14Z) Banerjee, PritamThe quality of entrepreneurship has been considered by many scholars as a critical factor in the economic development of a society. While some scholars have sought to explain the difference in entrepreneurial quality among societies based on cultural grounds, this paper argues that entrepreneurship is a function of the incentives derived from institutions and the historical context that entrepreneurs face. It also argues that entrepreneurs are not inert actors in the institutional and historical process, but are actively engaged in shaping the political-economic landscape which they inhabit. The paper undertakes an historical analysis of Indian entrepreneurship in the last hundred years as an illustrative example of this theory of entrepreneurial dynamics in a society.Item TRADE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE IN INDIA'S PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS(2013) Banerjee, Pritam; Banerjee, Pritam; Reinert, KennethThe thesis presents an institutional analysis of the effectiveness of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in ensuring deep market access commitments improving upon the status-quo multilateral obligations from countries participating in such PTAs. The thesis contends that PTAs are not effective tools in achieving such depth of commitments using an institutional analysis based on comparative assessment of commitments of India's PTAs with Malaysia, Japan, and Singapore. This analysis focuses on professional services and technical barriers to trade since they represent areas that have maximum interface with domestic regulation that impacts market access, and thus are areas where depth of trade commitments that requires resolution of market barriers resulting from domestic regulatory requirements remains critical to facilitating trade.