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The Impossible Trinity: Where does India stand?

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A comprehensive overview of a few empirical studies is presented that have explored the issue of Trilemma in the Indian context. Based on these studies an analysis is done on how have Indian policy makers dealt with the various trade-offs while managing the Trilemma over the last two decades.

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  • Rajeswari Sengupta, 2015. "The Impossible Trinity: Where does India stand?," Working Papers id:6659, eSocialSciences.
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    Keywords

    Impossible Trinity; Financial Integration; Currency Stabilization; International Reserves; Sterilized Intervention; India; trade-offs; Global Financial Crisis (GFC); macroeconomics; policies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization

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