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The Role of Services Exports in Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of India and China

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  • Dash Ranjan Kumar

    (Symbiosis International University, Pune, India)

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Services exports are growing much faster than merchandise exports and can promote economic growth by improving resource efficiency, boosting productivity growth, facilitating innovation, and technological advances, and diversifying the economy. In this context, this study examines the role of services exports in economic growth in China and India using data from 1980 to 2021. The choice of India and China is based on their recent export performances in services. Accounting for endogeneity issues and structural break, the study finds that merchandise and total and modern services exports promote economic growth in the long and short run, while traditional services have only short-run effects. Results from Robust Granger causality provide evidence of two-way causality between modern services and economic growth, validating the services export-led growth hypothesis. Further liberalization, integration of services with the manufacturing sector, and long-term investment in human capital are required to sustain higher services export growth.

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  • Dash Ranjan Kumar, 2025. "The Role of Services Exports in Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of India and China," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 40(3), pages 497-525, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:integr:021503
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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