LIST OF ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

(Alphabetically)

ADF Augmented Dickey Fuller

ARIMA Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
BBC Broadcasting
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
CAB Current Account Balance
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CPI Consumer Price Index
DCs Developed Countries
DIPP Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
DTAA Double Tax Avoidance Agreement
FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act
FERA Foreign Exchange Reserves Act
FII Foreign Institutional Investor
FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FTA Free Trade Agreement
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDR Global Depository Receipts
GNP Gross National Product
HOS Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson
IIP Index of Industrial Production
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IRF Impulse Response Function
LDCs Less Developed Countries
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

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MNC Multi National Corporation
MNE Multi National Enterprise
NSE National Stock Index
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OLI Ownership, Location, Internalization
OLS Ordinary Least Square
RBI Reserve Bank of India
SAARC South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation
SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences
TFP Total Factor Productivity
UNCTAD United Nations Corporation for Trade and Development
US United States
VAR Vector Auto Regression
WBO World Bank Organization
WIR World Investment Report

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