TAX AND LIQUIDITY EFFECTS IN PRICING GOVERNMENT BONDS

As is common in the region, India is a bank-dominated market (Figure 3), and the relative importance of bank assets as a percentage of GDP has continued to grow—partly as banking penetration has deepened with financial liberalization, and partly as a result of the ongoing need for deficit financing. However, the ratio of bank assets to GDP is still low by comparison with other emerging East Asian economies, indicating that India still has some way to go before its banking sector is fully developed. The same pattern is also seen in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which like...