Classical Economic Theory Testing on Economic Challenges in India Using Vector Analysis Method

Abstract

This study is to investigate the direction of the relationship between inflation, population, and economic growth using vector analysis with a research period of 1995 to 2020 to investigate the impact of economic shocks on the validity of the classical theory in explaining economic phenomena starting from economic shocks to financial crises Asia in 1997, the global financial crisis in 2008 and the economic shocks caused by the pandemic in India. We find that economic shocks from the 1997 Asian financial crisis to economic shocks due to the COVID-19 pandemic have not been able to invalidate the classical theory as a theory that explains economic phenomena related to economic growth, inflation, and population growth in India.