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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945274
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EC Controversy: What are the Issues? EC Controversy: What Are the Issues
Iyer, Ramaswamy R. - eSocialSciences - 2009
A comprehensive and logically rigorous analysis of the issues raised by the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner N.Gopalaswami for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, the President’s rejection and the developments that followed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341726
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Does Timing of Elections Instigate Riots? A Subnational Study of 16 Indian States, 1958-2004
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - eSocialSciences - 2009
Whether timing of the elections leads to riots or not within India. In other words, does timing of elections instigate … scheduled elections are associated with increase in riots …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341745
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The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
Yao, Yang; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, Gerard Padro i; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large … staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal identification. It was found that elections significantly increase … local taxes. IT that elections cause significant income redistribution within villages. The results support the basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551149
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Economic Growth, Governance and Voting Behaviour: an Application to Indian Elections
Virmani, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is on the potential economic factors underlying voter behaviour in a democracy. It develops a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000239
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
Yao, Yang; Qia, Nancy; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more … the top-down introduction of elections across villages is studied to estimate the causal effects of elections and find … that elections affected policy outcomes in a way that is consistent with the predicted effects of increased local leader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002244
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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media
Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national security’ becoming a major pivot around which the media discourse is shaped. How the media...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133140
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The 100 Laws Project: Compendium of Laws to be Repealed
CCS, Centre for Civil Society - eSocialSciences - 2014
100 laws are identified which can be repealed. The laws in this compendium need to be repealed on account of any one of three reasons: they are either redundant (having outlived their purpose), they have been superseded or subsumed by newer, more current laws, or they pose a material impediment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945351
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Elections 2014: What Do the Manifestos of Political Parties Promise Children?
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2014
A quick look at the manifestos of the five national political parties, Indian National Congress (INC), Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Aam Admi Party (AAP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) and Samajwadi Party (SP) that most of them, barring the CPIM (Marxist) pay little attention to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945437
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Budget of Nepal 2011-12
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal - 2012
Budget speech by Nepal Finance Minister. URL:[http://www.mof.gov.np/publication/speech/2011/pdf/budgetspeech_english.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652274