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Political cycles in a developing economy : effect of elections in Indian states

Khemani, Stuti - 2000

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Political Cycles in a Developing Economy : Effect of Elections in Indian States

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Empirical results from India suggest that politicians exert greater effort in managing public works during election … the effect of state legislative assembly elections on the policies of state governments in 14 major states of India, from …

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How do electoral systems affect fiscal policy? : evidence from state and local governments, 1890 to 2005

Funk, Patricia; Gathmann, Christina - 2010

Using a new data set on Swiss state and local governments from 1890 to today, we analyze how the adoption of proportional representation affects fiscal policy. We show that proportional systems shift spending toward broad goods (e.g. education and welfare benefits) but decrease spending on...