political clientelism in the delivery of social programmes in India, especially by allowing party leaders to bypass local … brokers to credit-claim for better service delivery and allowing politicians to deliver programmatic service delivery much …

To analyze whether the occurrence of elections affects access to credit for firms, we perform an investigation using … firm-level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. The results show that elections impair access to credit …. Specifically, firms are more credit-constrained in election years and pre-election years as elections exacerbate political …

To analyze whether the occurrence of elections affects access to credit for firms, we perform an investigation using … firm-level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. The results show that elections impair access to credit …. Specifically, firms are more credit-constrained in election years and pre-election years as elections exacerbate political …

examines the State-capital nexus in India during the neoliberal era, focusing on how the State has facilitated accelerated … relationships are becoming increasingly evident in India, wherein a select group of favoured conglomerates reap exclusive benefits. …

governments in India, party-based clientelism is shown to exist in two out of four states and to be strongly affected by economic …. The paper discusses when and why clientelism on the basis of party affiliation may arise. Operationally, party …-based clientelism is defined as a bias of public policy in favour of members of the governing political party. In a sample of local …