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State finances in India: A case for systemic reform

Singh, Nirvikar - 2005

This paper provides a self-contained overview of the present problems of state finances in India. It begins with an … aspects of India's federal system. The paper then reviews the current situation of India's state government finances, going on …

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The political economy of India's fiscal federal system and its reform

Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

This article examines recent and potential reforms in India's fiscal federal system. We summarize key federal … institutions in India, including tax and expenditure assignments, and mechanisms for Center-state transfers. We discuss the … context of, and been influenced by, broader economic reform in India. …

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The political economy of India's fiscal federal system and its reform

Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

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National Interference in Local Public Good Provision

Dur, Robert; Staal, Klaas - 2003

We analyze a simple model of local public good provision in a country consisting of a large number of heterogeneous regions, each comprising two districts, a city and a village. When districts remain autonomous and local public goods have positive spillover effects on the neighbouring district,...

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"Reverse" intergovernmental transfers between regions with local public goods

Hartwick, John M. - 2009

We report on the nature of a utility optimizing transfer from one regional government to another when local public goods are present. Computer examples reveal that small differences in regional endowments result in large differences in equilibrium outcomes for two regions, under optimal...

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Public self-insurance and the Samaritan's dilemma in a federation

Lohse, Tim; Robledo, Julio R. - 2012

Motivated by recent disasters, this paper analyzes the risk sharing aspect in a federation. The regions can be hit by a shock leading to losses that occur with an exogenous probability and in a stochastically independent way. The regions can spend effort on selfinsurance to reduce the size of...

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Measuring Geopolitical Power in India: A Review of the National Security Index (NSI)

Hwang, Karl - 2010

This review examines how India perceives its own rise to power by undertaking a detailed analysis of the Indian … Jahre 2003 bis 2008, wie Indien sich selbst wahrnimmt. Der NSI besteht - wie andere Machtformeln auch - aus verschiedenen …

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Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality

Davidson, Russell; Duclos, Jean-Yves - 1998

We derive the asymptotic sampling distribution of various estimators frequently used to order distributions in terms of poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as estimators of the curves used to infer stochastic...

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Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States, Introduction by Gilles Saint-Paul

Saint-Paul, Gilles - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 3, pp. 19-27

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Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States, Dinner Speech by Günther Beckstein

Beckstein, Günther - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 3, pp. 28-29

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