Uppal, Yogesh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan - In: European journal of comparative economics 20 (2023) 2, pp. 161-191
We study how a fragmented political landscape affects fiscal policy and economic growth with a sample of 15 Indian States over the period 1980-2000. We measure state-level political fragmentation with an inverse Herfindahl index for party vote shares in the state legislature. Our results show...