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Non-Uniform Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Economic Growth : A State Level Analysis in India
Agarwal, Anmol - 2019
In this paper, I examine the impact of fiscal decentralization on state-level economic growth in India. There is little … empirical evidence testing for a non-uniform impact of fiscal decentralization within a country. I build a social development … outcomes. Using an analytical model, I identify the specific channels through which fiscal decentralization impacts economic …
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The Decentralization Dilemma in India
Purfield, Catriona - 2006
decentralization is not the root cause of this situation. Panel estimation techniques find evidence that the trend rise in deficits …
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Does size matter? The productivity of government : expenditures and the size of states : evidence from India
Haasnoot, Cornelis W. - 2016
Some politicians argue for the splitting and combining of states to increase government productivity, but there is a dearth of empirical evidence on the optimal size of a state. Using data from Indian states, I test a model of the optimal size of the state. I find that size and preference...
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Aligning with One’s Own : Private Voting and Public Outcomes in Elections in Rural India
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper has the objective of showing that identity based voting will lead to improvements in household welfare through increased access to welfare programs. Using newly available data from rural India, we establish that identity based voting will lead to enhanced participation in welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118178
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Decentralization and accountability : are voters more vigilant in local than in national elections?
Khemani, Stuti - 2001
Voters in India are more vigilant in monitoring government at the local than at the national level. In state assembly elections voters reward incumbents for local income growth, and punish them for a rise in inequality, over their entire term in office. But in national elections voters behave...
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Decentralization and accountability : are voters more vigilant in local than in national elections?
Khemani, Stuti - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001566406
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Decentralization and Accountability : Are Voters More Vigilant in Local than in National Elections?
Khemani, Stuti - 2016
the role of decentralization in improving public service delivery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748731
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Effect of Redrawing of Political Boundaries on Voting Patterns : Evidence from State Reorganization in India
Chakrabarti, Rajashri - 2007
This paper analyzes the effect of a redrawing of political boundaries on voting patterns and investigates whether it leads to closer conformity of an electorate's voting patterns with its political preferences. We study these issues in the context of a reorganization of states in India. In 2000,...
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A Situational Theory of Pork-Barrel Politics: The Shifting Logic of Discretionary Allocations in India
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - 2017
Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, we still lack a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork-barrelling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. Focusing on party system attributes and governmental incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621338
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A situational theory of pork-barrel politics : the shifting logic of discretionary allocations in India
Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - 2017
Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, we still lack a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork‐barrelling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. Focusing on party system attributes and governmental incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608765