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The importance of being local? : administrative decentralization and human development
Chaudhary, Latika; Lakshmi Iyer - 2024
governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …
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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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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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Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation
Bhatt, Antra; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the relationship between transfers, state domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507396
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The dynamics of reform of India’s federal system
Singh, Nirvikar - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 1, pp. 22-31
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Effect of redrawing of political boundaries on voting patterns: Evidence from state reorganization in India
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Roy, Joydeep - 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...
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Determining gender equity in fiscal federalism : analytical issues and empirical evidence from India
Chakraborty, Lekha S. - 2010
responsive budgeting. -- Fiscal decentralization ; dederalism ; fiscal transfers ; gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003943178
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Federal transfers and fiscal discipline in India : an empirical evaluation
Bhatt, Antra; Scaramozzino, Pasquale - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the relationship between transfers, state domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734170
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Determinants of inter-state agricultural trade in India
Khanal, Shaleen - 2016
Determinants of trade among various Indian states have been poorly studied in the literature. In this paper, we examine the nature of agricultural trade among Indian states and identify why certain states export more than others, and what governs trade among these Indian states. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434505
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Debt dynamics, fiscal deficit, and stability in government borrowing in India : a dynamic panel analysis
Das, Panchanan - 2016
Despite the initiatives of the Finance Commission of India, fiscal performance has been deteriorating and increasingly diverging across Indian states. Given that the state governments are endowed with expenditure autonomy, this paper investigates whether the composition of expenditure of the...
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