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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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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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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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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...

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Does Size Matter? The Productivity of Government : Expenditures and the Size of States: Evidence from India

Haasnoot, Cornelis - 2016

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A situational theory of pork-barrel politics : the shifting logic of discretionary allocations in India

Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - 2017

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Federalism and foreign direct investment : how political affiliation determines the spatial distribution of FDI - evidence from India

Sharma, Chanchal Kumar - 2017

This paper links the foreign economic engagement of India's states with the literature on federalism, thereby contributing to an understanding of the political economy of FDI inflows in a parliamentary federal system. More specifically, it studies subnational governments' international...

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