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The Political Economy of India's Fiscal Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda - 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 institutional process by which reforms can and do take place,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732489
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Fiscal Decentralization in China and India : Competitive, Cooperative or Market Preserving Federalism?
Singh, Nirvikar - 2008
are discussed. The characterization of each country in terms of concepts of federalism, i.e., competitive, cooperative and … market preserving federalism, is discussed, in attempting to abstract from the two cases to more general lessons for fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213972
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The Political Economy of India'€™s Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - 2004
This article examines the nature of India's federal system, and recent and potential reforms in its structure and working. We summarize key federal institutions in India, focusing particularly on the mechanisms for Center-state transfers. These transfers are large, and are the major explicit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322690
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The Political Economy of India’s Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics … - 2004
This article examines the nature of India’s federal system, and recent and potential reforms in its structure and working. We summarize key federal institutions in India, focusing particularly on the mechanisms for Center-state transfers. These transfers are large, and are the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130406
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The Political Economy of India’s Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2004
This article examines the nature of India’s federal system, and recent and potential reforms in its structure and working. We summarize key federal institutions in India, focusing particularly on the mechanisms for Center-state transfers. These transfers are large, and are the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130565
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The Political Economy of India’s Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2004
This article examines the nature of India’s federal system, and recent and potential reforms in its structure and working. We summarize key federal institutions in India, focusing particularly on the mechanisms for Center-state transfers. These transfers are large, and are the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130644
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The Political Economy of India’s Fiscal Federal System and its Reform
Rao, M. Govinda; Singh, Nirvikar - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 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 institutional process by which reforms can and do take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130665
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Ex-Post Redistribution in a Federation : Implications for Corrective Policy
Koethenbuerger, Marko - 2006
This paper analyzes whether changes in the timing of equalizing transfers to state governments necessitate an adjustment in federal corrective policy. According to the existing literature (assuming an ex-ante choice of transfers), the corrective grant is equal to the marginal damage/benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779700
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Strengthening India's State Finance Commissions : Essential for 'Co-Operative Federalism'
Asher, Mukul G. - 2016
The 73rd and 74th Amendments in 1992 to India's Constitution resulted in the establishment of the third-tier of government comprising of urban local bodies (ULBs) and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The amendments mandated the establishment of the State Finance Commissions (SFCs) at every...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985348
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Horizontal Federalism
Erbsen, Allan - 2009
This Article constructs frameworks for analyzing federalism's undertheorized horizontal dimension. Discussions of … federalism generally focus on the hierarchical (or vertical) allocation of power between the national and state governments while … on state citizenship. This Article moves beyond the piecemeal approach by identifying facets of horizontal federalism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214954