Arulampalam, Wiji; Dasgupta, Sugato; Dhillon, Amrita; … - In: Journal of Development Economics 88 (2009) 1, pp. 103-119
We construct a model of redistributive politics where the central government is opportunistic and uses its discretion to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. These considerations are the alignment between the incumbent parties at the central and state...