Crime is a major social problem in most of the developed and developing countries. According to the report published by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), India itself has witnessed an upward trend in crime rate in the last decade. We examine the impact of Google searches on various property...

In this study, we examine how efforts taken by states to combat corruption act as a mediator in the relationship between fiscal decentralization and regional income disparities. Fiscal decentralization may affect regional disparities via access to funding, but corruption could limit the ability...

This paper examines the interactive impact of the state’s fiscal powers in the form of revenue decentralization when co-funded through central government grant transfers on the government's investment decisions in 18 major states of India between 2005-2016. Using system-GMM and other...