Political Cycles in a Developing Economy : Effect of Elections in Indian States

The author studies the effect of state legislative assembly elections, on the policies of state governments in 14 major states of India, from 1960 to 1996. She identifies the effect of the timing of elections using an instrument for the electoral cycle that distinguishes between constitutionally sch...

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Main Author:	Khemani, Stuti
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	Political factors State politics Election statistics State governments Constitutional guarantees Policy making Fiscal policy Public service delivery Voting status Information analysis Commodity taxation Investments Deficits Road construction accounting authority borrowing budget deficit budget deficits campaign central government central government budgets central taxes civil servants coalition governments coalitions communist communist parties Congressional elections constituencies constituents constitution constitutional arrangements councils democracies democracy democratic systems economic policies election electioneering electoral competition electorate expenditure federal government Financial support fiscal fiscal policies fiscal policy freedom general elections government consumption government employees government management government policies government policy Human Resources income taxes inflation left-wing legislative assemblies levels of government lower house macroeconomic conditions national elections national governments national level Parliament party affiliation Political affiliation political business cycle political economy political institutions political parties political patronage politicians popular participation presidential elections property taxes public debt Public Economics public finance public policy public service public service delivery public services public works roads sales taxes state budget state elections state funds state government state income suffrage tax tax collection tax collections tax cuts tax revenue tax revenues voter turnout voters water supply
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21330

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