Political fragmentation, fiscal policy and economic growth in Indian States

We study how a fragmented political landscape affects fiscal policy and economic growth with a sample of 15 Indian States over the period 1980-2000. We measure state-level political fragmentation with an inverse Herfindahl index for party vote shares in the state legislature. Our results show that p...

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Main Authors: Yogesh Uppal, Thushyanthan Baskaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC 2024-01-01
Series:The European Journal of Comparative Economics
Online Access:https://ejce.liuc.it/articles/ejce021.pdf
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