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Political Determinants of the Allocation of Public Expenditures: A Study of the Indian States

by Bharatee Bhusana Dash and Angara V. Raja NIPFP Working Paper No. 2012-101 Date: March 2012 This study examines whether the allocation of public expenditures of the Indian states are significantly influenced by government specific political characteristics. Three types of government specific characteristics are considered: forms of governments, ideology of the government, and the electoral cycle. [...]

Collective Action, Political Parties and Pro-Development Public Policy

Philip Keefer World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5676 Broad consensus exists that the ability of political actors to make credible commitments is key to development. An important and little-explored determinant of the credibility of political commitments is the existence of organizations that facilitate citizen collective action to sanction political actors who renege. This paper [...]

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