Electoral goals and center-state transfers: A theoretical model and empirical evidence from India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Arulampalam, Wiji ^a   Dasgupta, Sugato ^b   Dhillon, Amrita ^a   Dutta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alignment; Electoral competition; Redistributive politics; Swing

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53849096358     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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