The disadvantaged incumbents: Estimating incumbency effects in Indian state legislatures

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 9-27

  Uppal, Yogesh ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incumbency disadvantage; Indian elections; Regression discontinuity design

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249108309     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9336-4     Document Type: Article

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