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The political determinants of central governments' economic policies in India: an empirical investigation
Author(s) -
Chaudhuri Kausik,
Dasgupta Sugato
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1197
Subject(s) - legislature , politics , central government , government (linguistics) , economics , political economy , economic policy , political science , public economics , public administration , local government , linguistics , philosophy , law
Using annual data from India, we investigate whether central governments' economic policies are affected by two political considerations—the proximity of an election to the national legislative assembly, and the nature of the central government (single‐party versus coalition). We find that economic policies are responsive to election timing. On the other hand, economic policies are largely insensitive to government type. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.