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2023
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[Journal:] The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) [ISSN:] 1824-2979 [Volume:] 20 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 161-191
Verlag: 
University Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Castellanza
Zusammenfassung: 
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 political fragmentation distorts fiscal policy: it entails higher spending, lower revenues, and higher public debt. At the disaggregated level, political fragmentation leads to higher current and lower capital expenditures. These fiscal distortions, in turn, lower growth rates. We also find that informational issues play an important role in determining the effect of political fragmentation.
Schlagwörter: 
Competitive politics
Political fragmentation
Fiscal policy
Economic growth
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D72
H11
H30
O23
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