Decentralization and accountability are voters more vigilant in local than in national elections?
Voters in India are more vigilant in monitoring government at the local than at the national level. In state assembly elections voters reward incumbents for local income growth, and punish them for a rise in inequality, over their entire term in office. But in national elections voters behave myopic...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
World Bank, Development Research Group, Public Economis
2001
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| Series: | Policy research working paper
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Voters in India are more vigilant in monitoring government at the local than at the national level. In state assembly elections voters reward incumbents for local income growth, and punish them for a rise in inequality, over their entire term in office. But in national elections voters behave myopically, rewarding growth in national income and a fall in inflation and inequality only in the year preceding the election |
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| Item Description: | "February 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 17, 2002 |