Does the party in power affect FDI? First causal evidence from narrow margin US state elections

Does political turnover adversely affect the state expenditure policy? Evidence from Indian state legislative elections

I examine the effect of political turnover on government expenditure policy in Indian state legislatures during 1980-2000. Much similar to arguments for term limits, greater turnover of elected may weaken their hold on the office, and hence, forces them to be more competent. However, a counter-argument is that greater turnover shortens an elected official’s expected stay in the office, which gi...

Does Scale of Public Hospitals Affect Bargaining Power? Evidence From Japan

Background Many of public hospitals in Japan have had a deficit for a long time. Japanese local governments have been encouraging public hospitals to use group purchasing of drugs to benefit from the economies of scale, and increase their bargaining power for obtaining discounts in drug purchasing, thus improving their financial situation. In this study, we empirically investigate whether or no...

Does Nota Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from State Legislative Elections in India

Subnational Politics and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): First Causal Evidence∗

Does the party of government influence the amount and type of inward foreign investment? The results of a number of correlational studies provide inconsistent evidence. However none of these studies for any level of government or any jurisdiction have used methods that allow them to speak to causal effects. The partisan differences of economic policy in the US are pronounced. Democratic adminis...

Does Economic Growth Help Poor People? Evidence from Iran in the first five - year plan

This paper examines the relationship between growth and poverty in Iran during the first five-year plan. In other words, effort has been made to show whether economic growth in Iran helped poor people or not. For this purpose the concept of pro poor growth has been analyzed with application to the economy of Iran, both in urban and rural areas and in the country as a whole. We use an indicator ...