Title: Political cycles in a developing economy
Description: Empirical results from India suggest that politicians exert greater effort in managing public works during election years. Surprisingly, there is no evidence of a populist spending spree to sway voters just before elections.
Subjects: Business cycles, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Elections, Economic policy, Elections, Political aspects, Political aspects of Business cycles, Politics and government, State governments
Places: India
Time periods: 1947-