Research

Published Papers:

1. Between election rivalry and the agency costs of government: the effectiveness of party competition across Indian States, 1957 – 2018 (with J. Stephen Ferris), Public Finance Review, 52(3): 314-344, 2024. Replication data

2. On the measurement of electoral volatility (with Sandip Sarkar), Mathematical Social Sciences, 126: 119-128, 2023.

3. Inequality, transaction costs and voter turnout: evidence from Canadian provinces and Indian states (with J. Stephen Ferris and Marcel-Cristian Voia), Public Choice, 194 (3-4): 325-346, 2023. Replication data

4. On the structure of the political party system in Indian states, 1957–2018 (with J. Stephen Ferris), Constitutional Political Economy, 34 (1): 1-35, 2023. Replication data

5. Does a swing voter model with voter turnout reflect the closeness of Indian state elections: 1957 – 2018? (with J. Stephen Ferris), Applied Economics, 55 (6): 594-602, 2023.

6. Political competitiveness and the private–public structure of public expenditure: a model and empirics for the Indian States (with Stanley L. Winer, J. Stephen Ferris and Pinaki Chakraborty), International Tax and Public Finance, 28(6): 1430-1471, 2021. Online Appendix and Replication data

7. Economic performance and electoral volatility: Testing the economic voting hypothesis on Indian states, 1957–2013 (with J. Stephen Ferris), Party Politics, 27(6): 1105-1119, 2021. Online Appendix and Replication data

8. The measurement of electoral competition, with application to Indian states (with J. Stephen Ferris and Stanley L. Winer), Electoral Studies, 62 (102070), 2019. Dataset, Replication data

9. Expenditure visibility and voter memory: a compositional approach to the political budget cycle in Indian states, 1959–2012 (with J. Stephen Ferris), Economics of Governance, 20(2): 129-157, 2019.

10. Fiscal reforms, fiscal rule, and development spending: How Indian states have performed? (with Pinaki Chakraborty), Public Budgeting & Finance, 37(4): 111-133, 2017.

11. Political competition and human development: Evidence from the Indian states (with Sacchidananda Mukherjee), Journal of Development Studies, 51(1): 1-14, 2015.

12. Do political determinants affect revenue collection? Evidence from the Indian states (with Angara V. Raja), International Review of Economics, 61(3): 253-278, 2014.

13. Regional income disparity and government intervention in India: Evidence from sub-national data, South Asia Economic Journal, 15(2): 281-314, 2014.

14. Do political determinants affect the size and composition of public expenditure? A study of the Indian states (with Angara V. Raja), International Review of Economics, 60(3): 293-317, 2013.

15. Intergovernmental transfers and tax collection in India: Does the composition of transfers matter? (with Angara V. Raja), Public Budgeting & Finance, 33(2): 93-116, 2013.

16. Institutions and the quality of governance: An empirical study on interstate differences in economic development in India (with Angara V. Raja), Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 16(1): 1-26, 2009.

Work in Progress:

• Revisiting the Relationship between Inequality and Voter Turnout: Evidence from India.

• Consumption Inequality, Mobility and Convergence: Patterns across the Indian States (with Stanley L. Winer).

• Political Economy of Inequality: Theory and Evidence from India (with Stanley L. Winer).

Working Papers:

• Inequality, Transaction Costs and Voter Turnout: evidence from Canadian Provinces and Indian States, LEO Working Papers / DR LEO, University of Orleans (with J. Stephen Ferris and Marcel-Cristian Voia).

• Does Income Inequality enter into an Aggregate Model of Voter Turnout? Evidence from Canada and Indian States, Carlton Economic Papers No. 21-09 (with J. Stephen Ferris and Marcel-Cristian Voia).

• A Test of a modified Committed – Uncommitted Voting Model on 14 Indian States: 1957-2018, Carlton Economic Papers No. 21-08 (with J. Stephen Ferris).

• On the Structure of the Political Party System in Indian States, 1957–2013, Carlton Economic Papers No. 20-06 (with J. Stephen Ferris).

• Measuring Electoral Competitiveness: With Application to the Indian States, CESifo Working Paper Series 7216 (with J. Stephen Ferris and Stanley L. Winer).

• Economic Performance and Electoral Volatility: Testing the Economic Voting Hypothesis on Indian States, 1957–2013, Carlton Economic Papers No. 18-07 (with J. Stephen Ferris).

• Expenditure Visibility and Voter Memory: A Compositional Approach to the Political Budget Cycle in Indian States, 1959–2012, Carlton Economic Papers No. 16-14 (with J. Stephen Ferris).