The Decentralization Dilemma in India
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WP; government; government expenditure; country; deficit; Fiscal policy; intergovernmental fiscal relations; India; panel econometrics; State borrowing; State expenditure; borrowing framework; State population; state finances; bailout expectation; cross-state divergence; State transfer; State structure; levels of government; World Bank states database; State finance; General government spending; Government debt management; Budget planning and preparation; Central government spending; Africa; Europe;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2004-04-18 (Central and Western Asia)
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