The aim of this article is to survey the huge literature that has emerged in the last four
decades following Nordhaus's (Rev Econ Stud 42 (2): 169–190, 1975) publication on …

This chapter critically surveys recent advances in the methodology of measuring corruption
in the field. The issue of measurement is central in the corruption literature, and the choice of …

Political favoritism affects the allocation of government resources, but is it consequential for
growth? Using a close election regression discontinuity design and data from India, we …

Politically-driven corruption is a pervasive challenge for development, but evidence of its
welfare effects are scarce. Using data from a major rural road construction programme in …

Targeted price subsidies create a gap between subsidized and unsubsidized prices. The
resulting dual pricing can lead to arbitrage opportunities where intermediaries divert …

A new meta-field of “forensic economics” has begun to emerge, uncovering evidence of
hidden behavior in a variety of domains. Examples include teachers cheating on exams …

In Shareholder Cities, Sai Balakrishnan argues that some of India's most decisive conflicts
over its urban futures will unfold in the regions along the new economic corridors, such as …

India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and
hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out …

Despite a long history of research on political budget cycles, their existence and magnitude
are still in question. By conducting a systematic analysis of the existing literature, we intend …

Pre-harvest estimate of sugarcane production is required by sugar mill officials for proper
planning about intra or inter-regional trading of sugarcane if expected production is more or …