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Political Budget Cycles in Federal Systems: The Case of India

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  • Theocharopoulos, Konstantinos
  • Das, Sourav
  • Hufschmidt, Patrick
  • Mankat, Fabian

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  • Theocharopoulos, Konstantinos & Das, Sourav & Hufschmidt, Patrick & Mankat, Fabian, 2025. "Political Budget Cycles in Federal Systems: The Case of India," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325416, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures

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