Cancer can have profound social and economic consequences for people in India, often
leading to family impoverishment and societal inequity. Reported age-adjusted incidence …

This essay contributes to second generation fiscal federalism (SGFF), which traces the
implications of incentives created by political and fiscal institutions. The approach explores …

First generation fiscal federalism (FGFF) studies the performance of decentralized systems
under the assumption of benevolent social planners. Second generation fiscal federalism …

Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India
is a detailed and authoritative account of the major political, economic, social and cultural …

This paper examines how fiscal incentives affect the policy choices of local governments in
the context of China. Based on exogenous changes in the intergovernmental revenue …

There are currently over 100 stateless nations pressing for greater self-determination around
the globe. The vast majority of these groups will never achieve independence. Many groups …

The advance of economic globalization has led many academics, policy-makers, and
activists to warn that it leads to a'race to the bottom'. In a world increasingly free of …

The delivery of affordable and equitable cancer care is one of India's greatest public health
challenges. Public expenditure on cancer in India remains below US $10 per person …

Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal develo** country,
home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by …

This article analyzes the political determinants of the distribution of infrastructure
expenditures by the Italian government to the country's 92 provinces between 1953 and …