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Sigma and Beta Convergence in Revenues and Expenditure across Indian States

VISION: Journal of Indian Taxation

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Title Sigma and Beta Convergence in Revenues and Expenditure across Indian States
 
Creator Raut, Dirghau Keshao
 
Subject Panel Data Models; Fiscal Policy; State Government Revenues; State Government Expenditures Convergence.
 
Description Applying the idea of convergence in economics to revenues and expenditures of state governments (sub-national governments), the paper examines fiscal convergence across states in India. Using panel and cross-section regressions, the study finds evidence of convergence in revenues and expenditures. Among the fiscal indicators used in the paper, the speed of beta convergence was found to be highest in capital outlay. We contribute to the existing literature by examining the process of fiscal convergence for pre and post fiscal rules period. The comparison of convergence process before and after implementation of fiscal rules revealed that, the convergence was more pronounced in the post-FRBM period. Evidence of the favourable impact of fiscal rules on indicators such as capital outlay suggest that states should follow fiscal rules for fiscal consolidation without compromising on the quality of expenditure.
 
Publisher Journal Press India
 
Date 2018-04-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/VISION/article/view/11778
10.17492/vision.v4i02.11778
 
Source VISION : Journal of Indian Taxation; Vol 4, No 02 (2018)
2347-4475
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/VISION/article/view/11778/11180
 
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