Despite the initiatives of the Finance Commission of India, fiscal performance has been deteriorating and increasingly diverging across Indian states. Given that the state governments are endowed with expenditure autonomy, this paper investigates whether the composition of expenditure of the...

Introduction to Econometrics and Statistical Software -- Linear Regression Model: Properties and Estimation -- Linear Regression Model: Goodness of Fit and Testing of Hypothesis -- Linear Regression Model: Relaxing the Classical Assumptions -- Analysis of Collinear Data: Multicollinearity --...

Einführung in die Ökonometrie und statistische Software -- Lineares Regressionsmodell: Eigenschaften und Schätzung -- Lineares Regressionsmodell: Anpassungsgüte und Testen von Hypothesen -- Lineares Regressionsmodell: Lockerung der klassischen Annahmen -- Analyse von kollinearen Daten:...

This study analyses the lack of robust conclusions about the association between inequality and economic growth. On the basis of ex-ante concept of inequality of opportunity, the parametric measure of unequal opportunity is used by partitioning the total sample in to 16 mutually exclusive...