Plausibly Exogenous [770] - Political Power-Sharing (02/27/2022)
LHS Variable
Economic growth
RHS Variable
Political power-sharing
Source of Exogenous Variation
Uneven overlap of electoral and administrative boundaries, leading to a quasi-random variation in the number of politicians governing adjacent administrative units
- Dutta, Ghosh, Sarkar, and Vats (2021), “Political Power-Sharing, Firm Entry, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Multiple Elected Representatives”