The literature perceives governments’ websites as an effective tool for increasing information delivery, user interaction, and the government services’ supply, being most visible aspects of citizens concerning public management. However, interaction with governments is still unclear. practical implications conducting e-government, capable expanding this relationship, are invisible. This study a...

This paper makes a case for Gram Panchayats (or local self-governments) in rural Haryana to prevent violence and abuse against women cross-regional marriages, promote inclusiveness. By using the notion of decentralization as framework, results this research are based on qualitative fieldwork conducted over two months Mahendragarh district, which included visits seven villages, interviews with v...

This paper studies the stability of a multi-level government. We analyze an extensive form game played between two politicians leading levels characterize conditions that render such government structures stable. also show if leaders care about electoral rents and preferences constituencies at different are misaligned, then decentralized structure may be unsustainable. result is puzzling becaus...

The weak government argument claims that fractionalized governments (coalition or minority governments) have more difficulty increasing their tax revenues or decreasing their spending than majority governments. This implies that weaker governments are associated with higher government deficits. In this paper, we test the implication of a fractionalization effect within the optimum financing mod...