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Pranab Bardhan
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 243
Citations - 17541
Pranab Bardhan is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Decentralization & Politics. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 238 publications receiving 16822 citations. Previous affiliations of Pranab Bardhan include University of Cambridge & University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the reasons for the persistence of corruption that have to do with frequency-dependent equilibria or intertemporal externalities, and suggest that corruption may actually improve efficiency and help growth.
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Decentralization of Governance and Development
TL;DR: Decentralization has been widely accepted as a way of reducing the role of the state in general, by fragmenting central authority and introducing more intergovernmental competition and checks and balances as discussed by the authors.
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Capture and Governance at Local and National Levels
Pranab Bardhan,Dilip Mookherjee +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a model of two-party electoral competition with "probabilistic" voting behavior and lobbying by special interest groups that helps identify determinants of relative capture at different levels of government.
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Decentralisation and accountability in infrastructure delivery in developing countries
Pranab Bardhan,Dilip Mookherjee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of decentralisation on service volumes, efficiency and equity are analyzed under different financing arrangements for local governments, where the central government is uninformed about local need and unable to monitor service allocations.