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    The Federal Approach to Fiscal Decentralization: Conceptual Contours for Policy Makers
    (Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2005-07) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Implementing VAT in India : Implications for federal polity
    (Indian Political Science Association, 2005-10) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Emerging Dimensions of Decentralization Debate in the Age of Globalization
    (Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008-01) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Towards a modern federal, construct in India: The Urgency of an Institutional response to the ideational turn
    (The Journal of Political Science, 2010) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Beyond gaps and Imbalances: Re-structuring the debate on intergovernmental fiscal relations
    (Public Administration, 2011) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    A Discursive Dominance Theory of Economic Reform Sustainability: The Case of India
    (Taylor and Francis, 2011-04) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Fiscal Federalism
    (Oxford University Press, 2015-04) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Reimagining Federalism in India: Exploring the Frontiers of Collaborative Federal Architecture
    (UC San Diego Previously Published Works, 2015-06-20) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Examining open government data (OGD) usage in India through UTAUT framework
    (Foresight, 2017) Saxena, Stuti
    Purpose – This paper aims to examine the use and acceptance of open government data (OGD) of different stakeholder groups in India. Design/methodology/approach – Following an empirical investigation among 244 respondents in India, the paper deploys path analysis via LISREL. The conceptual construction of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework is used to assess the behavioral intention to use and accept OGD. Multiple regression analysis informs the relationship of demographic variables with the behavioral intention to use and accept OGD. Findings – Path analysis showed that there is an increased use and acceptance of OGD among the respondents. Multiple regression analysis shows that men are more likely to use open data sets than women. Individual differences are found among the respondents with regard toOGDusage. Thus, while men may tap open data sets in line with their purposes and professional backgrounds, women are likely to tap the data sets even for non-professional purposes. Furthermore, the respondents who are younger in age are more behaviorally inclined to accepting and using OGD than their older counterparts. Practical implications – The Indian government needs to popularize and familiarize OGD initiatives among the people to a greater extent. The utilitarian value of OGD may be provided when data sets are more user-friendly, frequently updated and accurate. This would facilitate in better provision of public services besides appreciating the public sentiment. Further, with increased interaction between citizens and the government, public accountability and transparency may be better realized. Social implications – The study shows that different groups of people are engaging in tapping information through government websites and related portals. Societal influence was found to be an important factor which predicts the acceptance and usage of OGD. An infrastructure can help to enable the use of OGD..Design/methodology/approach – Following an empirical investigation among 244 respondents in India, the paper deploys path analysis via LISREL. The conceptual construction of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework is used to assess the behavioral intention to use and accept OGD. Multiple regression analysis informs the relationship of demographic variables with the behavioral intention to use and accept OGD. Findings – Path analysis showed that there is an increased use and acceptance of OGD among the respondents. Multiple regression analysis shows that men are more likely to use open data sets than women. Individual differences are found among the respondents with regard toOGDusage. Thus, while men may tap open data sets in line with their purposes and professional backgrounds, women are likely to tap the data sets even for non-professional purposes. Furthermore, the respondents who are younger in age are more behaviorally inclined to accepting and using OGD than their older counterparts. Practical implications – The Indian government needs to popularize and familiarize OGD initiatives among the people to a greater extent. The utilitarian value of OGD may be provided when data sets are more user-friendly, frequently updated and accurate. This would facilitate in better provision of public services besides appreciating the public sentiment. Further, with increased interaction between citizens and the government, public accountability and transparency may be better realized. Social implications – The study shows that different groups of people are engaging in tapping information through government websites and related portals. Societal influence was found to be an important factor which predicts the acceptance and usage of OGD. An infrastructure can help to enable the use of OGD.
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    Continuity and change in contemporary Indian federalism
    (India Review, 2017) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Continuity and change in contemporary Indian federalism
    (Taylor and Francis, 2017) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    A situational theory of pork-barrel politics: The shifting logic of discretionary allocations in india
    (India Review, 2017) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
    Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, there is still a lack of a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork barreling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. This article examines how the party system types (dominant party versus coalition system) and particular attributes of discretionary grants (providing credit claiming opportunity or facilitating side payments) influence opportunities for pork-barrel politics. This article proposes a situational theory of distributive politics that states that incentives for exclusive targeting of affiliated states in one-party dominant systems drive national ruling parties toward particularism while the shrinking opportunity to indulge in such a policy in multiparty coalition systems creates a universalization effect. The disaggregated analysis of discretionary grants using Indian data for 14 states for the one-party dominant period (1972–89) and the coalition era (1996–2012) confirms the theoretical expectations. Additionally, the exercise brings to the fore the fact that the shift from particularism to universalism occurs for schematic grants that provide credit claiming opportunity. The ad hoc grants that are like side payments remain subject to particularism.
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    Modi-fying Indian Federalism? Center–State Relations under Modi’s Tenure as Prime Minister
    (Policy studies organization, 2018) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    An Evolving Concept
    (Oxford University Press, 2019) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    A Pillar of Democracy Under the Scanner
    (Oxford University Press, 2019) Sharma, Chanchal Kumar
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    Twin deficit hypothesis and reverse causality: A case study of China
    (Palgrave Communications, 2019) Banday, Umer Jeelaine; Aneja, Ranjan
    This paper analyses the causal relationship between budget deficit and current account deficit for the Chinese economy using time series data over the period of 1985–2016. We initially analyzed the theoretical framework obtained from the Keynesian spending equation and empirically test the hypothesis using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing and the Zivot and Andrew (ZA) structural break for testing the twin deficits hypothesis. The results of ARDL bound testing approach gives evidence in support of longrun relationship among the variables, validating the Keynesian hypothesis for the Chinese economy. The result of Granger causality test accepts the twin deficit hypothesis. Our results suggest that the negative shock to the budget deficit reduces current account balance and positive shock to the budget deficit increases current account balance. However, higher effect growth shocks and extensive fluctuation in interest rate and exchange rate lead to divergence of the deficits. The interest rate and inflation stability should, therefore, be the target variable for policy makers.
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