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The political economy of subnational industrial promotion in India and Mexico

Posted on:2007-10-24Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:The University of New MexicoCandidate:Jepsen, Eric MFull Text:PDF
GTID:1456390005989626Subject:Economics
Abstract/Summary:
How have subnational governments in India and Mexico coped with their newfound economic policymaking responsibilities due to increased policy decentralization and market liberalization within the two countries? To gauge the relevant factors influencing policy choice across the Indian and Mexican states, my research examines the factors that are dictating subnational industrial policy choice within the two country cases. By utilizing both a large-n, statistical analysis of policy choice and a small-n, qualitative analysis, the dissertation seeks to explain subnational industrial promotion policies by testing propositions drawing from institutional and interest group explanations for policy choice. Individual chapters examine the level of industrial policymaking across all states in India and Mexico and seek to trace the processes underlying policy formation in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi; and the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The dissertation seeks to inform the comparative political economy literature on economic development by examining the subnational level of analysis within two large federal countries. The dissertation uses a dataset that was partially gathered during fieldwork in the two countries for the statistical analyses, and information from over 100 interviews for the qualitative study of policy choice and strategy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Subnational, Policy, India
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