Strength of Partisan and Candidate Ties in India
Published By: CDE on eSS | Published Date: November , 2016This study estimates the impact of incumbency on re-election prospects of parties and candidates in India, between 1977 and 2014, for Lok Sabha elections. Regression discontinuity design is used to estimate the causal effect of incumbency by comparing outcomes in closely fought elections. Results indicate that on an average, incumbent parties are significantly disadvantaged in comparison to non-incumbent parties. Similarly, the causal
impact of incumbency on candidates highlights significant disadvantage to the incumbents. [CDE Working Paper No. 266].
Author(s): Aditi Singhal | Posted on: Dec 05, 2016 | Views() | Download (437)