%0 Generic
%A Sarangi, Prakash
%D 2007
%F heidok:7174
%K indien , wahlen , wählenindia , elections , governance , voting
%N Febura
%R 10.11588/heidok.00007174
%T Voters, Institutions and Governance: A Theory and Evidence from the Indian Elections in 2004
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/7174/
%V 30
%X This paper is a preliminary attempt to understand a simple puzzle about the Indian voter: Why does a voter vote for party X or Y in an election? What parameters does s/he use to evaluate parties and their policies? Or, does s/he look at the parties through the lenses of other cultural institutions? How does s/he calculate the payoff to the society and/or to herself/himself in this momentous action? This author was amazed by the absence any substantive studies on the subject.