日時：12月1日（金）17:20-18:50
報告者：後藤　潤 （GRIPS）
場所：2号館11階経済学部会議室B & ZOOM (HyFlex)
幹事：樋口　裕城
言語：英語
タイトル： A Politician's Term Length in State-building: A Natural Experiment in India
要旨：This paper examines how a politician's term length affects policy formation in state-building. We rely on a historical natural experiment in post-colonial India, where the term lengths for the first members of the upper house of parliament were randomly determined. Combining the natural language processing approach with the difference-in-differences strategy, we find that shorter-term politicians propose policies with a short-term focus. Their policy suggestions are primarily influenced by their own imminent elections. Conversely, those serving longer terms craft policies with a more extended temporal perspective, considering not only an electoral cycle but also a national budget cycle. Furthermore, short-term politicians predominantly address policies rooted in local concerns, whereas longer-term politicians engage more in deliberations of national interests.

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