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yuppal@ysu.eduYogesh Uppal is an Associate Professor of Economics at Youngstown State University. His research focuses on issues related to public, political and development economics. Currently, his research examines how type of a politician affects public service provision and economic development in India. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from University of California, Irvine, M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and B.A. (Honors) in Economics from University of Delhi.
Posts by Yogesh Uppal
Female Politicians and Economic Growth: Evidence from State Elections in India
This project investigates whether women legislators are good for economic growth using constituency level data for all elections to State Legislative Assemblies in India during 1992-2012.
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Thushyanthan Baskaran Sonia Bhalotra Yogesh Uppal 
31 December, 2016
- IGC Research on India
Criminally accused politicians and economic outcomes
Despite a history of widely contested and transparent elections, and presence of vibrant and open media, an increasing number of criminally accused politicians are being elected in India. Based on an...
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Tasneem Ahmed Nishith Prakash Marc Rockmore Yogesh Uppal
- 15 January, 2016
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Political distortions in the Indian electricity sector
While political interference is believed to be a major problem plaguing the electricity sector in India, there is little empirical evidence on the existence of political distortions or on their econo...
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Thushyanthan Baskaran Brian Min Yogesh Uppal
- 03 August, 2015
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He is a criminal but he is our criminal: Criminally accused politicians in India
The recent increase in the number of criminally-accused politicians elected to state assemblies has caused much furore in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent...
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Nishith Prakash Marc Rockmore Yogesh Uppal
- 01 August, 2015
- IGC Research on India