Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-08-28
Kala Krishna of Princeton University, Penn State University, and NBER reviews “The Crisis in Government Accountability: Essays on Governance Reforms and India's Economic Performance” by Dilip Mookherjee,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Six papers, based on articles written over the past decade for various books, journals, newspapers, and conferences, address the challenge of governance reforms in India. Papers discuss accountability and the decentralization of public service delivery; decentralization reforms in other developing countries and lessons for India; the reform of Indian income tax enforcement; aspects of the Indian legal system that impede economic performance and what legal reforms are needed; and regulatory failures leading to financial crises in India and other countries. Mookherjee is Professor of Economics and Director at the Institute of Economic Development at Boston University. Index.”