Using a novel state-level panel data set for the period 2009-18 on the incidence of hate crimes in India, and a difference in difference (DD) approach, this paper investigates the causal impact of the right-wing, Hindu nationalist BJP’s win in the 2014 national elections on hate crimes against religious minorities. Using 2009-13 (pre-election) and 2014-18 (post-election) as the before and after periods, I estimate a standard DD model, where the treatment group consists of states where BJP won the largest share of popular votes in 2014, to get an initial estimate of the causal impact. I strengthen this result with a treatment intensity approach where BJP’s vote share in 2014 functions as the treatment intensity. I instrument it with BJP’s vo...
How does inequality within and between ethno-religious groups influence the likelihood andfrequency...
In the May 2014 general elections in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the majority...
This paper examines possible mechanisms behind the spike in racially or religiously-aggravated (RR) ...
Using a novel state-level panel data set for the period 2009-18 on the incidence of hate crimes in I...
Did the unprecedented victory of the right-wing, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in ...
The effect of ethnic violence on electoral results provides useful insights into voter behaviour in ...
Abstract. The paper will examine the dramatic rise of the right-wing Hindu organisations in India, e...
To account for the worst incidents of communal violence in post-Partition India, it is essential to ...
A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the 2014 General Elections in India and emerged as a single p...
This paper provides the first country-wide research evidence that an affirmative action policy may i...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ruled India since 2014. After assuming power, the BJP attempted...
A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India,...
We study the effect of Hindu-Muslim riots on election results in India. We combine data on geo-coded...
India, under Hindutva led BJP government, is becoming a hotpot for ethnic tensions between Hindus an...
How does inequality within and between ethno-religious groups influence the likelihood andfrequency...
In the May 2014 general elections in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the majority...
This paper examines possible mechanisms behind the spike in racially or religiously-aggravated (RR) ...
Using a novel state-level panel data set for the period 2009-18 on the incidence of hate crimes in I...
Did the unprecedented victory of the right-wing, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in ...
The effect of ethnic violence on electoral results provides useful insights into voter behaviour in ...
Abstract. The paper will examine the dramatic rise of the right-wing Hindu organisations in India, e...
To account for the worst incidents of communal violence in post-Partition India, it is essential to ...
A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the 2014 General Elections in India and emerged as a single p...
This paper provides the first country-wide research evidence that an affirmative action policy may i...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ruled India since 2014. After assuming power, the BJP attempted...
A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India,...
We study the effect of Hindu-Muslim riots on election results in India. We combine data on geo-coded...
India, under Hindutva led BJP government, is becoming a hotpot for ethnic tensions between Hindus an...
How does inequality within and between ethno-religious groups influence the likelihood andfrequency...
In the May 2014 general elections in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the majority...
This paper examines possible mechanisms behind the spike in racially or religiously-aggravated (RR) ...