Work-in-Progress
Development Aid:
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From Building Roads to Paying Bills: How Development Aid Alters Government Spending Choices in India - A Subnational Study
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Winning Hearts and Headlines: India’s Aid Programme in African Media.
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Does Education Aid Interventions Improve Learning Outcomes? A Subnational Analysis of the World Bank’s Aid in Rural India.
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Dispositional Balancing and External Assistance Program of India.
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Oil for Development? An Empirical Analysis on Determinants of Norwegian OfD program.
Natural Resources:
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Mines and Trees: Mining Intensity and Deforestation. Evidence from District-Level Data.
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Does Mining Pay? Mining Intensity and the Performance of the District Mineral Foundation Scheme across Districts
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Development under Duress? The Performance of the District Mineral Foundation Scheme (DMF) in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-Affected Districts in India.
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Politics of Alliances: Discretionary Fiscal Transfers from the Centre and State Governments’ Petroleum Tax Policy.
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Digging into Health? Mining Activity and Health Outcomes in India: Evidence from NSSO Data.
Climate Politics:
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Climate and the Ballot: Drought, Rainfall Deficits, and Incumbent Disadvantage in Local Elections in India.
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Dirty Air, Clean Fuel? Air Quality and the Spread of CNG Stations: Evidence from Indian Districts.
Human Rights:
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Counting Deaths, Counting Votes: Political Competition and Discrepancies in Custodial Death Reporting by NHRC and Police - A Subnational Study of India.
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Policing the Police: Do Police Complaints Authority (PCA) reduce Police Atrocities? Empirical Evidence from India.
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Institutions That Give Voice: Effect of State Human Rights Commissions on Human Rights Case Reporting in India.
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Giving Voice to Rights? Human Rights NGOs and Case Reporting in India: District-Level Evidence from India
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Spot Checks and Cell Counts: NHRC Prison Spot Visits and Prison Outcomes in India.
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Justice Delayed, Crime Enabled? District Court Backlogs and Crime: Evidence from Indian Districts
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A Call That Counts? ChildLine and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Indian Districts
Development Politics:
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Settling for Votes? Electoral Competition and Out-of-Court Settlements of Land Conflicts in Indian Districts: An Empirical Analysis.
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Deals Signed, Projects Delayed: Land Conflict and Investment Failure.
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From MoUs to Money: Investment Realization and Incumbent Electoral Advantage in India.
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When Land Turns Against Leaders: Land Conflict and Incumbent Disadvantage.
IPE:
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Reputational Spillovers: India’s Pharma Syrup Scandal in African Media.
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When Economic Statecraft Matters: The Impact of State Visits on Chinese Exports.
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Does Economic Reforms Induce Durable Peace in Post-Conflict Societies? Empirical Evidence.
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Does Horizontal Inequality and Political Discrimination Really Cause Civil War? Another Look with New Data.