When Does Decentralization Lead to More Insurgencies? The Creation of New States and Maoist Violence in India

• In Event: Internal Conflict and Protest in South Asia

Brief Overview

Using a quasi-experimental difference in differences design, the paper shows that the creation of new states in India is associated with increases in Maoist violent incidents and deaths and found support for decentralization increases insurgencies.

Author

• Shengkuo Hu, University of California, Merced