Does Ethnic Violence Deter Minorities from Entering Politics? Natural experimental evidence from Hindu-Muslim riots in India

• In Event: Violence, nationalism and voting

Brief Overview

Ethnic violence has consequences for minority representation, that is, it can either stimulate or deter minority candidates to contest elections. We employ a natural experiment in India to examine this question.

Authors

• Tanushree Goyal, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

• Sam van Noort, University of Cambridge