Published/Forthcoming:

• Implications of an Economic Theory of Conflict: Hindu-Muslim Violence in India (with Debraj Ray), Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 122, No. 4 (August 2014), pp. 719-765. Online Appendix. Press Coverage/Blog posts: Cheaptalk, Apollon, Livemint

• Electoral Uncertainty, Income Inequality and the Middle Class (with Shabana Mitra), Economic Journal, Vol. 127, Issue 602 (June 2017), pp. 1119–1152. Press Coverage/Blog posts: Ideas for India, Business Standard, Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi)

• Mandated Political Representation and Redistribution, Economica, Vol. 85, Issue 338 (April 2018) pp. 266–280.

• Hindu-Muslim Violence in India: A Postscript From the 21st Century (with Debraj Ray), J-P Carvalho, S. Iyer and J. Rubin (eds.) 2019. Advances in the Economics of Religion. Volume 158, International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan, pp 229-248.

• Redistribution of Economic Resources due to Conflict: The Maoist Uprising in Nepal (with Shabana Mitra), Journal of Comparative Economics, Volume 48, Issue 3, September 2020, pp 578-604 .

• Brothers in Arms? Covid-19 and Hindu-Muslim conflict in India (with Arnab Mukherji), R. Bhattacharyya, A. Ghosh Dastidar and S. Sikdar (eds.) 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic, India and the World: Economic and Social Policy Perspectives. ISBN 9781032114965, Routledge India. 

• Ethnic Identities, Public Spending and Political Regimes (with Sugata Ghosh), Journal of Comparative Economics, Volume 50, Issue 1, March 2022, pp 256-279. Press Coverage/Blog posts: Ideas for India

• Ethnic Diversity, Social Norms and Elite Capture: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia (with Sarmistha Pal), Economica (2022) 89, pp. 947–996.

• How Does Fiscal Decentralisation Affect Local Polities? Evidence from Local Communities in Indonesia (with Sarmistha Pal) in Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World. London: LSE Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg Press Coverage/Blog posts: Ideas for India

• The Public Provision of Goods in Democracies:  Do Age and Inequality matter? forthcoming, Economic Theory.

Working Papers:

• Cash for Votes: Evidence from India (with Shabana Mitra ). Press Coverage/Blog posts: Ideas for India

• Personalized Information Provision and the Take-Up of Government Benefits: Experimental Evidence from India (with Amrit Amirapu, Irma Clots-Figueras, Bansi Malde, Debayan Pakrashi and Zaki Wahhaj). Press Coverage/Blog posts: Ideas for India

Work in Progress:

• Political Dynasties and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence from India (with Anders Kjelsrud and Arnab Mukherji).

• Mandated Political Representation and Decentralisation.