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Majoritarian Politics and Hate Crimes Against Religious Minorities in India, 2009–2018

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  • Deepankar Basu

    (Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

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Using a state-level panel dataset on the incidence of hate crimes in India, this paper implements difference in difference (DID) and triple difference in difference (DDD) research designs to estimate the causal impact of the right-wing BJP’s win in the 2014 parliamentary elections on hate crimes against religious minorities (Muslims, Christians and Sikhs). Comparing the periods 2009–13 (pre-election) and 2014–18 (post-election), I find that BJP’s electoral victory caused an increase in the incidence of hate crimes against religious minorities in India.

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  • Deepankar Basu, 2019. "Majoritarian Politics and Hate Crimes Against Religious Minorities in India, 2009–2018," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2019-14, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ums:papers:2019-14
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    Keywords

    minorities; hate crimes; electoral outcomes; difference in difference.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions

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