Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Lakshmi Iyer - 2023
India. We code data on Hindu-Muslim violence and Muslim political representation in India and leverage quasi …-random variation in legislator religion generated by the results of close elections. We find that the presence of Muslim legislators … results in a large and significant decline in Hindu-Muslim conflict. The average result is driven by richer states and those …