We model inter-group conflict driven by economic changes within groups. We show that if group incomes are low, increasing group incomes raises violence against that group, and lowers violence generated by it. We then apply the model to data on Hindu-Muslim violence in India. Our main result is...

We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions condition cooperative behaviour across ethnic groups. The theory we develop highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour them...

We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions are salient. Specifically, the latter affects coordination costs and thereby cooperative behaviour across the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights...

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of households, resulting in widespread poverty and food insecurity. To mitigate these effects, many governments have introduced additional benefits as part of their existing welfare schemes. However, there is...

PrefaceEditorsContributors1 IoT in the Healthcare IndustrySemanti Chakraborty and Kanik Palodhi2 Asynchronous BCI (Brain⁰́₃Computer Interface) Switch for an AlarmGitosree Khan, Arijit Banerjee, Aritra Bhattacharjee, Krishnendu Nandi and Akashdeep Bhattacharya3 Preprocessing and...

We examine consumption patterns around the time of democratic elections to investigate the possibility of vote-buying. Specifically, we combine data from state assembly elections in India with household-level consumer expenditure and employment surveys (conducted by NSSO) over the period...

This work proposes and demonstrates the algorithmic approach to find the trend of share value in the stock market. With functionalities to look for trends in share value, and finding the potential trades for the share users, this work intends to simplify the basic task of analyzing share values...

We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions condition cooperative behaviour across ethnic groups. The theory we develop highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour them...

This paper investigates the prevalence of vote-buying in democratic elections where stringent restrictions on corporate donations to political parties exist. We combine data from state assembly elections in India with household-level consumer expenditure surveys (conducted by NSSO) over the...