Peer-Reviewed Book

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Bethany Lacina. 2019. Nativism and Economic Integration Across the Developing World: Collision and Accommodation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Elements: Political Economy series, ed. David Stasavage.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R. 2021. “The Effects of Malapportionment on Economic Development: Evidence from India’s 2008 Redistricting.” PLoS ONE 16(12): e0259150.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Alexander Lee. 2021. “Does Affirmative Action Worsen Bureaucratic Performance? Evidence from the Indian Administrative Service.” American Journal of Political Science 65(1): 5–20.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Francesca Jensenius. 2019. “Voting for Development? Ruling Coalitions and Literacy in India.” Electoral Studies 62: 1–13.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Alexander Lee. 2018. “Local Embeddedness and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from India.” Journal of Politics 80(1): 71–87.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R. 2018. “The Effects of Malapportionment on Cabinet Inclusion: Subnational Evidence from India.” British Journal of Political Science 48(1): 69–89.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R. 2017. “Do the Effects of Temporary Ethnic Group Quotas Persist? Evidence from India.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9(3): 105–123.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Bethany Lacina. 2017. “Fiscal Federalism at Work? Central Responses to Internal Migration in India.” World Development 93: 236–248.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Bethany Lacina. 2015. “The Effects of Rainfall-Induced Migration on Sons of the Soil Violence in India.” World Politics 67(4): 760–794.

• Baldwin, Kate and Rikhil R. Bhavnani. 2015. “Ancillary Studies of Experiments: Opportunities and Challenges.” Journal of Globalization and Development 6(1): 113–146.

• Bazzi, Samuel and Rikhil R. Bhavnani. 2015. “Response to Roodman—A Replication of Counting Chickens When They Hatch.” Public Finance Review 43(2): 282–286.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Saumitra Jha. 2014. “Gandhi’s Gift: Lessons for peaceful reform from India’s struggle for democracy.” The Economics of Peace and Security Journal 9(1): 76–88.

• Clemens, Michael C., Steven Radelet, Rikhil R. Bhavnani, and Samuel Bazzi. 2012. “Counting Chickens When They Hatch: Disaggregated Aid and Growth.” The Economic Journal 122(561): 590–617.

  • Winner of the Royal Economic Society prize for the best paper published in The Economic Journal in 2012.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R. 2009. “Do Electoral Quotas Work After They Are Withdrawn? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India.” American Political Science Review 103(1): 23–35.

  • Winner of the 2010 Marjorie Lozoff Essay Prize, awarded by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.

Other Publications

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Saloni Bhogale. 2022. “India in 2021: At the Crossroads.” Asian Survey 62(1): 161–172.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Francesca Jensenius. 2015. “Socio-economic Profiles of India’s Old Electoral Constituencies, 1971–2001.” In Fixing Electoral Boundaries in India: Laws, Processes, Outcomes and Implications for Political Representation, ed. M. S. Alam and K. C. Sivaramakrishnan. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

• Baldwin, Kate and Rikhil R. Bhavnani. 2011. “Secondary Analyses of Experiments: Opportunities and Challenges.” APSA-Comparative Democratization Newsletter (October).

• Radelet, Steven, Michael Clemens, and Rikhil Bhavnani. 2006. “Aid and Growth: The Current Debate and Some New Evidence.” In The Macroeconomic Management of Foreign Aid: Opportunities and Pitfalls, ed. P. Isard. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund.

• Radelet, Steven, Michael Clemens, and Rikhil R. Bhavnani. 2005. “Aid and Growth.” Finance and Development 42(3).

  • Reprinted in Annual Editions: Developing World 07/08, edited by Robert J. Griffiths, November 2006. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.

In-Progress

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., Saloni Bhogale and Amit Jadhav. “Musical Chairs: The Causes and Effects of Frequent Judicial Transfers in India.”

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., Alexander Lee and Soledad Artiz Prillaman. “Coethnic Rivalry and Solidarity: The Political Economy of Politician-Bureaucrat Cooperation in India.” Under review.

  • MPSA 2023 Kenneth J. Meier Award–Honorable Mention for the best paper in bureaucratic politics, public administration, or public policy.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., Alba Huidobro and Soledad Artiz Prillaman. “Does Affirmative Action Worsen Quality? Theory and Evidence to the Contrary from Elections.” Under review.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Mark Copelovitch. “The Political Impact of Monetary Shocks: Evidence from India’s 2016 Demonetization.”

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Saumitra Jha. Walking Together and Alone: How Peaceful Protests Fail and Can Yet Succeed in Remaking Our World. Book manuscript.

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Noam Lupu. “Oil Windfalls and the Political Resource Curse: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Brazil.”

• Bhavnani, Rikhil R., and Saumitra Jha. “Forging a Non-Violent Mass Movement: Economic Shocks and Organizational Innovations in India’s Struggle for Democracy.”