Research In Progress
Rise of Populist Parties and the Policy Consequences of Their Success
This project is focused on studying the phenomenon of populist parties in developing country democracies. The first part of the project is analyzing the factors that propel the emergence and electoral success of populist parties in these countries. The second part of the project is analyzing the policy choices populist parties make, particularly in the realm of economic policies. Dr. Bumba Mukherjee is co-PI on this project. We are using a variety of experimental, survey and time series cross section data for these projects. This work has been supported by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University.
Rise of Populist Parties and the Policy Consequences of Their Success
This project is focused on studying the phenomenon of populist parties in developing country democracies. The first part of the project is analyzing the factors that propel the emergence and electoral success of populist parties in these countries. The second part of the project is analyzing the policy choices populist parties make, particularly in the realm of economic policies. Dr. Bumba Mukherjee is co-PI on this project. We are using a variety of experimental, survey and time series cross section data for these projects. This work has been supported by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University.
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Politicians and their Choices
This project is studying how the personal characteristics of politicians influences the political and policy choices they make. I use a variety of evidence from interviews, surveys, survey experiments and lab-in-the-field experiments in countries ranging from emerging democracies to mature democracies to examine this question. This project has been supported by the National Science Foundation (US), Azim Premji Foundation (India) and the McCourtney Institute of Democracy at Penn State University.
Politicians and their Choices
This project is studying how the personal characteristics of politicians influences the political and policy choices they make. I use a variety of evidence from interviews, surveys, survey experiments and lab-in-the-field experiments in countries ranging from emerging democracies to mature democracies to examine this question. This project has been supported by the National Science Foundation (US), Azim Premji Foundation (India) and the McCourtney Institute of Democracy at Penn State University.
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