Benjamin Pasquale

Benjamin Pasquale

• Best contact: bjpasquale@gmail.com

Publications

1. Civil War and Social Cohesion: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence (2013), with Michael Gilligan and Cyrus Samii. American Journal of Political Science. 58 (3).

2. Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Development: Evidence from India (2017), with Saad Gulzar. American Political Science Review. 111 (1).

   • Article summary in Ideas for India.

   • Quality of Government Institute Best Paper Award, Gothenburg University, 2017.

   • Best Paper Award at UCLA Graduate Conference in Comparative Politics, 2015.

3. Does Political Affirmative Action Work, and for Whom? Theory and Evidence on India’s Scheduled Areas (2020), with Saad Gulzar and Nicholas Haas. American Political Science Review. 114 (4).

   • Article summary and video in Ideas for India.

   • Lawrence Longley Award for the best article on Representation and Electoral Systems published in 2020.

   • Reprinted in Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, 2023.

4. Representation and Forest Conservation: Evidence from India’s Scheduled Areas, with Saad Gulzar and Apoorva Lal (2023), American Political Science Review.

   • Paul A. Sabatier Award for best conference paper on Science, Technology, & Environmental Politics, 2021.

   • Rajni Kothari Award for Best Article, South Asian Politics Section of APSA, 2024.

   • Down to Earth: “Political representation of STs can lead to improved forest cover — study establishes link”

   • The Hindu: “How the PESA has boosted forest conservation in India”

In Progress

1. How Political Repression Shapes Attitudes Toward the State, with Omar Garcia-Ponce.

2. How Ethnic Quotas Shape Violence: Field Evidence from India

   • Westview Press Award at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association