Publications

Gaikwad, Nikhar, Federica Genovese and Dustin Tingley.  2024.  “Climate Action from Abroad:  Assessing Mass Support for Cross-Border Climate Transfers.”  Conditionally Accepted.  International Organization.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2024.  “Bridging the Gulf:  How Migration Fosters Tolerance, Cosmopolitanism, and Support for Globalization.”  FirstView.  American Journal of Political Science.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Erin Lin and Noah Zucker.  2023.  “Gender After Genocide:  How Violence Shapes Long-Term Political Representation.”  World Politics 75(3):  439-481. (Lead Article)
  • Links: Website, Paper, Online Appendix.
  • Coverage in APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter.
  • Fiona McGillivray Award for Best Paper in Political Economy, American Political Science Association, 2021.
  • Sage Paper Prize for Best Paper in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association, 2021.
  • Best Paper Award, Democracy and Autocracy Section, American Political Science Association, 2021.
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Veronica Herrera.  2023.  “Transparency for Text-Based Sources:  From Principles to Practice.”  Perspectives on Politics 21(4): 1240-1257.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Federica Genovese and Dustin Tingley.  2022.  “Creating Climate Coalitions:  Mass Preferences for Compensating Vulnerability in the World's Two Largest Democracies.”  American Political Science Review 116(4):  1165-1183. (Lead Article)
Carnegie, Allison and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2022.  “Public Opinion on Geopolitics and Trade:  Theory and Evidence.”  World Politics 74(2):  167-204.
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Gareth Nellis.  2021.  “Overcoming the Political Exclusion of Migrants:  Theory and Experimental Evidence from India.” American Political Science Review 115(4):  1129-1146.
Brulé, Rachel and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2021.  “Culture, Capital, and the Political Economy Gender Gap:  Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes.”  Journal of Politics 83(3):  834-850.
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Gareth Nellis.  2021.  “Do Politicians Discriminate Against Internal Migrants?  Evidence from Nationwide Field Experiments in India." American Journal of Political Science 65(4): 790-806.
Jacobs, Alan et al.  2021.  “The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations:  Insights and Implications."  Perspectives on Politics 19(1):  171-208.
Ballard-Rosa, Cameron, Allison Carnegie and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2018.  “Economic Crises and Trade Policy Competition.”  British Journal of Political Science 48(3):  713-748.
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Gareth Nellis.  2017.  “The Majority-Minority Divide in Attitudes Toward Internal Migration:  Evidence from Mumbai.”  American Journal of Political Science 61(2):  456-472.
Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2013.  “Presidential Prospects, Political Support, and Stock Market Performance.”  Quarterly Journal of Political Science 8(4):  451-464.

Under Review

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Pavithra Suryanarayan.  2024.  “Attitudes toward Globalization in Ranked Ethnic Societies.” Revise and Resubmit.  American Journal of Political Science.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2024.  “How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences:  Evidence from a Field Experiment.” 
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Anjali Thomas.  2024.  “Getting on the Grid:  A Field Experiment on Bottom-Up Political Pressure and Access to Essential Public Services.”
Casler, Don and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2024.  “'The Interests of India Demand Protection':  Democratization and Trade Policy Under Empire.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2024.  “East India Companies and Long-Term Economic Change in India.” 
  • Links:  Paper.
  • David A. Lake Award for Best Paper, International Political Economy Society, 2015.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2024.  “Brining Autocracy Home?  How Migration to Autocracies Shapes Migrants' Support for Democracy.” 

Working Papers

Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2024.  “Identity Politics and Economic Policy.”

Ashok, Vivekinan and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2024.  “Rivalry and Equity Considerations in Mass Support for Corporate Income Tax Policy.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Gareth Nellis.  2022.  “Political Participation Fosters the Socio-Economic Integration of Migrants.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Aura Gonzalez and Steven Wilkinson.  2024.  “The Determinants of Popular Support for Environmental Policy in India.”

Works-in-Progress

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Noah Zucker.  2024.  “Climate Canvassing in Divided Democracies: Field Experimental Evidence from India.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2024.  "Identity and Emigration."

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Anjali Thomas.  2024.  “How Prior Citizen-State Engagement Shapes Resilience During Crises.”

Other Publications

Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2019.  "Historical Sources and the Study of Trade Politics in Developing Democracies."  CP:  Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association XXIX(2):  64-71.
Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2013.  Review of Globalization and Economic Nationalism in Asia, by Anthony P. D’Costa, ed.  Comparative South Asia 21(2):  172-173.