Sriya Iyer on the Economics of Religion in India
Ideas of India
00:00
The Interaction Between Politics and Religion
i find your research on religious riots and their impact on vote share for the b j p, which is the barthiagantha party. I think we predict that it would increase the vote share by five to seven %. It does raise the question about whether there is any motive there to instigate a riot in order to influence the votser. That's the broader policy issue.
Play episode from 57:19
Transcript
