Journal Articles

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Pavithra Suryanarayan.  2026.  “Attitudes toward Globalization in Ranked Ethnic Societies.” Forthcoming.  American Journal of Political Science.
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Anjali Thomas.  2026.  “Getting on the Grid:  A Field Experiment on Bottom-Up Political Pressure and Access to Essential Public Services.”  Forthcoming.  American Journal of Political Science.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2025.  “Bringing Autocracy Home?  How Migration to Autocracies Shapes Migrants' Support for Democracy.”  World Politics 78(1):  1-47. (Lead Article)
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2025.  “How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences:  Evidence from a Field Experiment.”  International Organization 79(4):  601-638. (Lead Article)
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Federica Genovese and Dustin Tingley.  2025.  “Climate Action from Abroad:  Assessing Mass Support for Cross-Border Climate Transfers.”  International Organization 79(1):  146-172.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2025.  “Bridging the Gulf:  How Migration Fosters Tolerance, Cosmopolitanism, and Support for Globalization.”  American Journal of Political Science  69(3):  813-830.
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.

Working Papers

Casler, Don and Nikhar Gaikwad.  2025.  “'The Interests of India Demand Protection':  Democratization and Trade Policy Under Empire.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar.  2021.  “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.  2025.  “Identity Politics and Economic Policy.”

Ashok, Vivekinan, Nikhar Gaikwad and Simone Paci.  2024.  “Rivalry and Equity Considerations in Mass Support for Corporate Income Tax Policy.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Aura Gonzalez and Steven Wilkinson.  2025.  “Cleaning the Commons? How Clientelism, Coethnicity, and Costs Shape Mass Support for Pollution Policy in India.”

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Noah Zucker.  2025.  “Climate Canvassing in Divided Democracies: Field Experimental Evidence from India.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Anjali Thomas.  2025.  “How Prior Citizen-State Engagement Shapes Resilience During Crises.”
Gaikwad, Nikhar and Gareth Nellis.  2022.  “Political Participation Fosters the Socio-Economic Integration of Migrants.”
De La O, Ana et al.  2024.  “Fiscal Contracts? A Six-Country Randomized Experiment on Transaction Costs, Public Services, and Taxation in Developing Countries.”

Works-in-Progress

Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2025.  "Identity and Emigration."

Gaikwad, Nikhar and Johnathan Guy.  2025.  "Political Economy of Compensation in Fossil Fuel Economies."

Gaikwad, Nikhar, Alyssa Heinze and Anjali Thomas.  2025.  "Gendered Consequences of Citizens’ Mobilization for Water."

Reviews and Newsletters

Gaikwad, Nikhar, Kolby Hanson and Aliz Tóth.  2022.  "How South-South Migration Affects Welfare State Politics."  In The Backlash against Globalization:  What Next? Report from the Niehaus Center for Globalization & Governance, Princeton University.
Gaikwad, Nikhar, Erin Lin and Noah Zucker.  2021.  "Q&A with Nikhar Gaikwad, Erin Lin and Noah Zucker (Sage Page Prize)."  CP:  Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association XXXI(2):  110-111.
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.