Land reforms and social unrest: An empirical investigation of riots in India

Susmita Roy

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 249-251

Abstract: This paper considers the effect of agrarian reforms on rioting in India. I find that the adoption of agrarian reforms was associated with a decline in the overall riot rate but the Hindu–Muslim riot rate, an urban phenomenon was largely unaffected by the program.

Keywords: Riot rate; Land reforms; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.052

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