Abhit Bhandari

Come to Copenhagen and work with me and @DavidFortunato on our @DFF_raad funded project on legislative capacity. We are hiring for a 2 year postdoc: research only, no teaching. Salary is very good, colleagues and city are great. Ad is here: cbs.dk/en/about-cbs/j… 1/2

Many thanks to my colleagues and participants in Senegal, to the committee (@ClintPeinhardt, @desireedesierto, @ByungwonWoo, @amypond_ps), and to the too-many-to-name people who provided feedback!

…to show that connections change expectations of judicial enforcement and thus patterns of economic exchange. This can segment markets and intensify broader political and economic inequalities.

Surprised and honored to have received the Michael Wallerstein Award for Best Article in Political Economy from @APSAPolEconomy! “Political Determinants of Economic Exchange: Evidence from a Business Experiment in Senegal” is available @AJPS_Editor here: doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

🚨 Job alert 🚨. We're hiring a 2-year postdoc in Business & Government to work on the project “Tycoon Candidates: Why Wealthy Business Candidates Get Elected for Office and How it Matters” at EGB @CBScph. cbs.dk/cbs/jobs-paa-c…

I’m going to miss my students and colleagues at Temple, where I wrapped up my final semester today. It’s been a wonderfully supportive place to be junior faculty, and I’m so lucky that I was able to start my career there.

Very happy to share that I’ll be joining @VandyPoliSci as an assistant professor this fall! Beyond excited to join this amazing community of scholars and to return to my home state.

What motivates firms to do business when enforcement is uncertain? I conducted a survey and conjoint experiment with nearly 2400 Senegalese formal and informal firms to find out. Online now at CPS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

@dhdannychoi @BrownUPoliSci @BrownUniversity Congrats, Danny!

Now that it's official: Super excited to share that I will be moving to Providence to join @BrownUPoliSci @BrownUniversity as an assistant professor of political science in Summer 2022.

Hey, fellow political scientists. Come work with me. Temple University just announced two tenure-track, Assistant-level positions. 1)Quantitative American apply.interfolio.com/95415 APSA Job # 9423 and 2) American Politics and Political Theory apply.interfolio.com/95434 APSA Job # 9425

🚨🚨🚨 My paper w. @AndrewCShaver is out @apsrjournal! #polisciresearch Does hosting refugees increase conflict & violence? No! Using new data on where refugees are located, we find no effects & in some cases, conflict reduction. @UBCpolisci @CIFAR_News @CEGA_UC @womenalsoknow

New paper out now at @AJPS_Editor. Why are some households more indebted than others? I show that the structure of social policies and financial markets shapes patterns of indebtedness across countries. ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Just accepted @ISQ_Jrnl!! @The_RickMc & I go beyond the repression vs. concession dichotomy to argue that weak states may instead disengage. Evidence from colonial #Africa. Thank you for comments/discussions to those tagged & others! Paper: tinyurl.com/wy46cd3t

Just published with @abhitbhandari and John Marshall! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Excited to see my experiment on social networks and cooperation with @atwellpaul published online at @AJPS_Editor! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj… Paul has a great thread below summarizing our findings:

Thrilled to see this paper in early view at AJPS! How do political connections and contracts affect everyday commerce in uncertain trading environments? I created a business in Senegal to find out.

WGAPE Rapid Research Grants to support junior African researchers (for projects that can be executed rapidly using secondary data, or that use primary data collected in accordance with restrictions on in-person contact (e.g., phone surveys). berkeley.app.box.com/v/wgape-rapid-…

Friends, 35 yrs ago (May 6, 85), I was part a major student uprising, a foundational moment for democracy in Benin and West Africa. Would like to share with you a pic and Ch 7 of my book on the event and its aftermath. Intense. drive.google.com/open?id=1xKZNt… drive.google.com/open?id=1ycQIq…