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Marc Rockmore is an assistant professor of Economics at Clark University and a research affiliate in the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN). His research examines the effects of risk and shocks in developing countries with a focus on the effects of crime and conflict. Much of his work focuses on separating the effects of insecurity and exposure to violence on livelihoods, political participation and post-conflict behaviour. In related work of criminality, he examines the economic effects of electing criminally accused politicians. He earned a Ph.D in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University, an M.A. in International and Development Economics from Yale University, and a B.A. (Honors) from Swarthmore College.
Posts by Marc Rockmore
Criminally accused politicians and economic outcomes
Despite a history of widely contested and transparent elections, and presence of vibrant and open media, an increasing number of criminally accused politicians are being elected in India. Based on an...
- Tasneem Ahmed Nishith Prakash Marc Rockmore Yogesh Uppal
- 15 January, 2016
- Articles
He is a criminal but he is our criminal: Criminally accused politicians in India
The recent increase in the number of criminally-accused politicians elected to state assemblies has caused much furore in India. Despite the potentially important consequences and the widely divergent...
- Nishith Prakash Marc Rockmore Yogesh Uppal
- 01 August, 2015
- IGC Research on India