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akhemka@ub.eduAbhinav Khemka is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Law at University of Milan Statale and an Affiliated Researcher at CLEAN, Bocconi University. He will be joining the CODE Research Center in the Department of Economics and Economic History at Universitat de Autonama de Barcelona as the Ramon Areces Postdoctoral Fellow in Fall 2025.
Abhinav’s research is at the intersection of political economy and development economics. His current work broadly explores the dynamics of corruption, weak institutions, and governance in emerging democracies.
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Election of criminal politicians and public service delivery
Why are politicians with criminal records elected to office, despite voters having the option to weed them out? Based on the hypothesis that criminal politicians strategically deliver targeted benefit...
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Abhinav Khemka 
18 September, 2025
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