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How leader identity impacts group coordination
  1. Irma Clots-Figueras
  2. Lakshmi Iyer
  3. Joseph Vecci
  4. Sonia Bhalotra

In principle, leaders can facilitate group coordination towards a common goal but in diverse societies, their effectiveness may depend upon their social identity, and how citizens react to leader identity. Sonia Bhalotra and co-authors Irma Clots-Figueras (Madrid), Lakshmi Iyer (Notre Dame) and Joseph Vecci (Gothenburg) investigate in a blog for Ideas for India.

Role model effects? Women’s political participation in India
  1. Irma Clots-Figueras
  2. Lakshmi Iyer

Professor Bhalotra from ISER, Irma Clots-Figueras of Carlos III Madrid and Lakshmi Iyer of Harvard Business School have analyzed role model effects in Indian politics, focusing on competitive elections to state legislative assemblies