
Avidit Acharya
Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of Political Economy at the Graduate School of Business
Bio
Avidit Acharya is an associate professor of Political Science and an associate professor, by courtesy, in the Graduate School of Business. His research specializes in the fields of political economy and game theory, especially as it applies to topics in comparative politics and international relations. Before coming to Stanford, Avi taught for two years at the University of Rochester.
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Political Science
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Associate Professor (By courtesy), Political Economy
2020-21 Courses
- Economic Analysis of Politics
POLECON 681 (Win) - How We Decide: Social Choice in the Age of Algorithms
MS&E 33N, POLISCI 33N (Aut) - Political Economy II
ECON 221, POLISCI 460B (Win) -
Independent Studies (8)
- Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology
POLISCI 359 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 249 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 349 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in International Relations
POLISCI 219 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Political Methodology
POLISCI 259 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading in International Relations
POLISCI 319 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Honors Thesis
POLISCI 299D (Spr) - Individual Research
GSBGEN 390 (Win)
- Advanced Individual Study in Political Methodology
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Economic Analysis of Political Institutions
POLECON 681 (Win) - Formal Theory II: Models of Politics
POLISCI 356B (Spr) - Thinking Strategically
POLISCI 153, POLISCI 354 (Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Formal Theory I: An Introduction to Game Theory
POLISCI 356A (Win) - Formal Theory II: Models of Politics
POLISCI 356B (Spr) - Thinking Strategically
POLISCI 153, POLISCI 354 (Win) - Workshop in American Politics
POLISCI 422 (Aut) - Workshop in Statistical Modeling
POLISCI 353A (Aut) - Workshop in Statistical Modeling
POLISCI 353B (Win) - Workshop in Statistical Modeling
POLISCI 353C (Spr)
- Economic Analysis of Political Institutions
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Eray Turkel, Anna Zhang -
Doctoral (Program)
Jamie Hintson, Jordan Horrillo, Denis Tchaouchev, Floyd Zhang
All Publications
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Path Dependence in European Development: Medieval Politics, Conflict, and State Building
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
2019; 52 (13-14): 2171–2206
View details for DOI 10.1177/0010414019830716
View details for Web of Science ID 000487028700007
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A Behavioral Foundation for Audience Costs
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2019; 14 (2): 159–90
View details for DOI 10.1561/100.00017124
View details for Web of Science ID 000464074500002
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Analyzing Causal Mechanisms in Survey Experiments
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
2018; 26 (4): 357–78
View details for DOI 10.1017/pan.2018.19
View details for Web of Science ID 000446677500001
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Economic Foundations of the Territorial State System
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2018; 62 (4): 954–66
View details for DOI 10.1111/ajps.12379
View details for Web of Science ID 000447747000012
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Explaining Preferences from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2018; 80 (2): 400–411
View details for DOI 10.1086/694541
View details for Web of Science ID 000429247100013
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"Sons of the soil': A model of assimilation and population control
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS
2018; 30 (2): 184–223
View details for DOI 10.1177/0951629817737858
View details for Web of Science ID 000430072400002
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Progressive Learning
ECONOMETRICA
2017; 85 (6): 1965–90
View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA14718
View details for Web of Science ID 000417101400011
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Sincere voting in large elections
GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
2017; 101: 121-131
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.geb.2016.03.010
View details for Web of Science ID 000398014300009
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Information aggregation failure in a model of social mobility
GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
2016; 100: 257-272
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.geb.2016.09.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000390503900016
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Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
2016; 110 (3): 512-529
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055416000216
View details for Web of Science ID 000388210200007
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The Political Legacy of American Slavery
JOURNAL OF POLITICS
2016; 78 (3): 621-641
View details for DOI 10.1086/686631
View details for Web of Science ID 000378728000011
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Caste, corruption and political competition in India
RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS
2015; 69 (3): 336–52
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.rie.2015.02.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000438455700005
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Multidimensional poverty with missing attributes
ECONOMICS LETTERS
2015; 130: 51-55
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.02.033
View details for Web of Science ID 000354501300014
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War with Crazy Types
POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND METHODS
2015; 3 (2): 281–307
View details for DOI 10.1017/psrm.2014.23
View details for Web of Science ID 000218594600009
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Delays and partial agreements in multi-issue bargaining
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
2013; 148 (5): 2150-2163
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jet.2013.07.008
View details for Web of Science ID 000326206400016
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The Calculus of the Security Dilemma
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2013; 8 (2): 183-203
View details for DOI 10.1561/100.00011066
View details for Web of Science ID 000318460900004
- The Maoist Insurgency and Political Economy of Violence Acharya The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Revolution in the twenty-first century edited by Lawoti, M. Routledge. 2009; 1