research

peer-reviewed articles

  1. Goldstein, Daniel, and Drew Stommes. 2024. “Who Should Fight? Experimental Evidence on Policy Corrections to the Unequal Costs of U.S. Wars.” International Studies Quarterly 69(4): 1-14.

  2. Siddiqui, Niloufer, Drew Stommes, and Zoha Waseem. 2024. “Illicit Gains and State Capture: Political Party Extortion in India and Pakistan.” World Development 183: 1-14.

  3. Stommes, Drew, P Aronow, and Fredrik Sävje. 2023. “On the reliability of published findings using the regression discontinuity design in political science.” Research & Politics, 10(2): 1-12.

  4. Milliff, Aidan and Drew Stommes. 2023. “Descriptive representation and conflict reduction: Evidence from India’s Maoist rebellion.” Journal of Peace Research, 60(5): 807-822.
    • Runner Up, 2023 Nils Petter Gleditsch Award (Best article of 2023 in JPR)

  5. Staniland, Paul and Drew Stommes. 2019. “New data on Indian security force fatalities and demographics.” India Review, 18(3): 288-323.

working papers

  1. Stommes, Drew. 2025. “Armed Parties, the State, and the Consolidation of Local Political Order.” Under Review.

  2. Kuipers, Nicholas, Gareth Nellis, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Forging Social Cohesion Through Mass Education: Evidence from a Nationwide Policy Reform in India.” Under Review.

  3. K.R., Varun, Aidan Milliff, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Political Parties and The State in Civil Wars.” Under Review.

  4. K.R., Varun, Sudhir Singh, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Political Exit: The Unintended Effects of Electoral Rules in India.” Under Review.

  5. Stommes, Drew. 2024. “When and How Does Women’s Representation in Government Affect Political Party Violence?” Working Paper.

in-progress

  1. Stommes, Drew. 2025. Armed Political Parties and Their Violence. (book project).

  2. Slough, Tara, and Drew Stommes. 2025. “Randomization, Welfare, and Ethics: Measuring Anticipated Harms and Benefits to Subjects in Political Science Field Experiments.”