Working Papers

Environmental Harms and Regulation

Forecasting Fate: Experimental Evaluation of a Flood Early Warning System |Abstract Available| (with Maulik Jagnani) Working Paper, April 2024.

Systemic Inequality and Public Policy in Democracies

From Delay to Payday: Easing Bureaucrat Access to Implementation Information Strengthens Social Protection Delivery (with Eric Dodge, Yusuf Neggers, and Charity Troyer Moore) Working Paper, April 22 2025.

Voters’ Awareness of Social Insurance Programs Impacts Electoral Candidature: Experimental Evidence from India, (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Clément Imbert) Working Paper, August 7 2024. Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economy(Micro).

Does Revolution Work? Evidence from the Birth of Nepal’s Federal Democracy (with Bhishma Bhusal, Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, Soledad Prillaman and Deepak Singhania) Working Paper.
Abstract | Draft available on request

Updating the State: Information Acquisition Costs and Public Benefits Delivery (with Eric Dodge, Yusuf Neggers and Charity Moore) Working Paper.
Draft available on request

Do Informed Voters make Better Choices? Experimental Evidence from Urban India, (with Abhijit Banerjee, Selvan Kumar and Feliz Su) Working Paper.

Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Politician Corruption, (with Abhijit Banerjee) Working Paper.

Financial Inclusion and Equalizing Opportunity

Banking on Transparency for the Poor: Experimental Evidence from India (with Erica Field, Natalia Rigol, and Charity Troyer Moore) Working Paper, July 2022.