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Research Interests

 

Industrial Organization, Development Economics

 

 

Publications

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[1] “The Value of Free Water: Analyzing South Africa’s Free Basic Water Policy”

Econometrica 83(5), September 2015, 1913–1961.

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[2] “Reducing Nonpayment for Public Utilities: Experimental Evidence from South Africa” (with Gergely Ujhelyi)

Journal of Development Economics 117, 2015, 20-31.

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[3] “Choice and Happiness in South Africa” (with Gergely Ujhelyi)

Economics Letters 155, 2017, 28-30.

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[4] “Measuring Firm-level Inefficiencies in the Ghanaian Manufacturing Sector”

Economic Development and Cultural Change 66, 2018, 447-487.

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[5] “None Of The Above: Protest Voting in the World’s Largest Democracy” (with Gergely Ujhelyi and Somdeep Chatterjee*)

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Journal of the European Economic Association 19(3), 2021, 1936–1979.

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[6] “Net Neutrality and Consumer Demand in the Video On-demand Market” (with Vinh Pham*)

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Information Economics and Policy 61, 2022, 1-20.

 

[7] “National Parks and Economic Development” (with Gergely Ujhelyi)

Journal of Public Economics, 232, 2024.

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[8] “Do Parties and Voters Disagree? An Equilibrium Analysis of Candidate Selection in India” (with Arvind Magesan and Gergely Ujhelyi), Forthcoming at Econometrica.

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Working papers

 

[9] “Bundling to save: Analyzing package size choices in South African grocery stores”

[July 2026 Version]

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[10] “Evaluating Industry Impacts and Externalities of the US National Park System” (with Gergely Ujhelyi)

[December 2023 Version]

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[11] “Family Financing and Aggregate Manufacturing Productivity in Ghana” (with Gergely Ujhelyi)

 

[12] “Job Search Through Weak and Strong Ties: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia” (with Tolga Umut Kuzubas)

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Work in progress

 

“Beyond Profit: Measuring Efficiency and Productivity in the Postal Sector” (with Dietrich Vollrath)

 

“Banking Expansion in Bangladesh: The Impact of Rural-Urban Branch Regulations” (with Md Shahadath Hossain and Nabila Rahman Biju*)