Research

Publications

  1. “Infrastructure, Institutions, and the Conservation of Biodiversity in India.”
    Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
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  1. “Ruling The Roost: Avian Species Reclaim Urban Habitat During India’s COVID-19 Lockdown.”
    (with Sumeet Gulati). Biological Conservation, 2022
  1. “Saving the world from your couch: The heterogeneous benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns on air pollution.”
    (with Jean-Philippe Bonardi, Quentin Gallea, Dimitrija Kalanoski, Rafael Lalive, Frederik Noack, Dominic Rohner, and Tommaso Sonno). Environmental Research Letters, 2021

Working Papers

  1. “Internal Migration and the Spatial Reorganization of Agriculture.” Submitted.
    (with Frederik Noack, Mushfiq Mobarak, and Olivier Deschenes)
  1. “The Development-Environment Tradeoff from Cash Crops: Evidence from Benin.” Submitted.
    (with Zhenong Jin and Leikun Yin)

  2. “Ethnic Favouritism in Environmental Disaster Payouts.”
    (with Sumeet Gulati and Pushpendra Rana)

  3. “The Long-Run Health Consequences of Coal Power Plants.” (currently on hold; email for draft)
    (with Rohini Pande, Anish Sugathan, and Kevin Rowe)

Selected Works in Progress

  1. “Tribal Forest Rights and Firm Behaviour.” (with Sabyasachi Das) [slides] [abstract]
  1. “Off-Target Impacts of Targeted Policy: Evidence from Colombia.” (with Tatiana Zarate-Barrera) [abstract]
  1. “Gross Ecosystem Product.” (with NatCap TEEMS)