Publication • Working Paper • July 3, 2017
Unequal access: gaps between rural and urban electricity supply
Given the low levels of electricity access in rural India, the poor quality of supply… Learn More >
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Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India
Publication • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization • February 27, 2017
Nudges in the marketplace: The response of household electricity consumption to information and monetary incentives
This paper provides field evidence from India examining changes in electricity consumption in response to… Learn More >
Publication • Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals • November 1, 2016
National Level Implications Of The Implementation Of SDG 7: Access To Modern Cooking Fuels In India
Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) aims to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and… Learn More >
Publication • Case Study • August 12, 2016
Political Economy of Renewable Energy Deployment in India: Case Study of Karnataka
Over the past few years, India has paid considerable attention to the development of its… Learn More >
Publication • Working Paper • June 3, 2016
Clearing the air on Delhi’s odd-even program
In January and April 2016, the government of Delhi piloted an “odd-even” traffic rule which… Learn More >
Publication • Economic and Political Weekly, 2015, L(8): 40-46 • February 21, 2016
Lower Pollution, Longer Lives. Life Expectancy Gains if India Reduced Particulate Matter Pollution
India’s population is exposed to dangerously high levels of air pollution. Using a combination of… Learn More >
Publication • American Economic Review • October 1, 2014
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
Using the most comprehensive developing country dataset ever compiled on air and water pollution and… Learn More >
Publication • NBER Working Paper No. w20590 • October 1, 2014
The Value of Discretion in the Enforcement of Regulation: Experiment Evidence and Structural Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India
In collaboration with a state environmental regulator in India, we conducted a field experiment to… Learn More >
Publication • Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 128(4):1499-1545 • July 17, 2013
Truth-Telling by Third- Party Auditors and the Response of Polluting Firms: Experimental Evidence from India
Several results run counter to conventional wisdom: we nd no evidence of informational or behavioral… Learn More >
Publication • American Economic Review • May 1, 2013
What Does Reputation Buy? Differentiation in a Market for Third-Party Auditors
We study differences in quality in the market for third-party environmental auditors in Gujarat, India…. Learn More >