My
research interests span topics in applied microeconomics, applied
econometrics, public economics, political economy, and development
economics. |
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Publications |
Women Legislators and Economic Performance (with Thushyanthan Bhaskaran, Sonia Bhalotra and Brian Min) Accepted at Journal of Economic Growth |
The Drug Overdose Death Epidemic: Evidence from U.S. Counties (with
Tomi Ovaska and Albert Sumell) Accepted at Applied Economics Letters |
Political
Fragmentation, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth in Indian States (with
Thushyanthan Baskaran) European Journal of Comparative Economics (Forthcoming) |
Do
Criminally Accused Politicians Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence
from India (with Nishith Prakash, and Marc Rockmore) Journal of Development Economics, 141 (November 2019) |
Election
Cycles and Electricity Provision: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment
with Indian Special Elections (with Thushyanthan Baskaran and Brian Min), Journal of Public Economics, 126, 64–73 (2015) Online Appendix
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Legislative
Turnover, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S.
State Legislatures, (with Amihai Glazer) Economic
Inquiry, 53(1), 91-107 (2015) |
Does
legislative turnover adversely affect state expenditure policy?
Evidence from Indian state elections, Public Choice,
147 (1-2), 189-207 (2011). |
Estimation
of Incumbency Effects in the US State Legislatures: A Quasi-Experimental
Approach, Economics and Politics, 22(2),
180-99 (2010). |
The
Disadvantaged Incumbents: Estimating Incumbency Effects in Indian
State Legislatures, Public Choice, 138(1),
9-27 (2009) |
- Won the 2009 Gordon Tullock prize for the
best article in Public Choice by a younger scholar
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