Research
Working Papers
Wholesalers in International Production Networks (with Bernardo Blum, Sebastian Claro, Ig Horstmann and Marcos Rangel)
Trade, Transport and Regional Development (With Arti Grover)
The Compliance Costs of Non-Tariff Measures: Measurement, Theory, and Policy (with Bernardo Blum and Ritabrata Bose)
Pareto-improving Import Tariffs (with Jordi Mondria)
Publications
Pandemic Containment and Inequality in a Developing Economy (with Srinivasan Murali)
Economic Enquiry, 2024, 62(2), pages 837-864.
Inventory Management, Product Quality, and Cross-Country Income Differences (with Bernardo Blum, Sebastian Claro and Ig Horstmann)
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019, 11(1), pages 338-388.
Coverage on American Economic Association's Research Highlights page.
Inattentive Importers (with Jordi Mondria)
Journal of International Economics, 2018, 112, pages 150-165.
Quality Uncertainty and Intermediation in International Trade (with Jordi Mondria)
European Economic Review, 2018, 104, pages 68-91.
The Missing Middle in Developing Countries Revisited
Indian Growth and Development Review, 2016, 9(1), pages 32-52.
Learning and Knowledge Diffusion in a Global Economy
Journal of International Economics, 2012, 87(2), pages 323-336.
Work in Progress
Agriculture and Misallocation of Land (with Rahul Rao)
The evolution of India's goods exports (1996-2019) (with Vandana Saini)
Transportation Costs and Comparative Advantage in Agriculture
Other Writings
Land misallocation and industrial development (with Rahul Rao)
Ideas for India, 7th February 2023.
The effect of external and internal trade costs on regional development (with Arti Grover)
Let's Talk Development blog (World Bank), 27th July 2022.
Need focus on removing obstacles to `good' jobs (with Srinivasan Murali and Vidhya Soundararajan)
Hindustan Times, 21st January 2021.