About me

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Warwick.  My research falls at the intersection of development economics, environmental economics, political economy, and economic history. 

I study the origins and stability of civic values and institutions, how these forces interact, and the effect this interaction has on economic outcomes. I then build on these insights to design and evaluate public policies. I achieve this by combining quasi-experimental approaches and randomized field experiments with behavioral experiments.  My work has been published in Science, American Economic Review, Econometrica, and Journal of Development Economics. 

My current projects are based in Ethiopia, Germany, India, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.