Research

PUBLICATIONS:

(* indicates students or former students)

• In the Eye of the Storm: Firms and  Capital Destruction in India, Journal of Urban Economics, 134, March 2023, 103529

(with Jeanne Tschopp, Natalia Bezmaternykh* and Kodjovi Eklou*)

IMF Working Paper Online Appendix

Coverage:     Livemint, February 20th 2020

• The Short-Run, Dynamic Employment Effects of Natural Disasters: New Insights, Ecological Economics, 205, March 2023, 107693

(with Alessandro Barattieri, Patrice Borda, Alberto Brugnoli and Jeanne Tschopp)

• The Effect of Forest Access on the Market for Fuelwood in India, Journal of Development Economics, 160, January 2023, 102956

(with Branko Boskovic, Ujjayant Chakravorty and Anna Risch)

Coverage:      Ergs and equilibrium, January 5th 2023

• The Impact of Cyclones on Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Local Projections, Economics Letters, 220, November 2022, 110871

(with Costanza Naguib, David Poirier* and Jeanne Tschopp)

• Electrification and Cooking Fuel Choice in Rural India, World Development, 146, October 2021, 105539

(with Ridhima Gupta)

• From Fossil Fuels to Renewables: The Role of Electricity Storage, European Economic Review, 99, October 2017, pp. 113-129

(with Itziar Lazkano and Linda Nostbakken)

Coverage:      Science Daily, June 1st 2017; Newswise, DOE Science News Source, June 1st 2017; Phys.org, June 5th 2017; Qualenergia.it, June 17th 2017; Steemit, July 2017; New Things Under the Sun, February 9th 2022

• Comparative Advantage, Capital Destruction and Hurricanes, Journal of International Economics, 108, September 2017, pp. 315-337

(with Jeanne Tschopp)

• Does the Quality of Electricity Matter? Evidence from Rural India, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 107(A), November 2014, pp. 228-247

(with Ujjayant Chakravorty and Beyza Ural Marchand)

BOOK CHAPTERS:

• Electrification and Development: Empirical Evidence on the Effect of Electricity Provision on Household Welfare, in Environmental Economics in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges, Rutledge, 2021 (forthcoming)

(with Ujjayant Chakravorty)

• The Economics of Rural Energy Use in Developing Countries, in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, edited by K. F. Zimmermann, Springer, 2022 (forthcoming)

(with Ujjayant Chakravorty and Ridhima Gupta)

WORKING PAPERS:

• Storms, Early Education and Human Capital, submitted

(with Jeanne Tschopp)

• Wildfires, Smoky Days, and Hours Worked, submitted

(with Ron Chan and Veronica Vienne*)

• A Tale of Two Roads: Groundwater Depletion in the North China Plain

(with Ujjayant Chakravorty, Xiangzheng Deng, Yazhen Gong and Qian Zhang)

POLICY:

• Does the Quality of Electricity Matter?, Ideas for India, February 10th 2014

(with Ujjayant Chakravorty)

• Polluting the Economy: The Hidden Cost of Air Pollution, Policy@Manchester, December 6th 2021

(with Ron Chan and Veronica Vienne*)

WORK IN PROGRESS:

• Civil Unrest and Climate

(with Joeffrey Drouard and Marie-Hélène Hubert)

• Does Transport Infrastructure Create Resilience to Hurricanes? Evidence from India

(with Avralt-Od Purevjav and Jeanne Tschopp)

• Capital Misallocation and Road Infrastructure in India

(with Avralt-Od Purevjav and Jeanne Tschopp)

• Mongolian Grasslands and the Tragedy of the Commons

(with Avralt-Od Purevjav, Jeanne Tschopp and Yazhen Gong)

• Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure in India

(with Ron Chan and Ujjayant Chakravorty)

• The Long Run Impact of Air Pollution: Evidence from Canada

(with Catherine Haeck and Charles Séguin)

• The Long-Term Effects of Unexpected Interruptions in Compulsory Schooling

(with Angélique Bernabé*, Boubacar Diop* and Jeanne Tschopp)