APOORV GUPTA

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. I am an applied economist who studies firms in developing countries. My work analyzes what drives the productivity and growth of firms in economies characterized by substantial market failures; in particular, how the performance of firms and allocation of resources across firms interacts with various frictions prevalent in developing economies. For more information, please see my CV.

Contact:

Apoorv GuptaDepartment of EconomicsDartmouth College
Email: apoorv.gupta [AT] dartmouth.edu

Publications

[1] Shocks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Electronic Payment Systems (with Nicolas Crouzet and Filippo Mezzanotti) [pdf] (November 2022)

[Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy]


Supplementary Data: [ district exposure measure ]   [ replication material ]
Coverage: [Kellogg Insights] [Ark Invest] [CNBC] [TPRI] [QRIUS]

Working papers

[2] Language Barriers, Technology Adoption and Productivity: Evidence from Agriculture in India (with Jacopo Ponticelli and Andrea Tesei) [pdf] (November 2022) 

[Revise and resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics]


Coverage: [World Bank Development Blog] [Ideas for India] [Kellogg Insights] [ThePrint]

[3] Demand for Quality, Variable Markups and Misallocation: Evidence from India [pdf] (September 2022)


[4] Debt Restructuring and Small Firm Performance: Evidence from South Africa’s Informal Transit (with Christopher Eaglin) [draft coming soon]


[5] Information Frictions and Access to Credit  (with Jacopo Ponticelli and Andrea Tesei) [draft coming soon]