Publications

1. Under the (neighbor)Hood: Understanding Interactions Among Zoning Regulations, with Amrita Kulka (Warwick) and Nick Chiumenti (USDA), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2026.

Article: [Manuscript] [Online Appendix] [SSRN] 

Data and Code: [Data & Replication Package]      [Maps Showing Persistence in Zoning Boundaries Over Time]     [Parcel Level Zoning Atlas Data]       

Press Coverage: The Bloomberg News 1, The Bloomberg News 2, Forbes, Brookings Institute, GWU Regulation Digest, Science Vs., University of Warwick Expert Comment

2. The Long Shadow of Housing Discrimination: Evidence from Racial Covenants, with Kevin Ehrman-Solberg (Mapping Prejudice), Review of Economic Studies, 2026.

Article: [Manuscript] [Online Appendix] [SSRN]  

Data and Code:  [Data & Replication Package]       [Minneapolis Historic Building Permits Digitized Data]      [1961 Minneapolis Electoral Precinct Map Shapefile ]      [1940 Hennepin County Enumeration Districts Shapefile]      [Digitized 1964 & 1968 Hennepin County General Election Results by Precinct]      [Mapping Prejudice Covenants Data] 

Press Coverage: Wall Street Journal, PBS, Philadelphia Inquirer, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), InequaliTalks Podcast, Richmond Fed Economic Brief, Heller-Hurwicz Institute, University of Toronto School of Cities

Working Papers and Work in Progress

3. Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market, with Mariana Laverde (Boston College), Elton Mykerezi (Minnesota), and Aaron Sojourner (Upjohn), under review

[SSRN]

4. Land Market Frictions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India

[SSRN]

Press Coverage: Heller-Hurwicz Institute

5. Choices or Constraints? Disentangling Preferences and Restrictions in Housing Markets, with Milena Almagro (Chicago Booth), available on request 

Press Coverage: Chicago Booth Review

Policy Briefs and Publications

1. 1. Kulka, Amrita, Aradhya Sood, and Nicholas Chiumenti. “The Effects of Zoning Regulations in Greater Boston.” Cato Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 494, July 29, 2026.

[Research Brief]

1. 2. Sood, Aradhya, and Nicholas Chiumenti. “Local Zoning Laws and the Supply of Multifamily Housing in Greater Boston.” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Reports, vol. 22, no. 1, Oct. 2022.

[Research Report]         [Companion Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Working Paper No. 22-10]

1. 3. Sood, Aradhya. "Land Market Frictions in India." India in Transition Series, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 12 September 2022.

[Article] [Reprinted in Scroll.in, September 20, 2022 (Scroll.in) and Amar Ujala (Hindi), September 16, 2022 (Amar Ujala)]