I am a PhD candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University and am on the academic job market.

I research how information, beliefs, and behavior shape markets in low-income countries using field experiments, large-scale surveys, qualitative interviews, and secondary and remotely-sensed data. 

My job market paper, "The Cost of Competition: A City-Wide Experiment on Below-Market Prices in Tanzania," studies the proliferation of small firms selling identical products in low-income countries. It confirms the hypothesis that small firms are hesitant to compete on price, supporting the idea that fear of social sanctions restricts competition between firms. 

You can contact me at bpn23@cornell.edu.