Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science
Co-Director, STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme
Research Programme Co-Director, Energy, International Growth Centre
Research Theme Co-Lead, Climate & Environment, Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries
Editorial Board Member, Review of Economic Studies
Contact details:
c (dot) a (dot) balboni (at) lse (dot) ac (dot) uk
Department of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
WC2A 2AE
London
United Kingdom
"The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics" with Robin Burgess, Benjamin Olken
Forthcoming, The Review of Economic Studies
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"Spatial Environmental Economics" with Joseph Shapiro
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, 585-652, Elsevier, 2025
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"In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities"
American Economic Review, 115(1), 77-116, 2025
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"The Economics of Tropical Deforestation" with Aaron Berman, Robin Burgess, Benjamin Olken
Annual Review of Economics, 15, 723-54, 2023
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"Why Do People Stay Poor?" with Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak, Anton Heil
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), 785-844, 2022
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"Cycles of Fire? Politics and Forest Burning in Indonesia" with Robin Burgess, Anton Heil, Jonathan Old, Benjamin Olken
AEA Papers & Proceedings, 111, 415-19, 2021
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"Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?" with Gharad Bryan, Melanie Morten, Bilal Siddiqi
AEA Papers & Proceedings, 111, 532-37, 2021
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"Firm Adaptation and Production Networks: Structural Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan" with Johannes Boehm, Mazhar Waseem
Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review
"Impacts of Infrastructure: People versus Place" with Gharad Bryan, Melanie Morten, Caylee O’Connor, Bilal Siddiqi
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"Strategies for Using Markets to Adapt to Climate Change " with Simon Greenhill, Solomon Hsiang, Lint Barrage, Ian Bolliger, Judson Boomhower, Delavane Diaz, Hannah Druckenmiller, Teevrat Garg, Miyuki Hino, Harrison Hong, Carolyn Kousky, Jeremy Martinich, Ishan Nath, Kimberly Oremus, R. Jisung Park, Toan Phan, Jonathan Proctor, Will Rafey, Marcus Sarofim, Wolfram Schlenker, Benjamin Simon
Revise & Resubmit, Science
"Weathering Poverty" with Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Anton Heil, Clement Mazet-Sonilhac, Munshi Sulaiman, Yifan Wang
"Clearing the Air on the Costs and Benefits of Road Infrastructure" with Aaron Berman, Johannes Boehm, Lorenzo Marzano, Mazhar Waseem