Clare Balboni

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

London School of Economics and Political Science

Curriculum Vitae

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 

Publications

"The Economics of Tropical Deforestation" with Aaron Berman, Robin Burgess, Benjamin Olken
Annual Review of Economics, 15, 723-54, 2023
[Paper Link]

"Why Do People Stay Poor?" with Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Maitreesh Ghatak, Anton Heil
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), 785-844, 2022
[Paper Link]

"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
[Paper Link]

"Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?" with Gharad Bryan, Melanie Morten, Bilal Siddiqi
AEA Papers & Proceedings, 111, 532-37, 2021
[Paper Link]

Working Papers

"In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities"
Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Review
[Paper Link] 

"The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics" with Robin Burgess, Benjamin Olken
Revise & Resubmit, The Review of Economics Studies
[Paper Link] [Appendix Link]

Work in Progress

"Transportation, Gentrification & Urban Mobility: The Inequality Effects of Place-Based Policies" with Gharad Bryan, Melanie Morten, Caylee O'Connor, Bilal Siddiqi

"Firm Adaptation and Production Networks: Structural Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan" with Johannes Boehm, Mazhar Waseem