I am an assistant professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics and EUDN associate and Research Fellow of the House of Sustainable Society (HOSS).  I study macroeconomics. I work on topics related to Growth & Development, focusing on firm dynamics, resource allocation and productivity. 

Publications

How does Caste affect Entrepreneurship? Birth vs. Worth,  Draft, Appendix, Slides 

Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 135, April 2023, Pages 116-133 

Coverage: Ideas For India, VoxDev

The Rise of Intangible Capital and the Macroeconomic Implications, JMP, August 2025 Draft, Appendix, Slides 

(with Andrea Chiavari)   Conditionally Accepted @ AEJ: Macroeconomics

Working Papers

Climate Change, Firms and Aggregate Productivity, August 2025 Draft CEPR WP, ECB WP 

(with Andrea Caggese,  Andrea Chiavari, Carolina Villegas-Sanchez) R&R @ Journal of the European Economic Association

Coverage: ECB Research Bulletin, VoxEU

Identity, Market Access, and Demand led Diversification, April 2026 Draft  

(with Akhil Ilango)  

The Return on Capital in Disaggregated Economies: Theory and Measurement, September 2025 Draft

(with Andrea Chiavari  and Julia Faltermeier)  

Worker Absenteeism and Firm Outcomes: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector,  September 2025 Draft

(with Suanna Oh, Nandita Krishnaswamy and Yogita Shamdasani) 

Absent but Not Idle: the Social Roots of Demand for Flexible Work,  September 2025 Draft

(with Suanna Oh and Yogita Shamdasani)

The Political Economy of Decentralization: Evidence from Bank Bailouts, April 2024 Draft

(with Bo Bian, Rainer Haselmann, Thomas Kick and Vikrant Vig) 

Public Procurement, Competition and Market Power, Aprill 2021 Draft 

(with Jurica Zrnc) Substantially Revised