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

(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, June 2026 Draft 

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

Public Procurement, Competition and Market Power, Aprill 2021 Draft 

(with Jurica Zrnc)