I am an assistant professor of economics at Stockholm School of Economics and EUDN associate. 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)

Coverage: ECB Research Bulletin, VoxEU

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

(with Akhil Ilango) Substantially Revised 

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, 2021 Draft 

(with Jurica Zrnc)