Journal articles

Crudu, F., Knaus, M. C., Mellace, G., & Smits, J. "On the role of the zero conditional mean assumption for causal inference in linear models". Forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Economics. LINK

Breen, C., Rahman, S., Kay, C., Smits, J., Azar, A., Ahuka-Mundeke, S., & Feehan, D. (2025). "Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method". American Journal of Epidemiology. LINK

Bryan, G., Chowdhury, S., Mobarak, A. M., Morten, M., & Smits, J. (2023). "Encouragement and distortionary effects of conditional cash transfers". Journal of Public Economics, 228, 105004. LINK

Smits, J., & Günther, I. (2018). Do financial diaries affect financial outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Uganda. Development Engineering, 3, 72-82. LINK

Manuscripts/working papers

Lu, Ye & Smits, J. "Decision Noise, Essential Heterogeneity, and Treatment Effects on the Treated".

Racine, J. & Smits, J. "Nonparametric testing for conditional exogeneity".

Chowdhury S., Chaudhury, P.R., & Smits, J. "Microfinance competition in the presence of moneylenders: Theory and Evidence". 

Additional working papers (applied development)

Chowdhury, S., Mariana, J., Murigi, M., Smits., J., & Sulaiman, M. "Unbundling the process of agricultural technology adoption:  Experimental evidence from Kenya"

Chowdhury, S., Smits, J., & Sun, Q. "Contract Structure, Time Preference, and Technology Adoption", IZA Discussion Paper No. 13590.