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 Working Papers:

“Targeting the Gender Placement Gap: Marks versus Money”. Formerly called “Deconstructing the Placement Gender Gap: Performance versus Preferences”. October, 2024. With Pelin Akyol and Sergey Lychagin. NBER Working Paper No.33074 (Submitted)

“The Environmental Externalities of the U.S.-China Trade Dispute” March 2025. With Alicia Dang and Yingyan Zhao. Draft available. Under revision.

“Do Time Constraints Matter: How, Why, and For Whom?” With Pelin Aykol and Esma Ozturk. NBER Working Paper No 33679. Submitted.

 “No Country for Dying Firms: Evidence From India”. March, 2025. With Shoumitro Chatterjee, Kalyani Padmakumar and Yingyan Zhao. NBER Work-ing Paper No 33830. Under Revision.

Featured  in Cato Research Briefs in Economic Policy:

https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/effects-exit-barriers-indian-manufacturing?utm_campaign=Research_Briefs_in_Economic_Policy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Cato_Email&utm_content=250827-Research_Briefs_in_Economic_Policy. 

 Vox Development: 

https://voxdev.org/topic/firms/why-closing-business-so-difficult-india-and-costs-staying-open

Ideas for India: 

http://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/exit-barriers-as-entry-barriers-explaining-india-s-odd-development-path.html

Writeup forthcoming in Vox EU

     Work in Progress: 

 "Nonlinear Pricing in Trade" With Carlos Salamanca, Yuta Suzuki, and Christian Volpe. Draft available.

 "Gender and Performance in High Stakes Exams: Evidence from Turkey". With Pelin Aykol and Sergey Lychagin.

"The Top Ten Percent Rule as a Linked Contest: Theory and Evidence. With Maryam Yavas and Esma Ozer.

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PODCASTS: (click on the underlined title)

Argumentative Indians: Has India lost its fear of foreign trade?

Scientific Sense: On Educational Testing

Geneva Trade and Development Workshop:  Learning to Use Trade Agreements, November 2021