Research
This picture was captured in one of Lahore's markets during the randomised control trial designed to increase mask uptake in urban areas.
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
My research focuses on the dynamics of economic and social networks in developing countries, with an emphasis on how they shape industrial strategies and the delivery of public services during crises. By analysing micro-level interventions and their outcomes, I investigate the interplay between network structures, institutional efficiency, and economic impacts. I utilise experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation methodologies, alongside tools from empirical industrial organisation, to identify institutional constraints and misaligned incentives. By integrating these insights with rigorous empirical analysis and economic theory, I design and test solutions that address these challenges and inform effective policy-making.
Research Fields: Development, IO, Metrics.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW and WORKING PAPERS
Asymmetric Industrial Reorganisation and Adaptive Misallocation Post Disasters.
Asymmetric Industrial Reorganisation and Adaptive Misallocation Post Disasters.© 2024 by Maha Rehman is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Who Moves the Masses? Experimental Evidence on Mobilising Communities during Resource-Limited Public Health Emergencies.
Timeline: June 2021 - November 2021
Who Moves the Masses? Experimental Evidence on Mobllising Communities during Resource-Limited Public Health Emergencies. © 2021 by Maha Rehman
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. Enabling Rapid Behaviour Change within Information-Dense and Non-Spatial Networks with Mushfiq Mobarak.
Timeline: June 2021 - September 2021
Enabling Rapid Behaviour Change within Information-Dense and Non-Spatial Networks © 2021 by Maha Rehman, Mushfiq Mobarak is licensed under
SELECTED NON-EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PROGRESS
1. Public Goods Provision, Immunisation and Climate Change in the Indus Basin.
SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PROGRESS
1. Increasing efficiency in electricity distribution companies by improving inventory control information flow: A Randomised Control Trial.
I am testing a series of interventions drawing on lessons from economics, psychology and management to improve efficiency in electricity distribution companies by improving information flow within the divisions and sub-divisions.
Pilot: June-July 2022