Working papers
Global Evidence on Urban Resilience and Adaptation to Flood Risk, Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
with Matthew Kahn, Rajat Kochhar, Somik Lall, and Vaidehi Tandel
Relaxing Floor Area Ratio: Housing Supply & Affordability in India, Revise and Resubmit, The Economic Journal.
with Geetika Nagpal
- Media Mention(s): The Economist (March 2026)
with Arnab Dutta and Richard K Green.
Economics of vertical growth of slums: Floors, rents and vertical sorting in Mumbai (submitted)
with Geetika Nagpal and Vaidehi Tandel
Published work
Do Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets in India (with Tandel, V., Nanda A., & Agnihotri N.)
Journal of Public Economics (2025), 247, 105395.
Do urban regulations exacerbate rural-urban inequality? Evidence from rent control in India (with A Dutta and R K Green)
Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming.
Is land use deregulation enough to deliver housing? The case of institutional frictions in India (with A Dutta and R K Green)
Real Estate Economics , forthcoming.
Edwin Mills Best Paper Award (AREUEA)
Building networks: Investigating the quid pro quo between local politicians & developers (with Tandel, V. and Tabarrok, A.)
Journal of Development Economics (2023) , 164.
Women's right to property and the quantity-quality trade-off of children: Evidence from India (with Tandel, V., Dutta, A., and Narayanan, A )
Journal of Population Economics (2023), 36, 2967-3003.
Insecure property rights and the housing market: Explaining India’s housing vacancy paradox (with Green, R. K., and Patranabis, S.)
Journal of Urban Economics (2022), 131C.
Infrastructure, enforcement and COVID-19 in Mumbai slums (with Tandel, V. , Patranabis, S., Bettencourt, L. and Malani, A.)
Journal of Regional Science (2022), 62(3), 645-669.
- Media Mention(s): Financial Times, Straits Times, BMJ Opinion, Hindustan Times, LiveLaw, Livemint
Too slow for the urban march: Litigations and the real estate market in Mumbai (with Tandel, V. , Tabarrok, A., and Ravi, S.)
Journal of Urban Economics (2021), 123, 1-14.
- Brookings working paper (2019).
- Media Mention(s): Financial Times (2019, 2025)
Decline of rental housing in India: the case of Mumbai (with Tandel, V., Patel, S., Pethe, A., and Agarwal, K.).
Environment and Urbanization (2016), 28(1), 259-274.
- Media Mention(s): Livemint
Urbanisation (2016), 1(1), 31-52.
Cities (2014), 39, 120-132.
Vulnerabilities of Institutional Checks in Indian Federalism: The Case of the Adarsh Society Scam (with Tandel, V., Libeiro, S. J., & Marpakwar, C.)
India Review (2014), 13(2), 112-128.
Environment and Urbanization Asia (2012), 3(1), 203-220.
Understanding issues related to polycentric governance in the Mumbai metropolitan region (with Pethe, A., & Tandel, V.)
Public Finance and Management (2012), 12(3), 182-203.
Economics of Affordable Housing in Indian Cities: The Case of Mumbai
Environment and Urbanization Asia (2011) 3(1): 221-235.
Selected Papers in Progress
Public housing and social outcomes in urban India (data collection in progress)
with Geetika Nagpal and Vaidehi Tandel
(Funding secured from IGC Cities 2024)
Creative Destruction: Evidence from India’s Real Estate Sector (draft available on request)
with Nirupama Kulkarni and Amartya Prem Rajamalla
Other Publications
Economic and Political Weekly 2017, 52(27), 55-65.
Economic and Political Weekly 2017, 52(22), 27-29.
Real Estate Prices in Mumbai: Does the Metro Rail Have an Impact? (with Tandel, V., Pethe, A., Phatak, V., & Risbud, S. )
Economic and Political Weekly (2014), 55-61
Unravelling the Anatomy of Legal Corruption: Focusing on 'Honest Graft' by Politicians (with Pethe, A., & Tandel, V.)
Economic and Political Weekly (2012), 55-62.
- Media Mention(s): Economic Times, Hindustan Times