Selected Publications
“Institution Building and Political Accountability”, with Sharun Mukand. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17(4), pp. 504 – 527, 2015.
“Walk the Line: Conflict, State Capacity and the Political Dynamics of Reform”, with Sanjay Jain and Sharun Mukand. Journal of Development Economics, 111 (1), pp. 150 -166, November 2014.
“Market Conditions and Worker Training: How Does It Affect and Whom?” Labour Economics 14, December 2006.
“Politics, Information and the Urban Bias”, with Anandi Mani and Sharun Mukand. Journal of Development Economics, 75 (1), pp. 137-165, October 2004.
“The Pricing of Job Characteristics when Markets Do Not Clear: Theory and Policy Implications”, with Kevin Lang. NBER Working Paper No. 9911, August 2003; International Economic Review, 45 (3), pp. 1111 – 1128, November 2004.
“Policy Gambles”, with Sharun Mukand. American Economic Review, 94 (4), pp. 1207-1222, September 2004.
Working Papers
“The Leader as Catalyst: On Leadership and the Mechanics of Institutional Change”, with Sharun Mukand.
“Workers Without Borders? Culture, Migration and the Political Limits to Globalization,” with Sanjay Jain and Sharun Mukand.