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Working Papers

2023

1. The Economics of Tropical Deforestation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
2. The Search for Good Jobs: Evidence from a Six-year Field Experiment in Uganda
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2021

3. Bureaucracy and Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
4. Why do people stay poor?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2018

5. Social Proximity and Bureaucrat Performance: Evidence from India
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
6. Wilderness Conservation and the Reach of the State: Evidence from National Borders in the Amazon
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2015

7. The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (240)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (19)
   STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2013) View citations (40)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (25)
   See also Journal Article The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (250) (2015)

2014

8. Women's empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (44)

2013

9. Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (70)
   Also in STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2013) View citations (67)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (58)

2012

10. Can openness to trade reduce income volatility? Evidence from colonial India's famine era
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
11. The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
    STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (191)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (191)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (162)
    GRI Working Papers, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (2012) View citations (190)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2012) View citations (193) (2012)

2009

12. Community Networks and PovertyReductionProgrammes: Evidence from Bangladesh
    STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (8)

2008

13. The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (277)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (35)
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich (2007) View citations (8)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006) View citations (43)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (42)
    STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2005) View citations (6)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (47)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2005) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (293) (2008)

2005

14. Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (118)
    See also Journal Article Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2005) View citations (127) (2005)

2004

15. Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (20)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2003) View citations (37)
    STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2003) View citations (45)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005) View citations (515) (2005)
16. The Unequal Effects of Trade Liberalization: Theory and Evidence from India
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (30)
17. Toward a microeconomics of growth
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2003

18. Benchmarking government provision of social safety nets
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (6)

2002

19. Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India
    STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (58)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (27)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2002) View citations (37)
20. Mass media and political accountability
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (34)

2001

21. The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (24)
    Also in STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE (2000) View citations (30)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2000) View citations (8)

2000

22. Modernisation and Son Preference
    STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (16)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2000) View citations (12)

1998

23. Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India
    STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (27)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1998) View citations (19)

1997

24. Prediction and Determination of Household Permanent Income
    STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie (1997) View citations (6)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1997) View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2015

1. The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (6), 1817-51 View citations (250)
   See also Working Paper The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2015) View citations (240) (2015)

2012

2. The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (4), 1707-1754 View citations (193)
   See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics, STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series (2012) View citations (191) (2012)

2010

3. Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 449-53 View citations (82)
4. Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs: Evidence from Uganda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (2-3), 548-560 View citations (8)

2008

5. The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1397-1412 View citations (293)
   See also Working Paper The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (277) (2008)

2005

6. Banking for the Poor: Evidence From India
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 268-278 View citations (70)
7. Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (3), 780-795 View citations (515)
   See also Working Paper Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (2004) View citations (20) (2004)
8. Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 291-302 View citations (127)
   See also Working Paper Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance, Scholarly Articles (2005) View citations (118) (2005)

2003

9. Halving Global Poverty
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (3), 3-22 View citations (134)

2001

10. Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media
    European Economic Review, 2001, 45, (4-6), 629-640 View citations (60)

1995

11. Value-added tax options for India
    International Tax and Public Finance, 1995, 2, (1), 109-141 View citations (7)

1994

12. The behaviour of state firms in eastern Europe, pre-privatisation
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (6), 1327-1349 View citations (76)

1993

13. Taxation and Development
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1993, 31, (2), 762-830 View citations (217)