Biography

I am a postdoc at the Center for Global Development. In July 2019, I will start as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.

Working Papers

I’ve Been Waiting on the Railroad: The Effects of Congestion on Firm Production

The Long-run Effects of Distortions on the Geography of Production (with Ernest Liu)

Works in Progress

Internal Migration in India: New Evidence from Rail Passenger Data (with Clément Imbert)

Do Anti-Bribery Laws Affect International Trade and Investment?

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