I’m Fiona Burlig, an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. I’m an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development, energy/environment, and agriculture.

Affiliations: NBER · ICSG · EPIC-India · BREAD · J-PAL · IGC · ODPIC

selected current research

Groundwater and crop choice in the short and long run
with Louis Preonas and Matt Woerman
R&R, Review of Economic Studies

Beliefs, forecasts, and investments: Experimental evidence from India
with Amir Jina, Erin Kelley, Gregory Lane, and Harshil Sahai
R&R, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Insurance and the demand for adaptation: Theory and experimental evidence from West Bengal
with Manzoor Dar, Xavier Giné, Erin Kelley, and Gregory Lane

Paying for power
with Anant Sudarshan

selected publications

The value of clean water: Experimental evidence from rural India
with Amir Jina and Anant Sudarshan
American Economic Review

Out of the darkness and into the light? Development effects of rural electrification
with Louis Preonas
Journal of Political Economy