research

working papers

Groundwater and crop choice in the short and long run
with Louis Preonas and Matt Woerman · February 2026
Revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies
draft · nber · coverage
Blackouts: The role of India’s wholesale electricity market
with Akshaya Jha (r) Louis Preonas · February 2026
Conditionally accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
draft · nber · summary · coverage
Beliefs, forecasts, and investments: Experimental evidence from India
with Amir Jina, Erin Kelley, Gregory Lane, and Harshil Sahai · April 2026
Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
draft · nber · rct registry · coverage
If you build it, they may not come: Willingness to participate in managed EV charging
with James Bushnell and David Rapson · April 2026
draft · nber · rct registry · summary
Insurance and the demand for adaptation: Theory and experimental evidence from West Bengal
with Manzoor Dar, Xavier Giné, Erin Kelley, and Gregory Lane · June 2026
draft · rct registry
Paying for power
with Anant Sudarshan · June 2026
draft · rct registry

publications

The value of clean water: Experimental evidence from rural India
with Amir Jina and Anant Sudarshan · American Economic Review, 116(3): 1148–1187 · 2026
paper · journal · data/code · rct registry · summary · coverage
Reforming energy subsidies
with Anant Sudarshan · In Rema Hanna and Benjamin A. Olken, eds., The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence and New Directions for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, pp. 67–81. MIT Press · 2026
paper · handbook
Out of the darkness and into the light? Development effects of rural electrification
with Louis Preonas · Journal of Political Economy, 132(9): 2937–2971 · 2024
paper · journal · data/code · summary · coverage
Social networks and technology adoption: Evidence from church mergers in the U.S. Midwest
with Andrew W. Stevens · American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 106(3): 1141–1166 · 2024
paper · journal
Low energy: Estimating electric vehicle electricity use
with James Bushnell, David Rapson, and Catherine Wolfram · AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 430–435 · 2021
paper · journal · data/code · coverage
Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency
with Christopher Knittel, David Rapson, Mar Reguant, and Catherine Wolfram · Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(6): 1181–1217 · 2020
paper · journal · data/code · coverage
Panel data and experimental design
with Louis Preonas and Matt Woerman · Journal of Development Economics, 144: 102458 · 2020
paper · journal · data/code · software · coverage
Improving transparency in observational social science research: A pre-analysis plan approach
Economics Letters, 168: 56–60 · 2018
paper · journal · coverage

selected work in progress

Incentives for climate adaptation: Experimental evidence from Odisha
with Manzoor Dar, Jack Glaser, and Anant Sudarshan

Forecasts at scale: General equilibrium impacts of climate adaptation
with Amir Jina, Erin Kelley, and Gregory Lane
rct registry

Groundwater in a changing climate
with R. Aaron Hrozencik (r) Louis Preonas (r) Matt Woerman