working papers
The Pollution–Productivity Curve: Non-linear effects and adaptation in high-pollution environments. With Matthew S. Brooks.
Do private incentives crowd out public good donations? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment. With K Lancker, L Iyer, J Allen IV, M Doruska, S Mbaye, A Sylla, B Sow, J Rohr and C Barrett. Submitted.
Supply-side constraints to technology adoption: The market for energy-efficient cookstoves in rural Senegal. With M Sievert, J Ankel-Peters, M Jeuland, L Lenz, and O Ndiaye. Submitted.
peer-reviewed publications
NGOs and the effectiveness of interventions. Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(6), 2024, 1690–1708. With M Jeuland and S Pattanayak.
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Fracking, farmers, and rural electrification in India. Journal of Development Economics, 170, 2024, 103308. With T R Fetter.
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The more choice, the better? Evidence from experimental auctions in rural Senegal. Economics Letters, 206, 2021, 109969. With M Jeuland and O Ndiaye.
Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 135, 2021, 110406. With M Jeuland, T R Fetter, Y Li, S Pattanayak, R Bluffstone, C Chávez, H Girardeau, S Hassen, P Jagger, M Jaime, M Karumba, G Köhlin, L Lenz, E Litzow, L Masatsugu, M A Naranjo, J Peters, P Qin, R Ruhinduka, M Serrano-Medrano, M Sievert, E Sills, and M Toman.
Preferences and the effectiveness of behavior-change interventions: Evidence from adoption of improved cookstoves in India. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(2), 2020, 305–343. With M Jeuland, S Pattanayak, and J-S Tan-Soo.
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Experimental evidence on promotion of electric and improved biomass cookstoves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(27), 2019, 13282–13287. With S Pattanayak, M Jeuland, J Lewis, N Brooks, V Bhojvaid, A Kar, L Lipinski, L Morrison, O Patange, N Ramanathan, I Rehman, R Thadani, M Vora, and V Ramanathan.
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The Price of Purity: Willingness to pay for air and water purification technologies in Rajasthan, India. Environmental and Resource Economics, 73(4), 2019, 1073–1100. With A Shannon, M Jeuland, and S Pattanayak.
What are households willing to pay for improved water access? Results from a meta-analysis. Ecological Economics, 136, 2017, 126–135. With G Van Houtven, S Pattanayak, and J-C Yang.
Can economic incentives enhance adoption and use of a household energy technology? Evidence from a pilot study in Cambodia. Environmental Research Letters, 12(3), 2017, 035009. With J Steele and M Jeuland.
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