Working Papers
- “Experience, Learning, and Product Design: Evidence from Index Insurance in Kenya,” January 2026. Working Paper
(formerly “The Role of Experience in Learning for Index Insurance Products: Evidence from Rural Kenya”) - “The Role of Active Discussion in Coordinating about Uncertain Technologies,” January 2026. Working Paper
(formerly “The Role of Active Discussion in Learning about Uncertain Technologies”)
with Javier Escobal, Sonia Laszlo, and Jim Warnick - “Lessons from the Past: How Experience Reduces the Impact of Weather Shocks on Ugandan Smallholders,” November 2025. Working Paper
Under Review
with Giuseppe Maggio and Fabio G. Santeramo - “Network-Based Targeting with Heterogeneous Agents for Improving Technology Adoption,” September 2025. Old WP Version, Twitter Thread
Revised and Resubmitted to the Journal of Development Economics - Winner of the Young Scholars’ Best Paper Award at the International Conference hosted by the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- “Inefficiency in Agricultural Production: Do Information Frictions Matter?” June 2025. Working Paper, Twitter Thread
with Digvijay Singh Negi and Rahul Rao
Work in Progress
- “Food Transfers in a Primitive Economy: Comparing Three Models of Risk-Sharing in Networks.”
with Francesco Amodio and Pau Milán
Book Chapter
- “Food Insecurity, Price Volatility and Trade: A Panel Data Analysis in Developing Countries.” Book Link
with Panchanan Das and Swayambhu Mukherjee
(published as Chapter 10 in Indian Agriculture under Multilateral and Regional Trade Agreements - Competitiveness and Food Security, Sharma and Bathla (eds.), CWS in association with Bookwell, Delhi, 2017, 177-194.)
Other Papers
- “Industrial Performance in West Bengal: Analysis of Technical Efficiency with ASI Data,” August 2016. [Available Upon Request]
with Panchanan Das and Swayambhu Mukherjee
Media/Posts
- “Information is power: ICT and agricultural productivity,” Ideas for India, April 2025. Link
with Digvijay Singh Negi and Rahul Rao - “Using Social Ties to Improve Technology Adoption: Does Heterogeneity Matter?” August 2023. Link