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Published Papers

1. "On the Tax Efficiency of Startup Firms" with Eric J. Allen, Sharat Raghavan, and David H. Solomon. Review of Accounting Studies. 2021.
2. "Strict Duality and Overlapping Productivity Distributions between Formal and Informal Firms" with Tyler Schipper and Shanthi Nataraj. Journal of Development Economics. 2018.
3. "Aspirations, health and the cost of inequality" with Shankha Chakraborty. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 2017.

Working Papers

• "Inequality and the Ability to Aspire" with Shankha Chakraborty. Revise and Resubmit. 2022
• "Pro-capitalist Culture and Long-Term Development" with Shankha Chakraborty. 2021
• "Informality, Entry Costs, and Differential Access to Public Goods" with Tyler Schipper. 2021
• "How Do Firms Adjust to Energy Shocks? Evidence from Power Outages" with Eric J. Allen, Sharat Raghavan, and James Zuberi. 2021
• "Subsistence Consumption, Occupational Choice, and the Cost of Poverty." 2017