The Economic Costs of Religious Riots in India
working paperEstimates the local economic costs of communal riots in India, using district-level data to study effects on nightlights, firms, credit, infrastructure, and institutional trust.
Bio
I am a PhD student in Economics at the University of Cambridge. My research sits at the intersection of political economy, development economics, and the economics of religion, with a particular interest in conflict and populism.
Methodologically, I use text analysis, and spatial data and causal inference to study how political and institutional shocks affect behaviour and economic outcomes.
Before starting the PhD, I completed the MPhil in Economic Research and the Advanced Diploma in Economics at Cambridge. I also hold a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. Alongside my research, I supervise econometrics at Cambridge.
Research Interests
Research
Working Papers
Studies whether strong bureaucratic institutions buffer the economic costs of populist governance, combining cross-country evidence with a U.S. state-level panel.
Mentioned in: VoxEU
Work in Progress
Populist Laws and Economic Performance: Evidence from Spanish Regions
work in progressUses text-as-data and machine learning methods to study populist content in Spanish regional legislation and its relationship with regional economic performance. The project is currently being substantially revised from the earlier SSRN draft, A Machine Learning Investigation of Spanish Law and its Relation to the Economy.
China–India Revisited
work in progressThe Voice of Politics
work in progressCommitment as Populist Strategy: An Empirical Inquiry
work in progressOther early-stage work includes a project with Massimo Morelli and Marco Gianni.
Education
MPhil in Economic Research
University of Cambridge
Advanced Diploma in Economics
University of Cambridge
BSc in Accounting and Finance
London School of Economics and Political Science
Teaching
Advanced Econometrics II: Time Series
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
Econometrics
Undergraduate Supervisor, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
Awards & Fellowships
Cambridge Trust PhD Funding
University of Cambridge
Jennings Prize
University of Cambridge
Contact
Department of Economics
University of Cambridge