Publications

Book

Escaping the Energy Poverty Trap: When and How Governments Power the Lives of the Poor, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2018
(with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
Link, Review1 (PDF), Review2 (PDF)

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. “The Effects of Rural Electrification in India: An Instrumental Variable Approach at the Household Level," Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming
    (with Daniel Thomas, Ryan Kennedy and Johannes Urpelainen)

  2. "Queens," Journal of Political Economy, 128:7 (2020): 2579-2652
    (with Oeindrila Dube)
    Paper, Appendix
    Featured in: Economist, Atlantic, Econimate Video, NY Mag, Marginal Revolution, PS Mag, Chris Blattman's Blog, Vox, The Australian, Live Mint, Gov Exec, Women in the World , The Times UK, Ancient Origins, Nczas

  3. “Historical State Stability and Economic Development in Europe,” Political Science Research and Methods, 8,3 (2020): 425-443
    (with Christopher Paik)
    Paper, Appendix

  4. “Understanding Segmentation in Rural Electricity Markets: Evidence from India,” Energy Economics, 87 (2020)
    (with Daniel Thomas, Shalu Agrawal, Aseem Mahajan and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper

  5. “The Behavioral Impact of Basic Energy Access: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Solar Lanterns in Rural India,” Energy for Sustainable Development, 57 (2020): 214-225
    (with Aseem Mahajan and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper

  6. “Environmental Degradation and Public Opinion: The Case of Air Pollution in Vietnam,” Journal of Environment & Development, 29,2 (2020): 196-222
    (with Sung Eun Kim, Ryan Kennedy, Xiaomeng Jin and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper

  7. "Getting Rich Too Fast? Voters' Reactions to Politicians' Wealth Accumulation," The Journal of Politics 81,4 (2019): 1197-1209
    (with Simon Chauchard and Marko Klašnja)
    Paper, Appendix, Replication
    Featured in: Ideas for India (English, Hindi)

  8. "A Target-Based Typology of Electoral Violence: Insights from Indonesia," Terrorism and Political Violence 31,4 (2019): 687-711
    (with Risa Toha)
    Paper

  9. "Economics of Household Technology Adoption in Developing Countries: Evidence from Solar Technology Adoption in Rural India," Energy Economics 72 (2018): 35-46
    (with Michael Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication

  10. "A Global Analysis of Progress in Household Electrification," Energy Policy 122 (2018):421-428
    (with Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication, Dataset
    Featured in: The Print

  11. "Assessing Peace Processes in Southeast Asia," in The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies, edited by Joseph Liow Chin Yong, Sumit Ganguly and Andrew Scobell (2018) Routledge, 290-300
    Paper

  12. "The Political Violence Cycle," American Political Science Review 111,2 (2017): 237-255
    (with Andrew Little)
    Paper, Appendix, Replication

  13. "Does Basic Energy Access Generate Socioeconomic Benefits? A Field Experiment with Off-grid Solar Power in India," Science Advances 3,5 (2017): e1602153
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication
    Featured in: Economist, Reuters, Economic Times, Business Standard, Sci Dev, Mashable/Yahoo

  14. "Household Energy Access and Expenditure in Developing Countries: Evidence from India, 1987-2010," Energy for Sustainable Development 35 (2016): 25-34
    (with Meir Alkon and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper
    Featured in: Energy Collective

  15. "The Political Economy of Energy Access: Survey Evidence from India on State Intervention and Public Opinion," Energy Research and Social Science 10 (2015): 250–258
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    PDF, Replication

  16. "Quantifying Slum Electrification in India and Explaining Local Variation," Energy 80 (2015): 203-212.
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication

  17. "Information and Energy Policy Preferences: A Survey Experiment on Public Opinion about Electricity Pricing Reform in Rural India," Economics of Governance 15 (2014): 305-327
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication

  18. "Who Blames Corruption for the Poor Enforcement of Environmental Laws? Survey Evidence from Brazil," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 16,3 (2014): 241-262
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication

  19. "Understanding Environmental Policy Preferences: New Evidence from Brazil," Ecological Economics, 94 (2013): 28-36.
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Paper, Replication

  20. "The Coup and the Conflict in Southern Thailand," Crossroads 19,1 (2007): 161-84
    (with Joseph Chinyong Liow)
    Paper

  21. "Ethnic or Religious Cleavage? Investigating the Nature of the Conflict in Southern Thailand," Contemporary Southeast Asia 28, 1 (2006): 48-69
    Paper

Other Publications

  1. "Do Indian Voters Mind their Representatives Getting Rich in Office?", Ideas for India (2018)
    English: Link, PDF
    Hindi: Link, PDF

  2. "Off-grid Solar Power and the Future of Rural Electrification in India", Ideas for India (2017)
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Link, PDF

  3. "Can Solar Micro-grids Deliver Basic Electricity Access in Indian Villages?", Ideas for India (2015)
    (with Michaël Aklin, Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen)
    Link, PDF

  4. "Do Policy Prescriptions Work? Studying Effect of Race & Religion on People's Behaviour", RSIS Commentaries (2013) 156/2013
    Link, PDF

  5. "Changing Conflict Identities: The case of the Southern Thailand Discord", IDSS/RSIS Working Paper No. 107 (2006)
    Link, PDF

  6. "The GRP-MILF Peace Process: The Quest for International and Domestic Legitimacy", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2006) 5/2006
    Link, PDF

  7. "Towards Better Peace Processes: A Comparative Study of Attempts to Broker Peace with MNLF and GAM", IDSS/RSIS Working Paper No. 77 (2005)
    Link, PDF

  8. "The Way Forward in the Southern Thailand Conflict: A Public Peace Process", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2005) 69/2005
    Link, PDF
    republished as “The Way Forward in Southern Thailand”, Asia Times Online

  9. "Peace Agreement with GAM: End of the Peace Process?", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2005) 56/2005
    Link, PDF

  10. "Insurgency in Southern Thailand: Ethnic or Religious Conflict?", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2005) 17/2005
    Link, PDF

  11. "Carnage in Southern Thailand: Is there Recourse?", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2004) 56/2004
    (with Sabrina Chua)
    Link, PDF

  12. "Indonesia’s next President: Implications for conflicts in Aceh and Papua", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2004) 46/2004
    Link, PDF

  13. "Conflict in Southern Thailand: Removing Education from the Security Agenda", IDSS/RSIS Commentaries (2004) 33/2004
    Link, PDF
    republished as "Religious school crackdown: Thai security gets an F", Straits Times, 1 September 2004