About me
I study development economics and environmental economics. My research uses experimental and non-experimental applied econometrics methods to study energy efficiency adoption, electricity grids, and air pollution from energy usage.
I teach microeconomics in the Wharton MBA program. I also occasionally co-organize the Development Economics seminar, the Energy Economics and Finance seminar, and the Applied Economics Workshop.
Please use they/them pronouns when referring to me.
General audience writing
- Cookstove subsidies fight climate change at a lower cost, Knowledge at Wharton, 9/1/2026
- Energy-efficient cookstove subsidies, Policy Impacts Library, 8/21/2026
- Subsidies for clean cookstoves abate carbon at $7 per ton, Kleinman Center Blog, 7/31/2026
- Subsidise the stove, not the electricity: Market distortions and clean-cooking subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa, International Growth Centre Policy Brief, 6/2026
- Will high-efficiency cookstoves save lives?, Chicago Booth Review, 9/17/2024
- Improving voltage quality through transformer construction in Accra, Ghana, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, 3/21/2024
- Strengthening the electricity grid in Ghana, MCC Evaluation Brief, 3/2024
- The health impacts of average vs peak pollution exposure: Evidence from cooking in Kenya, VoxDev, 2/22/2024
- The overlooked causes of air pollution, Knowledge at Wharton, 2/19/2024
- Cookstoves reduce charcoal use by 40%, The Carbon Herald, 2/8/2024
- Private actions in the presence of externalities: The health impacts of reducing air pollution peaks but not ambient exposure, Becker Friedman Institute Research Brief, 10/3/2023
- Improved cookstoves halve air pollution peaks, but ambient exposure dampens health benefits, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, 10/2/2023
- How contracting structures affect project outcomes in public procurement, VoxEU, 8/30/2023
- How do multilateral agencies’ contracting structures affect the quality, timeliness, and cost of large-scale infrastructure projects?, Penn Program on Regulation, 8/2023
- Comparing two approaches to procurement, NBER Digest, 5/2023
- Power quality in donor-funded infrastructure projects, Energy for Growth Hub, 2/7/2023
- “Lights on, Lights off”: Evaluating outages, voltage, and economic impacts of grid investments in Accra, Ghana, Center for Effective Global Action, 8/12/2022
- Emergency utility subsidies can help citizens weather economic crises, but may exclude the poorest citizens, World Bank Sustainable Energy for All, 7/18/2022
- Money or Power? Financial infrastructure and optimal policy, Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, 4/22/2022
- Barriers to energy efficiency adoption in low-income communities, Kleinman Center Policy Digest, 12/9/2021
- Wharton study finds energy-efficient technologies can help families save money, The Daily Pennsylvanian, 12/9/2021
- What’s reliability without voltage quality?, Energy for Growth Hub, 11/29/2021
- How to drive energy efficiency in low-income countries, Knowledge at Wharton, 11/22/2021
- Money or power? Choosing COVID-19 aid in Kenya, International Growth Centre Blog, 5/25/2021
- Does donor conditionality improve infrastructure construction quality?, DFID Economic Development & Institutions Blog, 3/23/2021
- Fuel-efficient cookstoves, Giving Green, 11/2020
- Could easier credit speed the adoption of energy efficiency?, Chicago Booth Review, 9/29/2020
- Subsidizing electricity during a pandemic: Lessons from Ghana, Energy Institute at Haas Blog, 7/20/2020
- Can energy efficiency subsidies improve welfare in low-income countries? Evidence from Kenya says yes, VoxDev, 5/25/2020
- What causes under-adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?, World Bank Development Impact Blog, 11/26/2019
- Closing the energy efficiency gap for low-income households, Energy Institute at Haas Blog, 10/21/2019
- How do credit and psychology affect the adoption of profitable energy efficient technologies in Kenya?, International Growth Centre Policy Brief, 8/2019
- Can cell phones help improve electricity reliability?, Energy Institute at Haas Blog, 2/18/2019