Susanna Berkouwer
Susanna Berkouwer CV

Assistant Professor
Business Economics & Public Policy
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania

Contact

322 Dinan Hall
3733 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
sberkou@wharton.upenn.edu

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I study development economics and environmental economic using experimental and non-experimental methods. I 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.

Working papers

Green subsidies with demand distortions

with J. Dean

The distribution of power: Favoritism, efficiency, and equity in energy infrastructure

with C. Wolfram, E. Hsu, O. Kim, F. Vial, and E. Miguel

Revision requested, Journal of the European Economic Association

Recent publications

Voltage quality and economic activity

with P. Biscaye, M. Mikdash, S. Puller, and C. Wolfram

Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics (accepted)

Contracting structures in public procurement: Evidence from donor-funded electrification in Kenya

with C. Wolfram, E. Miguel, and E. Hsu

Review of Economics and Statistics (accepted)

The cost-effectiveness of clean cookstove carbon mitigation after adjusting for additionality and impact

with J. Dean

Climate Change Economics (2026)

Cooking, health, and daily exposure to pollution spikes

with J. Dean

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2026)

Credit, attention, and externalities in the adoption of energy efficient technologies by low-income households

with J. Dean

American Economic Review (2022)