Climate economics & policy

Issues 
  • Do climate policies matter?
  • How do they shape economic and environmental outcomes globally and more locally? 
Journal articles Working papers
  • Do market-based climate instruments affect economic growth? with Sam Fankhauser and Ed Barbier (WP coming soon)
  • Health impact of climate change and mitigating effects of climate policies: Evidence from Bangladesh. with M Mahmud
Funding sources
  • NBER (2020)
Collaborators

Energy economics & policy

Issues 
  • Do energy policies matter for economic and environmental outcomes?
  • What shapes energy transition? What are the consequences of energy transitions?
  • What are the implications for businesses and households? 
Journal articles Working papers ​Funding sources
  • FAO
Collaborators

Environmental risk and sustainable development

Issues 
  • How do different economic agents adapt to environmental risks?
  • What are their welfare implications? 
Journal articlesWorking papers
  • Corruption in cyclone relief and reconstruction: Evidence from a public fund distribution in Bangladesh. with A Islam and M Kamal, Under review
  • Famine at birth: long-term health effects of the 1974-75 Bangladesh famine. with Ed Barbier, Under review
  • Floods and inequality aversion. with A Islam, M Kamal, B Rai and P Raschky
  • In the Shadow of Tuskegee: Trust and Racial Variations in Disaster Response in the U.S. with P Mozumder
​Funding sources
  • IGC
Collaborators

Entrepreneurship and climate

Issues 
  • How does climate change affect the businesses?
Journal articles Working papers
  • The role of gender in firm-level climate change adaptation behaviour: Insights from small businesses in Senegal and Kenya. with Gannon, K., E. Castellano, A. Avila, M. Diop, and D. Agol. 
​Funding sources
  • IDRC
Collaborators

Behavioral economics

Issues 
  • How do behavioral changes affect economic and environmental outcomes?
Journal articles

Working papers
  • Non-price Energy Conservation Information and Household Energy Consumption in a Developing Country: Evidence from an RCT. Revise & Resubmit JEEM, with Ahsanuzzaman, A Islam and LC Wang 
  • Floods and inequality aversion. with A Islam, M Kamal, B Rai and P Raschky
  • Are multilateral agreements more efficient than bilateral? Evidence from experimental data. with J Shogren
  • Internalizing the social cost of disposable cups: Experimental Evidence. with S Heincke
  • Linking the unlinked: Trans-boundary water-sharing under water-for-leverage negotiations. with T Janus and Ed Barbier
  • Impacts of Advertising Restrictions on Cigarette Market: Evidence from US CDC Data. with S Shaffer
  • Determinants of religious and general giving: Empirical evidence from Indonesia. with R Djayusman. ​
​Funding sources
  • IDRC
Collaborators

Political economy of climate change

Issues 
  • What determines the adoption and effectiveness of climate and energy policies?
  • What are the economic and environmental consequences?
Journal articles ​Working papers
  • Testing the ambition loop: Do country-level climate policies influence company-level climate strategies? A global comparison. with S Fankhauser, M Hamley, C Highham, and J Setzer. Revise & Resubmit
  • Assessing the Effect of Unitarianism and Federalism on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. with S Lorteau, Under Review
  • Revisiting Copenhagen climate mitigation targets: looking back and moving forward. with S Li, J Meng, K Hubacek and D Guan, Under review
  • Energy politics and patents. with C. Heinz-Fischer and J Tosun.
​Funding sources
  • IDRC
Collaborators

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Completed projects

Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Change Adaptation (The WECCA Project) 2020-21
This project investigates the specific barriers to adaptation faced by female-led businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of identifying gender-specific pathways to supporting some of the most vulnerable small businesses globally to manage the risks of climate change.
This project is a collaboration between the Grantham Research Institute, IED-Afrique and Kenya Markets Trust. The project is funded by the IDRC. Check the project page for updates. Project outputs include:​
Household's Contribution to Disaster Finance (2020-22)
​In collaboration with International Institute of Environment & Development (IIED), London, UK, I'm investigating out-of-pocket expenditures that the households make (both ex ante and ex post) in the wake of natural disasters. A primary survey of 3,000 rural households in selected districts of Bangladesh has been completed. The project is funded by the UNDP Bangladesh. Project outputs include:
Economics for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness in Europe (2020-21)
"Disasters can have devastating physical, social, and financial effects. In the past decade, Europe has seen major floods and earthquakes, while images of people seeking relief from record-breaking heatwaves are becoming commonplace. Between 1980 and 2020, natural disasters affected nearly 50 million people in the European Union, and caused on average an economic loss of €12 billion per year. Intensity and frequency of disasters is expected to grow as a result of climate change." Read more here: 
Global Livestock Emissions (2019-21) 
This project, commissioned by the Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), investigates some key socioeconomic aspects of global livestock production systems. Examples include emission rebound effects in global beef production. 
Key publications: 
  • Emission rebound effect in global livestock market. with A Acosta
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Pathways to resilience in semi-arid areas (PRISE)
"Semi-arid lands have been characterised as climate change ‘hotspots’, where global warming trends are expected to be particularly intense. In developing countries, they are home to around one billion people, including some of the poorest and least food-secure people in the world." Read the project report here: