Research

Publications:

Caste Aside? Names, Networks and Justice in the Courts of Bihar, India (with S. Bhupatiraju, D. L. Chen & S. Joshi). European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 1(2), 151–178, October 2024.

Short-term association between COVID-19 related deaths, hospitalized patients and air pollution during the first lockdown in the four largest cities in Germany (with R. Walsemann). International Journal of Environmental Studies, 80(1), 207–222, January 2022.

Working Papers

Impact of free legal search on rule of law: evidence from Indian Kanoon (with S. Bhupatiraju, D. L. Chen & S. Joshi). Revise and Resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association.

Environmental Litigation as Scrutiny: A Four Decade Analysis of Justice, Firms, and Pollution in India (with S. Bhupatiraju, D. L. Chen, S. Joshi, & S. Singh). Submitted.

Legal Disparities and Judicial Corrections: Muslim Petitioners in an Indian High Court (with S. Bhupatiraju, D. L. Chen, & S. Joshi). Submitted.

Courts, Firms, and Informality (Job Market Paper)

Work in Progress:

Determinants of Court Productivity in Highly Congested Settings: Evidence from India

Courts and Informality Across Countries (with D. L. Chen & J. Lee)

Judges, Points and Old Cases: Dynamic Incentives in Indian Lower Courts (with S. Bhupatiraju & D. L. Chen)