"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes." — Ibn Sina
 

Working Papers:

• Environment and land markets
  Presented at the LFS FRE Seminar (2026)
  
  

• Demand for crop insurance: evidence from Pakistan
  joint with Patrick Baylis (UBC) and Guglielmo Zappalà (Harvard)
  Funded by the International Growth Centre, CIDER Small Grants
  Presented at the VSE DevPE Lunch (2025)
  
  

• Differentiated responses to shocks: evidence from agricultural households
  Presented at the VSE DevPE Lunch (2024)
  
  

• Clean air in the classroom: environmental inputs and human capital formation  
  joint with Nitin K. Bharti (NYUAD), David S. Blakeslee (NYUAD), Samreen Malik (NYUAD), and Torsten F. Walter (NYUAD)
  R&R, Journal of Development Economics
  
  

Selected Work in Progress:

• Insurance and agriculture markets
  joint with Patrick Baylis (UBC) and Guglielmo Zappalà (Harvard)
  Funded by STEG, CIDER and Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA)
  
  

• Climate, crops, and adaptation
  joint with Patrick Baylis (UBC), Abid Aman Burki (LUMS),  Sajid Faiz Malik (IGC), and Abubakar Memon (LUMS)
  Funded by the International Growth Centre
  
  

Institution, Norms, and Political Economy

• The aftermath of applause
  joint with Ali Bakhtawar (AMSE)
  
  

• Private governance
  joint with Joanne Moore (UBC) and Ziyuan Wang (UBC)
  
  
  

Policy & Other Writings

• Estimating emissions from small-scale diversified agriculture
  joint with Anny Wang (UBC), Caitie Ciampaglia (UBC), Evan Eskilson (UBC), and Sofia Bahmutsky (UBC)
  
  

• Pakistan fertilizer policy, 2024
  joint with AbuBakr Ayesh (TU) and Rabail Chandio (ISU)
  Prepared for the Ministry of Industries and Production and National Fertilizer Marketing Limited. 

Last Updated: March, 2026