Working Papers
|23| “Adoption and Use of Air Purifiers in Households (Registered Report)”
with Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Maulik Jagnani and Martin Mattsson
Accepted based on pre-results review, Journal of Development Economics.
[J-PAL Description]
|22|"Electric Vehicle Charging in the Workplace: Experimental Evidence on Incentives and Environmental Nudges"
with Ryan Hanna, Jeff Myers, Sebastian Tebbe and David Victor.
|21|"Can Competition Reduce Conflict?"
with Caterina Gennaioli, Stefania Lovo and Gregor Singer.
[Submitted]
|20| "Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation"
with Ryan Abman, Yao Pan and Saurabh Singhal.
[Submitted]
|19| "Can Social Protection Reduce Environmental Damages?"
with Gordon McCord + Aleister Montfort.
[Submitted]
|18| "The Health Costs of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India"
with Geoff Barrows + Akshaya Jha.
Publications
|17| "Going Viral: Public Attention and Environmental Action in the Amazon"
Araujo, Rafael, Francisco Costa and Teevrat Garg.
Forthcoming at Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
[Data & Code] [Ungated]
|16| "Rural Roads, Farm Labor Exits, and Crop Fires"
Garg, Teevrat, Maulik Jagnani and Hemant K. Pullabhotla.
[Media: VoxDev, World Bank Development Impact, Ideas for India]
Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
|15| “Impacts of warming on outdoor worker well-being in the tropics and adaptation options”
Masuda, Yuta J., Luke A. Parsons, June T. Spector, David S. Battisti, Briana Castro, James T. Erbaugh, Edward T. Game, Teevrat Garg, Peter Kalmus, Timm Kroeger, Vimal Sharma, Drew Shindell, Michelle Tigchelaar, Nicholas H. Wolff and Lucas R.V. Zeppetello.
One Earth, Forthcoming.
|14| “Assessing the defecation practices of unsheltered individuals and their contributions to microbial water quality in an arid, urban watershed”
Hinds, J.B., Teevrat Garg, Sarah Hutmacher, Andrew Nguyen, Zhongqi Zheng, John Griffith, Joshua Steele, Adriana G. Fernandez and Kenneth Schiff
Science of Total Environment February 2024, 170708.
|13| "The Ecological Impact of Place-Based Economic Policies"
Garg, Teevrat and Ajay Shenoy.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol 103(4) pp. 1239-1250 August 2021.
[Ungated]
|12| "Warming from Tropical Deforestation Reduces Worker Productivity in Rural Communities"
Masuda, Yuta J.*, Teevrat Garg*, Ike Aggraeni, Kristie Ebi, Jennifer Krenz, Edward T. Game, Nicolas H. Wolff, and June T. Spector
[*indicates equal lead authorship]
Nature Communications 12, 1601. March 2021.
[Media: World Bank, Envirobites]
|11| "Heat Exposure from Tropical Deforestation Decreases Cognitive Performance of Rural Workers: An Experimental Study"
Masuda, Yuta J.*, Teevrat Garg*, Ike Aggraeni, Nicolas H. Wolff, Kristie Ebi, Edward T. Game, Jennifer Krenz, and June T. Spector
[*indicates equal lead authorship]
Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 15, December 2020, 124015.
[Media: Science Magazine]
|10| "Extreme Temperatures and Time-Use in China"
Garg, Teevrat, Matthew Gibson and Fanglin Sun
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 180, December 2020, pp. 309-324.
[Ungated]
|9| "Temperature and Human Capital in India"
Garg, Teevrat, Maulik Jagnani and Vis Taraz
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 7(6), November 2020, pp. 1113-1150.
[Data and Code] [Ungated] [IGC – Ideas For India]
|8| "The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure"
Asher, Sam, Teevrat Garg and Paul Novosad
Economic Journal, Vol. 130, Issue 629, July 2020, pp. 1173-1199.
[Data | Code] [Ungated]
|7| "Ecosystems and Human Health: The Local Benefits of Forest Cover in Indonesia"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 98, November 2019.
[Ungated] [Geographical Magazine]
|6| "How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies"
Masuda, Yuta, Brianna Castro, Nicholas Wolff, Ike Aggraeni, Kristie Ebi, Teevrat Garg, Edward Game, Jennifer Krenz and June Spector
Global Environmental Change, Vol. 56, 2019, pp. 29-40.
|5| "(Not So) Gently Down the Stream: River Pollution and Health in Indonesia"
Garg, Teevrat, Stuart Hamilton, Jacob Hochard, Evan, Kresch and John Talbot
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 92, November 2018, pp. 35-53.
[Data and Code] [Open Access]
|4| "Green Booms or Emissions Reductions? The General Equilibrium Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards"
Bento, Antonio, Teevrat Garg, and Daniel Kaffine
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 90, July 2018, pp. 78-100.
[Ungated]
|3| "Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps"
Barrett, Christopher B., Teevrat Garg, and Linden McBride
Annual Reviews of Resource Economics, 8(1) Oct. 2016, pp. 303-327.
|2| "Market Prices and Food Aid Local and Regional Procurement and Distribution: A Multi-Country Analysis"
Garg, Teevrat, Christopher B. Barrett, Miguel I. Gomez, Erin C. Lentz, and William Violette
World Development, Vol. 49, Sep. 2013, pp. 19-29.
|1| "Economic and Social Implications of Regulating Alcohol Availability in Grocery Stores"
Rickard, Bradley J., Marco C. Costanigro, and Teevrat Garg
Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives, 35(4) 2013, pp. 613-633.
Selected Works in Progress
"Willingness to Pay for Defensive Investments in High Air Pollution Cities"
with Maulik Jagnani, Nancy Lozano Garcia and Maria Edisa Soppelsa.
[PEDL Description] [Let’s Talk Development (World Bank)]
"Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Heat on High-Skilled Team Performance"
with Maulik Jagnani and Liz Lyons.
[Fieldwork complete]
"Using Contests to Deliver Cost-Effective Energy Conservation"
with Jorge Lemus, Guillermo Marshall and Chi Ta.
[Fieldwork complete]
[J-PAL Description]
"Do Energy Audit Mandates Work?"
with Chi Ta, Kien Duong, and Minh Nguyen.
[PEDL Description]
“Housing Microfinance and Climate Resilience”
with Ricardo Dahis and Russell Toth
[J-PAL Description]
“Barriers to Public Action for Clean Air”
with Patrick Baylis and Shweta Bhogale
[J-PAL Description]