Sandip Sukhtankar
Sandip Sukhtankar was previously a Lead Academic for IGC India. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Virginia. His research interests lie at the intersection of development, political economy, and public economics, with a focus on corruption and governance issues. Most of his fieldwork is based in India.
Content by Sandip Sukhtankar
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Data: Sugar mills: Ownership, productivity and crop choice
An old theoretical and empirical literature has struggled with how ownership structure affects economic outcomes. We seek to answer this question by examining the effect that different ownership structures have on the outcomes of sugarcane farmers in India. The econometric strategy exploits the zoning system - whereby farmers living within a zone are forced to sell sugar to...
27 Feb 2019
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Publication - Project Report
In-kind transfers as insurance
5 Oct 2017 | Lucie Gadenne, Sam Norris, Monica Singhal, Sandip Sukhtankar
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Project
Price risk and poverty
A common feature of markets in many developing economies is a lack of integration. Trade across areas may be hindered by high transportation costs, limited information and communication, and policies that create barriers to trade. As a result, there is substantial variation in prices for basic commodities across space, often even within local geographic areas. Lack of...
14 Mar 2016 | Sandip Sukhtankar, Lucie Gadenne, Monica Singhal
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Multimedia Item - Video
IGC SUMMER SCHOOL IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: Day 5 Lecture 1 (Micro Track )- Sandip Sukhtankar
9 Sep 2015
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Multimedia Item - Video
IGC SUMMER SCHOOL IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: Day 5 Lecture 2 (Micro Track )- Sandip Sukhtankar
9 Sep 2015
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Blog post
Biometric payment systems and welfare benefits
Biometric payment systems are claimed to reduce leakages in public welfare programmes. Indeed, 230 programmes in more than 80 countries are currently deploying such systems to improve security and reduce corruption and fraud. Yet, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness
12 Dec 2014 | Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar
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Project
Sugar mills: Ownership, productivity and crop choice
In this era of food price inflation, developing country governments are increasingly concerned about agricultural productivity. Shaping the institutional structure of agricultural markets – that is, deciding whether agricultural processing plants should be run by the government, producer cooperatives, or private individuals – represents an important potential policy...
4 Sep 2014 | Sandip Sukhtankar, Sendhil Mullainathan
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Publication - Working Paper
Ownership Structure and Economic Outcomes (Working Paper)
28 Mar 2011 | Sendhil Mullainathan, Sandip Sukhtankar
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Publication - Policy Brief
Ownership Structure and Economic Outcomes (Policy Brief)
1 Mar 2011 | Sendhil Mullainathan, Sandip Sukhtankar