Why cash transfers to farmers could unlock reliable electricity for India’s wider economy
Anant Sudarshan is South Asia Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Economics, University of Chicago. Prior to working at EPIC, Anant was the Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He received his PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and he holds undergraduate and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi) and Stanford University respectively. Anant works at the intersection of environmental economics and engineering, with on-going research on a variety of areas including environmental regulation, air-pollution, climate change, energy efficiency, electricity and renewable energy.
Non-Hub Publication Highlights
Nudges in the marketplace: The response of household electricity consumption to information and monetary incentives. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Vol. 133. December 27, 2016.