Anshuman Tiwari

Postdoctoral Scholar

Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago - India

Welcome to my website. I am a postdoctoral scholar at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago - India program. Before this, I was the Environmental Defense Fund postdoctoral fellow at the Environmental Markets Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I hold a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics, a Masters degree in Public Policy from UC Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad.

My research is broadly about understanding how to promote sustainable economic growth in developing countries. I have studied environmental issues including air and water pollution, climate change, and groundwater depletion.

Working Papers

January 2025 JMP

Productivity impacts of air pollution when people and particulates are mobile

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with Nick Hagerty

Dec 2024 Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Environmenal and Resource Economists.

Industrial water pollution and agricultural production in India

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January 2025 In progress

Do non-market policies conserve groundwater?

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March 2025 Submitted

Do workfare programs affect weather-related agricultural risk through crop choice?

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Selected work in progress

Global equity implications of climate mitigation accounting for heterogeneous adaptation (with Tamma Carleton)

The integration of renewables into the Indian electricity grid (with Fiona Burlig, Akshaya Jha and Louis Preonas)

Behavioral traits and electricity bill nonpayments in India (with Fiona Burlig and Anant Sudarshan)

The heterogeneous impacts of air pollution on workers and firms in India (with Shefali Khanna and Ed Rubin)

How should we estimate income elasticites for climate damages? (with James Rising)

Teaching

Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development

Department of Economics, LSE, 2021

Overall teaching evaluation of 4.6 out of 5. (Dept. average was 4.2)

“The classes were really informative and engaging”
“...the professor and TA really knew what they were doing and were passionate about the material…”
“The quality of teaching exceeded my expectations. Both teacher and lecturer were excellent in their execution of teaching the course materials.”

Economics in Public Policy

Department of Economics, LSE, 2021

Overall teaching evaluation of 4.3 out of 5.

“Absolute legend! Best slides ever”
“always felt like i could ask for help / further explanation when needed”
“Great teacher, explains concepts well and uses good real life examples to understand the concept. Probably best class I have this year. Group activity is also quite interesting and has a good class structure.”