Rohini Pande

Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Rubenstein-318
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 46
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-384-5267
Email: Rohini_Pande@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Alexandra Cirone (617-495-7638)
Rohini Pande

Profile

Rohini Pande is Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy. Prior to joining the Kennedy School she was an Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University. She has taught at Yale University, MIT, and Columbia. Her research focuses on the economic analysis of the politics and consequences of different forms of redistribution, principally in developing countries. A Rhodes Scholar, she is the recipient of several NSF grants, the Russell Sage Presidential Award (with Lena Edlund), and the Royal Economic Society Junior Research Fellowship. She holds a PhD and M.Sc in Economics from the London School of Economics, an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford, and a BA in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.

Courses

Spring

  • PED-101 Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Evidence
  • PED-330 Microeconomics of Public Policy in Developing Countries

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Bond, Philip, and Rohini Pande. "Coordinating Development: Can Income-Based Incentive Schemes Eliminate Pareto Inferior Equilibria?" Journal of Development Economics 83.2 (July 2007): 368-391.
    • Duflo, Esther, and Rohini Pande. "Dams." Quarterly Journal of Economics 122.2 (May 2007): 601-646.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Besley, Timothy, Rohini Pande, and Vijayendra Rao. "Just Rewards? Local Politics and Public Resource Allocation in South India." Discussion Paper, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, October 2007.
    • Banerjee, Abhijit V., and Rohini Pande. "Parochial Politics: Ethnic Preferences and Politician Corruption." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series and CEPR Discussion Papers (RWP07-031 and 6381), July 2007.
    • Pande, Rohini. "Understanding Political Corruption in Low Income Countries." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series and CEPR Discussion Papers (RWP07-020 and 6273), April 2007.