Research

Publications

[1] Essays on Natural Disasters and Fiscal Resilience (2023)

[2] Budget Process and Budget Structure under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia (2022), in Public Sector Accounting, Financial Accountability and Viability in Times of Crisis

[3] Government responses to the coronavirus in the United States: immediate remedial actions, rising debt levels and budgetary hangovers (2020), with Philip Joyce, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management

[4] Performance Budgeting in Indonesia: Brief History, Progress, and Lessons Learned (2019), in Performance Budgeting Reform: Theories and International Practices

Working papers

[5] From White Elephant to White Whale: The Economics and Politics of Nusantara, with Thomas Pepinsky (Submitted)

[6] Fiscal Federalism in the Face of Flood Disasters: Evidence from U.S. States (Submitted)

[7] Proactive and reactive policy agendas during hurricanes: A textual analysis of budget documents (Submitted)

[8] Determinants of State Research Spending: Theory and Evidence, with Thomas Luke Spreen (R&R in Journal of Public Policy)

[9] Exploring Disaster Risk Disclosure Practices across U.S. State Governments (Submitted)

[10] Climate change as policy agenda: Evidence from Indonesia (Presented at Cornell, Harvard, and UMD)

Work in progress

[11] Diffusion of Climate Finance Instruments: Evidence from Developing Countries, with Komla Dzigbede (Presented at the ABFM and ISA conferences)