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 G. 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)

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

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

[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 (Invited for resubmission to Public Budgeting & Finance)

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

Work in progress

[11] Climate finance instruments for developing countries (with Komla Dzigbede, Invited for presentation at the ABFM and ISA conferences)