Alejandro Molnar

Working papers

  • "Beyond GDP:" Welfare within countries across time (with Emilio Depetris-Chauvin and Forhad Shilpi) [.pdf]
  • The pink tax: Gender norms and rental housing for single women in India (with Geetika Nagpal and Forhad Shilpi) [.pdf]
  • Urban and infrastructure determinants of freight cost in India (with Forhad Shilpi) [.pdf]
  • Congesting the Commons: A test for strategic congestion externalities in the airline industry [.pdf]
  • The marginal congestion of a taxi in New York City (with Daniel Mangrum) [.pdf]
    (revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review)
  • Language barriers to foreign trade: Evidence from translation costs [slides]

Research in progress
  • Rail service quality, cost of living and employment: evidence from Cape Town (with Andrew Kerr)
  • The long run effects of bridge connectivity in Bangladesh (with Matias Navarro Sudy and Forhad Shilpi)
  • Substituting bikeshare for taxis: Evidence from New York City (with Francis Ratsimbazafy) [slides]
  • Internet commerce supply and sales-tax shielding: Evidence from the Amazon platform (with Paulo Somaini) [slides]