Vatsal is an applied microeconomist who uses theoretical, experimental, and structural methods to study topics related to economic development. His job market paper combines results from a randomised control trial, survey experiments, and structural estimation to study how inaccurate beliefs about social norms can reduce useful interactions in social networks.
Vatsal completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Oxford, after which he was a junior research fellow at Merton College, Oxford.
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