| Does happiness pay? Some evidence from panel data for Russia C Graham, A Eggers, S Sukhtankar Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 55, 319-342, 2004 | 701* | 2004 |
| Building state capacity: Evidence from biometric smartcards in India K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar American Economic Review 106 (10), 2895-2929, 2016 | 676 | 2016 |
| Mobile money T Suri, J Aker, C Batista, M Callen, T Ghani, W Jack, L Klapper, E Riley, ... VoxDevLit 9 (2(1)), 497-520, 2021 | 344* | 2021 |
| Corruption dynamics: The golden goose effect P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (4), 230-269, 2013 | 283 | 2013 |
| General equilibrium effects of (improving) public employment programs: Experimental evidence from India K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar Econometrica 91 (4), 1261-1295, 2023 | 274 | 2023 |
| The marginal rate of corruption in public programs: Evidence from India P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar Journal of public Economics 104, 52-64, 2013 | 193 | 2013 |
| Does economic crisis reduce support for markets and democracy in Latin America? Some evidence from surveys of public opinion and well being C Graham, S Sukhtankar Journal of Latin American Studies 36 (2), 349-377, 2004 | 185 | 2004 |
| Sweetening the deal? Political connections and sugar mills in India S Sukhtankar American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (3), 43-63, 2012 | 147 | 2012 |
| Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar, J Weaver American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13 (2), 52-82, 2021 | 109 | 2021 |
| India’s national rural employment guarantee scheme: What do we really know about the world’s largest workfare program? S Sukhtankar India Policy Forum 13 (1), 231-285, 2016 | 102 | 2016 |
| Corruption in India: Bridging research evidence and policy options S Sukhtankar, M Vaishnav SSRN 11, 193-276, 2015 | 87* | 2015 |
| Payments infrastructure and the performance of public programs: Evidence from biometric smartcards in india K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
| Identity verification standards in welfare programs: Experimental evidence from India K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar Review of Economics and Statistics 107 (2), 372-392, 2025 | 72 | 2025 |
| The bigger they are, the harder they fall: an estimate of the costs of the crisis in corporate governance C Graham, RE Litan, S Sukhtankar Brookings Institution, 2002 | 52 | 2002 |
| In-kind transfers as insurance L Gadenne, S Norris, M Singhal, S Sukhtankar American Economic Review 114 (9), 2861-2897, 2024 | 46 | 2024 |
| Replications in development economics S Sukhtankar American Economic Review 107 (5), 32-36, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| Policing in patriarchy: An experimental evaluation of reforms to improve police responsiveness to women in India S Sukhtankar, G Kruks-Wisner, A Mangla Science 377 (6602), 191-198, 2022 | 35 | 2022 |
| The Impact of Corruption on Consumer Markets: Evidence from the Allocation of 2G Wireless Spectrum in India S Sukhtankar Journal of Law and Economics 58 (1), 75-108, 2015 | 33* | 2015 |
| Direct Benefits Transfer in Food K Muralidharan, P Niehaus, S Sukhtankar UC San Diego, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Mobile money T Suri, J Aker, C Batista, M Callen, T Ghani, W Jack, L Klapper, E Riley, ... VoxDevLit 2 (2), 3, 2023 | 28 | 2023 |
Paul NiehausChancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Economics, University of California San DiegoVerified email at ucsd.edu
