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Working Papers
2025
The Long-Run Consequences of Protected Land Rights on Structural Transformation
Ankit Bhatia · Job Market Paper · Johns Hopkins University
2025
Estimating the Social Costs of Big Energy: A Novel Approach Using NLP and Remote Sensing
Ankit Bhatia · Dissertation Paper · Johns Hopkins University
2025
Bridges, Market Access, and City Growth
Ankit Bhatia — Johns Hopkins University
Policy Papers
2026
Reforming Agricultural Land Conversion Laws in States
Shruti Rajagopalan, Shreyas Narla, Ankita Dinkar, Kadambari Shah, Ankit Bhatia
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
2021
Tracking Reforms in Land Leasing and Change in Land Use
Ankit Bhatia · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC
2018
The Political Economy of Land Rights in Scheduled Areas of India
Namita Wahi, Ankit Bhatia · Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
2017
Land Acquisition in India: A Review of Supreme Court Cases 1950–2016
Namita Wahi, Ankit Bhatia, Pallav Shukla, Dhruv Gandhi, Shubham Jain, Upasana Chauhan · Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
2016
Building Smart Cities in India: A Blueprint for Allahabad, Ajmer, and Visakhapatnam
Shamika Ravi, Adie Tomer, Ankit Bhatia, Joseph Kane · Brookings Institution, Washington DC
Digital Projects
2022
Mapping 1000 Land Laws — landlawsofindia.org
Namita Wahi, Kaustuv Biswas, Akanksha Jain, Ankit Bhatia, et al. · Centre for Policy Research
Popular Commentary & Media
2026
Why is Land Acquisition so Complex in India?
Ankit Bhatia · Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast
2019
Policy Winds, Land Rights, and Wrongs
Ankit Bhatia · Transfin Audio Podcast
2016
Municipal Bond Market for Smart Cities in India
Shamika Ravi, Ankit Bhatia · The Wire
2016
For Smart Cities to Succeed, Local Governance Is a Must
Shamika Ravi, Ankit Bhatia · The Wire
2015
A Governance-First Approach to India's Smart Cities
Adi Tomer, Ankit Bhatia, Janani Shankaran · Brookings Institution
Discussion Papers
2023
Comparative Political Economy of Land Development in China and India
Ankit Bhatia · Johns Hopkins University
2022
MENA Digital Ecosystem Assessment Report: Evidence from Morocco
Ankit Bhatia · Johns Hopkins University
2021
Foreign Aid, Road Development, and Insurgency in Afghanistan
Ankit Bhatia · Johns Hopkins University