Manaswini Rao

Manaswini is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at University of Delaware. Her research interests span the broad areas of development economics and economic growth. She studies the judiciary examining how frontline judicial capacity affects local firms and markets. She also works on collective action and coordination in natural and agricultural resource management. Before joining UD, Manaswini was a Postdoc at UC San Diego and graduated from UC Berkeley in May 2020 with a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics.