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Clare Balboni

Assistant Professor of Economics · London School of Economics

Assistant Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics working in environmental, trade and development economics. Directs the STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme.

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Published Review of Economic Studies Online 6 Oct 2025 Published Jul 2026

The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics

Clare Balboni · Robin Burgess · Benjamin A Olken

This paper studies the economics of illegal tropical forest fires in Indonesia, framed as a modern counterpart to Pigou's canonical externality example of sparks from railway engines. The central …

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