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Evan Kresch

  • Associate Professor of Economics

Areas of Study

Education

  • BA (summa cum laude); University of California, Berkeley; 2010
  • MA, Columbia University, 2012
  • PhD, Columbia University, 2016 

Biography

Evan Kresch conducts research in the fields of development economics, public finance, and environmental economics. His current research focuses on the institutional barriers to water and sanitation provision, the health and behavioral effects of natural resource management, and the improvement of public procurement in developing countries. He teaches classes in development economics and principles of economics.

Spring 2026

Principles of Economics 鈥 ECON 101

Economic History of Latin America 鈥 ECON 210

Fall 2026

Principles of Economics 鈥 ECON 101

Intermediate Macroeconomics 鈥 ECON 251

Notes

Evan Kresch Presents Paper at Economics Seminar

Associate Professor of Economics Evan Kresch presented his paper 鈥淕reener on the Other Side: Inequity and Tax Compliance鈥 in the Economics department seminar at the Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica de Chile in Santiago.

Evan Kresch Presented Paper at NOVAFRICA

Evan Kresch presented his paper "What We Do in the Shadows: How Urban Density Facilitates Information Diffusion" in the at the Nova SBE in Lisbon, Portugal.

Evan Kresch Article Published in "VoxDev"

Associate Professor of Economics Evan Kresch publishes an article for VoxDev titled "Targeting relief aid after natural disasters: Should donors work through governments or NGOs?".

Evan Kresch Presents at Conference on Public Finance

Assistant Professor Evan Kresch presented (virtually) in the Egg-timer Session at the 6th in Developing Countries on December 14, 2021.

 

Evan Kresch Presents at Annual Conference on Taxation

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch presented "Do Bigger Legislatures Lead to Bigger Government? Evidence from a Brazilian Municipal Council Reform" on November 19, 2021 at the , "Improving the U.S. Safety Net," sponsored by the National Tax Association (NTA). The paper was co-authored by Rodrigo Schneider (Skidmore College); Henrique Veras (Centre College); and Mark M. Walker '22 (91直播 College).

Evan Kresch Presents at the ABDI-IFS Conference

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch presented, 鈥淪anitation and Property Tax Compliance: Analyzing the Social Contract in Brazil,鈥 at the ABDI-IFS Conference on October 28, 2021.

Evan Kresch presents research at Skidmore College

"Story of the Hurricane: Government, NGOs, and the Differences in Post-Disaster Relief," was presented virtually by Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch at Skidmore College in New York on April 22, 2021.

Evan Kresch featured in interview

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch's work was recently highlighted in an interview by the . 

Evan Kresch Publishes

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch's paper "The Buck Stops Where? Federalism, Uncertainty, and Investment in the Brazilian Water and Sanitation Sector" was published recently in the .

 

Evan Kresch Presents Papers

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch , "Another Seat at the Table: Municipal Council Size and Local Taxes in Brazil," on July 23 at the Virtual LAC Development Seminar .

Professor Kresch also presented "The Story of a Hurricane: Local Government, NGOs, and Post-Disaster Assistance" on July 28 at the 2020 .

Evan Kresch Publishes in Journal of Economic Letters

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch published "" in the Journal of Economics Letters

News

Evan Kresch Named U.S. Fulbright Scholar

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch will travel to Spain next spring as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, where he will continue his research and teach at the Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid.