Mandar P. Oak

Assistant Professor of Economics

Office: Oakley 1
Webpage: http://www.williams.edu/Economics/oak/
E-mail: Mandar.P.Oak@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-3213
Fax: (413) 597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Fernald House
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

Cornell University, Ph.D., 2002
Delhi University, M.A., 1997
Curriculum Vitae

Fields of Specialization

Political Economy
Public Economics
Microeconomic Theory

Research

Publications

"The Signaling Role of Municipal Currencies in Economic Development" (with R. Jayaraman), Economica, Vol. 72 (November 2005), pp 597-613.

"Approval Voting with Endogenous Candidates", May 2004 (with A. Dellis), Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 54(1) (January 2006), pp 47-76.

"On the Role of the Primary System in Candidate Selection", January 2006, Economics and Politics, Vol. 18(2), July 2006, pp 169-190 .

"A Case for Bundling Contributions to Public Goods" (with S. Ghosh and A. Karaivanov). Journal of Public Economic Theory (forthcoming).

"Policy Convergence under Approval and Plurality Voting: The Role of Policy Commitment", (with A. Dellis). Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming).

"Evolution of Credit Market Regulation (in India)", Oxford Companion to Economics in India, K. Basu (Editor), Oxford University Press: New Delhi (forthcoming).

Working Papers

"Party Formation and Coalitional Bargaining in a Model of Proportional Representation", January 2004 (with S. Bandyopadhyay). Under revise and resubmit at European Journal of Political Economy.

"Only Twice as much: A Simple Rule for Regulating Lenders" (with A. Swamy), February 2006. Under review at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Work in Progress

"Policy Responsiveness to Conflict: the Case of a Hawkish Drift in Leadership?" February 2006 (with S. Bandyopadhyay).

"On the Weakness of Weak Dominance in Voting Games" (with A. Dellis).

"Public Goods and Inequality" (with S. Ghosh).