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Research Fields

  • Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory
  • Political Economy
  • Public economics

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”, (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”, 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

  • “Only Twice as much: A Simple Rule for Regulating Lenders” (with A. Swamy), July 2006.
  • “Party Formation and Coalitional Bargaining in a Model of Proportional Representation”, May 2006 (with S. Bandyopadhyay). Under revise and resubmit at European Journal of Political Economy.

Work in Progress

  • "Electing a Legistlature under Alternative Voting Rules" ( With A. Dellis).
  • "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).
  • "Multiple Public Goods Provision under Voluntary Coasian Bargaining."

Referee Work

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Economics and Politics, Journal of Public Economic Theory

Seminars/Conferences

  • Department of Economics Seminar Series, Williams College (March 2003)
  • Public Choice Society Meetings at Nashville (April 2003)
  • Department of Economics, University of Birmingham (March 2004)
  • Royal Economic Society Meetings at Swansea Wales (April 2004)
  • Stony Brook Game Theory Festival (July 2004, July 2005)
  • NEUDC at Brown University (September 2005)
  • Florida Atlantic University (October 2005)
  • Williams College, Dept Seminar (November 2005)
  • University of Western Ontario (Nov 2005)
  • Cornell University (Feb 2006)
  • Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India (June 2006)
  • Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India (July 2006)