CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME Maitreesh Ghatak
Contact Details
Department of Economics, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, U.K, Telephone: (44) 207 852 3568, Email: m.ghatak@lse.ac.uk.
Field/Area of specialisation Development Economics, Economics of Organizations, Public Economics
Education and Degrees
1996, PhD in Economics, Harvard University.
1991, MA in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
1989, BSc in Economics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta
Principal Current Position
Professor of Economics, London School of Economics (2004-present)
Principal Previous Positions
Reader in Economics, London School of Economics (2002-2004)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Chicago (1996-2002)
Editorial Positions
Editor in Chief (2010-present) Journal of Development Economics.
Managing Editor (2003-2006) Review of Economic Studies.
Member of Editorial Board (2012-present) Ideas for India, International Growth Centre.
Co-editor (2003-2005) Economics of Transition.
Co-Editor (2008 –2009): Journal of Development Economics.
Member of Editorial Board (2002-2011): Review of Economic Studies
Associate Editor (2009-2012): Journal of Comparative Economics
Associate Editor (1998-2004): Economica
Professional Affiliations
Adjunct Professor, Indian Statistical Institute (2013 - present).
External Member (2013-present) World Bank Research Committee.
Member of Executive Committee (2011 -present) Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (B.R.E.A.D.)
Director (2005 – present): Economic Organization and Public Policy Program (EOPP) in STICERD
Lead Economist (2010 - present): International Growth Centre, India: Bihar Programme.
External Visiting Professor (2010 – Present): Centre of Research in the Economics of Development, University of Namur.
Co-founder and Core Member (2011 - ): Theoretical Research in Development (ThReD).
Research Fellow: Centre for Economic Policy Research (C.E.P.R.), Program in Public Policy & Development Economics
Research Associate: The Centre on Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), Warwick University.
Invited Short-Term Visiting Positions
Social Enterprise Initiative Visiting Fellow: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2014-2015.
Visiting Professor, CTRPFP Programme: Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Jan-Feb 2015
Distinguished Visitor: Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, 2013-14.
Visiting Professor: MIT, May 2012
Visiting Professor: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, January–April 2008
Visiting Professor: Yale University, April 2007.
Visiting Scientist: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, July-August 2006.
Visiting Fellow: International/Development Visitor Program, Department of Economics, Northwestern University, March 2004.
Bhabatosh Datta Visiting Fellow: Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, May-July 2002
Visiting Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, 2000-01.
Visiting Assistant Professor: London School of Economics, January-March 1999.
Post-Doctoral Fellow: STICERD, London School of Economics, July-September 1996
Grants and Awards
DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) Large Grant ES/L012103/1: Micro-credit, financial access and growth, (with T. Besley and K. Burchardi), 2014-2017.
International Growth Centre (IGC) Grant: Cash Transfer Versus In-Kind Transfers: A Conceptual Framework & Preliminary Evidence from Bihar, 2012.
STICERD Grant “Regulating Microfinance: Theory and Policy in Light of the Indian Crisis”, 2012.
International Growth Centre (IGC) Grant (RST-U145): Land Acquisition for Business and Compensation of Displaced Farmers, 2019-2012
STICERD Grant “Beyond Joint Liability: Topics in Microfinance”, 2010.
Microsoft Corporation Grant “Motivation and Incentives in Organizations”, 2007-2009.
ESRC Large Grant RES-000-23-0717 “Competition and Incentives in Public Service Provision” (with T. Besley) 2004-06.
University of Chicago, Social Science Division Dean's Research Grant, 2001-02.
Mellon Cultural Training and Research Grant for field survey in West Bengal, 1999.
Post Doctoral Fellowship, STICERD, London School of Economics, Summer 1996.
The Simon Kuznets Award, 1993, Harvard University.
Invited Special Lectures
Keynote Speaker, Workshop on Economic Growth in West Bengal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, December 27, 2014.
Keynote Speaker, Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics: The Role of Theory in Development Economics, Washington DC, June 2014.
Keynote Speaker, The Impact of Institutions and Regulation on Public Services Conference, University of Bristol, Bristol, June 2014.
Fudan-HSBC Lectures, Fudan University, Shanghai, March 2014.
Keynote Lecture, The Fourth Annual Conference on the Chinese Economy, Fudan Unviersity, Shanghai, December 2013.
Plenary Lecture, 9th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, December 2013.
Plenary Lecture, Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, January 11, 2013.
Plenary Lecture, Workshop on Economic Growth in West Bengal, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, January 8, 2013.
The Fourth Dipak Banerjee Annual Memorial Lecture, Presidency College, Calcutta, January 6, 2011.
Plenary Lecture, International Growth Centre (IGC), India-Bihar Conference, Patna, December 2010.
Public Lecture, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and Bangalore University, Bangalore, September 2, 2010.
Invited Lecture Series, Winter School, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, December 2008.
Plenary Lecture, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Bled, Slovenia, May 2007.
Publications
Refereed Publications
1. Group Lending Without Joint Liability, (with J. de Quidt, T. Fetzer), Forthcoming, Journal of Development Economics, Special Issue on Microfinance, ed.s J.-M. Baland and K. Munshi.
2. Land Acquisition for Industrialization and Compensation for Displaced Farmers, (with D. Mookherjee). Journal of Development Economics, 110: 303-312, Special Issue, Land and Property Rights, ed.s C.Udry and D. Mookherjee, Volume 110, Pages 239-249, September 2014.
3. Contractual Structure in Agriculture with Endogenous Matching, (with Alexander Karaivanov), Journal of Development Economics, Special Issue on Land and Property Rights, ed.s C.Udry and D. Mookherjee, Volume 110, Pages 303-312, September 2014.
4. Marry for What? Partner Selection in Modern India, (with A.V. Banerjee, E. Duflo, J. Lafortune). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 5 2: 33-72, 2013.
5. Trade and the Allocation of Talent with Capital Market Imperfections, (with R. Bonfatti). Journal of International Economics, 89 1: 187-201, 2013.
6. Incentives and the de Soto Effect, ((with T. Besley, K. Burchardi). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 1: 237-282, 2012.
7. Thanks for Nothing? Welfare Effects of Not-for-Profits with Endogenous Matching, (with H. Mueller). Journal of Public Economics, 95 1-2: 94-105, 2011.
8. Entrepreneurial Talent, Occupational Choice, and Trickle Up Policies, (with M. Morelli, T. Sjostrom). Journal of Economic Theory, 137 1: 27-48, 2007.
9. Wealth Inequality and Collective Action, (with P. Bardhan and A. Karaivanov). Journal of Public Economics, 91 9: 1843–1874, 2008.
10. Retailing Public Goods: The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility, (with T. Besley). Journal of Public Economics, 91 9: 1645–1663, 2007.
11. Subcontractors for Tractors: Asset Specificity and Contracting in a Manufacturer-Supplier Network, (with T. Andrabi, A. Khwaja). Journal of Development Economics, 79 2: 273-492, 2006.
12. Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents, (with T. Besley). American Economic Review, 95 3: 616-636, 2005
13. Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect, (with S. Gangopadhyay and R. Lensink). Economic Journal, 115 506: 1005-1115, 2005.
14. Eviction Threats and Investment Incentives, (with A.V. Banerjee). Journal of Development Economics, 74 2: 469-488, 2004.
15. Can Unobserved Heterogeneity in Farmer Ability Explain the Inverse Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity? (with J. Assuncao). Economics Letters, 80 2: 189-194, 2003.
16. Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal, (with A.V. Banerjee and P. Gertler). Journal of Political Economy, 110 2: 239-280, 2002.
17. A Simple Model of Inequality, Occupational Choice and Development, (with N. Jiang). Journal of Development Economics, 69 1: 205-226, 2001.
18. Government versus Private Ownership of Public Goods, (with T. Besley). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116 4: 1343 – 1372, 2001.
19. Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives, (with M. Morelli, T. Sjostrom). Review of Economic Studies, 68 4: 781-810, 2001.
20. Financially Interlinked Business Groups, (with R. Kali). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 10 4: 591-619, 2001.
21. Contract Choice in Agriculture with Joint Moral Hazard in Effort and Risk, (with P. Pandey). Journal of Development Economics, 63 2: 303-326, 2000.
22. Screening by the Company You Keep: Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect. Economic Journal, 110 465: 601-631, 2000.
23. The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice, (with T. Guinnane). Journal of Development Economics, 60 1: 195-228, 1999.
24. Group Lending, Local Information and Peer Selection. Journal of Development Economics, 60 1: 27-50, 1999.
Other Publications
1. Did Gujarat Switch to a Higher Growth Trajectory Relative To India under Modi? A Rejoinder (with Sanchari Roy), Economic and Political Weekly of India, May 3, 2014.
2. Growth in the time of UPA: Myths and Reality (with Parikshit Ghosh & Ashok Kotwal), Economic and Political Weekly of India, April 19, 2014.
3. Did Gujarat’s Growth Rate Accelerate under Modi? (with Sanchari Roy), Economic and Political Weekly of India, April 12, 2014.
4. Land Acquisition and Compensation in Singur: What Really Happened? (with S. Mitra, D. Mookherjee, A. Nath). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 48 21: 32-44, 2014.
5. Bailouts and the Optimal Taxation of Bonus Pay, (with T. Besley). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 103 3: 163–167, 2013.
6. The Land Acquisition Bill: A Critique and a Proposal, (with P. Ghosh). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 46 41: 65-72, 2011.
7. Implementing Health Insurance: The Rollout of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in Karnataka, (with R. Durgam, E. Berg, R. Manjula, S. Roy). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 46 20: 56-63, 2011.
8. Spanning the Chasm: Uniting Theory and Empirics in Microfinance Research, (with G. Fischer). In The Handbook of Microfinance (ed B. Armendáriz, M. Labie). Singapore: World Scientific, 59-71, 2011.
9. Property Rights and Economic Development, (with T. Besley). In The Handbook of Development Economics Volume V (ed D. Rodrik, M. Rosenzweig). The Netherlands: North-Holland, 4525-4595, 2010.
10. Status Incentives, (with T. Besley). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 98 2: 206-211, 2008.
11. Reforming Public Service Delivery, (with T. Besley). Journal of African Economics, 16 1: 127-156, 2007.
12. Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in India: A Review of the Evidence, (with S. Roy). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 23 2: 251-269, 2007.
13. Land Reform. In The Oxford Companion to Economics in India (ed K. Basu). New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 328-332, 2007.
14. Beyond Nandigram: Industrialization in West Bengal, (with A. V. Banerjee, P. Bardhan, K. Basu, M. Datta-Chaudhuri, A. Guha, M. Majumdar, D. Mookherjee, D. Ray). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 42 17: 1487-1489, 2007.
15. Sorting with Motivated Agents: Implications for School Competition and Teacher Incentives, (with T. Besley). Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 4 2–3:404–414, 2006.
16. Public Goods and Economic Development, (with T. Besley). In Understanding Poverty (ed A.V. Banerjee, R. Benabou, D. Mookherjee), New York: Oxford University Press, 285-302, 2006.
17. Inequality and Collective Action, (with P. Bardhan, A. Karaivanov). In Economic Inequality, Collective Action, and Environmental Sustainability (ed P. Bardhan, S. Bowles, J. M. Baland). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 36-59, 2006.
18. Who should provide public goods? A Perspective from the Theory of Organizations? In Development, Displacement and Disparity - India in the Last Quarter of the Century (ed S. Marjit, N. Banerjee). New Delhi: Orient Longman, 98-138, 2005.
19. Incentives, risk and accountability in organizations, (with T. Besley). In Organizational Encounters with Risk (ed B. Hutter, M. Power). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 149-166, 2005.
20. Incentives and Accountability in the Provision of Public Services, (with T. Besley). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 19 2: 235-249, 2003.
21. Strategy for Economic Reform in West Bengal, (with A. V. Banerjee, P. Bardhan, K. Basu, M. Datta-Chaudhuri, A. Guha, M. Majumdar, D. Mookherjee, D. Ray). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 37 41: 4203-4218, 2002.
22. Recent Reforms in the Panchayat System in West Bengal: Toward Greater Participatory Governance? (with M. Ghatak). Economic and Political Weekly of India, 37 1: 45-58, 2002.
23. Diversified Business Groups in Emerging Economies, (with R. Kali). Money and Finance, 2 4: 20-31, 2000.
Recent Working Papers
1. Profit with Purpose? Theory and Experimental Evidence on Social Enterprise, (with Tim Besley).
2. Two States: A Comparative Analysis of Gujarat and Bihar’s Growth Performance Between 1981-2011 (with Sanchari Roy), Working Paper, October 22, 2014.
3. Solving Agency Problems: Intrinsic Motivation, Incentives, and Productivity (with Tim Besley), Background paper for the World Development Report 2015, January 2014.
4. Is the credit worth it? For-profit Lenders in microfinance with rational and behavioral borrowers (with Jon de Quidt), Background paper for the World Development Report 2015, November 2013.
5. Group Lending Without Joint Liability, (with J. de Quidt, T. Fetzer). BREAD Working Paper No. 390. 2013.
6. Motivating Information Agents : Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance? (with E. Berg, R. Manjula, D. Rajasekhar, S. Roy). BREAD Working Paper No. 380. 2013.
7. Market Structure and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance, (with J. de Quidt, T. Fetzer). BREAD Working Paper No. 360. 2012.
8. Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure? (with M. Aney, M. Morelli). CEPR Discussion Paper DP8533. 2012.
9. Land Acquisition and Compensation in Singur: Results of a Survey, (with S. Mitra, D. Mookherjee, A. Nath). BREAD Policy Paper No. 035. 2012.
10. Microfinance, Market Structure, and Borrower Welfare in Microfinance: Regulatory Lessons from the Indian Crisis, (with J. de Quidt and T. Fetzer). 2011.
11. Repayment Frequency and Lending Contracts with Present-Biased Borrowers, (with G. Fischer). EOPP Working Paper No. EOPP 021. 2010.
Work In Progress
1. Non-Profits and Ownership of Public Goods, (with Tim Besely and Patrick Francois).
2. Incentive Effects of Regulating Exchange Rights, (with Dilip Mookherjee).
3. For-Profit and Non-Profit Competition, (with Hannes Mueller).
4. Ethical Finance, (with Tim Besley).
5. Tenant Heterogeneity and the Unequal Effects of Agrarian Reform: Theory and Evidence, (with Abhijit V. Banerjee and Selim Gulesci).
6. Can Taste for Discrimination Survive in Competitive Markets?
7. Missing Firms, (with Rocco Macchiavello and Christopher Woodruff).
8. The Welfare Effects of Microfinance: A Quantitative Approach, (with Tim Besley and Konrad Burchardi).
9. Poverty Traps without Credit Market Frictions, (with Giacomo Rodano).
10. Missing Markets and Backward Bending Supply Curve of Land, (with Sanjay Banerji).
Older Working Papers
1. Taxation and Regulation of Bonus Pay, (with Tim Besley). C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper No. 8532, 2011.
2. Credit Rationing, Wealth Inequality, and Allocation of Talent, (with Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjostrom). STICERD Theoretical Economics Discussion Paper TE/2002/441, 2002.
3. Gun Control and the Self-Defense Argument. 2002.
4. Public-Private Partnership for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs” (with Tim Besley). STICERD Development Economics Discussion Paper Series, DEDPS 17, 1999.
Op-Eds, Essays etc
In English
1. From ‘Mess in India’ to ‘Made in India’ as a global brand?, The Economic Times, October 13, 2014, reprinted in Ideas for India.
2. Ceteris Paribus, Interview at The Economie, Netherlands, September 22, 2014.
3. India has more than its fair share of super-rich and it isn’t a good thing (with Debraj Ray), The Economic Times, September 4, 2014.
4. India needs more than Narendra Modi's trickle-down model, The Guardian, July 14, 2014.
5. Winnowing fact from rhetoric: A look at what figures tell of UPA's regime (with Parikshit Ghosh & Ashok Kotwal), The Economic Times, April 15, 2014.
6. Growth is Not the Victim of the UPA, it is the Other Way Round, (with Parikshit Ghosh), Hindustan Times, April 3, 2014.
7. Gujarat Model of Development and Other Growth Stories, (with Sanchari Roy), DNA, March 31, 2014.
8. A Look in the Mirror, (with Sanchari Roy), Outlook, March 31, 2014.
9. Modinomics: do Narendra Modi's economic claims add up? (with Sanchari Roy), The Guardian, March 13, 2014.
10. Harvard, Hard Work, and Hard Facts, The Economic Times, Sunday Magazine, February 23, 2014.
11. Reforming India's Land Policy (with Parikshit Ghosh and Dilip Mookherjee), Yojana, November 2013.
12. The Land Acquisition Bill is Deeply Flawed (with Parikshit Ghosh), Ideas for India, October 23, 2013.
13. The Chit fund crisis: Should not put all financial intermediaries in the same bracket, (with Abhijit V. Banerjee), Ideas for India, May 3, 2013.
14. Developing a land acquisition policy for India, (with Dilip Mookherjee), Ideas for India, and MINT, Sep 5 2012.
15. Land acquisition: Is there a way out? (with Parikshit Ghosh), Ideas for India, July 16, 2012.
16. Land on One’s Square Feet (with Parikshit Ghosh), Hindustan Times, New Delhi, September 21, 2011 and Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, September 22, 2011.
17. Incentive Pay and Bailouts (with Tim Besley), Vox, August 27, 2011.
18. What crisis has taught economics, Financial Express, 09 Jan 2010.
19. Why would you sell your heart? , Financial Express, New Delhi, Nov 16, 2009.
20. Buying land and selling kidneys, Financial Express, New Delhi, Nov 09, 2009.
21. No Way Out of this Plot, (with Sanjay Banerji), Financial Express, New Delhi, September 30, 2009.
22. Small is Smart, Financial Express, New Delhi, August 24, 2009.
23. Anger in the Wake of Aila (with Sreyashi Dastidar), Financial Express, New Delhi, June 11, 2009.
24. Poor Man’s Capitalism. Financial Express, New Delhi, March 23, 2009.
25. Barefoot Entrepreneurs? Financial Express, New Delhi, January 12, 2009.
26. Where is Credit Due? Financial Express, New Delhi, October 27, 2008.
27. The policy of banning private tuition in West Bengal (with Sugata Marjit) in The Telegraph, Calcutta, June 29, 2002.
28. Industrial reform in West Bengal (with Abhijit Banerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Kaushik Basu, Mrinal Datta-Chaudhuri, Ashok Guha, Mukul Majumdar, Dilip Mookherjee, and Debraj Ray) published serially in The Telegraph, Calcutta, July 02-11, 2001.
29. An economic plan for the West Bengal government (with Abhijit Banerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Kaushik Basu, Mrinal Datta-Chaudhuri, Ashok Guha, Mukul Majumdar, Dilip Mookherjee, and Debraj Ray) The Telegraph, Calcutta, May 13, 2001.
30. Recent trends in the U.S. economy (with Parikshit Ghosh), The Telegraph, Calcutta, June 4, 1999.
In Bengali
1. Limits of Freedom of Voluntary Contracting, (with Amitava Gupta), Forthcoming, Baromas, Annual Number, Winter 2014.
2. Review of Tomas Piketty’s Capital in The Twenty First Century, Ananda Bazar Patrika, October 24, 2014.
3. Not All Inequalities are Equal, Anushtup, Annual Number, 2014.
4. Are there Too Many Rich Folks in India, (with Debraj Ray), Ananda Bazar Patrika, August 19, 2014.
5. Gary Becker – An Obituary, Ananda Bazar Patrika, June 3, 2014.
6. Evaluating Modi Magic with Data, (with Sanchari Roy), Ananda Bazar Patrika, March 25, 2014.
7. In Terms of Economic Growth, UPA2 was More Successful than NDA, (with Amitava Gupta), Ananda Bazar Patrika, March 18, 2014.
8. Debates on Development Indicators, Baromas, Annual Number, 2013.
9. Policy to Combat Hunger, (with Amitava Gupta), Ananda Bazar Patrika, December 19, 2013.
10. Good Wishes Are Not Enough – Thoughts on the Potato Market Crisis, Ananda Bazar Patrika, November 12, 2013.
11. Beyond the Old State vs Market Debate – Reflections on the Sen-Bhagwati Debate, Ananda Bazar Patrika, August 13, 2013.
12. The Chit Fund Scandal in West Bengal: A Zero Sum Game, Ananda Bazar Patrika, May 15, 2013.
13. In Search of a Good Dictator (in Bengali), with Amitava Gupta, Anushtup, Annual Number 2013.
14. Beyond the Government vs Market Debate – The State of Primary Education in India (in Bengali), with Amitava Gupta, Ananda Bazar Patrika, August 13, 2013.
15. Lessons from the Chit Fund Crisis: Stuck in a Zero Sum Game (in Bengali), with Amitava Gupta, Ananda Bazar Patrika, May 15, 2013.
16. The Chit fund crisis: Should not put all financial intermediaries in the same bracket (in Bengali), (with Abhijit V. Banerjee), Ananda Bazar Patrika, May 1, 2013.
17. Confirmation Bias (in Bengali), with Amitava Gupta, Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, March 31, 2013.
18. Interview on Land Acquisition in West Bengal, Ananda Bazar Patrika, February 27-28, 2013.
19. The Role of Markets in Development (in Bengali), Anushtup, Annual Number, 2012.
20. The Apparent Decline of Bengali as a Language (in Bengali), Baromas, Annual Number, 2012.
21. Land Acquisition for Industry - A Proposal, (with Parikshit Ghosh), Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, September 22, 2011.
22. Designing Economic Policy (with Parikshit Ghosh) (in Bengali), Anushtup, Annual Number, 2011.
23. On Some of the Presumptions of Mainstream Economics, (in Bengali), Anushtup, Annual Number, 2010.
24. The Pioneer of Modern Analytical Economics: Paul Samuelson, (in Bengali), Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, December 29, 2009.
25. The Limits of Markets, (in Bengali), Anushtup, Annual Number, 2009.
26. The 2008 US Presidential Election (in Bengali) (in two parts), Anandabazar Patrika, Calcutta, November 18-19, 2008.
27. The land acquisition controversy in West Bengal Beyond Nandigram: Industrialization in West Bengal (with Abhijit Banerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Kaushik Basu, Mrinal Datta-Chaudhuri, Ashok Guha, Mukul Majumdar, Dilip Mookherjee, and Debraj Ray), Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali version) April 25, 26, 2007.
28. The Role of Soft Infrastructure in Economic Development, Baromas, Annual Number, 2006.
29. The 2004 US Presidential Election (in Bengali), Anandabazar Patrika, Calcutta, November 14, 2004.
30. Industrial reform in West Bengal (with Abhijit Banerjee, Pranab Bardhan, Kaushik Basu, Mrinal Datta-Chaudhuri, Ashok Guha, Mukul Majumdar, Dilip Mookherjee, and Debraj Ray) published serially in The Telegraph, Calcutta, July 02-11, 2001, (in Bengali) in the Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, June 17-21, 2001.
31. Increase in West Bengal’s agricultural productivity and the role of agrarian reform (in Bengali) (with Abhijit Banerjee), Ananda Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, April 20, 2000.
Completed Theses Supervised
Principal Advisor to: Neville Nien-Huei Jiang (Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University), Rocco Macchiavello (Post-doc, Nuffield College, Oxford), Masayuki Kudamatsu (Assistant Professor, IIES, Stockholm), Emmanuel Frot (Assistant Professor, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics), Paolo Masella (Assistant Professor, University of Sussex), Sanchari Roy (Assistant Professor, University of Sussex), Konrad Burchardi (Assistant Professor, IIES, Stockholm), Selim Gulesci (Assistant Professor, Bocconi), Erlend Berg (Lecturer, University of Bristol), Madhav Aney (Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University), Giacomo Rodano (Bank of Italy), Hannes Mueller (Post-Doc IAE-CSIC, Barcelona), Anett Hoffman (Assistant Professor, CREST-ENSAE, Paris)
Member of Thesis Committee: Christian Ahlin (Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University), Xavier Gine (World Bank), Hyeok Jeong (Assistant Professor, University of Southern California), Alexander Karaivanov (Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University), Priyanka Pandey (Assistant Professor, Penn State), Kenichi Ueda (I.M.F.), Ankur Vora (Boston Consulting Group), Kumar Aniket (Lecturer, Murray Edwards & Newnham College, University of Cambridge), Fernando Aragon (Simon Fraser, Assistant Professor).