PUBLISHED WORK
- Institutional imperfections and buyer-induced holdout in land acquisition (with Sreeparna Saha, Prabal Roy Chowdhury and Grazyna Wiejak-Roy) - forthcoming, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
- Learning versus habit formation: Optimal timing of lockdown for disease containment (with Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan Chatterjee and Kaustav Das) - forthcoming, Journal of Mathematical Economics (Special Issue on Covid19 Pandemic)
Manufacturing Extremism: political consequences of profit-seeking media (with Kalyan Chatterjee and Siddhartha Bandypadhyay) - forthcoming, International Economic Review
- Expert Captured Democracy (with A. Chakraborty & P. Ghosh) - forthcoming, American Economic Review
- Aid and Terrorism: a dynamic contracts approach with interlinked moral hazard (with P. Roy Chowdhury) - forthcoming, Indian Growth and Development Review
- Majoritarian preference, utilitarian welfare and public information in Cournot oligopoly (with Randy Silvers and CJ Sun) - forthcoming, Games and Economic Behavior.
- Random Settlement Arbitration and the Gneneralised Nash Solution: The One shot and Infinite Horizon Cases (with Kang Rong and Nejat Anbarci) - available online, Economic Theory (2018) .
- Double Auctions with No-Loss Constrained Traders (with Nejat Anbarci) - Theory and Decision (2018), 84, p. 1-9.
- Information Control in Reputational Cheap Talk (with Saptarshi P. Ghosh and Nejat Anbarci) - Games and Economic Behavior (2017), 106, p. 153-160.
- Strategic Dissent in the Hotelling-Downs model with sequential entry and private information (with S. Bandyopadhyay, K. Chatterjee and M. Bhalla), Research in Economics (2016)
- Evolution of Public Moods and Stability of Party Systems, Games and Economic Behavior (2016)
- Committees with Leaks (joint with Saptarshi Ghosh), Games and Economic Behavior (2015)
- Hotelling-Downs Competition when voters have an option to contest (joint with Marcin Dziubinski), Journal of Public Economic Theory (2013), 15(4), p. 620 – 653.
- Hotelling-Downs Model of Electoral Competition with Runoff Voting (joint with Sandro Brusco and Marcin Dziubinski), Games and Economic Behavior (2012), 74(2), p. 447-467.
- Popularity of Reinforcement-Based and Belief-Based Learning Models: An Evolutionary Approach (joint with Marcin Dziubinski), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2012) 36(3), p. 433-454.
- Electoral Competition in 2-dimensional Ideology Space with Uni-dimensional Commitment (joint with M. Dziubinski), Social Choice and Welfare (2011), 36, 1, pages 1-24.
- Aggregate Uncertainty in the Citizen-Candidate Model Yields Extremist Parties (joint with Sandro Brusco), Social Choice and Welfare (2011), 36, 1, pages 83-104.
- Ill-defined versus Precise Pre-play communication in the Travellers’ Dilemma (joint with E. Dechenaux and S. Chakravarty), Southern Economic Journal (2010), 77, 2, pages 351-368.
- Public-private partnership in Microfinance: Should NGO Involvement be Restricted? (joint with P. Roy Chowdhury), Journal of Development Economics (2009), 90, 2, pages 200-208.
- A location Game on Disjoint Circles (joint with D. Datta and M. Dziubinski), International Game Theory Review (2009), 11, 4, pages 391-406.
- Recursive Expected Utility and the separation of attitudes towards risk and ambiguity: an experimental study (joint with S. Chakraborty), Theory and Decision (2009), 66, pp. 199 -228.
- Punishment Path and Cartel size (joint with R. Rothschild), Research in Economics, 2007, vol. 61(4), pages 218-223.
- The Tenancy Ladder Revisited, The Indian Economic Journal, 2007, 54 (4), pages 74-88
- When Aspiring and Rational Agents strive to Coordinate, International Game Theory Review, (2007), 9, 3,pp. 461-475.
- Learning in Games with Bounded Memory, Control and Cybernetics, 2006, vol. 35, No. 2.
- Impossibility of strategy-proofness with coalition formation under Transferable Utility (joint with H. Sosnowska), (2006) in T. Trzaskalik edited, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Scientific Publications.
- Stochastic Dominance, Optimism and Investment, (joint with D. Datta), Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, 2004, Vol. 2, No. 4.
- When scrutiny reduces signaling incentives, (joint with D. Datta), Arthaniti, 2003, Vol. II, Nos.1-2.
- Strategic Hazard, (joint with D. Datta), Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, 2003, Vol. 1, No. 4.
- When Vagueness Induces Indirect Competition: Strategic Incompleteness of Contracts, (joint with K. Serfes), Economic Theory, 2002, 20-3, pages 603-621.
- Inter-temporal Discounting and Tenurial Contracts, (joint with K. Serfes), Journal of Development Economics (2001), 64, pages 417-436.
- Institutional imperfections and buyer-induced holdout in land acquisition (with Sreeparna Saha, Prabal Roy Chowdhury and Grazyna Wiejak-Roy) - forthcoming, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
- Learning versus habit formation: Optimal timing of lockdown for disease containment (with Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan Chatterjee and Kaustav Das) - forthcoming, Journal of Mathematical Economics (Special Issue on Covid19 Pandemic)
Manufacturing Extremism: political consequences of profit-seeking media (with Kalyan Chatterjee and Siddhartha Bandypadhyay) - forthcoming, International Economic Review
- Expert Captured Democracy (with A. Chakraborty & P. Ghosh) - forthcoming, American Economic Review
- Aid and Terrorism: a dynamic contracts approach with interlinked moral hazard (with P. Roy Chowdhury) - forthcoming, Indian Growth and Development Review
- Majoritarian preference, utilitarian welfare and public information in Cournot oligopoly (with Randy Silvers and CJ Sun) - forthcoming, Games and Economic Behavior.
- Random Settlement Arbitration and the Gneneralised Nash Solution: The One shot and Infinite Horizon Cases (with Kang Rong and Nejat Anbarci) - available online, Economic Theory (2018) .
- Double Auctions with No-Loss Constrained Traders (with Nejat Anbarci) - Theory and Decision (2018), 84, p. 1-9.
- Information Control in Reputational Cheap Talk (with Saptarshi P. Ghosh and Nejat Anbarci) - Games and Economic Behavior (2017), 106, p. 153-160.
- Strategic Dissent in the Hotelling-Downs model with sequential entry and private information (with S. Bandyopadhyay, K. Chatterjee and M. Bhalla), Research in Economics (2016)
- Evolution of Public Moods and Stability of Party Systems, Games and Economic Behavior (2016)
- Committees with Leaks (joint with Saptarshi Ghosh), Games and Economic Behavior (2015)
- Hotelling-Downs Competition when voters have an option to contest (joint with Marcin Dziubinski), Journal of Public Economic Theory (2013), 15(4), p. 620 – 653.
- Hotelling-Downs Model of Electoral Competition with Runoff Voting (joint with Sandro Brusco and Marcin Dziubinski), Games and Economic Behavior (2012), 74(2), p. 447-467.
- Popularity of Reinforcement-Based and Belief-Based Learning Models: An Evolutionary Approach (joint with Marcin Dziubinski), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2012) 36(3), p. 433-454.
- Electoral Competition in 2-dimensional Ideology Space with Uni-dimensional Commitment (joint with M. Dziubinski), Social Choice and Welfare (2011), 36, 1, pages 1-24.
- Aggregate Uncertainty in the Citizen-Candidate Model Yields Extremist Parties (joint with Sandro Brusco), Social Choice and Welfare (2011), 36, 1, pages 83-104.
- Ill-defined versus Precise Pre-play communication in the Travellers’ Dilemma (joint with E. Dechenaux and S. Chakravarty), Southern Economic Journal (2010), 77, 2, pages 351-368.
- Public-private partnership in Microfinance: Should NGO Involvement be Restricted? (joint with P. Roy Chowdhury), Journal of Development Economics (2009), 90, 2, pages 200-208.
- A location Game on Disjoint Circles (joint with D. Datta and M. Dziubinski), International Game Theory Review (2009), 11, 4, pages 391-406.
- Recursive Expected Utility and the separation of attitudes towards risk and ambiguity: an experimental study (joint with S. Chakraborty), Theory and Decision (2009), 66, pp. 199 -228.
- Punishment Path and Cartel size (joint with R. Rothschild), Research in Economics, 2007, vol. 61(4), pages 218-223.
- The Tenancy Ladder Revisited, The Indian Economic Journal, 2007, 54 (4), pages 74-88
- When Aspiring and Rational Agents strive to Coordinate, International Game Theory Review, (2007), 9, 3,pp. 461-475.
- Learning in Games with Bounded Memory, Control and Cybernetics, 2006, vol. 35, No. 2.
- Impossibility of strategy-proofness with coalition formation under Transferable Utility (joint with H. Sosnowska), (2006) in T. Trzaskalik edited, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Scientific Publications.
- Stochastic Dominance, Optimism and Investment, (joint with D. Datta), Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, 2004, Vol. 2, No. 4.
- When scrutiny reduces signaling incentives, (joint with D. Datta), Arthaniti, 2003, Vol. II, Nos.1-2.
- Strategic Hazard, (joint with D. Datta), Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, 2003, Vol. 1, No. 4.
- When Vagueness Induces Indirect Competition: Strategic Incompleteness of Contracts, (joint with K. Serfes), Economic Theory, 2002, 20-3, pages 603-621.
- Inter-temporal Discounting and Tenurial Contracts, (joint with K. Serfes), Journal of Development Economics (2001), 64, pages 417-436.
COMPLETED WORK
- Mood swings, media coverage, and elections (with S.P Ghosh, Nidhi Jain and Cesar Martinelli) - under submission
- Kantian imperatives in public goods networks (with Sambit Mohanty and Mallikarjuna Rao) - under submission
WORK IN PROGRESS
- Political Careers and Electoral Accountability (with Cesar Martinelli)
- Optimal size of Committees under public persuasion (with S. P. Ghosh and P. Postl)
- Generalised Hide and Seek game: Theory and experiments (with S. Chakraborty and M. Dziubinski)
- Optimal pricing and bundling in the presence of stars (with S. P. Ghosh and Nidhi Jain)
- Communal identity of political leadership (with Antonio Cabrales, Mallikarjuna Rao and Anirban Karmakar)
- Democratic City-Networks (with Antonio Cabrales)
- Deep State (with Archishman Chakraborty and Parikshit Ghosh)
- Mutual Persuasion in Bilateral Trade with Two-sided Private Information (with Randy Silvers and CJ Sun)
- The psychological impact of news (with Sujoy Chakraborty, Saptarshi P. Ghosh and Grazyna Wiejak-Roy)
- Overlapping Contests and the Politics of Income Distribution (with Sandro Brusco)
- Kantian and Altruist interventions in Social Networks (with Sambit Mohanty and Mallikarjuna Rao)