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My research is eclectic, cutting across a number of
areas of economics, finance and international business. I started out as a development economist. My doctoral dissertation was
about food-feed competition, something that has come into vogue with economists who worry about the implication of meat consumption
for food security of developing countries. The abstract of the dissertation can be downloaded here.
As such, I am an applied economist whose research questions are largely anchored in microeconomic theory. In
particular, the economics of agency conflicts and strategic interaction among economic agents is the basis for a lot
(though not all) of my research questions. Much of my research involve the following: v Ownership, corporate governance and firm performance v Multinational enterprises v Banking and credit markets My research is largely empirical in nature, and India is
the context of a significant proportion of this research. It is my native country, large, developing, and one
of the fastest growing in the world. Further, since 1991, it has experienced very significant structural changes and hence it
is a fertile ground for natural experiments encompassing a variety of policy issues that impact behaviour and performance
of economic agents. Finally, it allows me to leverage the knowledge of the country's economy and its financial-corporate
sectors that I had acquired during the three and a half years that I spent there as an economist.
Increasingly,
however, I am developing an interest in a comparison of BRICS countries. One of my papers compares the impact of
economic reforms on firm performance in China and Russia. Another (recently published) paper compares the trends
and determinants of earnings growth among Indian and Chinese wage earners since the late eighties. Such comparative studies
promise to be a significant part of my research portfolio in the medium run.
For some months now, I have voiced
my opinion on the air, by way of BBC's world service. It is tough to say something meaningful yet simple within
seconds of encountering a question, not to mention that I have to respond in Bengali. But I enjoy those experiences,
and am hoping to interact more with the media in the future. A sample of a recent (online) interview, published in The
Analyst, a magazine that is published by the ICFAI Press for financial professionals in India, can be found
here.
Enough said! The details are for you to find out in this web site. If
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Aston University, Aston Business School,
Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UB8 3PH, UK
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