Publications
"Case Preparation Investments in the Presence of Costly Judicial Attention," Research in Economics, accepted (2024).
"Plea Bargaining when Juror Effort is Costly," Economic Theory, (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-024-01551-2
"Accomplice Plea Bargains in the Presence of Costly Juror Effort," Games and Economic Behavior, (2023), 142:209-225.
Ambiguity Aversion, Group Size, and Deliberation: Costly Information and Decision Accuracy," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022), 201:115-133.
"Affirmative Action in the Presence of Income Heterogeneity," Games and Economic Behavior, (2022), 132, 510-533, joint with P. Roy Chowdhury.
"Revisiting the volunteer's dilemma: group size and public good provision in the presence of some ambiguity aversion," Economics Bulletin, (2020), 40:1308-1318.
"Should Jurors Deliberate?" Review of Law and Economics, (2020), 16(2), Article no 20180011.
"Pretrial Beliefs and Verdict Accuracy: Costly Juror Effort and Free Riding", B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, (2020), 20(2), Article no 20180020.
"Malice and Patience in Rubinstein bargaining", Research in Economics, (2019), 73:264-270.
"Malice in Pretrial Negotiations", International Review of Law and Economics, (2019) 58:25-33.
"Arbitration, Indivisible Assets and the Possibility of Malice", Bulletin of Economic Research, (2018), 71:404-415.
"Malice in Auctions and Commitments to Cancel", Economics Bulletin, (2018) 38: 1623-1631.
"Secret ballots and costly information gathering: the jury size problem revisited", International Review of Law and Economics, (2018) 54:58-67.
"Malice in the Rubinstein bargaining game", Mathematical Social Sciences, (2018) 94: 82-86.
"Costly Leader Games with a Probabilistically Non-Strategic Leader", International Game Theory Review, (2017). 19:175008.
"Testing for Malice", Economics Bulletin, (2017), 37:327-335.
"Moral Hazard, Bertrand Competition and Natural Monopoly", Journal of Economics, accepted (2017), 121: 153-171. Available here
"Malicious Litigation", International Review of Law and Economics, (2016), 47:24-32. A pre-publication version is here
""Inferiority" Complex? Policing, Private Precautions and Crime", European Journal of Law and Economics, (2015), 39:97-106. The final working paper version is here: Policing.pdf
"Borrower Targeting under Microfinance Competition with Motivated MFIs", Developing Economies, (2014), 52: 211-240 (with P. Roy Chowdhury).
."Reversal of Fortune Revisited: The Geography of Transport and the Changing Balance of World Economic Power", Rivista di Storia Economica, (2014), 30(2): 161-188 (with A. Guha).
"Reinterpreting King Solomon's Problem: Malice and Mechanism Design", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2014), 98: 125-132. The final working paper version is here: Solomon.doc
"Guns and Crime Revisited", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2013), 94: 1-10 (lead article). The final working paper version is here: Guns.pdf
"Microfinance Competition: Motivated Microlenders, Double Dipping and Default", Journal of Development Economics, (2013),105:86-102 (with P Roy Chowdhury). The final working paper version is here: mficompdoubledippingfinalversion.pdf
"Who Will Monitor the Monitors?Informal Law Enforcement and Collusion at Champagne", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2012),83(2): 261-277. The final working paper version is here:champagnerevisionfinal.pdf
"Crime and Moral Hazard: Does More Policing Necessarily Induce Private Negligence?" Economics Letters, (2012),115(3): 455-459 (with A. Guha). The final working paper version is here: crime.pdf
"The Persistence of Goodness", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, (2012),168(3):432-443 (with A. Guha). The final working paper version is here:
28."Pirates and Fishermen: Is Less Patrolling Always Bad?" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2012), 81(1): 29-38. The final working paper version is here: Piratesfishermen.pdf
29."Honesty and Intermediation: Corporate Cheating, Auditor Involvement and the Implications for Takeoff",Seoul Journal of Business, (2012),18(2): 55-93.
30."Pirates and Traders:Some Economics of Pirate-Infested Seas",Economics Letters (2011),111(2): 147-150 (with A Guha). The final working paper version is here:
31."Preferences,Prisoners and Private Information:Was Socrates Rational at His Trial?" European Journal of Law and Economics(2011),31: 249-264. A working paper version is here: Preferences1.pdf
32."Trade,Growth and Increasing Returns to Infrastructure:The Role of the Sophisticated Monopolist",Review of International Economics (2009),17(5):1053-1065 (with A Guha). A longer working paper version is here:Tradeworkingpaper.pdf
33."Utility Functions,Future Consumption Targets and Subsistence Thresholds",Economics Bulletin (2008),4(30):1-4 (with A Guha). Available here :EB-08D90009A.pdf
34."Target Saving in an Overlapping Generations Model",B.E Journal of Macroeconomics (2008),8(1):1-24(with A Guha). A pre-publication version is here:
35."Maids and Mistresses:Migrating Maids and Female Labor Force Participation",Economics Bulletin (2007),10(11):1-9. Available here:EB-07J20002A.pdf
36."Green Revolutions and Miracle Economies:Agricultural Innovation,Trade and Growth",Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (2006),15(2):209-230. A working paper version is here: Greenrev2.pdf
37."Female Labor Force Participation and Labor-Saving Gadgets",Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (2005),14(4):483-495. An earlier and simpler version is here: Female.pdf
38."IT:Deconstructing the Bust That Followed the Boom",Economic and Political Weekly (2003),37.
39."The Economic Consequences of the Microelectronics and Telecommunications Revolution",Economic and Political Weekly (2000),34:2725-2729.
Book
.Malfeasance and the Market.2009,VDM Verlag Dr Muller,e.K. ISBN 978-3-8364-3994-7. To read the back cover of the book,click here.You can also get it on Amazon
Book chapters
1. "Ethics and the Market" in "Markets and Morals: Ethical Issues in Economics" (ed A.S Guha),New Delhi, Centre for the Study of Civilizations (2011).
2. "Knowledge" in The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Springer. Forthcoming.