Research Interests

Economics of Terrorism, Endogenous Transition of Agrarian Economy to the Modern Economy, Theory of Tax Collection Reforms, International Trade and Product Quality

Working Papers

  • Visa Screening and Collateral Import of Terrorism, with Sajal Lahiri.
  • Some Mechanisms of Terror Cycle.
  • Factor Price Equalization (FPE), Product Quality Equalization and Quality Leapfrogging, with Seiichi Katayama.
  • Endogenous Transition from Primitive Agriculture to Industrial Mass Production: Three Stages of Economic Development, with Rudrani Bhattacharya.
Recently Accepted and Published Papers

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  • A Dynamic Analysis of Child Labor with a Variable Rate of Discount: Some Policy Implications,with Rajat Deb, in Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy (B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy), 5(1), Article 25, 2006.
  • Trade, Skill Acquisition & Distribution, in Journal of Development Economics, 81, 2006, 118-141.
  • Endogenous Trading Bloc Formation in a North-South Global Economy, with Shubadhip Ghosh in Canadian Journal of Economics, 39(3), August 2006, 809-830.
  • A Strategic Analysis of Terrorist Activity and Counter-Terrorism Policies, with Sajal Lahiri, Topics in Theoretical Economics (B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics),6(1), 2006, Article 6.
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