Dr. Subhra K. Bhattacharya
October 19, 2023 2024-09-17 12:52Dr. Subhra K. Bhattacharya
Dr. Subhra K. Bhattacharya
Professor
B.Sc. (University of Calcutta);
M.A.; M.Phil. (JNU, Delhi);
Ph.D. (Iowa State University)
Subhra K. Bhattacharya is an applied economic theorist with a keen interest in economic policymaking. He completed his PhD in economics from Iowa State University, USA, and before that, his MA and MPhil in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
His research interests are in the fields of Public Economics, Economics of the environment, and Macroeconomic Development. In the field of public economics, his work is focused on how private provision of public goods—that is welfare improving for the society—can be successfully implemented. In environment economics, his work is mainly focused on international pollution control and mitigating climate change through designing policies and incentive schemes in a dynamic framework.
His recent work on education explores the economic rationale behind effective parenting and determinants parental investment in children’s education and bequest. Dr. Bhattacharya’s research work has been published in prestigious international journals such as the Journal of Public Economic Theory, and Economic Theory Bulletin, and he has been awarded a research grant from Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).
He also has an honorary research affiliation with the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi as an associate researcher. Dr. Bhattacharya has more than ten years of experience teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has designed and taught fundamental courses such as Microeconomics, Game Theory, Mathematical Foundation for Economics, and General Equilibrium Theory, and elective courses such as Environmental Economics, Public Economics, and Public Policy.
Before joining JSLH at O. P. Jindal Global University, he worked at Shiv Nadar University for a long eight years and was actively involved in building both the undergraduate and graduate programs in Economics. Subhra Bhattacharya lives in New Delhi with his wife and two children. Apart from his research and teaching, he also has a keen interest in music, art, and literature. He is also a connoisseur of authentic cuisines from around the world and loves to cook his versions of delicacies of world cuisines.
- Bhattacharya SK, Tokovenko O, Sardana K. Heterogeneity, impatience, and dynamic private provision of a discrete public good. Journal of Public Economic Theory. (2017); 19: 1069-1080.
- Bhattacharya S. K., Basu, R. Public security, technology adoption and welfare implications in an insecure property rights environment. Indian Economic Review. 2021; 56(1).
- Bhattacharya, S.K. Valuation asymmetry in the dynamic private provision of public goods. Economic Theory Bulletin 12, 25–46 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40505-023-00260-8
Public Economics and Public Policy; Environmental economics; Education and Macroeconomic Development;
Mathematical Foundations for Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics and Public Policy; Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis.
Does asymmetric valuation of public goods alleviate free-rider problem in private provision. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). F.No.- 02/363/2016-17/RP . P. I. Subhra K. Bhattacharya
- Asymmetric agents and dynamic contributions to public goods, 18th annual meeting of Association for Public Economic Theory, July 10-13, 2017, Paris, France.
- Heterogeneity, impatience and dynamic private provision of a discrete public good, 17th annual meeting of Association for Public Economic Theory, July 10-13, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Asymmetric agents and dynamic contributions to public goods. CITD, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, February 21, 2018, New Delhi, India.
- Asymmetric agents and dynamic contributions to public goods, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, February 15, 2018, New Delhi, India.