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Hi, welcome to my webpage.  This is my CV and Research Statement.

Research Interests: 

Applied Microeconomic Theory

Political Economy

Public Economics

International Relations

About me:

I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at IISER Bhopal (India). Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics at the Department of Economic Theory and Economic History (THE) at University of Malaga (UMA) in Spain. Prior to that, I was also a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) from 2017–20. I completed my PhD at the University of Warwick in 2017 under the supervision of Francesco Squintani and Dan Bernhardt. My thesis committee consisted of Antonio Cabrales and Helios Herrera.

About my Research :  

Currently, my research agenda comprises of the following broad areas: (i) information transmission and decision-making protocols in alliances with applications to international relations; (ii) applications of Bayesian persuasion to political economy problems; (iii) analyzing inefficiencies in public contracting; and (iv) the political economy implications of structural transformation in developing countries. 

I am actively looking for Ph.D. students who want to work in information economics, international relations, the economics of the public sector, and the political economy of structural transformation. Interested students can write to me at raghul@iiserb.ac.in.

BS/MS Student Supervision: 

1. Subhajit Pramanik (PhD in Economics at University of Padova)

2. Viraj S. Mulik (MSc in Economics at Sciences Po, Paris)

3. Anamika Singh (Project Associate at IIM Lucknow)

4. Parvathy Jayapalan (MSc in Economics at Sciences Po, Paris)

5. Akshi Jain (MSc in Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics)

6. Srijan Pradhan (PhD in Economics at IIT Kanpur, Starting 2025/26)

7. Baij Nath (Applying for an MSc in Economics in UK)

8. Badge Harshal Adesh (MS in Economics at IISER Bhopal)

About My Teaching:

I teach the first-year introductory course Principles of Economics I and the third-year course Game Theory. Apart from this, I teach the following advanced courses: Mathematical Techniques for Economists and Political Economics: Formal Methods and Analysis. See course contents and  teaching evaluations. This is my Teaching Plan for the next 3 years.