Economics of corruption and governance

Michaelowa, Katharina, Sitakanta Panda, Nicolas Martin, Marcela Ibáñez, and Daniel Chachu, 2025. "Above the law? The Teflon effect of political power". Previous version: Michaelowa, Katharina, Sitakanta Panda, Nicolas Martin, 2019. "The Teflon effect of political power: When criminal charges do not stick". CIS working paper no. 103 (December 2019), Center for Comparative & International Studies, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Panda, Sitakanta, 2023. "Public trust in government doctors and hospitals in India", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 50, No. 11, pp. 1602-1617. [Published version, Online Appendix]. 

Panda, Sitakanta, 2022. "Does local elite capture vary by levels of political connections? Evidence from an Indian public housing program", European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 1912–1939. [Published version].

Asri, Viola, Katharina Michaelowa, Sitakanta Panda, and Sourabh B. Paul, 2022. "The pursuit of simplicity: Can simplifying eligibility criteria improve social pension targeting?", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 200, pp. 820–846. [Published version PDF with Online Appendix, supplementary raw data PDF]. [Previous versions: 2020 version of the University of Konstanz working paper, 2017 version of the CIS, ETH Zurich working paper].

Panda, Sitakanta, 2015. "Political connections and elite capture in a poverty alleviation programme in India", Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 50–65. Media: Ideas for India, April 8, 2016. [Published version, Online Appendix].

Panda, Sitakanta, 2012. "Legislator characteristics and legislative outcomes in India", Economics Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 3401–3416. [Published version].

Political institutions and economic growth, elections and public choice

Panda, Sitakanta, and Jagadish Prasad Sahu, 2024. "Good luck or good policy? Economic growth and human development in Odisha under the Naveen Patnaik rule", International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 47, No. 16, pp. 1139–1151. [Published version].

Panda, Sitakanta, 2022. "Political dynasties and electoral outcomes in India", India Review, Vol. 21, No. 4-5, pp. 465–492. [Published version, Online Appendix].

Panda, Sitakanta, 2019. "Political-economic determinants of electoral participation in India”, India Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 184–219. [Published version].

Sahu, Jagadish Prasad, and Sitakanta Panda, 2018. "Political regime persistence and economic growth in Odisha: An empirical assessment of the Naveen Patnaik rule", Economics Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 610–622. [Published version]. Media: The New Indian Express, The Samaja (Odia).

Labour and economic development

Panda, Sitakanta, and Balakrushna Padhi, 2021. "Poverty and inequality in Odisha, India", Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, e2220, May 2021. [Published version].

Padhi, Balakrushna, and Sitakanta Panda, 2021. "Employment and economic growth dynamics in Odisha, India", Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2, e2168, May 2021. [Published version].

Panda, Sitakanta, 2015. "Farmer education and household agricultural income in rural India", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 514–529. [Published version].

Sahu, Jagadish Prasad, and Sitakanta Panda, 2012. "Is private investment being crowded out in India? Some fresh evidence", Economics Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 1125–1132. [Published version].

Panda, Sitakanta, and Santosh Kumar Dash, 2018. "'Surge' pricing for railway tickets as tax by stealth", Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 25–27. February 3, 2018. [Published version]. Media: The Financial Express. 

Law and economics, economics of crime

To be updated.