Published Research
"Child Survival and Contraception: Theory and Evidence," with Joydeep Bhattacharya and Min Kim, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2023.
"Life Expectancy across Countries: Convergence, Divergence and Fluctuations," with Anna-Maria Aksan, 2023, World Development.
"Altruism and Occupation under Survival Uncertainty,'' with Mausumi Das, 2023, Indian Economic Review.
"Inequality and the Ability to Aspire," with Jeff Allen, 2022, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
"The Long Shadow of Epidemics," with Mausumi Das in R. Bhattacharyya, A. Ghosh Dastidar and S. Sikdar (eds.), Corona Pandemic, India and the World: Economic and Social Policy Perspectives, Routledge, 2022.
"A Rational-Choice Model of Covid-19 Transmission with Endogenous Quarantining and Two-sided Prevention," with Joydeep Bhattacharya and Xiumei Yu, Journal of Mathematical Economics 2021.
"Death and Capital," with Mausumi Das, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2021.
"Financial Deepening," Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory & Practice, 2019.
"Aspirations, Health and the Cost of Inequality," with Jeff Allen, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018.
"Contraception and the Demographic Transition," with Joydeep Bhattacharya, Economic Journal, 2017. (Online Appendix)
"The Culture of Entrepreneurship," with Jon Thompson and Etienne Yehoue, Journal of Economic Theory, 2016.
“Health Cycles and Health Transitions,” with Chris Papageorgiou and Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2016.
"Culture in Development," with Jon Thompson and Etienne Yehoue, World Bank Economic Review, 2015.
"Mortality versus Morbidity in the Demographic Transition," with Ania Aksan, European Economic Review, 2014.
“Childhood Disease and the Precautionary Demand for Children,” with Ania Aksan, Journal of Population Economics, 2013.
“Fertility Choice under Child Mortality and Social Norms,” with Joydeep Bhattacharya, Economic Letters, 2012.
"The Quality of Public Investment," with Era Dabla-Norris, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Contributions), 2011.
"Diseases, Infection Dynamics and Development,” with Chris Papageorgiou and Fidel Perez-Sebastian, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2010. (Supplementary Material)
"The Development and Structure of Financial Systems," with Tridip Ray, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007.
"Costly Intermediation and the Poverty of Nations," with Amartya Lahiri, International Economic Review, 2007.
"Rent Seeking," with Era Dabla-Norris, IMF Staff Papers, 2006.
"Bank-based versus Market-based Financial Systems: A Growth-theoretic Analysis," with Tridip Ray, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006.
"Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality", with Mausumi Das, Journal of Economic Growth, 2005.
"Mortality, Fertility and Child Labor," with Mausumi Das, Economics Letters, 2005.
"What do Information Frictions do?" with Joydeep Bhattacharya, Economic Theory, 2005.
"Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth," Journal of Economic Theory, 2004.
"Agency Costs in Dynamic Economic Models," with Costas Azariadis, Economic Journal, 1999.
"Asset Price Volatility in a Non-convex General Equilibrium Model," with Costas Azariadis, Economic Theory, 1998.