
Biswajit MANDAL
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics & Politics
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
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Former Vice-Principal (Deputy Dean)
Vidya Bhavana (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Visva-Bharati University
Santiniketan, West Bengal, India


Awards & Fellowships
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National Scholarship in 1996 for academic excellence in B. Sc (Economics).
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UGC sponsored Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Economics for pursuing research in 1998.
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JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) visiting fellowship, Kobe University, Japan, May-June, 2013.
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C V Raman Post-doctoral fellowship, University at Albany, SUNY, New York, USA, August 2013-August, 2014.
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Education
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B. Sc (Hons.), in Economics, University of Calcutta.
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M. Sc, in Economics, University of Calcutta.
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M. Phil, in Economics, University of Calcutta.
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Ph. D, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta.
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Post-Doctoral Study, University at Albany, SUNY, New York, USA.
Teaching Materials
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Undergraduate:
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Microeconomics​
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/microeconomics-9780195686463?lang=en&cc=be
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Other supplementary materials would be provided during lecture
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Introductory Econometrics​
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Postgraduate
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Publications (Selected)
Journal articles:
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A Simple Model of Time Zone Differences, Virtual Trade And Informality (with A. S. Prasad) (2021), India Growth and Development Review, 14(1), 81-96.
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A Note on Unemployment of Unskilled Labor due to COVID-19 led Restriction on Migration and Trade (with S. Chaudhuri and A. S. Prasad), Review of Economics, 71(3), 223-236.
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A note on valuation of trust, social capital and development (with S. Chaudhuri) (2020), Trade and Development Review, 13(1).
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Effects of Trade Reform on Health and Tourism Sectors of the Reforming Country (with S. Chattopadhyaya and A. S. Prasad) (2020), Review of Market Integration.
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Predictive behavior of maternal health inputs and child mortality in West Bengal – An analysis based on NFHS-3 (with S. Chaudhuri) (2020), Heliyon, 6(5), May 2020, e03941.
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Communication Cost, Skilled-Unskilled Wage, and Informality (with S. Ghosh) (2020), Journal of Quantitative Economics.
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A Theoretical Note on Sector-specific FDI Inflow in Developing Economies and the Real Exchange Rate (with P. Bhattacharjee) (2020), Foreign Trade Review. doi/pdf/10.1177/0015732519894135
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Bureaucratic efficiency, economic reform and informal sector (with S. Ghosh) (2019), Eurasian Economic Review.
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Economic Liberalization, Informal Sector and Urban Unemployment : A Theoretical Analysis (with S. Ghosh and K. Gupta) (2018),Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies.
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Outsourcing, Factor Prices and Skill Formation in Countries with Nonoverlapping Time Zones (with S. Marjit and N. Nakanishi) (2018), Eurasian Economic Review.
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Autonomy-induced preference, budget reallocation, and child health (with P. Bhattacherjee and S. Banerjee) (2018), Eurasian Economic Review.
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Tax on Traded Goods, and Corrupt Non-traded Goods Sector: Implications for Intermediation Activities (2018), Review of Economics .​
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Reform, Informal Sector and Extortion (with S. Marjit and H. Beladi) (2018), Economics and Politics, 30(1), 106-123.
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Infrastructure Development Versus Direct Cash Transfer: A General Equilibrium Comparison (with S. Marjit and T. Chatterjee) (2017), Review of Economics, 68(1), 63-74.
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Does NOTA Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from State Legislative Elections in India (with A. Mandal and P. Bhattacharjee) (2017),Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, 5(3), 331-341.​
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Virtual Trade between Separated Time Zones and Growth (with S. Marjit) (2017), International Journal of Economic Theory, 13(2), 171-183.​​
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International Trade, Migration and Unemployment – The Role of Informal Sector (with S. Marjit) (2016): Economics and Politics, 28(1), 8-22.
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Recessionary Shock, Capital Mobility and the Informal Sector (2016): South Asia Economic Journal, 17(1), 149-162.
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Estimating Preference Parameters from Stock Returns using Simulated Method of Moments (with A. Biswas) (2016): Annals of Financial Economics, 11(1), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S2010495216500056
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Demand for maternal health inputs in West Bengal-Inference from NFHS 3 in India (2015): Economics Bulletin, 35(4), 2685-2700.
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A Note on Why Growth and Unemployment Go Hand in Hand in Developing Economies (with A. Mandal) (2015): International Economic Journal, Vol. 29(4), 681-693.
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Distance, Production, Virtual Trade and Growth: A Note (2015): Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 9(2015-1), 1-12.
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Foreign Capital Inflow and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Developing Economies: Theory and Empirical Evidence (with A Biswas and N Saha) (2014): Global Economy Journal, De Gruyter, Vol. 14(3-4), October.
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Trade Openness, Corruption, and Factor Abundance: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel (with Suryadipta Roy and SugataMarjit) (2014): Review of Development Economics. Vol. 18(1), pp 45-58.​
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Trade with Time Zone Differences: Factor Market Implications (with Toru Kikuchi and SugataMarjit) (2013): Review of Development Economics. Vol. 17(4), pp 699-711.​
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Trade Reform, Intermediation and Corruption (with SugataMarjit) (2013): Economic Modelling. Vol 33, pp 741-746.
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Capital Inflow, Vanishing Sector and Wage Distribution in an Economy with Corruption related Intermediation (with SugataMarjit) (2012): Economics Bulletin. 32(3), pp 2128-2135.
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Domestic Trading Costs in Pure Theory of International Trade(with Sugata Marjit)(2012): International Journal of Economic Theory. Vol. 8 (2), pp 165–178.
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Would Recessionary Shock Induce More Intermediation in the Informal Sector? (2011): Journal of Economic Integration.Vol 26 (4), pp 740-751.
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Informal Wage, Informal Price and Extortion under Migration and Tariff Reform (with Saswati Chaudhuri) (2011): Modern Economy. Vol 2 (1), pp. 38-43.
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Corruption and Wage Inequality? (with Sugata Marjit) (2010): International Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 19 (1), pp. 166-172.
