Environmental Economics, Information Economics, Game Theory, Economics of Labeling |
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Experience |
Jawaharlal Nehru University: From 2004 onwards
Maitreyi College: 1991 - 2004 |
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Awards & Honours |
NWO (Dutch Scientific Research) research grant under ICSSR-NWO India Netherlands Social Science Scholar Exchanges, 2009-10.
Associate Editor Resource and Energy Economics (2012 onwards, member editorial board, 2006-2011)
Member of the editorial board of Environment and Development Economics (January 2009 onwards) |
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International Collaboration/Consultancy |
Strategic information transmission under rational models of social learning (with Sjak Smulders, Tilburg University, Netherlands), Ongoing
Labeling genetically modified foods in India: Economic Consequences in Four Food Marketing channels (2008-09), (With Guillaume Gruere, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.)
Labeling of GM Foods: An Experiment in India (2007), Sponsors: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.
Preparing Teaching Material in Environmental Economics with an International Dimension (2007-08), Sponsors : Vi UNCTAD.
The Economic Effects of Labeling GM Foods (2006), Sponsors: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA. |
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Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5) |
"Tax-Subsidy Policies in the Presence of Environmentally Aware Consumers", (with Shubhashis Gangopadhyay), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 45, 333-355, (2003).
"Incentives for Technological Development: BAT is Bad", (with Shubhashis Gangopadhyay), Environmental and Resource Economics 30, 345-367 (2005).
"Choice and Design of Regulatory Instruments in the Presence of Green Consumers", Resource and Energy Economics, 30, 3, 345-368 (2008).
"Labels for GM Foods: What can they do?" (with B. Ramaswami), Economic and Political Weekly, XLV, 26 and 27, (2010).
"Diffusion of Bt Cotton in India: Impact of Seed Prices and Varietal Approval” (with A. Arora), Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 34(1), 102-118 (2012). |
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Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3) |
"Implications of mandatory labeling of GM food in India: Evidence from the supply side" (with G. Gruere), Food Policy, 37, 467– 472 (2012).
"Climate Change Negotiations: Challenges and Opportunities for India" to be published in the book "India and the World Economy" edited by Jayati Ghosh, forthcoming.
Bansal, S., S. Chakravarty and B. Ramaswami, Weak Aversion to GM Foods: Experimental evidence from India, Centre for International Trade and Development, Discussion Papers in Economics, Discussion Paper 10-02, March 2010. |
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