Research

Research Interests: International Trade, Innovation, Organizational Economics, Development Economics

Working Papers:

Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy and Exports: Evidence from a Matched Firm-Bank Dataset [pdf] [Draft Coming Soon]
Prices, Markups and Quality adjustments to Chinese Import Competition: Evidence from India (with M. Henry and R. Singh) [pdf] [Draft Coming Soon]
Determinants of Contract Labour: Evidence from a Trade Shock (with R. Singh and V. Soundararajan) [pdf] [Draft Coming Soon]

Papers Under Review:

Intellectual Property Regimes and Firm Structure (with C. Chatterjee and S. Bhattacharya) [pdf]
The Impact of Chinese Competition on the Product Variety of Indian firms (with M. Henry) [pdf]
- Revise and Resubmitted at Journal of Comparative Economics

Publications:
Journal Articles:

Input-trade Liberalization and the Demand for Managers: Evidence from India (with O. Raveh)
- Journal of International Economics 111: 159-176, (2018) [pdf]
The Great Trade Collapse and Indian Firms
- World Economy 41 (1): 100-125, (2018) [pdf]
Environmental Standards, Trade and Innovation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Environment and Development Economics 22 (4): 414-446, 2017 [pdf]
Does Environmental Regulation Indirectly Induce Upstream Innovation? New Evidence from India (with C. Chatterjee)
- Research Policy 46 (5): 939-955, 2017 [pdf]
  - Top three 2017 articles w/the most social media attention @ResearchPolicy
Judicial Quality and Regional Firm Performance: The Case of Indian States
- Journal of Comparative Economics 44 (4): 902-918, 2016 [pdf]
Does openness affect inequality? A Case Study for India (with A. Barua)
- Review of Development Economics 14 (3): 447-465, 2010 [pdf]

Other Journal Articles:

Effect of Environmental Regulation on Firm Performance: Evidence from a Policy Experiment
- Economic and Political Weekly LI (24): 104-111, 2016 [pdf]

Contribution to Books:

Trade and Industrial Performance since the WTO Reforms: What Indian Evidences Suggest? (with A. Barua & D. Chakraborty)
- in R. M. Stern & A. Barua (eds.), India and the WTO: Issues and Negotiating Strategies, pp. 121-144, Orient Longman Publishing, New Delhi, 2010
Environmental Service Negotiation and India: Priorities and Concerns (with O. De)
- in B. DebRoy et al. (eds.) the trade game: negotiation trends at WTO and concerns of developing countries, pp. 203-214, Academic Foundation Publishers, New Delhi, 2006

Media:

Is the ban on BS-III vehicles really bad? (with C. Chatterjee)
- livemint 11 (86): 15, April 11, 2017 [http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/BV8SwjKy9dM5V8eEMEkfSI/Is-the-ban-on-BSIII-vehicles-really-bad.html]
Assure a better future for the leather industry (with R. Kher)
- The Financial Express: 7, Feb 17, 2005 [http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/assure-a-better-future-for-the-leather-industry/147818/1]

Research Paper(s) in Progress: