Saptarshi Prosonno Ghosh

Assistant Professor
spghosh@iitb.ac.in
(+022) 2576-5348
Education:
  • PhD Economics, University of Birmingham, UK
  • M.A Economics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
  • M.S Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, India
  • B. Sc Honors in Economics, Presidency College, Calcutta University, India
Research Interests:
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Public Policy and Institutional Design
  • Game Theory & Applied Microeconomics
  • Network Theory
  • Political Economy
  • Development Economics

Publications:

  • "Responsive Democracy and Commercial Media", (with Nidhi Jain, Cesar Martinelli, and Jaideep Roy), in Economics Letters (ABDC journal ranking: A), 2023, Vol. 222.
  • "Committees with Leaks", (with Jaideep Roy), in Games and Economic Behavior (ABDC journal ranking: A), 2015, Vol. 90.
  • "Information Control in Reputational Cheap Talk", (with Nejat Anbarci and Jaideep Roy), in Games and Economic Behavior (ABDC journal ranking: A), 2017, Vol.106.
  • "Horses for Courses: Setting Tasks for Spotting Talent", in Review of Market Integration, 2018, Vol. 10
Working Papers

  • "Optimal size of majoritarian committees under biased persuasion" (with Peter Postl (University College London) and Jaideep Roy (University of Bath, UK).
  • "A Note on Possible Inefficiency of System" (with Suchismita Tarafdar (Shiv Nadar University)).
  • "Electoral Misfortune due to Ideological Advantage" (with Nidhi Jain (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Jaideep Roy (University of Bath, UK)).
Refereed for

  • Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Studies in Microeconomics, Bulletin of Economic Research.
  • Master’s level courses taught at Shiv Nadar University: Advanced Microeconomic Theory ECO 681, Game Theory and Economics of Information ECO 621, Microeconomics II ECO 511.
  • Undergraduate courses taught at Shiv Nadar University: Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 102, Intermediate Microeconomics ECO 301, Game Theory ECO 221.
  • Undergraduate courses about to be taught at IIT Bombay in Monsoon 2019 semester: International Economics I (Co-Instructor: Aditi Chaubal), Economics HSS 101 (Co-Instructor: Surajit Bhattacharyya).

    Primary Research Advisor for:

  • Nidhi Jain (Graduated in 2024) Currently employed as: Instructor, NYU, Abu Dhabi Campus
  • Ravindra Agrawal (ongoing)
  • Devolina Sharma (ongoing)

    Member in Doctoral Thesis committee for:

  • Bharti Nandwani (graduated in 2018) Currently employed as: Assistant Professor IGIDR
  • Gaurav Dhamija (graduated in 2019) Currently employed as: Assistant Professor IIT Hyderabad
  • IIT Bombay: Shreya Anukriti, Rasmita Maharana, Jayati Maiti (Ongoing)
  • Member of Game Theory Society
  • Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
  • Teaching Assistantship at the Pennsylvania State University, USA
  • National Scholarship for 2 years during Masters programme at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
  • Joint Organiser : International Workshop on Economic Theory, 2024 (Speakers : Prof. Kaushik Basu (Cornell University), Prof. Sudipta Sarangi (Virginia Tech), Prof. Jaideep Roy (University of Bath), Prof. Sujoy Chakravarty (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
  • Invited Paper Presentations: Royal Economics Society Birmingham, Society for Social Choice and Welfare New Delhi, Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi), Indian Statistical Institute (Kolkata), Delhi School of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Ashoka University, Ambedkar University, Jadavpur University.