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KAUSIK GANGOPADHYAY

KAUSIK GANGOPADHYAY

Professor
Economics

+91-495 2809118

kausik[at]iimk[dot]ac[dot]in

Ph.D. (University of Rochester)
M.A. (University of Rochester)
M. Stat. (Indian Statistical Institute)
B. Stat. (Indian Statistical Institute)


Teaching


PGP courses: Organization and Market Economics (Previously, Microeconomics).

PhD courses: Advanced Microeconomics

Previously taught: The Indian Ecoonomy, Business and Government, Game Theory, Econometric Applications in Research, Pricing.

Other Professional Appointments


Guest Editor, Special Issue on 'Society, Management and Culture', IIMK Society and Management Review 9(1), January 2020.

Chair, Doctoral Programmes in Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2017 -19

Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue on 'Econophysics: Perspectives and Prospects', IIMK Society and Management Review 2(2), July 2013.

Chair, Economics Area, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2012 - 14.

Associate Editor, IIMK Society and Management Review, Sage Publications, 2012 - 14.

Editorial Board member, Physics of Society: Econophysics and Sociophysics, Cambridge University Press

Editorial Board member, International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, Inderscience, 2018 - 22.

Member, Doctoral Programme Review Committee, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2014 - 2016, 2021 - 22.

Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, 2016 - 2018.

Chair, International Relations, 2020 - 22.

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership


Organized conference on Society and Management: Indian Culture vis-à-vis Western Culture, 7-8 December 2018 at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (supported by Indian Council for Social Science Research)

Conferences, Seminars & Talks


Second Pan-IIM World Management Conference, November 5-8, 2014.

Econophys-Kolkata VIII: An international conference on Econophysics of Econophysics and data driven modelling of market dynamics', March 14-15, 2014, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (Kolkata).

8th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, December 17-19, 2012, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.

Econophys-Kolkata VI: An international conference on Econophysics of systemic risk and network dynamics', Oct. 21-25, 2011, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (Kolkata).

Invited Panel Member and Speaker at 'Urban Management for An Urban Future', Oct. 15-16, 2010 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Academic Positions


Professor, 2020 -

Associate Professor, 2014 - 2020

Assistant Professor, 2010 - 2014

Visiting Assistant Professor, 2009 - 2010

Visiting Scientist, Indian Statistical Institute, 2008 - 2009

Significant Publications


Is Government Health Subsidy Targeted Enough in India? Evidence from a Tertiary Hospital (with Ashok Thomas, Kulbhushan Balooni, Satheeshan Balasubramanian and Maya Padmanabhan), International Journal of Public Administration. Forthcoming. Taylor & Francis.

The Decomposition of Productivity Growth for India: Before and After 1991 (with (with Debasis Mondal and Thasni T.), IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review 13:1, 90-100. 2024. Sage Publications.

Productivity, Relative Sectoral Prices, and Total Factor Productivity: Theory and Evidence (with Debasis Mondal), Economic Modelling, 100. July 2021. Elsevier B.V.

How effective is Theory Based Learning of Ethics in India? (with Remya Tressa Jacob and Reddy Sai Shiva Jayanth), IIMK Society and Management Review, 9(1). January 2020. Sage Publications.

Can the information technology revolution explain the incidence of co-movement of skill premium and stock prices? (with Atsushi Nishimura and Rupayan Pal), Economic Modelling 53, 107-120. February 2016, Elsevier B.V.

Forecasting the price of gold: An error correction approach, (with Abhishek Jangir and Rudra Sensarma;) IIMB Management Review , 28(1), March 2016, 6-12.

Sexual Violence: A Model of Occupational Choice and Gender Wage Gap, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 27:2, 219-244, July 2015, Sage Publications

Private Investment in Education: Evidence across Castes and Religion from West Bengal (with Abhirup Sarkar), Economic and Political Weekly, 49:13, 44-52. March 2014.

Governance for private green spaces in a growing Indian city (with Kulbhushan Balooni and B. Mohan Kumar), Landscape and Urban Planning, 123, 21-29. March 2014. Elsevier B.V.

Agent Based modeling of Housing Asset Bubble: A Simple Utility Function Based Investigation (with Kousik Guhathakurta), to be published in F. Abergel, H. Aoyama, B.K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, A. Ghosh (Eds.) Econophysics of Agent-Based Models, 27-44. 2014, Springer Verlag Italia

Interview with Eugene H. Stanley, IIMK Society & Management Review, 2:2, 73-78. July 2013, Sage Publications.

Extent of Poverty in India: A Different Dimension (With Kamal Singh), Economic and Political Weekly, 48:6, 75-83. Feb 2013.

Evolution of Zipf’s Law for Indian Urban Agglomerations vis-à-vis Chinese Urban Agglomerations (with Banasri Basu), to be published in , F. Abergel, B.K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, and A. Ghosh (Eds.) Econophysics of Systemic Risk and Network Dynamics, 119-129. 2013, Springer-Verlag Italia.

Should stronger protection of intellectual property stimulate innovation? (with Debasis Mondal), Economics Letters, 116:1, 80-82. July 2012, Elsevier B.V.

Sustenance of Health Insurance Initiatives: An Indian Societal Perspective (with Kulbhushan Balooni, R.G. Karthik and Sudeep Turakhia), IIMK Society & Management Review. 1:1, 27-42. January 2012, Sage Publications.

Technological infusion and the change in private, urban green spaces (with Kulbhushan Balooni), Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 11:2, 205-210. April 2012, Elsevier B.V.

Income and Expenditure Distribution: A Comparative Analysis (with Banasri Basu), in F. Abergel, B.K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, and M. Mitra (Eds.) Econophysics of Order-driven Markets, 259-269. 2011, Springer-Verlag Italia.

Consumer Expenditure Distribution in India, 1983-2007: Evidence of a Long Pareto Tail (with Abhik Ghosh and Banasri Basu), Physica A, 390:1, 83-97. January 2011, Elsevier B.V.

The Morphology of Urban Agglomerations for Developing Countries: A Case Study with China (with Banasri Basu), in B. Basu, B.K. Chakrabarti, S.R. Chakravarty, and K. Gangopadhyay (Eds.) Econophysics and Economics of Games, Social Choices and Quantitative Techniques, 90-97. 2010, Springer-Verlag Italia.

The behavior of household and business investment over the business cycle (with Juan Carlos Hatchondo), Economic Quarterly, 95:3, 269-288. 2009, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

City Size Distribution for India and China (with Banasri Basu), Physica A, 388:13, 2682-2688. July 2009, Elsevier B.V.

Gateway to Contemporary Macroeconomics, Book Review, IIMK Society & Management Review, 4:2, 2015, Sage Publications.

Appetizer without main course, Book Review, IIMK Society & Management Review, 2:2, 2013, Sage Publications.

Is Government Health Subsidy Targeted Enough in India? Estimation of Private and Public Treatment Costs for Cancer Patients , Working Paper, 2022

Economic Modelling , Journal Articles, 2021

A Survey into Evidence of Zipf's Law among Indian Socio-Economic Variables , Working Paper, 2017

A Tale of Indian Cities: 1981-2010 , Working Paper, 2011

Consumer Expenditure Distribution In India, 1983-2007: Evidence Of Long Pareto Tail , Working Paper, 2010

Demand for Education:Is Culture a major Determinant? , Working Paper, 2009

Does stronger protection of intellectual property Stimulate innovation? , Working Paper, 2012

Extent of Poverty in India: A Different Dimension , Working Paper, 2012

Income and Expenditure Distribution: A comparative analysis , Working Paper, 2010

Sexual Violence: A Model of OccupationalChoice and Gender Wage Gap , Working Paper, 2015

In News


The conference on Society and Management was highlighted in the media.

The launch of a new doctoral programme as doctoral programme chair was reported in the media.

Awards


Grant for conducting conference from Indian Council for Social Scientific Research, 2018.

Honoured for contribution to IIM Kozhikode on 21st Foundation Day, 2016.

Invited Panel Member for a conference from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010.

Norman B Kaplan Award, Department of Economics, University of Rochester, 2004.

Research Areas


I work in the field of Applied Economics. I examine and apply economic principles in diverse spheres including labour economics and development economics. I have more than 44`1 citations with an i10-index of 12 in google scholar.

Recent Consulting / Other Assignments


Infrastructure for export growth in southern states of India (with Sthanu R. Nair and Rudra Sensarma), 2013. Client: Ministry of Commerce and Industry. (Completed)

Healthcare committee (with Joffi Thomas and Varsha Singh) for consulting services to the Kerala Cabinet in the program "Governance Insights for Transformation" (GIFT), Aug 18, 2011.

Policy Research Project on Bharatiya Linguistic Culture, 2021 (Cllient: Nation First Policy Research Centre)

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