Dr Subhasish Modak Chowdhury
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer in Economics |
S dot Modak-Chowdhury at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2099 |
Arts Building 3.43 |
Biography
For recent updates and to download working papers, please visit my personal webpage.
Professional Activities
Refereeing Activities
Administrative Sciences, Bulletin of Economic Research, Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Theory, Public Choice, Theory and Decision, Theoretical Economics
Industry Relation and Media
- Research Joint Venture with 'Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union'
- Cited in the report on telecome industry by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India
- Economic advisoty duties to 'Crude Marketing and Transport, LLC'
Key Research Interests
My research focuses on the various applications of Microeconomic theory with a special emphasis on Contests. Contest theory examines the situations when economic entities expend costly resources in order to win valuable prize(s). In particular, my primary areas of interests span investigations of problems in Industrial Organization, Public Economics, and Political Economy.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Chowdhury, S.M., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2011). Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests. Economics Letters, 112, 216-219
2. Chowdhury, S.M., & Sheremeta, R.M. (2011). A Generalized Tullock Contest. Public Choice, 147 (3), 413-420
3. Chowdhury, S.M., & Datta, D. (2009). Indian Telecom: Regulation, Spectrum Allocation and Dispute Management. IIMB Management Review, 21 (4), pp 287-296
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
1. The Equivalence of Tullock Contests (w/ R. Sheremeta): R&R in Social Choice and Welfare
2. An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games (w/ D. Kovenock and R. Sheremeta): R&R in Economic Theory
3. Exclusivity and Exclusion in Platform Markets (w/ S. Martin): Under review
4. Top Guns May Not Fire: Best-Shot Group Contests with Group-Specific Public Good Prizes (w/ D. Lee and R. Sheremeta): Under review
5. Group Contest with Internal Conflict and Power Inequality (w/ J. P. Choi and J. Kim): Under review
6. The All-pay Auction with Non-monotonic Payoff
7. A Combinatorial Contest with Package Designer Preferences (w/ D. Kovenock)
8. Product Quality and Business Contract: Intermedial Crude Oil Pricing in the US Domestic Market (w/ O. De & S. Martin)
WORK IN PROGRESS
1. Remittances and Social Stratum: A Dictator Game Experiment (w/ J. Jeon)
2. A Design Approach to Overdissipation and Convergence in Contest Experiments (w/ R. Sheremeta and T. Turocy)
3. Innovation Races with the Possibility of Failure (w/ S. Martin)
4. Sabotage Carryover in Elimination Tournaments (w/ D. Kovenock and R. Sheremeta)
5. Go for Goal: A Contest Design Approach to Soccer Matches (w/ J. Kim).
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests include Microeconomics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Public Economics and Managerial Economics. I like to challenge and stimulate the students on my courses and have always received high student evaluations (4 or above out of 5) on each course I have taught. I have also received the Krannert Outstanding Teaching Award as an instructor.
At UEA I have taught Industrial Organisation (both at undergraduate and postgraduate level), Microeconomics (undergraduate level), and Theories of the Multinational Firms (postgraduate level). Previously I have taught and helped in courses such as Principles of Economics, Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Introductory Econometrics etc.
Teaching Activities
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