Publications since 1 January 2001 (in reverse order)

Journal Articles

1.      Match-Fixing under Competitive Odds (with Parimal Kanti Bag), 2011, Forthcoming, Games and Economic Behavior, 10.1016/j.geb.2011.03.001

2.      Academic specialization and returns to education: Evidence from India (with Rudra Sensarma), 2011, Accepted, Journal of Education and Work

3.      Mixed Ownership, Managerial Incentives and Bank Competition  (with Rudra Sensarma) Bulletin of Economic Research, 2011, Forthcoming, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00354.x,  

4.      Product innovation and stability of collusion (with S.Poddar), Economics Bulletin, Bibhas Saha, 2010 May,  http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2010/Volume30/EB-10-V30-I2-P129.pdf

5.      Private tutoring, school education and government policy (with Subhra B. Saha), Review of Market Integration, 2009, vol. 1(3), 375-408.

6.      Mixed ownership in a mixed duopoly with differentiated products, Journal of Economics, 2009, Volume 98, Issue 1 (2009), P. 25-43, DOI: 10.1007/s00712-009-0075-x

7. The redistributive role of managerial incentives in a mixed duopoly, (with Rudra Sensarma), Economics Bulletin, 2008, Vol. 12, No. 27, pp.1-10. URL: http://economicsbulletin.vanderbilt.edu/2008/volume12/EB-08L10033A.pdf

8. Union-Oligopoly Bargaining and Entry Deterrence: A Reassessment of Limit Pricing, (with Rupayan Pal), 2008, Journal of Economics, Vol. 95 (2) , pp.121-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00712-008-0030-2

9. Spatial competition in a mixed duopoly with one partially privatized firm (with Ashutosh Kumar), 2008, Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp 326-341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2007.03.001

10.  Wage commitment, signalling and entry deterrence or accommodation, (with Rupayan Pal), 2006, Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 625-650

  http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9914.2006.00355.x

11.  School dropout and informal apprenticeship (with Padmini Dasgupta and Rudra Sensarma), 2006, India Macroeconomics Annual, pp.88-125

http://www.sagepub.in/browse/book.asp?bookid=1114&Subject_Name=&mode=3#t

12.  Labour institutions in India and China: A tale of two nations, 2006, Journal of South Asian Development, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 179-205

http://sad.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/1/2/179

13.  Extractive bribe and default in subsidized credit programs, 2006 (with Trivikraman Thampy), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, June Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 182-204

14.  Divestment and bank competition, 2004 (with Rudra Sensarma), Journal of Economics, Volume 81(3), pp. 223-247

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/712/2004/00000081/00000003/art

15.  Harassment, corruption and tax policy: a comment, 2003, European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 19 (4), November 2003, pp. 893-897

16.  Red tape, incentive bribe and the provision of subsidy, 2001 Journal of Development Economics, vol. 65, pp. 113-133

Book Chapters, Reports and Contributions to Collections/Proceedings

1      Iron rice bowl left behind in race to market, Book review in Times Higher Education Supplement, (25 May, 2007).

Abstract:  For the sheer scale and the pace of transformation, the Chinese economic miracle will probably eclipse the other miracles of East Asia. In this miracle the labour market reform, famously known as withering away of the ‘iron rice bowl’, and the creation of a free labour market have both played a critical role. But labour reform involves new challenges, and benefits of such reform may not be equitably shared. Without understanding these tradeoffs, we may not be able to have a comprehensive assessment of China’s new economic policies.

2. Clean development mechanism: issues and options  (with P.G. Babu and K.S. Kavi Kumar),  in India and Global Climate Change Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country, (eds. Michael A. Toman, Ujjayant Chakravorty, Shreekant Gupta,) Resources for the Future Press, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (2003).

Abstract: We study some of the design issues related to Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) and the conceptually related notion of Joint Implementation and illustrate CDM options using the Indian cement sector. After a brief discussion of the potential size of the CDM market, we examine whether bilateral context of CDM facilitates or hinders the distribution of economic gains between the two participants. Towards this goal we discuss CDM between industries of the two countries and the related issue of governmental negotiations using a simple illustrative model. Given the fact that technology transfer is expected to form the nucleus of most of the CDM projects, we study some of the strategic factors involved in such transfer mechanisms. Finally, we conclude the paper with a discussion of issues such as transaction costs and political factors. 

3. Industrial Labour: Five essays on the industrial development in India, (2003). Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (2003).

Abstract: This collection of five essays was prepared as study material for undergraduates students of a major distance learning program. It provides a broad discussion of India’s industrial growth, employment, labour laws and industrial disputes.

4. Is Bengal ready for re-industrialization? 10 June 2008,

This media piece argues that the land acquisition policy of the Government of West Bengal, India is unfair to the farmers and it needs to be rectified to fascilitate industrialisation in the state. 

 http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jun/10guest.htm

Bibhas currently teaches Introductory Microeconomics and Development Economics. Previously he taught Economics for Business and Economics for International Business for UG students and Economic Theory I and Multinational Firms for PG students. He is currently supervising 2 PhD students. So far under his supervision 2 MPhil and 1 PhD students graduated at UEA.