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Sohini Sahu
PhD (State University of New York, Albany, New York)
Professor, Economics Group, Department of Economic Sciences
Research Interest
Macroeconomics
Faculty Building 603
Education
PhD, Economics, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 2009
M.A., in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 2002
B.A., (Honors) in Economics, Jadavpur University, 2000
Teaching Area
Macroeconomics
Selected Publications
Cross-country variations in economic complexity: the role of individualism (with Garima Maurya). Economic Modelling (Accepted for publication), 2022.
Fiscal decentralization, regional disparity, and the role of corruption (with Nupur Nirola and Atrayee Choudhury). The Annals of Regional Science, 2022. 10.1007/s00168-021-01102-w.
Using night time lights to find regional inequality in India and its relationship with economic development (with Abhishek Singhal, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Abhijit Mukherjee and Soumendra N Bhanja). PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241907. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241907, 2020.
Epidemiology of inflation expectations and internet search- An analysis for India (with Saakshi and Siddhartha Chattopadhyay). Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Volume 15, Issue 3, 649-671, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s11403-019-00255-4.
Observing long term trends and effects of sanitation development and satellite-based nightlight increase on water-borne pathogen and human health (with other co-authors). Scientific Reports (Nature), Volume 9, Article number: 15193, 2019.
Awards & Fellowships
Excellence in Teaching Award, IIT Kanpur, 2020
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, State University of New York at Albany, 2010
University Gold Medal in B.A. Economics at Jadavpur University, 2000