Department of Economics
The Department of Economics at Ashoka University has 34 permanent faculty members, with research and teaching interests that span a broad range of fields which include economic theory, game theory, behavioral economics, experimental economics, theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, monetary economics, economic growth, development economics, time-series econometrics and different areas of applied microeconomics and financial economics.
The department offers a major in Economics and interdisciplinary majors in Economics & Finance, Economics & History, and in Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE). At the graduate level, the department offers MA in Economics and Ph.D. in Economics. This website provides more information about those programs, the faculty, and the department’s research activities.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Maastricht University
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
PhD University of Warwick
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Texas, Dallas
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
D.Phil, University of Oxford
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Alabama
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. John Hopkins University
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University Founding Director, Centre for Economic Data and Analysis, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Delhi School of Economics
Distinguished University Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Delhi
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. New York University
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
PhD in Social Science, California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Delhi School of Economics
Assistant Professor, Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Head of the Department and Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Dean, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala School of Economics and Finance Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
PhD Columbia University
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. VU Amsterdam and IGIDR
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Warwick
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Maryland College Park
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute
Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Oxford
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Warwick
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of Houston
Visiting Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
MA, University of Maryland
Visiting faculty of Economics, Ashoka University
MA Jawaharlal Nehru University
Visiting Faculty, Economics, Ashoka University
M.A. Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Visiting Faculty of Economics, Ashoka University
MA Jawaharlal Nehru University
Visiting Faculty of Economics, Ashoka University, Director Bullero Capital
MSc Economics, University of Warwick
Visiting Faculty, Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Economics, Ashoka University
Visiting Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai
Visiting Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Discussion Paper Series
Ashoka’s department of Economics is filled with learned faculty members whose insights in applied, theoretical & modern Economics have far-reaching implications. Click on the tab below to read different discussion papers from recent years.
Centre for Economic Data and Analysis
The Economics Department of Ashoka University has set up the Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) with the primary aim of facilitating informed debate about economic and social developments in India. To this end, CEDA has developed a public data repository along with a visualization toolkit that is accessible, searchable, interactive, and will be of use to researchers, journalists, policymakers, students, and others.
Isaac Centre for Public Policy
Isaac Centre for Public Policy (ICPP) at Ashoka University aims to contribute towards accelerated, inclusive and sustainable growth that enables India to become a developed country. To achieve this goal, ICPP works through three strands — academic programs and executive education, policymakers-led research including policy case studies and briefs, and public policy events.
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News
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