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Brishti Guha

Brishti Guha

Brishti Guha
Brishti Guha
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of the World Economy
School of International Studies
Residence
0124-4112622
Email
brishtiguha@mail.jnu.ac.in, brishtiguha@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://www.sites.google.com/site/brishtiguha/
Qualifications

PhD in Economics, Princeton University

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Applied game/decision theory, development, crime/law and economics, institutions/behavioral economics, IO, mechanism design.

Experience

October 2014-present: Associate Professor of Economics, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
July 2005-July 2014: Assistant Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University.
Fall 2004-spring 2005: Lecturer, Princeton University - joint appointment at the Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy.
Fall 2004-spring 2005: Supervisor of undergraduate theses, Princeton University.
2002-03: Graduate research assistant for Professors Patrick Bolton (assisted in preparing graduate text on corporate finance) and Chang-Tai Hsieh.
2002-04: Graduate teaching assistant, Princeton University 

Awards & Honours

Lee Foundation Fellowship for Research Excellence (April 2006-March 2007).
Princeton University Fellowship, 2000-04.
Chosen to teach an interdisciplinary course at Princeton in Economics and Public Policy, 2004-05.
Princeton University Graduate School Summer Stipend, 2001-04.
Princeton University, "Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel" grant for presenting papers at several conferences including one at Harvard (2002-04).
Inlaks Foundation Scholarship, 2000 at the PhD entry level.
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1998-2000 for excellence in a nationwide masters level economics examination.
All-India National Talent Scholarship (1994-2000).
Special distinction in M.A for topping university with highest ever GPA. High first class in B.A.
GRE score: 2380/2400 (perfect scores in quantitative and analytical sections, 780/800 in verbal)
Multiple research grants awarded during 2006-13 (details in my CV on my personal site) 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Provided input to the founders of the Asian Business School, Hyderabad regarding design of an effective research program, as one of several invited delegates from business schools across Asia (January 18-19, 2008). 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Guha, B. "Case Preparation Investments in the Presence of Costly Judicial Attention", Research in Economics (2024), accepted. Also please update the Economic Theory publication details to Guha, B. (2024) "Plea Bargaining when Juror Effort is Costly," Economic Theory, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-024-01551-2
2. Guha, B. "Plea Bargaining when Juror Effort is Costly", Economic Theory, accepted.
3. Guha, B. (2023)"Accomplice Plea Bargains in the Presence of Costly Juror Effort", Games and Economic Behavior, 442:209-225.
4."Ambiguity Aversion, Group Size, and Deliberation: Costly Information and Decision Accuracy" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, accepted.
5. "Affirmative Action in the Presence of Income Heterogeneity", Games and Economic Behavior (2022), 132: 510-533 (with P. Roy Chowdhury).
6. "Revisiting the volunteer's dilemma: group size and public good provision in the presence of some ambiguity aversion,"Economics Bulletin,(2020),40:1308-1318.
7. Microfinance Competition: Motivated Microlenders, Double Dipping and Default", Journal of Development Economics, (2013),105:86-102 (with P Roy Chowdhury).
8. Guns and Crime Revisited", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2013), 94: 1-10 (lead article).
9. Who Will Monitor the Monitors?Informal Law Enforcement and Collusion at Champagne", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2012),83(2): 261-277.
10. "Reinterpreting King Solomon's Problem: Malice and Mechanism Design", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, (2014), 98: 125-132.
11. "Pirates and Fishermen: Is Less Patrolling Always Bad?" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2012), 81(1): 29-38.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. "Ambiguity Aversion, Group Size, and Deliberation: Costly Information and Decision Accuracy" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, accepted.
2. "Affirmative Action in the Presence of Income Heterogeneity", Games and Economic Behavior (2022), 132: 510-533 (with P. Roy Chowdhury).
3. "Revisiting the volunteer's dilemma: group size and public good provision in the presence of some ambiguity aversion,"Economics Bulletin,(2020),40:1308-1318.
4. "Should Jurors Deliberate?" Review of Law and Economics, (2020), 16(2), Article no 20180011.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.