Education Qualifications

Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota, 2005 M.Phil, Economics, I.G.I.D.R, India, 1999 M.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, India, 1996 B.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, India, 1994

Academic and Professional Experience

Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore, Department of Business Policy, 2005 Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 2004 Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, 2000 Research Assistant, IGIDR, India, 1998 - 1999

Selected Publications

Conference Papers

Are patents discouraging innovation?, 2006

Working Papers

Patent regimes and R&D: A firm level study of the semiconductor industry, 2006 Do firms value knowledge spillover: A model of cooperative vs competitive R&D, with Fu Qiang, 2006

Research Interests

Industrial Organization Labor Economics

Courses

BSP2001  Macro & International Economics BSP2005  Asia Pacific Business & Society