Sugata Marjit

Sugata Marjit is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta and Reserve Bank of India Professor of Industrial Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta^[1][2] and the Project Director^[3] of Centre for Training & Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP) [A Ministry of Finance, Government of India funded initiative]. He is a Ph.D. at the University of Rochester and currently the Editor of South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance.^[4] He used to be the Director^[5] of Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta from March 2007 to March 2012. On 15 July, 2015 he took the charge as an interim Vice-Chancellor^[6] of the prestigious University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

Awards and Honors

• Recipient of the Panchanan Chakravarty Memorial Award (1999) awarded by the Bengal Economic Association for promoting teaching and research in West Bengal, India ^[7]
• Mahalanobis Memorial Medal, Indian Econometric Society, 2002
• Recipient of the best paper award US$10000 from the Global Development Network (World Bank) on the theme “Globalization and Inequality” (2003) ^[8]
• V.K.R.V. Rao National Award for Young Social Scientist (Economics, 2003) by the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( Ministry of HRD., Govt. of India) ^[9]
• External Research Fellow - Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalization and Economic Policy(GEP), University of Nottingham (2008 - ) ^[10]
• REPEC World Ranking of Authors – Among Top 2% in Asia and Top 5% Worldwide ^[11]

Publications

Books

• Marjit, Sugata; Raychaudhuri, Ajitava (1997). India's exports: an analytical study. Delhi New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195642353. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Acharyya, Rajat (2003). International trade, wage inequality and the developing economy: a general equilibrium approach. Heidelberg New York: Physica-Verlag. ISBN 9783790800319. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Singh, Nirvikar (2003). Joint ventures, international investment and technology transfer. New Delhi New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195648027. 
• Marjit, Sugata (2008). International trade and economic development: essays in theory and policy. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195691719. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mallick, Indrajit (2008). Financial intermediation in a less developed economy the history of the United Bank of India. New Delhi, India: Sage. ISBN 9781281963604. 

Book chapters

• Marjit, Sugata (2005), "Complementarity and international trade – on some recent developments in structural general equilibrium models", in Lahiri, Sajal; Maiti, Pradip, Economic theory in a changing world: policymaking for growth, New Delhi New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195672305. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit; Kabiraj, Tarun (2008), "Quota as a competitive device", in Kamihigashi, Takashi; Zhao, Laixun, International trade and economic dynamics essays in memory of Kōji Shimomura, New York London: Springer, pp. 151–160, ISBN 9783540786764. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Acharyya, Rajat (2009), "Trade and wages (definition)", in Reinert, Kenneth A.; Rajan, Ramkishen S., The Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy, vol 2, I-W, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691128122. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal (2009), "Labor productivity growth, informal wage, and capital mobility: a general equilibrium analysis", in Kanbur, Ravi; Svejnar, Jan, Labour markets and economic development, London New York: Routledge, ISBN 9780415777414. 

Journal articles

Supriya Sarkar memorial lecture by Sugata Marjit at the 38th International Kolkata Book Fair, Kolkata. 4 February 2014.

1980–1989

• Marjit, Sugata; Jones, Ronald W. (October 1985). "A simple production model with Stolper-Samuelson properties". International Economic Review. Wiley. 26 (3): 565–567. doi:10.2307/2526703. JSTOR 2526703. 

See also: Stolper–Samuelson theorem

• Marjit, Sugata (May 1987). "Trade in intermediates and the Colonial pattern of trade". Economica. Wiley. 54 (214): 173–184. doi:10.2307/2554389. JSTOR 2554389. 
• Marjit, Sugata (1988). "A simple model of technology transfer". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 26 (1): 63–67. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(88)90053-5. 

1990–1999

• Marjit, Sugata (March 1990). "A simple production model in trade and its applications". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 32 (3): 257–260. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(90)90108-D. 
• Marjit, Sugata (July 1990). "On a non-cooperative theory of technology transfer". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 33 (3): 293–298. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(90)90018-V. 
• Marjit, Sugata (October 1990). "Rationalizing public-private joint ventures in an open economy: a strategic approach". Journal of Development Economics. Elsevier. 33 (2): 377–383. doi:10.1016/0304-3878(90)90030-F. 
• Marjit, Sugata (April 1991). "Agro-based industry and rural-urban migration: a case for an urban employment subsidy". Journal of Development Economics. Elsevier. 35 (2): 393–398. doi:10.1016/0304-3878(91)90057-3. 
• Marjit, Sugata (October 1991). "Incentives for cooperative and non-cooperative R and D in duopoly". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 37 (2): 187–191. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(91)90129-9. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (February 1992). "Foreign capital and protectionism". Canadian Journal of Economics. Wiley. 25 (1): 233–238. doi:10.2307/135722. JSTOR 135722. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kabiraj, Tarun (1993). "Income distribution and the contractionary effect of protection: a theoretical analysis". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 41 (4): 399–405. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(93)90212-U. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kabiraj, Tarun (October 1993). "International technology transfer under potential threat of entry: a Cournot-Nash framework". Journal of Development Economics. Elsevier. 42 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1016/0304-3878(93)90073-V. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Broll, Udo; Mallick, Indrajit (March 1995). "A theory of overseas joint ventures". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 47 (3–4): 367–370. doi:10.1016/0165-1765(94)00579-Q. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Jones, Ronald W. (November 1995). "Labour-market aspects of enclave-led growth". Canadian Journal of Economics, special issue: Essays in International Economics in Honour of Douglas Purvis. Wiley. 28 (S): s76–s93. doi:10.2307/136171. JSTOR 136171. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (November 1996). "An analysis of rural-urban migration and protection". Canadian Journal of Economics. Wiley. 29 (4): 930–940. doi:10.2307/136221. JSTOR 136221. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (December 1996). "Protection and the gainful effects of foreign capital". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 53 (3): 311–316. doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00928-7. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Broll, Udo; Mitra, Sandip (February 1997). "Targeting sectors for foreign capital inflow in a small developing economy". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 5 (1): 101–106. doi:10.1111/1467-9396.00042. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Shi, He Ling (January 1998). "On controlling crime with corrupt officials". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Elsevier. 34 (1): 163–172. doi:10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00040-1. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit (February 1998). "Technology collaboration and foreign equity participation: a theoretical analysis". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 6 (1): 142–150. doi:10.1111/1467-9396.00093. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (June 1999). "Complementarity between Import Competition and Import Promotion". Journal of Economic Theory. Elsevier. 86 (2): 280–285. doi:10.1006/jeth.1999.2513. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Jones, Ronald W.; Beladi, Hamid (August 1999). "The three faces of factor intensities". Journal of International Economics. Elsevier. 48 (2): 413–420. doi:10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00038-5. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Ng, Yew Kwang; Broll, Udo; Moitra, Bhaswar (November 1999). "Resolving the credibility problem of an honest government: a case for foreign investment subsidy". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 7 (4): 625–631. doi:10.1111/1467-9396.00187. 

2000–2009

• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Mukherjee, Arijit (March 2000). "Harassment, corruption and tax policy". European Journal of Political Economy. Elsevier. 16 (1): 75–94. doi:10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00048-8. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Rajeev, Meenakshi; Mukherjee, Diganta (November 2000). "Incomplete information as a deterrent to crime". European Journal of Political Economy. Elsevier. 16 (4): 763–773. doi:10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00059-2. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (May 2001). "South-South cooperation and export". Theory and Decision. Springer. 50 (3): 283–293. doi:10.1023/A:1010340726882. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Jones, Ronald W. (May 2001). "The role of international fragmentation in the development process". The American Economic Review, special issue: Papers and Proceedings of the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. American Economic Association. 91 (2): 363–366. doi:10.1257/aer.91.2.363. JSTOR 2677789. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit (June 2001). "Technology transfer under asymmetric information: the role of equity participation". Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. Mohr Siebeck. 157 (2): 282–300. doi:10.1628/0932456013623105. JSTOR 40752272. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit; Shi, He Ling (August 2001). "Cooperation in R&D: the case of patent infringement agreements". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Elsevier. 45 (4): 383–401. doi:10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00153-6. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (June 2002). "The Stolper–Samuelson Theorem in a wage differential framework". The Japanese Economic Review. Wiley. 53 (2): 177–181. doi:10.1111/1468-5876.00019. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kabiraj, Tarun (February 2003). "Protecting consumers through protection: the role of tariff-induced technology transfer". European Economic Review. Wiley. 47 (1): 113–124. doi:10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00208-8.  Pdf of earlier version, (October 2001).
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam (September 2003). "Private contribution for public projects: government versus NGOs". Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. Mohr Siebeck. 159 (3): 553–570. doi:10.1628/0932456032954819. JSTOR 40752412. 
• Marjit, Sugata (October 2003). "Economic reform and informal wage—a general equilibrium analysis". Journal of Development Economics. Elsevier. 72 (1): 371–378. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00082-8. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (October 2003). "Possibility or impossibility of paradoxes in the small country Harris-Todaro framework: a unifying analysis". Journal of Development Economics. Elsevier. 72 (1): 379–385. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00026-9. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik (April 2004). "Trade and wage inequality in developing countries". Economic Inquiry. Wiley. 42 (2): 295–303. doi:10.1093/ei/cbh061. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Chowdhury, Prabal Roy (July 2004). "Asymmetric capacity costs and joint venture buy-outs". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Elsevier. 54 (3): 425–438. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2003.03.004. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal (July 2005). "Emigration and wage inequality". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 88 (1): 141–145. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2005.02.003. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Kolmar, Martin (September 2006). "Poverty, taxation and governance". The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, special issue: Conference on Governance. Taylor and Francis. 15 (3): 325–333. doi:10.1080/09638190600871636. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal; Beladi, Hamid (May 2007). "Trade reform and informal wages". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 11 (2): 313–320. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00409.x. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Ghosh, Sudeep; Biswas, Amit (September 2007). "Informality, corruption and trade reform". European Journal of Political Economy. Elsevier. 23 (3): 777–789. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2006.06.001. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit (March 2008). "Profit reducing international outsourcing". The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development. Taylor and Francis. 17 (1): 21–35. doi:10.1080/09638190701727786. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Maiti, Dibyendu (September 2008). "Trade liberalization, production organization and informal sector of the developing countries". The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development. Taylor and Francis. 17 (3): 453–461. doi:10.1080/09638190802137125. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mukherjee, Arijit (November 2008). "International outsourcing and R&D: long-run implications for consumers". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 16 (5): 1010–1022. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9396.2008.00764.x. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik (April 2009). "Tariff jumping and joint ventures". Southern Economic Journal. Wiley. 75 (4): 1256–1269. JSTOR 27751443. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid (September 2009). "International and intra-national trade: a continuum approach". The Japanese Economic Review. Wiley. 60 (3): 320–332. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5876.2008.00449.x. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik (October 2010). "Skilled-unskilled wage inequality and urban unemployment". Economic Inquiry. Wiley. 48 (4): 997–1007. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00247.x. 

2010 onwards

• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Xu, Xinpeng (June 2011). "Protection, involuntary self-employment and welfare". The Japanese Economic Review. Wiley. 62 (2): 184–195. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5876.2010.00514.x. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Yang, Lei (September 2012). "Outsourcing: volume and composition of R&D". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 20 (4): 828–840. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9396.2012.01058.x. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal; Hazari, Bharat R. (January 2013). "Emigration, unemployment and welfare – the role of non-traded sector". The North American Journal of Economics and Finance. Elsevier. 24 (2): 298–305. doi:10.1016/j.najef.2011.09.001. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal; Beladi, Hamid (March 2013). "Emigration, finite changes and wage inequality". Economics & Politics. Wiley. 25 (1): 61–71. doi:10.1111/ecpo.12001. SSRN 2213139.  Pdf.
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik (August 2013). "Privatization and strategic mergers across borders". Review of International Economics. Wiley. 21 (3): 432–446. doi:10.1111/roie.12046. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Dutta, Meghna; Kar, Saibal (September 2013). "Product variety, finite changes and wage inequality". Economic Modelling. Elsevier. 35: 610–613. doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2013.08.020. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Mandal, Biswajit; Roy, Suryadipta (February 2014). "Trade openness, corruption and factor abundance: evidence from a dynamic panel". Review of Development Economics. Wiley. 18 (1): 45–58. doi:10.1111/rode.12068. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Beladi, Hamid; Chakrabarti, Avik (April 2014). "A public firm in a model of spatial duopoly with price discrimination". Economics Letters. Elsevier. 123 (1): 79–81. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.029. 
• Marjit, Sugata; Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Yang, Lei (November 2014). "International oligopoly, barriers to outsourcing and domestic employment". Canadian Journal of Economics. Wiley. 47 (4): 1372–1386. doi:10.1111/caje.12111. 

References

External links

• Sugata Marjit in CSSS