Dr Ajit Mishra
Senior Lecturer in Economics & International Development
3 East 4.45
Email: a.mishra@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 6277
PhD supervision
Interested in supervising students sudying:
- Development Economics
- Economics of Corruption
- Economics of Enforcement
Profile
Dr Ajit Mishra joined the department in 2006. Previously, he taught at various places including University of Dundee, Delhi School of Economics. IG Institute of Development Research and in specialised graduate programmes at Edinburgh and Glasgow.
He has also been a visiting member at various places including Cornell University, Indian Statistical Institute, Christian Michelson Institute, Monash University, Hebrew University and Boston University.
Research interests
He has research interests in a wide range of topics in the broad areas of development economics and the design of incentives and organisational structures.
- Development Economics
- Economics of Corruption
- Contracts and Enforcement
- Inequality and Conflict
- Incentives in the provision of aid/development goods
Teaching
Undergraduate
- ES30035: Analytical Development Economics (Moodle course University of Bath only)
- ES30047: Development Finance (with James Copestake) Moodle course University of Bath only.
Postgraduate
- ES50057: Development Economics (Moodle course University of Bath only)
- ES50071: Economic Theory and Applications 1 (with Chris Martin)
- ES50072: Economic Theory and Applications 2 (With Ahmad Ahmad)
Publications
Book/s
Mishra, A., ed., 2005. The Economics of Corruption. London: Oxford University Press.
Book Sections
Mishra, A., 2010. Corruption and growth: some implications for human development. In: Rajivan, A. K. and Gampat, R., eds. Perspectives on corruption and human development. Vol. 1. India: Macmillan Publishers India, pp. 321-360.
Mishra, A., 2010. Enforcement and corruption: some implications of "soft" information. In: Babu, P. G., Eger, T., Raja, A. V., Schäfer, H. and Somashekar, T. S., eds. Economic analysis of law in India: theory and application. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press, pp. 161-185.
Mishra, A., 2008. Corruption. In: Princeton Encyclopaedia of the World Economy. Princeton University Press.
Mishra, A., 2007. Inequality in India. In: Basu, K., ed. Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Oxford University Press, pp. 176-185.
Mishra, A., 2006. Corruption, Hierarchies and Bureaucratic Structures. In: Rose-Ackerman, S., ed. International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption. Edward Elgar, pp. 189-215.
Mishra, A., 2005. Corruption: A Review. In: Mishra, A., ed. Economics of Corruption. Oxford University Press, pp. 3-35.
Articles
Dutta, I. and Mishra, A., 2013. Does inequality foster corruption? Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15 (4), pp. 602-619.
Dutta, I., Madden, P. and Mishra, A., 2013. Forthcoming. Group inequality and conflict. Manchester School
Dutta, I., Foster, J. and Mishra, A., 2011. On measuring vulnerability to poverty. Social Choice and Welfare, 37 (4), pp. 743-761.
Mishra, A. and Anant, T. C. A., 2006. Activism, separation of powers and development. Journal of Development Economics, 81 (2), pp. 457-477.
Mishra, A., 2006. Persistence of Corruption: Some theoretical perspectives. World Development, 34 (2), pp. 349-358.
Mishra, A., 2002. Hierarchies, incentives and collusion in a model of enforcement. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 47, pp. 165-178.
Reports/Papers
Dutta, I., Madden, P. and Mishra, A., 2012. Group inequality and conflict. Vol. 10-12. Working Paper. Bath, U.K.: Department of Economics, University of Bath.
Mishra, A. and Ray, R., 2010. Informality, Corruption, and Inequality. Working Paper. Bath, UK: Department of Economics, University of Bath. (Bath Economics Research Working Papers; 13/10)
Mishra, A. and Sarangi, S., 2010. Provider Incentives and Delivery of Developmental Goods. Working Paper. Bath, UK: Department of Economics, University of Bath. (Bath Economics Research Working Papers; 14/10)
Dutta, I., Foster, J. and Mishra, A., 2010. On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty. Working Paper. Bath, UK: Department of Economics, University of Bath. (Bath Economics Research Working Papers; 03/10)
