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Bio
I am an Associate Professor of Economics in the College of Business & Technology at
Northeastern State University. Prior to joining NSU, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research
Associate at Northeastern University, a Postdoctoral Fellow and guest lecturer at
Boise State University, and a Research/Teaching associate at Oklahoma State University.
My passion is teaching and applied research that borders on policy and am currently
a member of the Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics, the Association
of Environmental and Resource Economists and STIR, an organization for the Illinois
River
Education:
- PhD, Environmental and Resource Economics, Oklahoma State University , 2012
- MS, International Economics, University of Calcutta, 2003
- BS, Economics, University of Calcutta, 2001
My research focuses upon resource economics, especially water resources management
under market based allocation and also under relevant institutional constraints. I
have also worked on economics of renewable resources and on climate change adaptation
in urban areas.
My teaching interests span a variety of courses mostly focused upon applied microeconomics
and quantitative methods. At NSU, I have taught Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics,
Money and Banking. Business Statistics and Managerial Economics.
Intellectual Content:
- Pandemic, retail sales and local economies: evidence from northeast Oklahoma (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Application, Published,
- Droughts and water trading in four western states: recent economic evidence (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Application, Published, January (1st Quarter/Winter),
2019
- Economics of Water Trading in Consumptive Use (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Application, Published, December, 2018
- Co-benefits and co-costs of climate action plans for low-carbon cities (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Integration, Published, August, 2017
Presentations:
- Water Permit Trading for reservoir water under competing demands and downstream flows - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and Western Agricultural Economics
Association Joint Meeting - Virtual - August 2021
- An Alternative Market Framework for Water Transfers When Third Party Externalities
Dominate - Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - Washington,
DC - August 2018
- Hydroeconomic modeling of the benefits and costs of water management in the Santa
Cruz border region - Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - Boston,
MA - August 2016
Courses Taught:
- HONORS RESEARCH IV - FIN 4401 - Spring 2022
