Pranab Bardhan
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Pranab Kumar Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
(since 1977). Educated in Presidency College, Kolkata
and Cambridge University, England, he had been on the faculty of MIT, Delhi School of Economics
, and Indian Statistical Institute
, before joining Berkeley. He has been Visiting Professor/ Fellow at London School of Economics
, Trinity College, Cambridge
, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and University of Siena
, Italy.
He has done theoretical and field studies research on rural institutions in poor countries, on political economy of development policies, and on international trade and globalization. A part of his work is in the interdisciplinary area of economics, political science, and social anthropology.
He has been on the editorial board of a number of economics journals, including The American Economic Review (1978–81), the Journal of Economic Perspectives
(1989–94), the International Economic Review
(Associate Editor, 1971–1985), and the Journal of Development Economics
(Chief Editor, 1985 to 2003).
He won a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 1981 and the Mohalanobis Gold Medal of the Indian Econometric Society in 1980.
He is the author of 12 books, more than 120 journal articles, and the editor of 12 other books. He has occasionally written columns in The Financial Times
, Scientific American
, Business Standard
, YaleGlobal Online
, Anandabazar Patrika
(Kolkata).
Outside the US, he has given public lectures or keynote addresses at Beijing, Bogota, Calcutta, Cape Town
, Canberra, Copenhagen, Delhi, Istanbul, Manchester, Melbourne, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oxford, Shanghai, Turin, and Vancouver.
Bardhan is also on the advisory board of FFIPP-USA (Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace-USA), a network of Palestinian, Israeli, and International faculty, and students, working in for an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and just peace.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
(since 1977). Educated in Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2002 it was ranked number one by the weekly news magazine...
and Cambridge University, England, he had been on the faculty of MIT, Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics , commonly referred to as DSE or D School, is a centre of post graduate learning of the University of Delhi. The centre is situated in the university's North Campus in Maurice Nagar, and is surrounded by a host of other prestigious academic institutions of the country...
, and Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university in Kolkata's northern outskirt of Baranagar, India founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931...
, before joining Berkeley. He has been Visiting Professor/ Fellow at London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and University of Siena
University of Siena
The University of Siena in Siena, Tuscany is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called Studium Senese, the University of Siena was founded in 1240. The University has around 20,000 students, nearly half of Siena's total population of around 54,000...
, Italy.
He has done theoretical and field studies research on rural institutions in poor countries, on political economy of development policies, and on international trade and globalization. A part of his work is in the interdisciplinary area of economics, political science, and social anthropology.
He has been on the editorial board of a number of economics journals, including The American Economic Review (1978–81), the Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Perspectives
The Journal of Economic Perspectives is an economic journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal is very broad in its scope...
(1989–94), the International Economic Review
International Economic Review
The International Economic Review, is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal in economics published by the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University...
(Associate Editor, 1971–1985), and the Journal of Development Economics
Journal of Development Economics
The Journal of Development Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1974 and is considered the top field journal in development economics....
(Chief Editor, 1985 to 2003).
He won a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1981 and the Mohalanobis Gold Medal of the Indian Econometric Society in 1980.
He is the author of 12 books, more than 120 journal articles, and the editor of 12 other books. He has occasionally written columns in The Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
, Scientific American
Scientific American
Scientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...
, Business Standard
Business Standard
Business Standard is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published by Business Standard Ltd in two languages, English and Hindi...
, YaleGlobal Online
YaleGlobal Online
YaleGlobal Online is a publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. The magazine explores implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world by drawing on the resources of the Yale University community, scholars and experts from around the world...
, Anandabazar Patrika
Anandabazar Patrika
Anandabazar Patrika is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by the ABP Group. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.28 million copies making it the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language...
(Kolkata).
Outside the US, he has given public lectures or keynote addresses at Beijing, Bogota, Calcutta, Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, Canberra, Copenhagen, Delhi, Istanbul, Manchester, Melbourne, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oxford, Shanghai, Turin, and Vancouver.
Bardhan is also on the advisory board of FFIPP-USA (Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace-USA), a network of Palestinian, Israeli, and International faculty, and students, working in for an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and just peace.
Selected works
- Pranab Bardhan (1984), Land, Labor and Rural Poverty, Columbia University Press, and Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan (1984), The Political Economy of Development in India, Basil Blackwell, and subsequently, Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan (ed 1989), Conversations between Economists and Anthropologists: Methodological Issues in Measuring Economic Change in Rural India, Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan (ed 1991), The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions, Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry (1999), Development Microconomics, Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan (2003), International Trade, Growth and Development, Blackwell
- Pranab Bardhan (2003), Poverty, Agrarian Structure and Political Economy in India, Oxford University Press
- Pranab Bardhan (2005), Scarcity, Conflicts and Cooperation: Essays in Political and Institutional Economics of Development, MIT Press
- Pranab Bardhan, Michael WallersteinMichael WallersteinMichael Wallerstein was a noted political scientist.Wallerstein received his undergraduate education at the Stanford University, majoring in political science and graduating in 1974. He received his graduate training in political science at the University of Chicago. After receiving his Ph.D. in...
, and Samuel BowlesSamuel Bowles (economist)Samuel Bowles is an American economist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught courses on microeconomics and the theory of institutions.- Biography :...
(eds, 2005), Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, Princeton University Press and Russell Sage Foundation - Jean-Marie Baland, Pranab Bardhan, and Samuel BowlesSamuel Bowles (economist)Samuel Bowles is an American economist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught courses on microeconomics and the theory of institutions.- Biography :...
(eds, 2006), Inequality, Cooperation, and Environmental Sustainability, Princeton University Press - Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee (eds, 2006), Decentralization to Local Governments in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective, MIT Press
- Pranab Bardhan: Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Rise of China and India, Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, Princeton, NJ, 2010 ISBN 978-1-03823-612-2
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