Kaushik Basu

Datos Biográficos

ID643969
NOMBREKaushik Basu
NOMBRESKaushik
APELLIDOBasu
FIRMABASU K
AFILIACIONESCornell University
ORCID0000-0002-3705-055X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS65
TOTAL DE CITAS302
TOTAL COMO AUTOR61
TOTAL COMO EDITOR6
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1981
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H9

  • The Cambridge Economic History of Modern South Asia

    Tan Tai Yong, Gyanesh Kudaisya et al.BOOKThe Cambridge Economic History of…2026

    South Asia's economies, as well as the scholarship on their economic histories, have been transformed in recent decades. This landmark new reference history will guide economists and historians through these transformations in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Part I revisits the colonial period with fresh perspectives and updated scholarship, incorporating recent research on topics such as gender, caste, environment, and entrepreneurship. The cont…

  • On terms of trade, offshoring ties, and the enforcement of trade agreements

    Open AccessSubhayu Bandyopadhyay, Kaushik Basu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Economic Behavior &…2025Referencias: 1

  • Law and Economic Development

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Ajit MishraBOOKLaw and Economic Development2023

    This book, Law and Economic Development, is a major stocktaking of law and economics in the context of developing and emerging economies

  • The Samaritan’s Curse

    Open AccessKaushik BasuARTICLEEconomics and Philosophy2022

    In this paper, I revisit the question of how and in what sense can individuals comprising a group be held responsible for morally reprehensible behaviour by that group. The question is tackled by posing a counterfactual: what would happen if selfish individuals became moral creatures? A game called the Samaritan’s Curse is developed, which sheds light on the dilemma of group moral responsibility, and raises new questions concerning ‘conferred mor…

  • Intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in educational opportunities in India

    Open AccessSaikat Ghosh, Lahari Chakraborty et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2022Referencias: 9

  • Conventions, morals and strategy

    Open AccessKaushik BasuARTICLESynthese2022Referencias: 39

  • Contract employment as a worker discipline device

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Arnab K Basu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2021Citada por: 2Referencias: 15

  • Identifying individuals associated with organized criminal networks

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Kaustav Basu et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2020

  • Inequality, Growth, Poverty and Lunar Eclipses

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Arnab K Basu et al.ARTICLEDevelopment and Change2020Referencias: 38

    Alleviating poverty, mitigating inequality and achieving growth are all acknowledged goals of development, whatever the degree of success with which these goals might have been addressed in various economies of the world. Apart from questions of resolve and genuine commitment, what makes it hard to engage with these goals is that the pursuit of any one of them does not necessarily secure the ends of either or both of the other two. Such engagemen…

  • Introduction to the Special Issue in Celebration of Amartya Sen's 85th Birthday

    Kaushik Basu, Ravi Kanbur et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Development2019

  • Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Tito CordellaBOOKInstitutions, Governance and the…2018

  • The trials of randomized control

    Open AccessKaushik BasuARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018

  • Discrimination as Focal Point

    Kaushik Basu, Arnab K BasuARTICLEForum for Social Economics2017Citada por: 5Referencias: 4

    This paper presents a theory of discrimination for markets in which there are complementarities between different tasks. It is shown that, in such a setting, even when groups are a priori identical, employers will end up discriminating against certain groups. Group discrimination serves the purpose of creating a focal point in a market game. In this model, the free market, far from curbing discrimination, nurtures it, and thereby creates the need…

  • Is multi-party coalition government better for the protection of socially backward classes in India?

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Sattwick Dey Biswas et al.BOOKIs multi-party coalition…2016

    The paper investigates whether multi-party coalition government is better for the protection of socially backward classes, i.e. Scheduled Castes, in India. We have looked at the impact of types of government on the reduction of the gap between Scheduled Castes and Upper Castes in terms of various socio-economic indicators. Our analysis suggests that single-party majoritarian government is better at reducing the gap in terms of poverty and school …

  • Inequality and Growth

    Joseph E Stiglitz, Kaushik BasuBOOKInequality and Growth : Patterns…2016

  • Inequality and Growth

    Joseph E Stiglitz, Kaushik BasuBOOKInequality and Growth : Patterns…2016

  • Inequality and Growth

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Joseph E StiglitzBOOKInequality and Growth : Patterns…2016

    It was a part of the wisdom of mainstream economics that in the early stages of development inequality would rise but as growth persisted, it would, eventually, decline. Early evidence seemed to suggest that this pattern would be borne out. But, as time passed and growth persisted, inequality continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality, …

  • Inequality and Growth

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Joseph E StiglitzBOOKInequality and Growth : Patterns…2016

    It was a part of the wisdom of mainstream economics that in the early stages of development inequality would rise but, as growth persisted, it would, eventually, decline. Early evidence seemed to suggest that this pattern would be borne out. But, as time passed and growth persisted, inequality continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality,…

  • Welfare Economics

    Open AccessKaushik BasuCHAPTERWiley Encyclopedia of Management2015

    Welfare economics is the study of decision‐making with the aim of enhancing social welfare, in contrast to an individual's happiness or a firm's profit. This subject should be of value to government (since government is meant to be an agency for promoting social welfare); to an individual who is not committed solely to enhancing his or her own happiness; or even to the “enlightened” firm or business corporation that seeks not only to increase its…

  • Discrimination as a Coordination Device

    Kaushik BasuBOOK2015

    The paper develops a new theory of group discrimination in which the discrimination in favor or against certain groups is simply a coordination device. It is built on the axiom that a person who gets to perform many tasks is more effective in carrying out each task, which implies increasing returns to productivity in doing the same task or strategic complementarity between doing different tasks. The theory helps us understand discrimination in fr…

  • Sovereign Debt and Joint Liability

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Joseph E StiglitzARTICLEThe Economic Journal2015Referencias: 21

    As the euro area crisis drags on, it is evident that a part of the problem lies in the architecture of debt within the euro area. This study argues that at least part of the debt problem could be addressed through limited cooperative action entailing appropriately structured contracts generating cross‐country liability for sovereign debt incurred by individual nations within the European Union. Such agreements are currently proscribed by the Trea…

  • Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality

    Open AccessKaushik Basu, Arnab K Basu et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal2015Citada por: 2Referencias: 43

    We develop a search‐theoretic model of contractual dualism in formal and informal labour markets. The model (i) provides the micro‐underpinnings for endogenous determination of employer market power in the formal and informal sectors, (ii) offers a unified and coherent set‐up whereby a host of salient features of developing country labour markets can be explained together and (iii) places for the first time the Stiglerian prescription of the opti…

  • Ponzis

    Kaushik BasuBOOK2014

    Ponzis are among the most ubiquitous and least understood phenomena of economic life. They acquired a certain salience with the global financial crisis of 2008 and the crash of Bernie Madoff s celebrated Ponzi scheme. This paper explains the structure of Ponzi schemes and goes on to argue that what makes this such a troubling phenomenon is its ability to be camouflaged amidst legitimate practices. It is shown, for instance, that the common practi…

  • The Method of Randomization, Economic Policy, and Reasoned Intuition

    Open AccessKaushik BasuBOOK2013

    The method of randomization has been a \n major driver in the recent rise to prominence of empirical \n development economics. It has helped uncover patterns and \n facts that had earlier escaped attention. But it has also \n given rise to heated debate and controversy. This paper \n evaluates the method of randomization and concludes that, \n while the method of randomization is the gold standard for \n description, it is not able to demonstrate…

  • When Competition Corrupts

    Kaushik Basu, Tamara Mcgavock et al.BOOK2013

    The paper develops a simple model to demonstrate that, paradoxically, greater competition may exacerbate the problem of corruption. Market participants engaging in corrupt practices enjoy lower production costs -- maybe because they pay a bribe to avoid installing the environmental safeguards required by law -- such that honest players are driven out of the market when the market becomes sufficiently competitive.