My research deals with the Economics of Religion, Political Economy, Law and
Economics, Indian History, and Sociolinguistics. 

"Khusro dariyaa prem kaa, jo ulti waa ki dhaar| Jo ubaraa so doob gayaa, jo doobaa
so paar||"

Articles

Book review: How Many Languages Do We Need? The Economics of Linguistic Diversity by Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, Journal of Economic Issues (2012)
 

Does Monotheism Cause Conflict?, Homo Oeconomicus (2012)

Most of the studies that examine the role of religion in conflicts rely on empirical...

 

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Cartels in the Kautiliya Arthasastra, Czech Economic Review (2012)

This paper examines the legal-economic dimension of collusive manipulation of prices from the perspective of...

 

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A Model of Secularism in the State of Nature, Quality and Quantity (2012)

The issue of secularization has been extensively discussed within the Economics of Religion. However, the...

 

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Lokpal Bill: Lessons from the Karnataka Lokayukta’s Performance (with Narayana A. and Sudhir Krishnaswamy), Economic & Political Weekly (2012)

The debate on the design of the Lokpal has been premised on the questionable assumption...

 

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Books

The Economics of Religion (2010)
 

Separatism in North East India: Role of Religion, Language and Script (with Kunal Ghosh) (2008)
 

Contributions to Books

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A Correlation Between Stress Rupture Test Results and Normalized Oxide Scale Thickness for Reheater Tubes of 210 MW Fossil Boilers, Creep & Fracture in High Temperature Components: Design & Life Assessment Issues (2005)
 

Working Papers

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Nagaland's Demographic Somersault (with Ankush Agrawal) (2012)

After two decades of abnormally high growth, Nagaland’s population declined during the 2001–2011 period. Nagaland’s...

 

Prosecuting Corruption in India: Evidence from Karnataka (with Babu P. G. and Poonam Mehra) (2012)
 

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A Rational Choice Model of Secularism, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2009)
 

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Rational Conversion, Institute of SocioEconomics Working Paper (2009)
 

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The Internal Political Geography of States and Intra-State Conflicts, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2009)

The internal political geography of a state represents the trade-off between the efficiency of rent-seeking...

 

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Opinion pieces

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Indian foreign policy and the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, East Asia Forum (2012)
 

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Indian Foreign Policy in the Wake of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka, Global Asia Forum (2012)
 

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To End Graft, Tackle the State Machinery, The Jakarta Globe (2012)
 

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Prosecuting Corruption in India (with Poonam Mehra), East Asia Forum (2012)
 

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How reliable are India’s official statistics? (with Ankush Agrawal), East Asia Forum (2012)
 

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Others

State Secularism and Establishment (2012)
 

Many Aurangzebs (2010)
 

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Introduction to Game Theory (2009)
 

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Law, Economics, and Religion (2009)
 

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The Kite-maker, the Politician, and the Satyr (2009)

Long ago there was a town called Ethikos, where lived a kite-maker and a politician....

 

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