Shankha Chakraborty
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Current Research
“Growth in a Graying Economy”, with Andrea Giusto & Jayanta Sarkar, 2018.
"Persistent Inequality under Endogenous Aspirations", with Jeff Allen, 2018.
"Procapitalist Culture and Long-Term Development", with Jeff Allen, 2019.
"
Death and Capital: Investment with and without Annuities
", with Mausumi Das, 2019.
"Longevity Convergence" with Ania Aksan.
Published Work
"Death and Capital"
with Mausumi Das,
Macroeconomic Dynamics
, 2019, forthcoming.
"Financial Deepening"
,
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory & Practice
, 2019, forthcoming.
"Aspirations, Health and the Cost of Inequality"
with Jeff Allen,
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
, 2018.
"Contraception and the Demographic Transition"
with Joydeep Bhattacharya,
Economic Journal
, 2017.
"The Culture of Entrepreneurship"
with Jon Thompson and Etienne Yehoue,
Journal of Economic Theory
, 2016.
“
Health Cycles and Health Transitions
” with Chris Papageorgiou and Fidel Perez-Sebastian,
Macroeconomic Dynamics
, 2016.
"Culture in Development"
with Jon Thompson and Etienne Yehoue,
World Bank Economic Review
, 2015.
"Mortality versus Morbidity in the Demographic Transition"
with Ania Aksan,
European Economic Review
, 2014. Formerly titled "Twin Transitions"
“
Childhood Disease and the Precautionary Demand for Children
” with Ania Aksan,
Journal of Population Economics
, 2013.
“
Fertility Choice under Child Mortality and Social Norms
” with Joydeep Bhattacharya,
Economic Letters
, 2012.
"
The Quality of Public Investment
" with Era Dabla-Norris,
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
(
Contributions
), 2011.
"
Diseases, Infection Dynamics and Development
” with Chris Papageorgiou and Fidel Perez-Sebastian,
Journal of Monetary Economics
, 2010. (
Supplementary Material
)
"
The Development and Structure of Financial Systems
", with Tridip Ray,
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
, 2007.
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Costly Intermediation and the Poverty of Nations
", with Amartya Lahiri,
International Economic Review
, 2007.
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Rent Seeking
", with Era Dabla-Norris,
IMF Staff Papers
, 2006.
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Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality
", with Mausumi Das,
Journal of Economic Growth
, 2006.
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Bank-based versus Market-based Financial Systems: A Growth-theoretic Analysis
", with Tridip Ray,
Journal of Monetary Economics
, 2006.
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Mortality, Fertility and Child Labor
" with Mausumi Das,
Economics Letters
, 2005.
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What do Information Frictions do?
" with Joydeep Bhattacharya,
Economic Theory
, 2005.
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Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth
",
Journal of Economic Theory
, 2004.
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Agency Costs in Dynamic Economic Models
", with Costas Azariadis,
Economic Journal
, 1999.
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Asset Price Volatility in a Non-convex General Equilibrium Model
", with Costas Azariadis,
Economic Theory
, 1998.