CURRICULUM VITAE


Assistant Professor of Economics
Jinhe Center for Economic Research
Xi’an Jiaotong University
E-mail: bibaswan@xjtu.edu.cn

821 Management Building
Xi’an Jiaotong University
No. 28 Xianning West Road,
Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R.C. 710049



PERSONAL
Citizenship: India

EDUCATION
Ph.D.
University at Buffalo, SUNY
2018

M.A.
University at Buffalo, SUNY
2015

M.A.
Jadavpur University, India
2013

B.Sc.
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India
2011


THESIS TITLE: Essays on Corruption and Tax Evasion
Advisor: Isaac Ehrlich

EMPLOYMENT
Teaching Assistant, University at Buffalo
Fall 2013 – Spring 2017

Adjunct Instructor, University at Buffalo
Summer: 2015,2016,2017;
Fall: 2017; Spring 2018

Assistant Professor, XJTU
Fall 2018 -


FIELDS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST

Corruption, Law and Economics, Applied Theoretical Macro/Micro, Economic Growth

TEACHING HISTORY
Undergraduate: Intro to Micro, Micro Theory, Macro Theory
Undergraduate + Masters: Economic Development
University At Buffalo

Masters + PhD: Intermediate Macro (Fall 2018)
JCER, XJTU (Fall 2018)


AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Presidential Fellow, University at Buffalo
Fall 2013 – Spring 2017

Doctoral Student Retention Award
Spring 2015

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Spring 2015

Dissertation Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo
2017


CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

1. Joint Statistical Meet, Baltimore (2017) – Speed Poster session (with Dooti Roy) - Human Capital Effects on Alcohol and Tobacco Use
2. 54th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (2018) – A consideration of the regulations implementing the Indian demonetization, with focus on the economy in general and tax evasion in particular

WORKING PAPERS

1. Corruption as a Crime (with Isaac Ehrlich) (2018)
2. Tax Evasion, Enforcement and Economic Policy (2018)
3. Public versus Private provision of public goods in a model of congestion and corruption (with Madhura Dasgupta) (2018)
4. Does anticipation in leisure explain employment pattern and consumption smoothing? A theoretical approach – with Goncalo Monteiro (2018)