DrPrasad Bhattacharya

Dr. Prasad S. Bhattacharya is an empirical economist working in the area of political economy and development. Prasad uses regional, within-country archival, census and survey data to investigate finer nuances of human and group conflict focusing on topics like land reform, inequality, financial development, ethnic distance, bridal payment, and forced displacement. He has published a number of papers in top field-specific and highly acclaimed journals like the Journal of Development Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Foreccasting, Journal of International Money and Finance, Economic Modelling, and World Economy. His research has been cited in top A** journal like Journal of Financial Economics, top 10 A* journal like the Review of Economics and Statistics as well as top journal like Energy Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Journal of Macroeconomics.

Prasad is a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.