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Prof. Amrita Dhillon
Prof. Amrita Dhillon

Professor Amrita Dhillon

Professor of Economics

Research interests

  • Economics

Biography

Amrita Dhillon is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Political Economy. She is also research group leader for Quantitative Political Economy.  She graduated from SUNY Stony Brook with a PhD in 1994. Her training is in theoretical modelling including political economy, public economics, game theory and development. Her main field of research is political economy. 

She has organized a number of workshops on topics ranging from sovereign debt, reputational models in economics to a recent workshop on governance which was sponsored by the Journal of Public Economic Theory

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Research

Amrita's research interests span a variety of applications of political economy from voting games where she studied issues of voter turnout and strategic voting, formation of political parties, protest movements to sovereign debt and politics where she studies how leader reputation can change default outcomes in democracies vs autocracies.

Teaching

  • Development Economics
  • Advanced Economic Analysis

    Research

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    Quantitative Political Economy Research Group

    The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.

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    Global South Research Group

    The Global South research group brings together scholars engaged in research on international political and economic trends, non-European perspectives, and south-south comparisons.

    News

    Study examines impact of social networks on productivity

    Can the presence of close friends or social contacts boost productivity in the workplace?

    Productivity

    International Women's Day: 'It's crucial to have more diversity in economics'

    International Women’s Day gives us all an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.

    IWD2022

    Women 'suffered greater mental stress' during COVID-19 lockdown

    Women suffered from greater levels of mental stress relative to men during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, data gathered by a team of...

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    Examining the economic and social impact of COVID-19 on India

    A new website from the King's India Institute presents a real-time picture of COVID-19's impact on individual states across India.

    Two men wear face coverings while on emergency transport in India

    Study finds social media connections could prove key to effort in workplace

    Social ties between workers in some settings could be key to the amount of effort they put in at work, a new paper has found.

    Social media connections could prove key, the study found.

    Features

    Mental health crisis deepened in India during COVID-19, especially for women

    There's been little research into how COVID-19 impacted people in developing countries. Sanchari Roy shares the findings into how mental health in India was...

    Workers in Beawar, India during Covid-19

      Research

      quantative resized
      Quantitative Political Economy Research Group

      The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.

      dan-freeman-G4E6PcOt4Ps-unsplash
      Global South Research Group

      The Global South research group brings together scholars engaged in research on international political and economic trends, non-European perspectives, and south-south comparisons.

      News

      Study examines impact of social networks on productivity

      Can the presence of close friends or social contacts boost productivity in the workplace?

      Productivity

      International Women's Day: 'It's crucial to have more diversity in economics'

      International Women’s Day gives us all an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.

      IWD2022

      Women 'suffered greater mental stress' during COVID-19 lockdown

      Women suffered from greater levels of mental stress relative to men during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, data gathered by a team of...

      India flag_shutterstock_hero

      Examining the economic and social impact of COVID-19 on India

      A new website from the King's India Institute presents a real-time picture of COVID-19's impact on individual states across India.

      Two men wear face coverings while on emergency transport in India

      Study finds social media connections could prove key to effort in workplace

      Social ties between workers in some settings could be key to the amount of effort they put in at work, a new paper has found.

      Social media connections could prove key, the study found.

      Features

      Mental health crisis deepened in India during COVID-19, especially for women

      There's been little research into how COVID-19 impacted people in developing countries. Sanchari Roy shares the findings into how mental health in India was...

      Workers in Beawar, India during Covid-19