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Publications in peer reviewed journals: 
  1. Biswas, S. (Forthcoming) Can mobile financial services influence financial behaviour in India?. Indian Economic Journal. 
  2. Das, U., and Biswas, S. (2023) Fuelling down after a lockdown: Effects of the first COVID wave on clean fuel usage in India. Energy Economics, 106940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106940
  3. Biswas, S., and Kumar, R. (2022) Bank board network and financial stability in emerging markets. Emerging Markets Review, 51(PartB), 100884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2022.100884
  4. Biswas, S., and Das, U. (2022) Adding fuel to human capital. - Exploring the educational effects of cooking fuel choice from rural India. Energy Economics, 105, 105744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105744
  5. Rampal, P., and Biswas, S. (2022). Socioeconomic determinants of household investment portfolio in India. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 21(3), 265-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/09726527221082067
  6. Lahiri, S., and Biswas, S. (2022) Does financial literacy improve finance behavior in emerging economies? Evidence from India. Managerial Finance, 48(9/10), 1430-1452. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-09-2021-0440
  7. Siddiqui, M.Z., Biswas, S., and Jose, S. (2021) Alarming hunger in India- Real or methodological fallacy? Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (50), 13-17.  
  8. Biswas, S. (2021) Can R&D investment reduce the impact of COVID-19 on firm performance? - Evidence from India. Journal of Public Affairs, e2773. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2773.
  9. Biswas, S. (2021) Female directors and risk taking behavior of Indian firms. Managerial Finance. 47 (7), 1016-1037. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-05-2020-0274 
  10. Biswas, S. (2021). Do audit fees adjust quickly?—Evidence from India. Global Business Review, 22(5), 1301-1318. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150919843382
  11. Biswas, S. (2019). Understanding the small-world nature of board network in India. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1), 1710424. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2019.1710424
  12. Biswas, S. (2016). Promoter homophily in boards: Does it really matter? - An Analysis of Indian Firms, Economics Bulletin, 36 (1), 237-252.
  13. Biswas, S. (2016). Stand-alone" firms in inter-firm network: An evidence from India, Economics Bulletin, 36 (2), 913-920.

 

Other peer reviewed popular writing:
  1. Crime in the village- Does road infrastructure make a difference? (with Ritika Jain) Ideas for India, December 22, 2021. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/crime-in-the-village-does-road-infrastructure-make-a-difference.html. 
  2. Do promises work? Assessing the long-term benefits of Apni Beti Apna Dhan Programme, (with Upasak Das). Ideas for India, November 3, 2021. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/do-promises-work-assessing-long-term-benefits-of-apni-beti-apna-dhan-programme.html. [Hindi version available at : https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/do-promises-work-assessing-long-term-benefits-of-apni-beti-apna-dhan-programme-hindi.html]
 
Book Chapters:
  1. Venkatrathna, T.V., Biswas, S., and Sinha, N. (forthcoming) Woman on bank board and board effectiveness in India, in Banking Resilience and Global Financial Stability, edited by Marwa Elnahass and Sabri Boubaker. 
  2. Biswas, S., and Sinha, N. (2022). Business group affiliation and resilience to COVID-19 outbreak in India, in Financial Transformation Beyond the COVID-19 Health Crisis, edited by Sabri Boubaker and Duc Nguyen, pp. 615-637. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781800610781_0021
  3. Biswas, S., and Sinha, N. (2022). Effect of bank mergers on cost of capital- Evidence from India, in Corporate Finance and Financial Development- An Emerging Market Perspective in a Post-Crisis World, edited by Shame Mugova, Joseph Olorunfemi Akande and Odunayo Magret Olarewaju, pp 69-82. E-ISSN - 2730-6046. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-04980-4..
  4. Biswas, S., and Mukherjee, A. (2022). Board Diversity and Bank Outcomes in India,
    in Corporate Finance and Financial Development- An Emerging Market Perspective in a Post-Crisis World, edited by Shame Mugova, Joseph Olorunfemi Akande and Odunayo Magret Olarewaju,
    pp159-181. E-ISSN - 2730-6046. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-04980-4
  5. Sinha, N. & Biswas, S. (2021). Bilateral relations and venture capital financing in India. Chapter 7 in Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation and Development: A Research Companion, edited by Duc Nguyen,Ngo Vi Dzung and Ngoc Thang Nguyen. eBook ISBN 9781003134282. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003134282

 Current research in progress and working papers:
  1. Maternity leave and labour market outcomes (with Purna Banerjee and Debojyoti Mazumder) 
  2. The road to safety- Examining the nexus between road infrastructure and crime in rural India (with Ritika Jain). Available at: arXiv:2112.07314
  3. What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the longer-term indirect effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India.  (with Upasak Das). Global Development Institute Working Paper, 2021-0.55.
  4. Effect of HSAA on women empowerment (with Upasak Das and Prasenjit Sarkhel). Available at: arXiv:2010.11460     

 

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