Dr. Amit Kumar Biswas

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEconomic Policy, Applied Economics
KeywordsPublic Economics, Foreign Trade, International Economics, Development Economics, Economics of Corruption

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CitySantiniketan, Birbhum
InstitutionVisva-Bharati University
InstituteDepartment of Economics and Politics
Homepagehttp://www.visvabharati.ac.in/AmitKumarBiswas.html

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Udo BrollFakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Prof. Dr. Jürgen von HagenInstitut für Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Dr. Amit Kumar BiswasDepartment of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati University, Nadia
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2009

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Biswas, Rishav and Biswas, Amit K.: Kautilya’s Arthasashtra: A Beckon that Might Solve Present Policy Dilemmas. Revival of Indian Knowledge System: A Boost to Holistic Education. Vistaar Publication, 2024.
2024Gohain, Lekharani and Biswas, Amit K.: The Drivers of India's Agricultural Trade: A Study Based on Major Crops. In: Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2024,
2023Das, Subhasish and Biswas, Amit K.: Can Authorities Curtail Falsified Trade & Investment Data that Hide Capital Movements? Evidence from Flows between BRICS and the USA. In: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2023,
2023Das, Samir Kumer and Biswas, Amit K: Trade Data Falsification and Informal Capita Movement: A Study of Bangladesh with Major Asian Trade Partners. In: Foreign Trade Review, 58, 2023, 467--483
2022Das, Samir and Biswas, Amit K: An Enquiry into the Trade Misreporting Scenario in Bangladesh with India as Partner. In: Available at SSRN 4041194, 2022,
2022Biswas, Amit K and von Hagen, Jürgen and Sarkar, Sandip: FDI Mismatch, Trade Mis-Reporting, and Hidden Capital Movements: The USA-China Case. In: Journal of International Money and Finance, 120, 2022, 102534
2022Gohain, Lekharani and Biswas, Amit K: The Drivers of India’s Agricultural Trade: A Study Based on Major Crops. In: Available at SSRN 4039470, 2022,
2022Das, Samir Kumer and von Hagen, Jürgen and Biswas, Amit Kumar: Trade Data Falsification & Possible Capital Movement: Evidence from Bangladesh with Major OECD Partners. In: SSRN, 2022,
2021Das, Subhasish and Biswas, Amit K: Hidden Capital Movements through Falsified Trade & FDI Data: Empirics and Theory Comprising BRICS & the USA. In: Available at SSRN 3912448, 2021,
2021Das, Subhasish and Biswas, Amit K: Quality and determinants of primary education in rural India. In: Indian Journal of Human Development, 15, 2021, 323--333
2021Das, Samir and Biswas, Amit K: Trade Misreporting and Capital Flight: A Study of Bangladesh with Major OECD Export Partner Countries. In: Available at SSRN 3877569, 2021,
2020Das, Subhasish and Biswas, Amit K: Curious Case of Bilateral Trade Data Mismatch between India & the USA: Theory & Evidence. In: Available at SSRN 3646942, 2020,
2019Biswas, AMIT K. and Marjit, SUGATA and Sarkar, SANDIP: Misinvoicing trade & informal capital movements: The USA-India case. Seventh IMF Statistical Forum on Measuring the Informal Economy. November. Seventh IMF Statistical Forum, 2019.
2017Biswas, Amit K and Thum, Marcel: Corruption, environmental regulation and market entry. In: Environment and Development Economics, 22, 2017, 66--83
2017Deb, Rapti and Biswas, Amit K: Gains from Trade & WTO: A Study of Major Indian Industries. In: Available at SSRN 3061131, 2017,
2016Biswas, Amit K.: Data Falsification: A Serious Problem in International Trade. Actual Problems of Legal Theory and Practice. Volgograd Scientific Publishing House, 2016.
2015Biswas, Amit K and Sengupta, Sarbajit: Corrupt importers, domestic producers & welfare: Role of trade policy. In: Economics & Politics, 27, 2015, 459--487
2013Biswas, Amit K. and Sengupta, Sarbajit: Import Mis-Invoicing and Economic Policy Under Oligopoly as a Prerequisite for the Formation of Corrupt Components. Actual Problems of Anti-Corruption: Collective Monograph. Volgograd Scientific Publishing House, 2013.
2012Biswas, Amit K: Import tariff led export under-invoicing: A paradox. In: The Journal of International Trade \& Economic Development, 21, 2012, 347--360
2012Thum, Marcel and Biswas, Amit K and Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza and others: Pollution, Shadow Economy and Corruption: Theory and Evidence. In: Books, 2012,
2012Biswas, Amit K and Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza and Thum, Marcel: Pollution, shadow economy and corruption: Theory and evidence. In: Ecological economics, 75, 2012, 114--125
2011Biswas, Amit K and Sengupta, Sarbajit: Tariffs and imports misinvoicing under oligopoly. In: Economics \& Politics, 23, 2011, 254--270
2010BISWAS, AMIT K and SENGUPTA, SARBAJIT: Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics. 2010,
2010Biswas, Amit K.: Review of Foreign Trade Data in LDC: Role of Policy Instruments. . 2010.
2009Biswas, Amit K.: Import Tariff led Export Under-invoicing. XV SIGEF International Conference, Lugo, Spain. 2009.
2008Marjit, Sugata and Biswas, Amit K and Beladi, Hamid: Minimize regulations to regulate—Extending the Lucas Critique. In: Economic Modelling, 25, 2008, 623--627
2007Marjit, Sugata and Ghosh, Sudeep and Biswas, Amit K.: Informality, corruption and trade reform. In: European Journal of Political Economy, 23, 2007, 777--789
2007Biswas, Amit K and Marjit, Sugata: Preferential trade and mis-invoicing: Some analytical implications. In: International Review of Economics \& Finance, 16, 2007, 130--138
2005Biswas, Amit K.: Black Market for Foreign Exchange and Capital Flight. Trade, Finance \& Development. Deep \& Deep Publication, 2005.
2005Biswas, Amit K and Marjit, Sugata: Mis-invoicing and trade policy. In: The Journal of Policy Reform, 8, 2005, 189--205
2004Marjit, Sugata and Biswas, Amit K: Economic Reforms, Governance and the Informal Sector. 2004,
2004Biswas, Amit K: Informality, Corruption and Trade Reform. In: East Asian Bureau of Economic Research Trade Working Papers, 2004,
2003Biswas, Amit K and Marjit, Sugata: Interpreting Trade Statistics in Regulated and Deregulated Markets-An Analytical Exercise Based on Indian Experience. 2003,
2002Biswas, Amit K.: Preferential Trade, Mis-invoicing and Capital Flight. 5th GTAP Conference Volume. 2002.
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