Summary
Dr. Sarvesh Bandhu is an Assistant Professor in the Economics area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He has received his doctoral degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. He did his Masters in Economics at the Delhi School of Economics and Bachelors from Shri Ram College of Commerce at the University of Delhi. His primary research interest lies broadly in theoretical and applied microeconomics and particularly in game theory, behavioral economics, political economy and mechanism design.
In his thesis, he analysed voting mechanisms using different behavioral approaches instead of the standard rationality assumptions in social choice theory. Before joining IIM-Bangalore, he had taught at various premier institutes like Ashoka University, Delhi School of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute and Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Accomplishments
Research Interests: Game theory, behavioral economics, political economy and mechanism design.
Published Papers:
- Sarvesh Bandhu and Ratul Lahkar. "Implementing efficiency with equality". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2025).
- Sarvesh Bandhu and Rohit Kumar. "A characterization of unanimity with status quo: Fixed vs variable population." Economics Letters (2024).
- Sarvesh Bandhu, Abhinaba Lahiri, and Anup Pramanik. "Stochastic same-sidedness in the random voting model." Social Choice and Welfare (2023).
- Sarvesh Bandhu, and Ratul Lahkar. "Survival of altruistic preferences in a large population public goods game". Economics Letters (2023).
- Sarvesh Bandhu, and Ratul Lahkar. "Evolutionary robustness of dominant strategy implementation." Economic Theory (2022)
- Sarvesh Bandhu, Bishwajyoti Mondal, and Anup Pramanik. "Strategy-proofness of the unanimity with status-quo rule over restricted domains." Economics Letters (2021)
- Sarvesh Bandhu, Abhinaba Lahiri, and Anup Pramanik. "A characterization of status quo rules in the binary social choice model." Economics Letters (2020): 109154.
Working Papers:
- Ph.D., Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre.
- M.A. Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
- B.Com.(Hons.), Sri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.