18 September, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar titled: ‘Contracting for Innovation under Ambiguity’, on September 28 (Friday), 2018, from 02.30 pm. The talk will be delivered by Professor Swagata Bhattacharjee, Ashoka University.
Speaker Profile: Swagata Bhattacharjee is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University. She completed her PhD in May 2016 from the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interest lies in Applied Microeconomic Theory and Experimental Economics.
Dr. Bhattacharjee's current research discusses the allocation of ambiguity and decision rights through an effective design of contracts in innovation-intensive sectors, theoretically analyzing situations where the true nature of 'risk' is unknowable beforehand. She has also conducted laboratory experiments to explore the possibility of delegation of decision rights in a contractual environment. Apart from these, she has worked on projects examining the welfare effects of online reviews. Broadly, her research attempts to explore and analyze real-life issues using theoretical models and experimental methods.
In her current projects, Dr. Bhattacharjee explores economic situations which are so unique in nature that it is difficult to even identify the underlying probability distribution using past data. She considers how economic institutions respond to this unique form of uncertainty, referred to in literature as 'Knightian Uncertainty' or 'Ambiguity.' She examines the role of government policy in presence of this ambiguity.
For more details visit: https://www.ashoka.edu.in/welcome/faculty#!/swagata-bhattacharjee-96
Topic: Contracting for Innovation under Ambiguity
Speaker: Professor Swagata Bhattacharjee, Ashoka University
Date: September 28 (Friday), 2018
Time: 02.30 pm onwards
18 September, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar titled: ‘Contracting for Innovation under Ambiguity’, on September 28 (Friday), 2018, from 02.30 pm. The talk will be delivered by Professor Swagata Bhattacharjee, Ashoka University.
Speaker Profile: Swagata Bhattacharjee is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ashoka University. She completed her PhD in May 2016 from the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interest lies in Applied Microeconomic Theory and Experimental Economics.
Dr. Bhattacharjee's current research discusses the allocation of ambiguity and decision rights through an effective design of contracts in innovation-intensive sectors, theoretically analyzing situations where the true nature of 'risk' is unknowable beforehand. She has also conducted laboratory experiments to explore the possibility of delegation of decision rights in a contractual environment. Apart from these, she has worked on projects examining the welfare effects of online reviews. Broadly, her research attempts to explore and analyze real-life issues using theoretical models and experimental methods.
In her current projects, Dr. Bhattacharjee explores economic situations which are so unique in nature that it is difficult to even identify the underlying probability distribution using past data. She considers how economic institutions respond to this unique form of uncertainty, referred to in literature as 'Knightian Uncertainty' or 'Ambiguity.' She examines the role of government policy in presence of this ambiguity.
For more details visit: https://www.ashoka.edu.in/welcome/faculty#!/swagata-bhattacharjee-96
Topic: Contracting for Innovation under Ambiguity
Speaker: Professor Swagata Bhattacharjee, Ashoka University
Date: September 28 (Friday), 2018
Time: 02.30 pm onwards