Devashish Mitra

Professor and Chair, Economics Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Courses

2024 Spring
- ECN 367 Economics of Globalization
2023 Fall
- ECN 765 Advanced International Trade
2023 Spring
- ECN 310 Special Topics In Economics - Indian Economy
2022 Fall
- ECN 765 Advanced International Trade
2022 Summer
- ECN 670 Experience Credit
2022 Spring
- ECN 670 Experience Credit
- SAS 300 Selected Topics - Indian Economy
- ECN 310 Special Topics In Economics - Indian Economy
- ECN 610 Special Topics in Economics - International Trade&Developmnt

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996

Areas of Expertise

International trade, political economy, development economics, Indian economy

Selected Publications

Books
- Mitra, D., The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Theory, Evidence and Applications. World Scientific, 2016.
- Mitra, D., "Trade, poverty, and inequality." In The World Trade System: Trends and Challenges. , 2016.
- Mitra, D., Shin, J., "Globalization and workers: Firm-level evidence from the Republic of Korea." In Trade and Employment in Asia. , 2013.
- Khor, N., Mitra, D., "Trade and Employment in Asia." In Trade and Employment in Asia. , 2013.
- Khor, N., Mitra, D., "Trade and employment: Introduction." In Trade and Employment in Asia. , 2013.
- Mitra, D., Ranjan, P., "The Globalization Debate and India." In The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy. , 2012.
- Cain, J., Hasan, R. and Mitra, D., "Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction." In India's Reforms How They Produced Inclusive Growth. , 2012.
- Dutt, P., Mitra, D., "Impacts of ideology, inequality, lobbying, and public finance." In The Political Economy of Agricultural Price Distortions. , 2010.
- Mitra, D., The Political Economy of Trade, Aid and Foreign Investment Policies. Panagariya, A. (ed.) Elsevier, 2004.
- Mitra, D., The Impact of Trade on Labor: Issues, Perspectives and Experience from Developing Asia. Hasan, R. (ed.) North Holland, 2003.
Journal Articles
- Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A., Chau, N. and Mitra, D., "Offshoring barriers, regulatory burden and national welfare." Indian Economic Review, 2023.
- Jha, P., Lee, J. Y., Liang, Y. and Mitra, D., "International trade and employment: Theory and evidence from Korean firms." World Economy, 2021.
- Karakas, L. D., Kim, N. S. and Mitra, D., "Attitudes towards globalization barriers and implications for voting: Evidence from Sweden." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021.
- Karakas, L. D., Mitra, D., "Electoral competition in the presence of identity politics." Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2021.
- Mitra, D., "The Role of Trade in Faster Job Creation and Economic Growth in India: Some Lessons and Policy Recommendations." Indian Public Policy Review, 2021.
- Karakas, L. D., Mitra, D., "Believers vs. deniers: Climate change and environmental policy polarization." European Journal of Political Economy, 2020.
- Karakas, L. D., Mitra, D., "Inequality, redistribution and the rise of outsider candidates." Games and Economic Behavior, 2020.
- Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A. K., Chau, N. H. and Mitra, D., "CONSEQUENCES OF OFFSHORING TO DEVELOPING NATIONS: LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES, WELFARE, AND CORRECTIVE INTERVENTIONS." Economic Inquiry, 2020.
- Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A., Chau, N. and Mitra, D., "Offshoring to a developing nation with a dual labor market." Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2020.
- Kamal, F., Lovely, M. E. and Mitra, D., "Trade liberalisation and labour shares in China." World Economy, 2019.
- Bhattacharya, P. S., Mitra, D. and Ulubaşoğlu, M. A., "The political economy of land reform enactments: New cross-national evidence (1900–2010)." Journal of Development Economics, 2019.
Book Chapters
- Mitra, D., "Lobbying in the Political Economy of International Trade." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. , 2021.
- Mitra, D., "Structural Reforms and Labor-Market Outcomes in India." In Social Statistics: Manifestation of Growth. Gupta, A. (ed.) Primus Books, 2020.
- Mitra, D., "Responses to Trade Opening: Evidence and Lessons from Asia." In Trade Adjustment in Asia: Past Experiences and Lessons Learned. M. B., Helble, M. (eds.) ADBI-WTO Joint Publication, 2020.
- Mitra, D., Ahsan, R. N., "Can The Whole Actually Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts? Lessons From India's Growing Economy And Its Evolving Structure." In Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth: A Framework and Country Studies. McMillan, M., Rodrik, D. and Sepulveda, C. (eds.) IFPRI, 2017.
- Mitra, D., Lovely, M. E., "Trade and the Gains from Trade in the Presence of Decreasing Costs and Imperfect Competitition." In Handbook of Trade Policy for Development. Lukauskas, R., Stern, R. and Zanini, G. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Mitra, D., Sundaram, A. and Ahsan, R. N., "Complementarity Between Formal and Informal Manufacturing in India." In Reforms and Economic Transformation in India. Bhagwati, J., Panagariya, A. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Mitra, D., Cain, J. S. and Hasan, R., "Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction: New Evidence from India States." In India’s Reforms: How they Produced Inclusive Growth. Bhagwati, J., Panagariya, A. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2012.
Blogs
- Mitra, D., "The impact of trade opening on developing Asia: Evidence and policy implications." Asia Pathways, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "Indian Labor Regulations Take Small Steps in the Right Direction." The World Bank’s Jobs and Development Blog, 2016.
Book Reviews
- Mitra, D., "Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2013." Enterprise and Society, 2015.
- Mitra, D., "Panagariya, Arvind, India: The Emerging Giant, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2008." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010.
- Mitra, D., "Bhagwati, Jagdish, Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2008." International Review of Economics and Finance, 2009.
- Mitra, D., "Graham, Edward M. and David M. Marchik, US National Security and Foreign Investment , Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, 2006." Journal of Economic Literature 45, 2007.
- Mitra, D., "Mattoo, Aditya and Robert M. Stern, eds., India and the WTO. Washington, DC: A Copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2003." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006.
- Mitra, D., "Grossman, Gene M. and Helpman, Elhanan, Interest Groups and Trade Policy, Princeton University Press, 2002." Economic Journal, 2003.
- Mitra, D., "Easterly, William, The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics, MIT Press, 2001." Southern Economic Journal, 2002.
Comment
- Mitra, D., Lovely, M., "Narendra Modi’s Rise in Import Tariffs Will Hurt India’s Economy." The Financial Times, 2018.
Conference Proceeding
- Mitra, D., Ranjan, P., "The economics of offshoring: Theory and evidence with appliocation Asia." In Singapore Economic Review. , 2008.
Editorial, Journal
- Mitra, D., "Globalization and labor markets." International Review of Economics and Finance, 2012.
Email Interview
- Mitra, D., "Fear that FDI will hurt small shops is misguided." Rediff.com.
Journal Review
- Mitra, D., Thomakos, D. D. and Ulubaşoǧlu, M. A., ""Protection for sale" in a developing country: Democracy vs. dictatorship." Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002.
Op-eds
- Mitra, D., "India’s labor reforms and FTAs could spell luck for its labor force." In East Asia Forum. , 2024.
- Mitra, D., "India’s largely unskilled labor force makes a push for high-value services & manufacturing futile." In The Economic Times (ET Prime). , 2024.
Op-ed pieces
- Mitra, D., Chakraborty, P. and Sundaram, A., "Import Competition, Labour Market Regulation, and Outsourcing." VOXEU, 2021.
- Mitra, D., "US-China trade conflict: Geopolitics alone may not help Indian manufacturers." The Economic Times (ET Prime), 2021.
- Mitra, D., "India has to catch up in infrastructure and skill building to play role in global supply chains." The Economic Times (ET Prime), 2020.
- Mitra, D., "India needs structural reforms for growth to make a strong comeback." The Economic Times, 2020.
- Mitra, D., Jha, P., "How a successful ‘AEZ Model’ can remove India’s structural bottlenecks." The Economic Times, 2020.
- Mitra, D., "Despite doubts, there’s enough proof to conclude that foreign trade is good for poor." The Economic Times, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "Why India needs to rethink its decision to opt out of RCEP." The Economic Times, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "India's economic crisis can bring about much needed reforms." The Economic Times, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "The Dark Clouds of India’s Jobs Data with One Silver Lining." Bloomberg Quint, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "Re-formed for Reforms." The Economic Times, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "Biometric Authentication, Exclusion Restrictions Can Ensure Effective Cash Transfer System in India." The Economic Times, 2019.
- Mitra, D., "A Minimum Framework." The Indian Express, 2019.
Opinion pieces
- Mitra, D., "Why Niti Aayog’s Job Creation Plan Cannot Ignore Robotization." The Quint, 2017.
- Mitra, D., "Why Trump’s Anti-Globalization Agenda is Bad for America." World Financial Review, 2017.
- Mitra, D., "India is Moving to a License-Permit-Inspector Raj on Steroids." The Quint, 2017.
- Mitra, D., "Demonetization: Foolhardy Notion of Linking Corruption and Growth." The Quint, 2017.
- Mitra, D., "India on a Jobless Growth Path." Bloomberg l Quint, 2017.
- Mitra, D., "Reads Well, Now do it." OPEN, 2015.
- Mitra, D., "Budgeting for a Growing India." India Today, 2015.
Perspective
- Mitra, D., "Has the Export-Oriented Manufacturing Model Reached its Sell-By Date for India?." Ideas for India, 2022.