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Nirvikar Singh is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, primarily focusing on economics, econometrics, and finance. The scholar has contributed significantly to fields such as sociology and political science, political science and international relations, philosophy, and modeling and simulation.

The main topics investigated by Nirvikar Singh include the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, interactions between religion and society, income, poverty, and inequality, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Indian history and philosophy, as well as South Asian studies and diaspora, including regional conflicts.

The recent scholarly output of Nirvikar Singh features several papers published in noted venues. These include:

  • India's Strategy for Achieving Net Zero, 2022, Energies
  • Federal Dimensions of India's Response to the Covid Pandemic, 2023, Indian Public Policy Review
  • India's Strategy for Achieving Net Zero, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

These publications reflect a focus on policy responses and strategic issues within the Indian context, especially related to climate change and pandemic management.

Nirvikar Singh frequently collaborates with colleagues including Anirban Sanyal, Weicheng Lyu, Rolly Kapoor, Vladimir Maltsev, and Arsh Singh. This network underpins multidisciplinary efforts in economics, political science, and regional studies.

The scholar has extensively published in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with a total of 17 publications, followed by journals such as the Journal of Economics Management and Religion, Energies, Economics and Politics, and the Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies.

In addition to articles, Nirvikar Singh has authored multiple books published by World Scientific. These include repeated entries for "A WSPC Reference on Economics, Religion and Public Policy," scheduled for 2025 publication.

Best Publications

  • Price and quantity competition in a differentiated duopoly

    Nirvikar Singh;Xavier Vives

  • Does too much finance harm economic growth

    SH Law;N Singh

  • Does too much finance harm economic growth

    Siong Hook Law;Nirvikar Singh

  • Regional Inequality in India: A Fresh Look

    Nirvikar Singh;Laveesh Bhandari;Aoyu Chen;Aarti Khare

  • Theories of Sharecropping

    Nirvikar Singh

  • Information technology and broad-based development: preliminary lessons from North India

    P.D Kaushik;Nirvikar Singh

  • Exports and growth: Critical minimum effort and diminishing returns☆

    Inderjit Kohli;Nirvikar Singh

  • Regional Inequality in India: A Fresh Look †

    Nirvikar Singh;Laveesh Bhandari;Aoyu Chen;Aarti Khare

  • Revisiting the finance-innovation nexus: Evidence from a non-linear approach

    Siong Hook Law;Weng Chang Lee;Nirvikar Singh

  • Impediments and Innovation in International Rivers: The Waters of South Asia

    Ben Crow;Nirvikar Singh

  • Regional Inequality in India: A Fresh Look

    Nirvikar Singh;Laveesh Bhandari;Aoyu Chen;Aarti Khare

  • Inter State Water Disputes in India: Institutions and Policies

    Alan Richards;Nirvikar Singh

  • India’s Trilemma: Financial Liberalisation, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy1

    Michael Hutchison;Rajeswari Sengupta;Nirvikar Singh

  • Buy it Now: A Hybrid Internet Market Institution

    Steve Anderson;Daniel Friedman;Garrett Milam;Nirvikar Singh

  • Monitoring and Hierarchies: The Marginal Value of Information in a Principal-Agent Model

    Nirvikar Singh

  • Buy it Now: A Hybrid Internet Market Institution

    Steven T. Anderson;Steven T. Anderson;Daniel Friedman;Daniel Friedman;Garrett H. Milam;Nirvikar Singh

  • Political Economy of Federalism in India

    Nirvikar Singh;M. Govinda Rao

  • The political economy of India's fiscal federal system and its reform

    M. Govinda Rao;Nirvikar Singh

  • The Other One Percent

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  • Indian Capital Control Liberalization: Evidence from NDF Markets

    Michael Hutchison;Jake Kendall;Gurnain Pasricha;Nirvikar Singh

  • Decentralization and Public Delivery of Health Care Services in India

    Nirvikar Singh

  • Entry-Deterrence in Stackelberg Perfect Equilibria

    Kaushik Basu;Nirvikar Singh

  • Services-Led Industrialization in India: Assessment and Lessons

    Nirvikar Singh

  • The political economy of federalism in India

    M. Govinda Rao;Nirvikar Singh

  • Does Too Much Finance Harm Economic Growth

    Siong Hook Law;Nirvikar Singh

  • Federalism and Economic Reform: Indian Federalism, Economic Reform, and Globalization

    Nirvikar Singh;T. N. Srinivasan;T. N. Srinivasan

  • Information Technology and Broad-Based Development: Preliminary Lessons from North India

    Nirvikar Singh;P. D. Kaushik

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael M. Hutchison
Michael M. Hutchison University of California, Santa Cruz
T. N. Srinivasan
T. N. Srinivasan Yale University
Daniel Friedman
Daniel Friedman University of California, Santa Cruz
Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan University of California, Berkeley
Donald Wittman
Donald Wittman University of California, Santa Cruz
Kaliappa Kalirajan
Kaliappa Kalirajan Australian National University
Siong Hook Law
Siong Hook Law Universiti Putra Malaysia
Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu Cornell University
Xavier Vives
Xavier Vives University of Navarra
Daniel J. Friedman
Daniel J. Friedman National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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