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2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
93
Citations
58728
World Ranking
148
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2001 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1975 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Partha Dasgupta is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on sociology and political science, with particular attention to social and economic development in India.

Dasgupta's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Fragments of the Rural: Land dispossession and transformed livelihoods in India's villages (2024), published in The Columbia Journal of Asia
  • Harmonising the Mind: The Transformative Power of Music in Overcoming Death Drive (Gendered concerns in Psycho-Social Manifestation) (2025), published in International Journal of Education Modern Management Applied Science & Social Science

Their work has appeared in the following publication venues:

  • The Columbia Journal of Asia
  • International Journal of Education Modern Management Applied Science & Social Science

Dasgupta's research addresses themes including social and economic development in India, as reflected in the two papers published in recent years. The focus on rural land dispossession and the psycho-social role of music indicates a multidisciplinary approach within the broader fields of sociology and political science.

Dasgupta has received several awards recognizing their academic contributions, including:

  • Fellows of the Econometric Society (1975)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2001)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2001)

Best Publications

  • Economic theory and exhaustible resources

    Partha Dasgupta;G. M. Heal

  • Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment

    Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

  • Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment.

    Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

  • The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources

    Partha Dasgupta;Geoffrey Heal

  • An inquiry into well-being and destitution

    Partha Dasgupta

  • Trust as a commodity

    Partha Dasgupta

  • Ecosystems and Human well-being

    Colin Butler;Robert Chambers;Kanchan Chopra;Partha Dasgupta

  • SUSTAINABILITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF WEALTH

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Partha Dasgupta;Lawrence H. Goulder;Kevin J. Mumford

  • The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value

    Gretchen C. Daily;Tore Söderqvist;Sara Aniyar;Kenneth Arrow

  • Industrial Structure and the Nature of Innovative Activity

    Partha Dasgupta;Joseph E Stiglitz

  • Social capital : a multifaceted perspective

    Partha Dasgupta;Ismail Serageldin

  • The Existence of Equilibrium in Discontinuous Economic Games, I: Theory

    Eric S. Maskin;Partha Sarathi Dasgupta

  • The Implementation of Social Choice Rules: Some General Results on Incentive Compatibility

    Partha Dasgupta;Peter Hammond;Eric Maskin

  • Are We Consuming Too Much

    Kenneth Arrow;Partha Dasgupta;Lawrence Goulder;Gretchen Daily

  • Uncertainty, Industrial Structure, and the Speed of R&D

    Partha Dasgupta;Joseph E Stiglitz

  • Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment

    Partha Dasgupta

  • Notes on the measurement of inequality

    Partha Dasgupta;Amartya Sen;David Starrett

  • Discounting climate change

    Partha Dasgupta

  • Guidelines for project evaluation

    Partha Dasgupta;Amartya Kumar Sen;Stephen A. Marglin

  • Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources: Frontmatter

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  • Economic Theory and Exhaustible Resources.

    P. Simmons;P. S. Dasgupta;G. M. Heal

  • Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, andtheEnvironment

    Kenneth Arrow;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta;C. S. Holling

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl-Göran Mäler
Karl-Göran Mäler Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Geoffrey Heal
Geoffrey Heal Columbia University
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Lawrence H. Goulder
Lawrence H. Goulder Stanford University
Charles Perrings
Charles Perrings Arizona State University
Debraj Ray
Debraj Ray New York University
Stephen H. Schneider
Stephen H. Schneider Stanford University

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