Sutirtha Bagchi

Associate Professor of Economics with a rich set of experiences spanning the commercial and educational sectors. Proficient with the use of legal databases like CaseText, WestLaw, and LexisPlus.

Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Research Expertise

Political Economy

State and Local Public Finance

Regulation

Economics and Econometrics

Finance

Accounting

Strategy and Management

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Public Administration

Sociology and Political Science

About

Sutirtha Bagchi is an Associate Professor of Economics at Villanova University where he teaches courses in microeconomics and public economics. Dr. Bagchi has a Ph.D. in Business Economics and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. He also received an MBA from Purdue University West Lafayette, in addition to a B. Tech. (With Honors) in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

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Publications

Does wealth inequality matter for growth? The effect of billionaire wealth, income distribution, and poverty

Journal of Comparative Economics

2015

The effects of political competition on the funding of public‐sector pension plans

Financial Management

2020

Monetary growth and wealth inequality

Economics Letters

2019

Can Entrepreneurial Initiative Blunt the Economic Inequality–Growth Curse? Evidence From 92 Countries

Business & Society

2018

The effects of political competition on the generosity of public-sector pension plans

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

2019

Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty

SSRN Electronic Journal

2013

A Tale of Two Cities: An Examination of Medallion Prices in New York and Chicago

Review of Industrial Organization

2018

The political economy of tax enforcement: a look at the Internal Revenue Service from 1978 to 2010

Journal of Public Policy

2015

The effects of introducing withholding and third-party reporting on tax collections: Evidence from the U.S. state personal income tax

Journal of Public Economics

2021

Barriers to Entry and Competitive Behavior: Evidence from Reforms of Cable Franchising Regulations

The Journal of Industrial Economics

2017

Does Wealth Distribution and the Source of Wealth Matter for Economic Growth? Inherited v. Uninherited Billionaire Wealth and Billionaires’ Political Connections

Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy

2016

Do More Efficient Taxes Lead to Bigger Government?: Evidence from the Introduction of Withholding for the State Personal Income Tax

SSRN Electronic Journal

2018

Wealth inequality and democracy

Public Choice

2023

The Effects of Introducing Withholding on Tax Compliance: Evidence from Pennsylvania's Local Earned Income Tax

SSRN Electronic Journal

2022

Withholding matters: The impact of Act 32 on compliance with the earned income tax

Economics Letters

2022

Public-sector pension plans and the discount rate assumption: The role of political incentives

Economics Letters

2021

Does the Strength of Incentives Matter for Elected Officials? A Look at Tax Collectors

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

2021

The Burden of Taxation

Taxes in America

2020

Tax Compliance and Enforcement

Unknown Venue

2018

Do Unfunded Obligations of Public-Sector Pension Plans get Capitalized into House Prices?

SSRN Electronic Journal

2018

The Long-Run Effects of Oil Wealth on Development: Evidence from Petroleum Geology

The Economic Journal

2019

Contribution volatility and public pension reform

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

2017

Does the Strength of Incentives Matter for Elected Officials? A Look at Tax Collectors

SSRN Electronic Journal

2017

The Effects of Introducing Withholding on Tax Compliance: Evidence from Pennsylvania's Local Earned Income Tax

SSRN Electronic Journal

2022

Education

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ph.D., Business Economics / December, 2014

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

M.A., Economics / August, 2013

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Purdue University West Lafayette

MBA, General Management / May, 2006

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

B. Tech. (With Honors), Chemical Engineering / August, 2002

Kharagpur

Experience

Villanova University

Associate Professor of Economics / August, 2021 — Present

Assistant Professor of Economics / August, 2014 — August, 2021

McKinsey & Company

Associate / July, 2006 — August, 2008

Worked as an Associate with McKinsey & Company working out of their Pittsburgh office, consulting with clients primarily primarily in the consumer packaged goods and retail space.

FedEx Services

Summer Intern / June, 2005 — August, 2005

Tasked with sketching a customer profile for the Kinko's customer in light of FedEx's acquisition of Kinko's in 2004.

Unilever India Ltd. (formerly Hindustan Lever Ltd.)

Technical Services Manager / October, 2003 — April, 2004

Had responsibility for three departments at the Lipton Instant Tea Factory heading Quality Assurance, Project Management and Safety,Health & Environment (SHE) activities for my plant.

Business Leadership Trainee / July, 2002 — September, 2003

Involved in various functional and cross-functional projects during the course of the 15-month corporate development program.

Links & Social Media

Research Web Site

SSRN webpage with articles

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