Avik Chakrabarti
- Associate Professor, Economics
Education
- PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- MA, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
- BA, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays 10:30-11:30 am CST* (and/or by appointment)
*Excluding any week during which an assignment is due from any of the courses taught.
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON 103-002 | Principles of Microeconomics | MW 11:30am-12:45pm | Syllabus |
| ECON 454-201 | International Trade | No Meeting Pattern | Syllabus |
Research Interests
- International Trade, Investment and Finance
- Industrial Organization
- Economic Systems
- Co-Creation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Standards
- Inequality
- Multinational Corporations
- Outsourcing, Artifical Intelligence, and Local Businesses
Biographical Sketch
Avik Chakrabarti's research interests include theoretical and empirical questions that relate to microeconomic foundations of industrial organization, international trade, finance, and investment. His current projects concentrate on multinational corporations, offshore outsourcing, cross-border mergers, standards, and inequality. He has also taken a lead in laying out a blueprint for the foundation of co-creation thinking in economics – identified as the conception of Co-Creation Experience Economics. He earned his Bachelors and Masters in economics, ranking first in first class with record marks, from the Jadavpur University where he received the University Gold Medals for Undergraduate as well as Graduate Studies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and his dissertation received the International Trade Research Award from the Export-Import Bank of India. Since then, he has supervised for more than 35 Doctoral Dissertations, more than 30 MA Theses, and more than 100 Undergraduate Research Studies. His lectures at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) as well as the University of Wisconsin (Madison and Milwaukee) include Ph.D., MBA, BBA, Undergraduate (Principles and Intermediate), and Pre-College courses on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization, Corporate Economics, Data Science, Cocreation, International Trade and Finance. He received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). The Journal of International Economics, Scientific Reports, European Economic Review, Economic Theory, Economics Letters, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, International Review of Economics & Finance, Economica, and kyklos are among the journals that have published his solo-authored as well as collaborative research with students and colleagues from campuses across countries. His writings also consist of an entry in the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, published by the Princeton University Press and a chapter in India and the Global Economy celebrating the Silver Jubilee of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, including the inaugural speech by the Prime Minister of India and the valedictory address by the President of India.