Personal Information

 Name: Dr. Samaresh Bardhan
 Designation: Associate Professor (Economics)
 Contact Number: 01881-2422274
 Email:samaresh@iitrpr.ac.in
 Address: Room No. 66, Mezzanine Floor, Super Academic Block, New Campus, IIT Ropar

Areas Of Research

  • Financial Markets, Credit Related Issues
  • Industrial Finance, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics.


Short Biography

Dr. Samaresh Bardhan is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar.

Education

(2011) PhD., Economics, Jadavpur University

Work Experience

Research

Journal

2024

Panika Jain and Samaresh Bardhan (2024), Sustainable energy deployment in developing countries: the role of composition of energy aid, Economic SystemsElsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2024.101195, (available online, 29 January)


Paramita Mukherjee and Samaresh Bardhan (2024), Dynamic Spillovers among Equity, Gold and Oil Markets during COVID and Russia-Ukraine War: Evidence from India, Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Springer (forthcoming)


2023

Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), Implications of bank competition, financial stability, and gender gap on access to finance: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2869, September 5


Panika Jain and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), Energy aid volatility across developing countries: a disaggregated sectoral analysis, International Economics and Economic Policy, 20, 457-483, July, Springer.


Panika Jain and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), Some factors of energy aid volatility across developing countries: A special focus on renewable sector, Energy Policy, , vol 178, 113596, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113596, May, Elsevier


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), Does bank competition affect the transmission mechanism of monetary policy through bank lending channel? Evidence from India, Journal of Asian Economics, vol 86, Elsevier


Bijoy Rakshit, Panika Jain Rajesh Sharma and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (18), 51887-5190, Springer 


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2023), Bank competition and SMEs access to finance in India: evidence from World Bank Enterprise Survey, Asian Review of Accounting, vol 31, no 2, Emerald


2022

Panika Jain and Samaresh Bardhan (2022), Does development assistance reduce climate vulnerability in developing countries? An empirical investigation, Climate and Development, pp.141-161, https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2065236, Taylor& Francis, May.


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2022), Does bank efficiency enhance bank performance? empirical evidence from Indian banking, Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, Bank Indonesia, vol. 25 (Special I), pages 103-124, March


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2022), 'An empirical investigation of the effects of competition, efficiency and risk behaviour on profitability: An application in Indian banking', Journal of Economics and Business, vol 118, January-February, 106022.Elsevier


2021

Panika Jain, Bijoy Rakshit, Bisma Raina and Samaresh Bardhan (2021), Regional integration and environmental sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from South Asia, International Social Science Journal, Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12291, 1- 21,August.


2020

Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2020) Bank competition in India: revisiting the application of Panzar–Rosse model. Managerial Finance, 46 (11), 1455-1477.


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2020) Does Bank Competition Enhance or Hinder Financial Stability? Evidence from Indian Banking. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 9(s1), 75-102, De Gruyter.


2019

Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2019) Bank Competition and its Determinants: Evidence from Indian Banking. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 26(2), 283-313, Routledge, Taylor& Francis


Bijoy Rakshit and Samaresh Bardhan (2019) Does bank competition promote economic growth? Empirical evidence from selected South Asian countries. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 8(2), 201-223, Emerald, May


Samaresh Bardhan, Rajesh Sharma, Vivekananda Mukherjee (2019) "Threshold Effect of Bank-specific Determinants of Non-performing Assets: An Application in Indian Banking" Journal of Emerging Market Finance, Sage Publications, Vol 18, Issue 1, (Suppl), pp. S1–S34, April.


2018

Rajesh Sharma and Samaresh Bardhan (2018) Stock Market Development and Economic growth: Evidence from Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Test, Journal of Economic Development, Vol 43, No. 3, 57-84, September.


2017

Rajesh Sharma and Samaresh Bardhan (2017) Does Regional Financial Development Matter for Growth? Evidence from Indian States, International Economic Journal, Taylor and Francis, 31(4), 621-646.


Rajesh Sharma and Samaresh Bardhan (2017) "Finance Growth Nexus across Indian States: Evidences from Panel Cointegration and Causality Tests", Economic Change and Restructuring, Vol 50, No 1, 1-20, Springer, February.


2016

Samaresh Bardhan & Vivevekananda Mukherjee (2016) Bank-specific determinants of nonperforming assets of Indian banks, International Economics and Economic Policy,Vol 13, No 3, 483-498, Springer.


2013

Samaresh Bardhan & Vivekananda Mukherjee. (2013). Willful Default in Developing Country Banking System: A Theoretical Exercise” Journal of Economic Development, Vol 38, No.4, 101-121, The Economic Research Institute of Chung-Ang University, Korea, December.


Samaresh Bardhan (2013). Profit Efficiency of Indian Commercial Banks during the Post- Liberalisation Period: A Stochastic Frontier Approach, November in Margin—The Journal of Applied Economic Research Vol 7, No. 4 391–415, Sage Publications New Delhi, November.


2007

Marjit, Sugata., Pranab Kumar Das and Samaresh Bardhan (2007), ‘A Portfolio Based Theory of Excessive Foreign Borrowing and Capital Control in a Small Open Economy’, Research in International Business and Finance, Vol 21, Issue 2, June pp 175-187, Elsevier Science.


1998

Manoj Sanyal, Pradip Biswas and Samaresh Bardhan (1998), ‘Institutional Change and Output Growth of West Bengal Agriculture’, Economic and Political Weekly (Special issue), Vol 33, No 47 & 48, November.


Book Chapters

 Samaresh Bardhan and Rajesh Sharma (2022) Sectoral Growth and Sectoral Credit: Panel Evidence from Indian States, In Paramita Mukherjee (eds), Revisiting the Indian Financial Sector-Recent Issues and Perspectives, India Studies in Business and Economics (Book Series), Springer, pp 1211-147.

 

Paramita Mukherjee and Samaresh Bardhan (2022) Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Interactions among Stock, Gold and Oil Prices in India, In Paramita Mukherjee (eds), Revisiting the Indian Financial Sector-Recent Issues and Perspectives, India Studies in Business and Economics (Book Series), Springer, pp 281-300.

 

Samaresh Bardhan and Rajesh Sharma (2019) "Does Local Financial Development Matter for Growth? Evidence from Indian Districts". In P Das and P K Biswas (eds.), Indian Economy: Reforms and Development, Festschrift vol. in Honour of Manoj Kumar Sanyal, India Studies in Business and Economics, Springer, August.

 

Samaresh Bardhan and Sugata Marjit (2005), ‘Non-Performing Assets of Indian Commercial Banks: An Analytical Exercise’, in T T Rammohan, Mathew Joseph and Rupa Rege Nitsure (ed), Regulation of Financial Intermediaries in Emerging Markets, Response Books, A Division of Sage Publications, New Delhi.

Research Grants

Research Grant Awarded

1."Strategic Asset Allocation Choices for India's National Pension System" (2023) , under the Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), in collaboration with Prof. Anup Basu (Foreign PI), Prof. Adam Clement (foreign Co-PI),School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Prof. Paramita Mukherjee (India Co-PI), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, Hyderabad. Grant value 71,15,365 INR , (Indian PI: Samaresh Bardhan), (ongoing since 28.7.2023),


2. “Stubble Burning: Health impacts (Quality of Life), cost and social perception - an explorative study for prevention"(2020) under the scheme of 'Network Grant' of the Swedish Research Council (SRC), Sweden, jointly with Dr. Koustav Dalal, lead researcher, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. granted on October 21, 2020 VR Ref. no. 2020-03787; Grant value :746 000 SEK ( = 63,00, 000 INR); Duration : two years (Indian PI: Samaresh Bardhan), ongoing.


3. "Growth and Convergence in Indian States: Implications for Credit Spillovers and Social Banking",(2019) under the scheme of Impactful Research on Social Sciences, (IMPRESS), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Government of India, (period: April 2019-April 2021), grant value: Rs. 8,40,000/- (PI: Samaresh Bardhan), completed.


4. "Finance and Growth: Regional Perspectives in India" (2014) External Research Project sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Government of India (period: May 2014-April 2016), grant value: Rs. 4,00,000/-.(PI: Samaresh Bardhan), completed.

PhD Students

Awarded

1.     Dr. Rajesh Sharma (date of Registration: 19th march, 2013), completed the thesis defense on April, 17, 2018. Dr. Sharma served for more than four years at Delhi Technological University, New Delhi during 16.1.2018-22.11.2022, as Assistant Professor in Economics. Currently serving as the Assistant Professor in Economics at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.


2.     Dr. Bijoy Rakshit (Date of Registration: 1st January, 2016), finished his thesis defense on August 13, 2021. currently serving as the Assistant Professor in Economics at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu, under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.


3.     Dr. Panika Jain (Date of Registration, August, 5, 2017), finished her thesis defense on August 9, 2023. Currently serving as the Assistant Professor in Economics, Amity University Mohali, Punjab.


Ongoing

The following students are currently working under my supervision

  1. Ms. Bisma Raina
  2. Ms. Meera Ancy Vincent
  3. Ms. Vineeta Devi
  4. Ms. Ahana Bose

CV

Courses

PG/PhD Courses

HS622 Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

HS627 Topics in Development Economics

UG Courses

HS201, Economics (Core)

HS463, Financial Markets and Institutions (elective)

HS511, Pension Economics and Finance (elective)

Other Information

GIAN (Global Initiative on Academic Network)


Awarded a GIAN course by Ministry of Education, Government of India, entitled “Theory and Practice of Efficiency and Productivity Measurement”, at the department of HSS, IIT Ropar during December 18-22, 2017. The course was taught by Prof. Subal Kumbhakar, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Economics, SUNY, Binghamton, USA (Value of course grant: Rs. 5,63,000/-).