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Majumdar, Mukul K
H.T. Warshow and Robert Irving Warshow Professor of Economics
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- Professor, Economics (ECON), College of Arts and Sciences
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Research
research overview
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- Complex dynamical systems
- Intertemporal resource allocation under uncertainty
- Problems involving nonconvexity and economics of exhaustible resources
- Sustainable Economic Development
- Intertemporal Decentralization
- Dynamical Systems: Chaos-Cycles
- Allocation Theory and International Trade Theory.
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Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Strategic analysis of influence peddling. International Journal of Game Theory. 41:737-762. 2012
- Random iterates of monotone maps. Review of Economic Design. 14:185-192. 2010
- Stochastic equilibrium: Concepts and computations for Lindley processes. International Journal of Economic Theory. 6:47-56. 2010
- Equilibrium and optimality: Some imprints of David Gale. Games and Economic Behavior. 66:607-626. 2009
- Strategic analysis of petty corruption with an intermediary. Review of Economic Design. 13:45-57. 2009
- Petty corruption: A game-theoretic approach. International Journal of Economic Theory. 4:273-297. 2008
- Strategic analysis of petty corruption: Entrepreneurs and bureaucrats. Journal of Development Economics. 83:351-367. 2007
- Stability in distribution of randomly perturbed quadratic maps as Markov processes. Annals of Applied Probability. 14:1802-1809. 2004
- Dynamical systems subject to random shocks: An introduction. Economic Theory. 23:1-12. 2003
- Random dynamical systems: a review. Economic Theory. 23:13-38. 2003
- Estimating the stationary distribution of a Markov chain. Economic Theory. 21:729-742. 2003
- Some General Results on Equilibrium Prices in Large Random Exchange Economies. Annals of Operations Research. 114:245-261. 2002
- On a Class of Stable Random Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications. Journal of Economic Theory. 96:208-229. 2001
- On characterizing the probability of survival in a large competitive economy. Review of Economic Design. 6:133-153. 2001
- Equilibrium prices in a random exchange economy with dependent agents. Economic Theory. 15:531-550. 2000
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- Beyond Nandigram: Industrialisation in West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly. 42:1487-1489. 2007
- Strategy for Economic Reform in West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly. 27. 2002
- Decentralisation and Optimality. Economic and Political Weekly. 35. 2000
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book
- Equilibrium, welfare, and uncertainty: beyond Arrow-Debreu. London/New York: Routledge. 2009
- Random dynamical systems: theory and applications. Cambridge, UK/New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007
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chapter
- On Some Monotone Markov Models. Dimensions of economic theory and policy: essays for Anjan Mukherji. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2011
- Markov Processes Generated by Monotone Map. Perspectives in mathematical sciences I: probability and statistics. Singapore/London: World Scientific. 203-225. 2009
- "Uncertainty and General Equilibrium". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 432-451. 2008
- Intertemporal Allocation with a Non-Convex Technology. Handbook on optimal growth1: Discrete time. Berlin/New York: Springer. 2006
- Random dynamical systems in economics. Probability and partial differential equations in modern applied mathematics. New York: Springer. 181-195. 2005
- Survival, Uncertainty, and Equilibrium Theory: An Exposition. Essays in dynamic general equilibrium theory: Festschrift for David Cass. Berlin/New York: Springer. 107-128. 2005
- Surviving under Uncertainty in an Exchange Economy. Probability, statistics, and their applications: papers in honor of Rabi Bhattacharya. Beachwood, OH: Institute of Mathematical Statistics. 187-208. 2003
- "Decision Making under Uncertainty". Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. 2002
- "Fundamental Economics". Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. 2002
- Dynamical Systems: A Tutorial. Optimization and chaos. Berlin: Springer. 2000
selected publications listing
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- "An Axiomatization of the Walras Correspondence in Infinite Dimensional Spaces," (with B. Peleg), International Economic Review, Vol. 38, 1997;
- "Robust Ergodic Chaos in Discounted Dynamics Optimization Models," (with T. Mitra), Economic Theory, 1994;
- "Some Results on the Transfer Problem in an Exchange Economy," (with T. Mitra), in Theoretical Issues in Development Economics, P. Dutta, S. Gangopadhyay, et. al., (ed.) Oxford University Press, 1993;
- "Survival Under Production Uncertainty," (with R. Radner), in Equilibrium and Dynamics, M. Majumdar (ed.) Macmillan, 1992;
- "The Nature of Stochastic Equilibrium," (with J. Green), Econometrica, 1975;
- "Some General Theorems on Efficiency Prices with an Infinite Dimensional Commodity Space," Journal of Economic Theory, 1972.
- "An Axiomatization of the Walras Correspondence in Infinite Dimensional Spaces," (with B. Peleg), International Economic Review, Vol. 38, 1997;
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Teaching
teaching activities
- ECON-3370: Equilibrium and Welfare Economics - Fall 2012
- ECON-4160: Intertemporal Economics - Fall 2012
- ECON-7170: Mathematical Economics - Fall 2012
- ECON-3370: Equilibrium and Welfare Economics - Fall 2011
- ECON-4160: Intertemporal Economics - Fall 2011
- ECON-7570: Economics of Imperfect Information - Fall 2011
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1970
- M.A. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1967
- B.A. in Economics, Calcutta University 1964