Joydeep Bhattacharya
Professor
Contact Information
Iowa State University371 Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-5886
joydeep@iastate.edu
Personal Website
Education
- PhD, Economics, Cornell University, 1996
- MA, Cornell University, 1994
- MA, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India, 1991
Research Interests
growth and development, income inequality, social security, fertility
Selected Publications
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Deviant Generations, Ricardian Equivalence, and Growth Cycles, Forthcoming in Economic Theory
- Anderson, Torben M.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, On Myopia As Rationale for Social Security, Economic Theory Vol. 47 no. 1 (2011): 135-158.
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Choosing to Keep Up with the Joneses and Income Inequality, Economic Theory Vol. 45 no. 3 (2010): 469-496. (WP #08003, January 2008)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Heterogeneity, Redistribution, and the Friedman Rule, International Economic Review Vol. 46 no. 2 (May 2005): 305-729. (WP #04004, February 2004)
Awards and Honors
- Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1995-96
Other Affiliations
ISU Economics Working Papers Series
- Wang, Min; Zhao, Jinhua; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Optimal Health and Environmental Policies in a Pollution-Growth Nexus, WP #13006, March 2013
- Andersen, Torben M; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, A Dynamic Efficiency Rationale for Public Investment in the Health of the Young, WP #12018, September 2012
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Puhakka, Mikko, Private versus public old-age security, WP #12016, September 2012
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, Optimal Monetary Policy Rules Under Persistent Shocks, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 34 no. 7 (July 2010): 1277-1294. (WP #08004, January 2008)
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Choosing to Keep Up with the Joneses and Income Inequality, Economic Theory Vol. 45 no. 3 (2010): 469-496. (WP #08003, January 2008)
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Minimum Consumption Requirements and Cycles in an Overlapping Generations Model of Money, WP #07017, July 2007
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle; Qiao, Xue, Unsafe Sex, AIDS, and Development, WP #07016, July 2007
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Why Does Overnight Liquidity Cost More Than Intraday Liquidity?, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 33 no. 6 (June 2009): 1236-1246. (WP #07004, March 2007)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Reed, Robert, Social Security and Intergenerational Redistribution, Structural Models of Wage and Employment Dynamics: Essays in Honor of Dale Mortensen, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, (2006) (WP #06028, August 2006)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, On the Usefulness of the Constrained Planning Problem in a Model of Money, Macroeconomic Dynamics Vol. 12 no. 4 (September 2008): 503-525. (WP #06027, August 2006 Revised on March 2007)
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Rejuveniles and Growth, European Economic Review Vol. 52 no. 6 (August 2008): 1055-1071. (WP #06026, August 2006)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Optimal Monetary Policy and Economic Growth, European Economic Review Vol. 53 no. 2 (2009): 210-221. (WP #05025, January 2009)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Qiao, Xue, Public and Private Expenditures on Health in a Growth Model, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 31 no. 8 (August 2007): 2519-2535. (WP #05020, June 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, Optimal Choice of Monetary Instruments in an Economy with Real and Liquidity Shocks, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 32 no. 4 (April 2008): 1273-1311. (WP #05016, May 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Sub-Optimality of the Friedman Rule in Townsend's Turnpike and Stochastic Relocation Models of Money: Do Finite Lives and Initial Dates Matter?, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 30 no. 5 (May 2006): 879-897. (WP #05007, March 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine; Singh, Rajesh, Who is Afraid of the Friedman Rule?, Economic Inquiry Vol. 46 no. 2 (April 2008): 113-130. (WP #04030, November 2004)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Russell, Steven, The Role of Money in Two Alternative Models: When is the Friedman Rule Optimal, and Why?, Journal of Monetary Economics Vol. 52 no. 8 (November 2005): 1401-1433. (WP #04011, April 2004)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Heterogeneity, Redistribution, and the Friedman Rule, International Economic Review Vol. 46 no. 2 (May 2005): 305-729. (WP #04004, February 2004)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Monetary Policy And The Distribution Of Income, WP #03026, December 2003
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Reed, Robert, A Positive Theory of the Income Redistributive Focus of Social Security, WP #03022, July 2003
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Reed, Robert, Age-Specific Employment Policies, WP #03016, March 2003
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Reed, Robert, Aging, Unemployment, and Welfare in a Life-Cycle Model with Costly Labor Market Search, WP #03015, March 2003
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Chakraborty, Shankha, What Do Information Frictions Do?, Economic Theory Vol. 26 no. 3 (October 2005): 651-675. (WP #03014, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Dynamics of the Planning Solution in the Discrete-Time Textbook Model of Labor Market Search and Matching., Economics Bulletin Vol. 5 no. 19 (December 23 2003): 1-10. (WP #03013, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle; Haslag, Joseph, The Non-Monotonic Relationship Between Seigniorage and Inequality, Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 38 no. 2 (May 2005): 500-519. (WP #03012, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Mulligan, Casey; Reed, Robert, Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy, Economic Inquiry Vol. 42 no. 4 (October 2004): 560-571. (WP #03011, March 2003)
Journal Articles
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Puhakka, Mikko, Patience Cycles, Forthcoming in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics-Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Staatswissenschaft
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Deviant Generations, Ricardian Equivalence, and Growth Cycles, Forthcoming in Economic Theory
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Andersen, Torben M, Unfunded Pensions and Endogenous Labor Supply, Forthcoming in Macroeconomic Dynamics
- Andersen, Torben M; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, A Dynamic Efficiency Rationale for Public Investment in the Health of the Young, Forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Economics
- Chakraborty, Shankha; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Fertility Choice Under Child Mortality and Social Norms, Economics Letters
- Anderson, Torben M.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, On Myopia As Rationale for Social Security, Economic Theory Vol. 47 no. 1 (2011): 135-158.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, Optimal Monetary Policy Rules Under Persistent Shocks, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 34 no. 7 (July 2010): 1277-1294. (WP #08004, January 2008)
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Resurrecting Equilibria Through Cycles in an Overlapping Generations Model of Money, Journal of Macroeconomics Vol. 32 no. 2 (June 2010): 515-526.
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Choosing to Keep Up with the Joneses and Income Inequality, Economic Theory Vol. 45 no. 3 (2010): 469-496. (WP #08003, January 2008)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Why Does Overnight Liquidity Cost More Than Intraday Liquidity?, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 33 no. 6 (June 2009): 1236-1246. (WP #07004, March 2007)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Optimal Monetary Policy and Economic Growth, European Economic Review Vol. 53 no. 2 (2009): 210-221. (WP #05025, January 2009)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, On the Usefulness of the Constrained Planning Problem in a Model of Money, Macroeconomic Dynamics Vol. 12 no. 4 (September 2008): 503-525. (WP #06027, August 2006 Revised on March 2007)
- Barnett, Richard C.; Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Rejuveniles and Growth, European Economic Review Vol. 52 no. 6 (August 2008): 1055-1071. (WP #06026, August 2006)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine; Singh, Rajesh, Who is Afraid of the Friedman Rule?, Economic Inquiry Vol. 46 no. 2 (April 2008): 113-130. (WP #04030, November 2004)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Singh, Rajesh, Optimal Choice of Monetary Instruments in an Economy with Real and Liquidity Shocks, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 32 no. 4 (April 2008): 1273-1311. (WP #05016, May 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Understanding the Cost Difference Between Intraday and Overnight Liquidity, Journal of Financial Transformation Vol. 24 (2008): 105-107.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Qiao, Xue, Public and Private Expenditures on Health in a Growth Model, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 31 no. 8 (August 2007): 2519-2535. (WP #05020, June 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Sub-Optimality of the Friedman Rule in Townsend's Turnpike and Stochastic Relocation Models of Money: Do Finite Lives and Initial Dates Matter?, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 30 no. 5 (May 2006): 879-897. (WP #05007, March 2005)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Russell, Steven, The Role of Money in Two Alternative Models: When is the Friedman Rule Optimal, and Why?, Journal of Monetary Economics Vol. 52 no. 8 (November 2005): 1401-1433. (WP #04011, April 2004)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Chakraborty, Shankha, What Do Information Frictions Do?, Economic Theory Vol. 26 no. 3 (October 2005): 651-675. (WP #03014, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle; Haslag, Joseph, The Non-Monotonic Relationship Between Seigniorage and Inequality, Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 38 no. 2 (May 2005): 500-519. (WP #03012, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Martin, Antoine, Heterogeneity, Redistribution, and the Friedman Rule, International Economic Review Vol. 46 no. 2 (May 2005): 305-729. (WP #04004, February 2004)
- Banerji, Sanjay; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Ngo, Long V., Can Financial Intermediation Induce Endogenous Fluctuations?, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Vol. 28 no. 11 (October 2004): 2215-2238.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Mulligan, Casey; Reed, Robert, Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy, Economic Inquiry Vol. 42 no. 4 (October 2004): 560-571. (WP #03011, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Bunzel, Helle, Dynamics of the Planning Solution in the Discrete-Time Textbook Model of Labor Market Search and Matching., Economics Bulletin Vol. 5 no. 19 (December 23 2003): 1-10. (WP #03013, March 2003)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph; Russell, Steven, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, and the Inflation Tax: Equivalence Results, Macroeconomic Dynamics Vol. 7 no. 5 (November 2003): 647-669.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph, Is Reserve Ratio Arithmetic More Pleasant?, Economica Vol. 70 no. 279 (August 2003): 471-491.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Russell, Steven, Two-Period Cycles in a Three-Period Overlapping Generations Model, Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 109 no. 2 (April 2003): 378-401.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Kudoh, N, Tight Money Policies and Inflation Revisited, Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 35 no. 2 (May 2002): 185-217.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph, On the Use of the Inflation Tax when Non-Distortionary Taxes Are Available, Review of Economic Dynamics Vol. 4 no. 4 (October 2001): 823-841.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph, Reliance, Composition, and Inflation, Economic and Financial Review (Fourth Quarter 2000)
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Haslag, Joseph, Monetary Policy Arithmetic: Some Recent Contributions, Economic and Financial Review (Third Quarter 1999): 26-36.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Betts, Caroline, Unemployment, Credit Rationing, and Capital Accumulation: A Tale of Two Frictions, Economic Theory Vol. 12 no. 3 (October 1998): 489-517.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Guzman, Mark G.; Smith, Bruce D., Some Even More Unpleasant Monetarist Arithmetic, Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 31 no. 3 (August 1998): 596-623.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Guzman, Mark G.; Shell, Karl, Price Level Volatility: A Simple Model of Money Taxes and Sunspots, Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 81 no. 2 (August 1998): 401-430.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep, Credit Market Imperfections, Income Distribution, and Capital Accumulation, Economic Theory Vol. 11 no. 1 (January 1998): 171-200.
- Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Huybens, Elisabeth; Guzman, Mark G.; Smith, Bruce D., Monetary, Fiscal, and Bank Regulatory Policy in a Simple Monetary Growth Model, International Economic Review Vol. 3 no. 2 (May 1997): 321-350.
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