Joydeep Bhattacharya

People
Professor

I am Professor of Economics at Iowa State University. I work on various topics in the general area of macro-development, using general equilibrium, dynamic, micro-founded macro models to study issues in macro and development economics. My current interests are in public economics (esp. social security), demography, epidemiology, macro-environment, political economy and the economics of discrimination.

Area of Expertise: 
Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Education: 
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996
M.A., Cornell University, 1994
M.A., Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India, 1991
St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, 1989
Contact
515-294-5886
371 Heady Hall, 518 Farm House Lane,
Ames,
IA
50011-1054