Professor Subhasish M. Chowdhury

School of Economics

Professor of Economics

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+44 114 222 3319
Room C69, Elmfield Building

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Professor Subhasish M. Chowdhury
School of Economics
Room C69
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
Profile

Subhasish M. Chowdhury (Subho) is a professor of economics at the University of Sheffield. He directs the BRAINS (Behavioural Research Alliance for Impact and Networks at Sheffield) research centre and leads the Behavioural Economics Research Group.

A microeconomist, his expertise covers behavioural economics, game theory, and industrial organization among others. His research has been published in leading academic journals including the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, and Economic Theory.

Subho contributes actively to the economics community, currently serving a term on the Executive Committees of the  (2023-26), and the . He also holds editorial roles for journals such as Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, the Journal of Competition Law and Economics, and Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. Previously, he served editorial duties for Economic Inquiry, the Journal of Economics Psychology, and Studies in Microeconomics.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Chowdhury SM, Mukherjee A & Sheremeta RM (2025) . Journal of Public Economic Theory, 27(5).
  • Chowdhury SM & Topolyan I (2025) . Economic Inquiry.
  • Chowdhury SM, Cohen C, Darioshi R & Nitzan S (2025) . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 237.
  • Chowdhury SM, Mukherjee A & Turocy TL (2025) . Review of Economic Design, 29(3), 447-477.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jewell S & Singleton C (2024) . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 226.
  • Chowdhury SM & Marini MM (2024) . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102210-102210.
  • Chowdhury SM & Karmakar S (2024) . Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(4), 1473-1489.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jeon JY & Saha B (2023) . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 107.
  • Bra簽as-Garza P, Chowdhury SM, Esp穩n AM & Nieboer J (2023) . Journal of Economic Psychology, 96, 102623-102623.
  • Chowdhury SM, EsteveGonz獺lez P & Mukherjee A (2023) . Southern Economic Journal, 89(3), 924-974.
  • Baik KH, Chowdhury SM & Ramalingam A (2021) . Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'矇conomique, 54(4), 1716-1736.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jeon JY, Kim C & Kim SH (2021) . Games, 12(2).
  • Chowdhury SM, Kovenock D, RojoArjona D & Wilcox NT (2021) . The Economic Journal, 131(636), 1593-1619.
  • Chowdhury SM, Kim C & Kim S (2021) . Bulletin of Economic Research, 73(2), 143-153.
  • Chowdhury SM (2020) . Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 26(3).
  • Chowdhury SM, Grossman PJ & Jeon JY (2020) . Oxford Economic Papers, 72(3), 772-779.
  • Chowdhury SM & Crede CJ (2020) . International Journal of Industrial Organization, 70.
  • Chowdhury SM, Mukherjee A & Turocy TL (2020) . Theory and Decision, 88(3), 405-429.
  • Chowdhury SM & Karakostas A (2020) . Theory and Decision, 88(1), 153-190.
  • Baik KH, Chowdhury SM & Ramalingam A (2020) . Experimental Economics, 23(1), 240-258.
  • Chowdhury SM (2019) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42.
  • Chowdhury SM, Datta D & Dhar S (2019) . Studies in Microeconomics, 7(1), 75-88.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jeon JY & Ramalingam A (2018) . Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1492-1511.
  • Chowdhury SM (2017) . Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 375-390.
  • Chowdhury SM & Kim S-H (2017) . Games and Economic Behavior, 104, 486-493.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jeon JY & Saha B (2017) . Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 474-483.
  • Balart P, Chowdhury SM & Troumpounis O (2017) . Economics Letters, 155, 126-130.
  • Brown A & Chowdhury SM (2017) . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 133, 273-284.
  • Chowdhury SM & Martin S (2017) . Journal of Economics, 120(2), 95-118.
  • Chowdhury SM & Moffatt PG (2017) . Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(2), 572-576.
  • Chowdhury SM & Topolyan I (2016) . Social Choice and Welfare, 47(4), 959-971.
  • Choi JP, Chowdhury SM & Kim J (2016) . The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118(4), 816-840.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jeon JY & Ramalingam A (2016) . European Economic Review, 90, 107-121.
  • Chowdhury SM, Lee D & Topolyan I (2016) . Southern Economic Journal, 83(1), 105-125.
  • Chowdhury SM & Topolyan I (2016) . Economic Inquiry, 54(1), 548-557.
  • Chowdhury SM & G羹rtler O (2015) . Public Choice, 164(1-2), 135-155.
  • Chowdhury SM & Sheremeta RM (2015) . Theory and Decision, 78(4), 587-601.
  • Chowdhury SM & Kim S-H (2014) . Economics Letters, 125(3), 357-359.
  • Chowdhury SM, Sheremeta RM & Turocy TL (2014) . Games and Economic Behavior, 87, 224-238.
  • Chowdhury SM & Jeon JY (2014) . Journal of Public Economics, 118, 143-150.
  • Chowdhury SM, Lee D & Sheremeta RM (2013) . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 92, 94-103.
  • Chowdhury SM, Kovenock D & Sheremeta RM (2013) . Economic Theory, 52(3), 833-861.
  • Chowdhury SM & Sheremeta RM (2011) . Economics Letters, 112(2), 216-219.
  • Chowdhury SM & Sheremeta RM (2011) . Public Choice, 147(3-4), 413-420.
  • Chowdhury SM & Datta D (2009) Indian Telecom: Regulation, Spectrum Allocation and Dispute Management. IIMB Management Review, 21(4), 287-287.
  • Chowdhury SM, Mukherjee A & Sheremeta RM () . Journal of Public Economic Theory.
  • Chowdhury SM, Kovenock D & Mukherjee A () Experimental research on contests. Elgar Encyclopedia of Experimental Social Sciences.

Book chapters

  • Ghosh S & Chowdhury SM (2025) , Sport in Contemporary India (pp. 44-57). Routledge
  • Chowdhury SM & Wandschneider F (2018) In Tremblay VJ, Schroeder E & Horton Tremblay C (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization (pp. 368-403).

Working papers

  • Modak Chowdhury S, Cohen C, Darioshi R & Nitzan S (2025) Optimal reimbursement schemes in contests. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS).
  • Modak Chowdhury S, Kovenock D & Mukherjee A (2024) Experimental research on contests. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2024004.
  • Modak Chowdhury S & Topolyan I (2024) The attack-and-defense conflict with the gun-and- butter dilemma. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2024003.
  • Modak Chowdhury S, Das U & Saha S (2023) Did the COVID-19 pandemic necessarily escalate intimate partner violence? Results from a national-level survey in India. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023024.
  • Modak Chowdhury S & Kim S-H (2023) The central influencer theorem: spatial voting contests with endogenous coalition formation. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023019.
  • Chowdhury SM, Jewell S & Singleton C (2023) Can awareness reduce (and reverse) Identity-driven bias in judgement? evidence from international cricket. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023017.
  • Chowdhury SM & Marini MM (2023) Overbidding and heterogeneous behavior in contest experiments: a meta-comment on cross-cultural differences. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023016.
  • Modak Chowdhury S, Danilov A & G. Kocher M (2023) The lifecycle of affirmative action policies and its effect on effort and sabotage behavior. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023012.
  • Bhaumik S, Modak Chowdhury S, Dimova R & Fromell H (2023) Identity, communication, and conflict: an experiment. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023009.

Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries

  • Chowdhury SM (2021) . In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance Oxford University Press.

Other

  • Caruso R & Chowdhury SM (2021) . Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 27(1), 1-2.
  • Balafoutas L, Chowdhury SM & Plessner H (2019) . Journal of Economic Psychology, 75, 102153-102153.
  • Chowdhury SM & Malueg DA (2018) . Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1445-1446.

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