#2008-034A "The Interplay between Preemptive and Defensive Counterterrorism Measures: A Two-Stage Game"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Todd Sandler
October 2008

A two-stage game depiction of counterterrorism is presented, where the emphasis is on the interaction between the preemptive and defensive measures taken by two targeted countries facing a common threat. More...

#2008-022A "Enlargement and Common External Tariff in a Political-Economic Model of Customs Union"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sajal Lahiri, and Suryadipta Roy
June 2008

We present a model with three blocks of nations: two of the blocks are members of a Customs Union (CU) and maintain a common external tariff (CET) on the third (non member). More...

#2007-046B "Urban Crime and Labor Mobility"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Santiago Pinto, and Christopher H. Wheeler
October 2007
Revised March 2008

We present a model of crime where two municipalities exist within a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). More...

#2007-038B "Political Asymmetry and Common External Tariff in a Customs Union"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sajal Lahiri, and Suryadipta Roy
September 2007
Revised June 2008

This paper examines the effect of political asymmetries in the formation of common external tariffs (CETs) in a customs union (CU). We do so by introducing cross-border lobbying and by endogenizing tariff formation in a political economic model for the determination of CETs. More...

#2007-028A "Do Donors Care about Declining Trade Revenues from Liberalization? An Analysis of Aid Allocation"
by Javed Younas, and Subhayu Bandyopadhyay
July 2007

Many developing country governments rely heavily on trade tax revenue. Therefore, trade liberalization can be a potential source of significant fiscal instability, and may affect government spending on development activities. More...

#2007-024A "Trade and Child Labor: A General Equilibrium Analysis"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Sudeshna C. Bandyopadhyay
May 2007

This paper augments the existing literature on trade and child labor by exploring the effects of terms of trade changes in the context of a three good general equilibrium model, where one of the goods is a non-traded good. More...

FORTHCOMING: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

#2007-023A "Foreign Aid and Export Performance: A Panel Data Analysis of Developing Countries"
by Jonathan Munemo, Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Arabinda Basistha
May 2007

The effect of foreign aid on economic activity of a country can be dampened due to potentially adverse effects on exports through a real exchange rate appreciation. More...

PUBLISHED: in Sajal Lahiri ed. “Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid”, Elsevier, May 2007, pp. 421-33

#2007-022A "Corruption and Trade Protection: Evidence from Panel Data"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Suryadipta Roy
May 2007

This paper provides new estimates of the effects of corruption and poor institutions on trade protection. It exploits data on several measures of trade protection including import duty, international trade taxes, and the trade-GDP ratio. More...

PUBLISHED: International Journal of Economic Research, 2007, 4(2), pp. 124-34

#2007-021A "Nash Equilibrium Tariffs and Illegal Immigration: An Analysis of Preferential Trade Liberalization"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Ryo Takashima
May 2007

We use a version of the small-union Meade model to consider the effects of interdependent import tariffs in the presence illegal immigration. More...

FORTHCOMING: International Economics and Finance Journal

#2006-062B "Is There Too Little Immigration? An Analysis of Temporary Skilled Migration"
by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, and Howard J. Wall
December 2006
Revised August 2007

This paper presents a model of legal migration of temporary skilled workers from one source country to two host countries, both of which can control their levels of such immigration. More...

PUBLISHED: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, June 2008, 17(2), pp. 197-211