
Dr Arpita Ghosh
Lecturer in Economics
A.Ghosh2@exeter.ac.uk
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Streatham Court 0.76
Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK
Overview
My primary research area is Economics of Crime and Political Economics. I also have papers/projects in the area of Economics of Housing and Energy. I completed my PhD from Leicester in 2021 under the supervision of James Rockey and Giuseppe De Feo.
Prior to joining Exeter in 2021, I worked for a year and a half as a Research Fellow in the ESRC funded project ``A Unified Approach to Measuring the Costs of Violent Crime Risk’’ under the direction of Dr. Brendon McConnell and Professor Corrado Giulietti at the University of Southampton.
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics (University of Leicester) - 2021
M.Sc. in Economics (Madras School of Economics, Chennai) - 2014
B.Sc. in Economics (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata) - 2012
Fellow of the Advance Higher Education Academy - 2022
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Research
Research interests
- Economics of Crime
- Law and Economics
- Housing and Energy
- Political Economics
Research projects
Working Papers:
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Do Homebuyers Value Energy Efficiency? Evidence From an Information Shock (with Brendon McConnell and Jaime Millán-Quijano) (First draft here)
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On the Political Economy of Felon Disenfranchisement- (with James Rockey) [pdf]
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How Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Crime? (with James Rockey)
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Abolish the Police? Evidence from Camden, NJ (with James Rockey)
Selected Work(s) in Progess:
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Measuring The Social Costs of Homicides Using Subjective and Objective Measures (joint with Brendon McConnell & Corrado Giulietti)
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Non-fatal Strangulation Laws and Female Homicides (joint with Dercio De Assis, Sonia Oreffice & Climent Quintana-Domeque)
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Understanding Pedagogic Effects of Group-work Assessments (joint with Atisha Ghosh & Anastasia Papadopoulou)
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Publications
Journal articles
Teaching
Teaching Interests:Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics, Applied Economics
Teaching (2023 - 2024)
Module leader: Economics of Crime (BEE3074): Descriptor
Module leader: Economics for Management (BEE1034B)