Professor Subhasish M. Chowdhury
School of Economics
Professor of Economics
subhasish.chowdhury@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3319
+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
School of Economics
Room C69
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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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 Economic Science Association (2023-26), and the BEE-UK network. 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
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Journal articles
- The attack-and-defense conflict with the gun-and-butter dilemma. Economic Inquiry. View this article in WRRO
- Optimal reimbursement schemes in contests. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 237. View this article in WRRO
- And the first runner-up is..: comparing winner selection procedures in multi-winner Tullock contests. Review of Economic Design, 29(3), 447-477.
- Can awareness reduce (and reverse) identity-driven bias in judgement? Evidence from international cricket. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 226. View this article in WRRO
- Overbidding and heterogeneous behavior in contest experiments:A meta-comment on cross-cultural differences. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 110, 102210-102210.
- The interrelationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict behavior: A survey. Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(4), 1473-1489.
- Eye-image as nonverbal social cue has asymmetric gender effects in dictator taking games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 107. View this article in WRRO
- ‘Born this Way’? Prenatal exposure to testosterone may determine behavior in competition and conflict. Journal of Economic Psychology, 96, 102623-102623.
- Heterogeneity, leveling the playing field, and affirmative action in contests. Southern Economic Journal, 89(3), 924-974.
- Group size and matching protocol in contests. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 54(4), 1716-1736.
- Gender differences in repeated dishonest behavior: Experimental evidence. Games, 12(2).
- Focality and asymmetry in multi-battle contests. The Economic Journal, 131(636), 1593-1619. View this article in WRRO
- Pre‐planning and its effects on repeated dishonest behavior: an experiment. Bulletin of Economic Research, 73(2), 143-153. View this article in WRRO
- Conflict in the time of (post-) Corona: some assessments from behavioral economics. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 26(3). View this article in WRRO
- Gender differences in giving and the anticipation regarding giving in dictator games. Oxford Economic Papers, 72(3), 772-779.
- Post-cartel tacit collusion: determinants, consequences, and prevention. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 70. View this article in WRRO
- That’s the ticket: explicit lottery randomisation and learning in Tullock contests. Theory and Decision, 88(3), 405-429. View this article in WRRO
- An experimental investigation of the ‘tenuous trade-off’ between risk and incentives in organizations. Theory and Decision, 88(1), 153-190. View this article in WRRO
- The effects of conflict budget on the intensity of conflict: an experimental investigation. Experimental Economics, 23(1), 240-258. View this article in WRRO
- The attack and defense mechanisms: perspectives from behavioral economics and game theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42. View this article in WRRO
- Auction versus posted price mechanisms in online sales: The roles of impatience and dissuasion. Studies in Microeconomics, 7(1), 75-88. View this article in WRRO
- PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LOSS AVERSION IN CONTESTS. Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1492-1511. View this article in WRRO
- The all-pay auction with nonmonotonic payoff. Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 375-390. View this article in WRRO
- “Small, yet beautiful”: Reconsidering the optimal design of multi-winner contests. Games and Economic Behavior, 104, 486-493. View this article in WRRO
- Gender differences in the giving and taking variants of the dictator game. Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 474-483. View this article in WRRO
- Linking individual and collective contests through noise level and sharing rules. Economics Letters, 155, 126-130. View this article in WRRO
- The hidden perils of affirmative action: Sabotage in handicap contests. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 133, 273-284. View this article in WRRO
- Exclusivity and exclusion on platform markets. Journal of Economics, 120(2), 95-118. View this article in WRRO
- OVERBIDDING AND HETEROGENEOUS BEHAVIOR IN CONTEST EXPERIMENTS: A COMMENT ON THE ENDOWMENT EFFECT. Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(2), 572-576.
- Best-shot versus weakest-link in political lobbying: an application of group all-pay auction. Social Choice and Welfare, 47(4), 959-971. View this article in WRRO
- Group contests with internal conflict and power asymmetry. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118(4), 816-840. View this article in WRRO
- Identity and group conflict. European Economic Review, 90, 107-121. View this article in WRRO
- The Max-Min Group Contest: Weakest-link (Group) All-Pay Auction. Southern Economic Journal, 83(1), 105-125.
- THE ATTACK‐AND‐DEFENSE GROUP CONTESTS: BEST SHOT VERSUS WEAKEST LINK. Economic Inquiry, 54(1), 548-557.
- Sabotage in contests: a survey. Public Choice, 164(1-2), 135-155.
- Strategically equivalent contests. Theory and Decision, 78(4), 587-601.
- A note on multi-winner contest mechanisms. Economics Letters, 125(3), 357-359.
- Overbidding and overspreading in rent-seeking experiments: Cost structure and prize allocation rules. Games and Economic Behavior, 87, 224-238.
- Impure altruism or inequality aversion?: An experimental investigation based on income effects. Journal of Public Economics, 118, 143-150.
- Top guns may not fire: Best-shot group contests with group-specific public good prizes. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 92, 94-103.
- An experimental investigation of Colonel Blotto games. Economic Theory, 52(3), 833-861.
- Multiple equilibria in Tullock contests. Economics Letters, 112(2), 216-219.
- A generalized Tullock contest. Public Choice, 147(3-4), 413-420.
- Indian Telecom: Regulation, Spectrum Allocation and Dispute Management. IIMB Management Review, 21(4), 287-287.
- Experimental research on contests. Elgar Encyclopedia of Experimental Social Sciences. View this article in WRRO
Book chapters
- Monetisation of Indian Cricket, Sport in Contemporary India (pp. 44-57). Routledge
- Antitrust and the "Beckerian Proposition": The effects of investigation and fines on cartels In Tremblay VJ, Schroeder E & Horton Tremblay C (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Industrial Organization (pp. 368-403).
Working papers
- Optimal reimbursement schemes in contests. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS). View this article in WRRO
- Experimental research on contests. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2024004. View this article in WRRO
- The attack-and-defense conflict with the gun-and- butter dilemma. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2024003. View this article in WRRO
- 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. View this article in WRRO
- The central influencer theorem: spatial voting contests with endogenous coalition formation. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023019. View this article in WRRO
- Can awareness reduce (and reverse) Identity-driven bias in judgement? evidence from international cricket. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023017. View this article in WRRO
- Overbidding and heterogeneous behavior in contest experiments: a meta-comment on cross-cultural differences. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023016. View this article in WRRO
- The lifecycle of affirmative action policies and its effect on effort and sabotage behavior. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023012. View this article in WRRO
- Identity, communication, and conflict: an experiment. The Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (SERPS), 2023009. View this article in WRRO
Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries
- The Economics of Identity and Conflict. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance Oxford University Press.
Other
- 4th Walter Isard Annual Award for the Best Article in Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 27(1), 1-2.
- Applications of sports data to study decision making. Journal of Economic Psychology, 75, 102153-102153.
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM—CONTESTS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE. Economic Inquiry, 56(3), 1445-1446.
- The attack-and-defense conflict with the gun-and-butter dilemma. Economic Inquiry. View this article in WRRO