Nirvana Mitra
I am a Research Director at CAFRAL (Reserve Bank of India), and an Assistant Professor (on leave) in the Department of Economics at Shiv Nadar IoE, India. I completed my Ph.D. in economics from Stony Brook University in May 2020. My thesis advisors were Dr. Marina Azzimonti and Dr. Gabriel Mihalache.
My primary research interests include macroeconomics, international finance, and political economy with a focus on sovereign debt and defaults. My other work involves empirical research related to misallocation and productivity.
Recent News & Updates
New working paper draft (preliminary): A Quantitative Theory of Installment Loans (with S. Chatterjee)
New working paper draft: Bank Entry, New Loans, and Misallocation (with P. Chakraborty)
New working paper draft: Sovereign Default and Tax-smoothing in the Shadow of Corruption and Institutional Weakness (with M. Azzimonti)
CAFRAL Annual Policy Report : India Finance Report (2023)-- Connecting the Last Mile was released on November 7th 2023.
Political Constraints and Sovereign Default (with M. Azzimonti) was accepted for publication in the Journal of International Money and Finance
Office :
Center for Advanced Financial Research and Learning
Reserve Bank of India
Mezzanine Floor, Main Building
Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg
Fort, Mumbai 400001
