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The work of economists Deepankar Basu and Amit Basole on the calorie consumption puzzle in India is cited in newspaper article “Cultural norms, Veblen effect and malnutrition”

The work of economists Deepankar Basu and Amit Basole on the calorie consumption puzzle in India was referred to in the Mint on Sunday newspaper article “Cultural norms, Veblen effect and malnutrition” by Sumit Mishra.  Read article.

 

 

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Paper by Deepankar Basu and graduate student Kartik Misra on the 2014 General Elections in India referred to in recent feature article in Indian media

A paper by faculty member Deepankar Basu and graduate student Kartik Misra on the 2014 General Elections in India was referred to in the article “Youth and the Political Economy of Dissent,” published recently in Mint on Sunday/Economics Express.  Read the article.

 

 

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Article co-authored by James K. Boyce, Klara Zwickl, and Michael Ash published in Ecological Economics

James K. Boyce, Klara Zwickl, and Michael Ash co-authored the article “Measuring_Environmental_Inequality,” which was recently published in Ecological Economics.
Alternative measures of environmental inequality in the 50 U.S. states are presented vis-à-vis exposure to industrial air pollution.