residence doctoral_advisor work_institution repec_prefix school_tradition contributions color nationality article_title field birth_date affiliation repec_id name alma_mater
uk eric maskin london school of economics e development economist microfinance , property rights , public organizations #b 0c4de indian maitreesh ghatak
 development public economics economics , microeconomics , contracts and organizations , 07 february 1968 london school of economics pgh108 maitreesh ghatak harvard university
maitreesh ghatak

maitreesh ghatak -lrb- born 7 february 1968 -rrb- is a professor of economics at the london school of economics .
he is an applied microeconomic theorist with research interests in economic development , public economics , and the economics of organisations .
his research interests include microfinance , property rights , occupational choice , collective action , and the economics of ngos and non-profits .
he did his schooling in patha bhavan , kolkata and went on to do his undergraduate studies at presidency college , kolkata .
he has a m.a. in economics from the delhi school of economics and a phd in economics from the harvard university under the supervision of eric maskin and abhijit banerjee .
he taught at the department of economics of university of chicago before moving to the london school of economics where he has taught since 2002 .
he has held visiting positions at the institute for advanced study in princeton , yale university , northwestern university , and the indian statistical institute , kolkata .
he is a former managing editor of the review of economic studies , the current editor-in-chief of the journal of development economics , and a former co-editor of the economics of transition .
he directs the research group economic organization and public policy -lrb- eopp -rrb- at the lse .
he is the lead economist of the dfid-funded international growth centre 's india -lrb- bihar -rrb- programme .
he is a board member of the bureau for research in the economic analysis of development , also known as the bread .
he writes occasional essays in various newspapers and magazines on economic and political issues , in english as well as in bengali .
