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Dr. Soumyatanu Mukherjee

Associate Professor

Dr. Soumyatanu Mukherjee

Associate Professor

Qualification: PhD. International Economics (University of Nottingham, UK Campus) (with the prestigious ESRC Fellowship by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award from the University of Nottingham), M.Sc. Economics (University of Calcutta) (with Distinction – 75.5%, ranked second in the entire batch), B.Sc. Economics (Hons.) (with Mathematics and Statistics) (St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata) (under University of Calcutta), Fellowship of UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (Advance HE, UK).

Functional Area: Economics, Decision Sciences

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-1064
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=i8r6zVwAAAAJ&hl=en
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/site/smukhnottingham/

Work Experience

  1. Associate Professor – XLRI Xavier School of Management, Delhi-NCR Campus (June 2023 – till date)
  2. Level 5 Lecturer (equivalent to Senior Lecturer elsewhere in the UK) – Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK (2020-23)
  3. Visiting Lecturer – Roehampton University, London, UK (2021-22)
  4. Adjunct Faculty – Amity University India (2021-22)
  5. Assistant Professor – HSS Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2019-20)
  6. Assistant Professor – Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (June 2016 – 2019)

Subjects Taught:

  • PGT/MBA level – Micro/Managerial Economics, International Trade, Indian Economy, Game Theory, Business Organization in A Global Economy, Quantitative Finance, Advanced, Time Series Modelling
  • UG level – Corporate Finance, Economic Theory
  • PhD/Doctoral Level – International Trade, Game Theory, Supply-Chain Risk Management.
  • Total Post-Ph.D. work experience: 8 years and 6 months.

Experience Abroad:

  1. As a full-time faculty (in Education-Research-Enterprise Pathway) in Southampton Business School (University of Southampton, UK – a top university under the Russell Group) for 3 years (2020 – 2023).
  2. As a PhD student in the University of Nottingham (UK) (another top university under the Russell Group) for 3 years and 8 months; within this period, I also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Nottingham & Nottingham Trent University for 2 years (Sep 2013 – Aug 2015).

Interest (Research and Teaching)

Research Interests: International Economics, Economic Theory, Behavioural & Experimental Economics; Decision Analysis; Risk; Supply-Chain Risk Management.

Teaching Interests: Micro (Managerial) Economics; International Economics; Economic Data Analysis/Econometrics – Cross-section, Time Series, Panel Data; Supply-Chain Risk Management; Quantitative Techniques.

List of scholarly publications in refereed academic journals (in reverse chronological order)

  1. Mukherjee, S., Nawazish, M., Padhi, S. S., & Jayaram, J. (2024). Optimal investment in artificial intelligence-driven production activities considering socio-economic concerns. International Journal of Production Research (ABDC-A/ABS-3), Advance online publication, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2024.2424971
  2. Mukherjee, S., Padhi, S. S., & Jayaram, J. (2024). Optimal employment decisions in the hospitality sector under uncertain productivity loss due to catastrophe: A mean-variance utility approach. International Journal of Hospitality Management (ABDC-A*), 122, 103850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2024.103850
  3. Mukherjee, S., & Roy, S. (2024). Urban unemployment duration analysis in post-reform China. American Business Review (ABDC-A), 27(1), 302–325. https://doi.org/10.37625/abr.27.1.302-325
  4. Padhi, S. S., Mukherjee, S., & Cheng, T. C. E. (2024). Optimal investment decision for industry 4.0 under uncertainties of capability and competence building for managing supply chain risks. International Journal of Production Economics (ABDC-A/ABS-3), 267, 109067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.109067
  5. Mukherjee, S., Mukherjee, S., Parhi, M., Duan, K., & Usman, A. (2024). A risk–return trade-off or co-movement? Are food processing firms risk-averse? International Journal of Finance & Economics (ABS-3), 29(2), 2176–2192. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2763
  6. Mukherjee, S., Padhi, S. S., & Jayaram, J. (2022). Designing socially optimal rates of tax and rebate structures in directing migration of risk-averse suppliers towards sustainable products. International Journal of Production Research (ABDC-A/ABS-3), 61(19), 6485–6500. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2131925
  7. Mukherjee, S., & Padhi, S. S. (2022). Sourcing decision under interconnected risks: An application of mean–variance preferences approach. Annals of Operations Research (ABDC-A/ABS-3), 313, 1243–1268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04485-3
  8. Padhi, S. S., & Mukherjee, S. (2022). Optimal portfolio choice to split orders during supply disruptions: An application of sport’s principle for routine sourcing. Decision Sciences (ABDC-A*), 53, 1068–1087. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12511 
  9. Mukherjee, S., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, T., Broll, U., & Parhi, M. (2021). Spot exchange rate volatility, uncertain policies, and export investment decision of firms: A mean-variance decision approach. The European Journal of Finance (ABDC-A/ABS-3), 27(8), 752–773. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2020.1842785  
  10. Broll, U., Mukherjee, S., & Sensarma, R. (2020). Risk preferences estimation of exporting firms under exchange rate uncertainty. Scottish Journal of Political Economy (ABDC-A), 67, 126–136. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12226
  11. Mukherjee, S. (2017). Input trade reform and wage inequality. International Review of Economics & Finance (ABDC-A), 51, 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.05.011
  12. Broll, U., & Mukherjee, S. (2017). International trade and firms’ attitude towards risk. Economic Modelling (ABDC-A), 64, 69–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2017.03.006
  13. Mukherjee, S. (2016). Technology, trade, and ‘urban poor’ in a general equilibrium model with segmented domestic factor markets. International Review of Economics & Finance (ABDC-A), 45, 400–416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2016.07.003
  14. Mukherjee, S. (2014). Liberalization and jobless growth in developing economy. Journal of Economic Integration (ABDC-C), 29(3), 450–469. https://dx.doi.org/10.11130/jei.2014.29.3.450.
  15. Mukherjee, S. (2012). Revisiting the apparent paradox: Foreign capital inflow, welfare amelioration, and ‘jobless growth’ with agricultural dualism and non-traded intermediate input. Journal of Economic Integration (ABDC-C), 27(1), 123–133. https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2012.27.1.123.
  16. Mukherjee, S., & Banerjee, S. (2018), “Implications of Trade Policies in Segmented Factor Markets – A General Equilibrium Approach“, Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol.8 No.5, pp. 780-792.

Refereeing activity

Papers refereed (up to now) for: International Journal of Production Economics;  Finance Research Letters, Production Planning & Control;  Theory & Decision; The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development; Applied Economics; PLOS-ONE, Studies in Microeconomics; British Food Journal; Data in Brief; The European Journal of Finance; The World Economy; Economic Modelling (Received “Best Reviewer” Award from Elsevier); Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizations; IIMB Management Review; Review of International Economics; Journal of Economic Integration; IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review, Trade & Development Review.

Other academic writing

Mentioned in the media

Workshops, Conferences, Seminars (Last 6 years)

  • 49th EBES Conference – Athens – October 16-18, 2024 (presenter & session chair)
  • University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Economics Research Seminar Series – September 25, 2024 (invited talk).
  • 18th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development — ISI Delhi, 20 December 2023.
  • POMS India International Conference 2023 – XLRI Jamshedpur, 4 December 2023 (presenter & session chair)
  • Urban unemployment duration analysis in post-reform China (2020) 63rd Italian Economic Association
  • Export under Background Risk: A Mean-Variance Decision Analysis for Indian Manufacturing Firms (2021) ETSG 2021 Ghent: 22nd Annual Conference of The European Trade Study Group
  • International Trade and Oil Price Uncertainty (2021)
    Future Outlook of Oil Market and Fiscal Stability, Ural Federal University
  • Export Investment Under Exchange Rate Uncertainty (2020)
    Centre for Digital Finance (CDF) and Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking (CERFIB)
  • Estimation of Risk Preferences Under Multiple Risks (2019)
    23rd Biennial Conference of the Association of Indian Economic & Financial Studies (AIEFS)
  • Spring Research Days at the Graduate School of Economics and Management of Ural Federal University, Russia: 17th – 19th April, 2019.
  • 27th EBES Conference at Bali, Indonesia during 9th – 11th January 2019 (presenter & session chair)
  • Workshop on Jobless Growth in South Asia: jointly organized by the Macroeconomics Research Group of the Indian Statistical Institute Delhi and the World Bank.
  • Workshop in the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • CREDIT Seminar, Centre for Research on Economic Development & International Trade (CREDIT), University of Nottingham (UK).

Academic Accomplishments

  1. Winner: EXIM (Export-Import) Bank of India (https://www.eximbankindia.in/)’s International Economic Research Annual (IERA) Award 2019 (for 2018 entry) (https://www.eximbankindia.in/press-releases-details.aspx?pressid=331).
  2. Recipient of the prestigious Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC UK) Scholarship (https://www.ukri.org/councils/esrc/).
  3. Recipient of Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award from the University of Nottingham, UK.
  4. “AACUED – TECHNO INDIA ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE” Award from the University of Calcutta for achieving the 2nd rank in first class with distinction in MSc Economics.