Debashis Pal

Debashis Pal is the David Sinton Professor of Economics. He earned his Bachelor of Statistics and Master of Statistics degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute. Subsequently, he earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1994. His primary areas of interest are Microeconomics, Game Theory and Industrial Organization. He has published extensively in highly regarded academic journals and his research has been cited widely. He is a passionate teacher and aims to bring up-to-date research findings in to his classrooms.

Ph D: University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, 1990 (Economics)

MS: Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, India, 1986 (Statistics)

Microeconomics, Industrial Organization

1990 -1991 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Texas - Arlington, Arlington, Texas

1991 -1994 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1994 -1998 Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

1998 -2001 Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2001 -To Present Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2006 -2007 Charles Phelps Taft Center Fellow Type:Fellowship

Investigators:Claude Lopez, Debashis Pal 2005 -2005 Faculty Development Grant Workshops in Applied Economics 11,050 Type:Grant

2004 Taft Research Fellowship Economic Impact of Multimarket Price Discrimination 7000 Type:Grant

2004 Individual Faculty Development Grant Developing Expertise in the Most Recent Advances on Globalization 1100 Type:Grant

Investigators:Claude Lopez, Debashis Pal 2004 Faculty Development Grant Workshops in Applied Economics and Econometrics 10,000 Type:Grant

1997 Summer Institute for Instructional Technologies Grant Computer Assisted Instruction in Large Enrollment Economics Classes 3000 Type:Grant

1997 Taft Memorial Fund Award for Research Trade Liberalization and Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises 5000 Type:Grant

1997 Faculty Development Council Grant Development of Expertise in the Transition of Centrally Planned Economies to Free Market Economies 970 Type:Grant

Investigators:Joseph C. Gallo, Gisela Escoe, Debashis Pal 1996 University Faculty Development Grant Computerized Instruction in Economics 2700 Type:Grant

Investigators:Joseph C. Gallo, Debashis Pal 1995 University Support for Faculty Development Grant Computer Assisted Instruction in Industrial Organization and Large Enrollment Economics Classes 5000 Type:Grant

1995 Taft Memorial Fund Award for Research Economics in Transition: From Central Planning to Free Markets 5000 Type:Grant

2007 -2007 Taft Research Center Taft Faculty Domestic Travel $700.00 Type:Grant

2008 -2008 Taft Research Center Taft Research Collaboration Grant $3760.00

2008 -2008 Taft Research Center Taft International Travel Grant $2400.00

Book Chapter

B. Gupta, A. Kats, D. Pal (1999). The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. In George Norman (Eds.), Upstream Monopoly, Downstream Competition and Spatial Price Discrimination Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Debashis Pal (1997). Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets. In James Peoples (Eds.), Commentary on Labor Negotiation with Regional Monopolies: The Telecommunications Industry Kluwer Academic Publishers.

In Press

Arup Bose, Debashis Pal, David Sappington (2009). Equal Pay for Unequal Work: Limiting Sabotage in Teams. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

Arup Bose, D. Pal, David Sappington (2009). On the Performance of Linear Contracts. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.

V. Kaftal, Debashis Pal (2008). Third Degree Price Discrimination in Linear-Demand Markets: Effects on Number of Markets Served and Social Welfare. Southern Economic Journal.

 Arup Bose, Debashis Pal and David Sappington, (2010), Asymmetric Treatment of Identical Agents in Teams, European Economic Review.

Peer Reviewed Publications

S. Mujumdar, D. Pal (2007). Managerial Incentives in a Two Period Cournot Duopoly. Games and Economic Behavior, 58, , 338 - 353.

B. Gupta, D. Pal, J. Sarkar (2006). Product Differentiation and Location Choice in a Circular City. Journal of Regional Science, 46, , 313 - 331.

D. Pal, J. Sarkar (2006). Spatial Competition among Multi-plant Firms in a Circular City. Southern Economic Journal, 73, , 246 - 258.

S. Mujumdar, D. Pal (2005). Do Price Ceilings Abroad Increase U.S. Drug Prices?. Economics Letters, 87, , 9 - 13.

B. Gupta, D. Pal, J. Sarkar, FC Lai, CM Yu (2004). Where to Locate in a Circular City. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22, , 759 - 782.

J. Heywood, D. Pal (2004). Successive Monopolies and Regulation in a Spatial Model. The Manchester School, 72, , 167 - 178.

D. Pal, M. White (2003). Intra-industry Trade and Strategic Trade Policy in the Presence of Public Firms. International Economic Journal, 17, , 29 - 41.

D. Pal, J. Sarkar (2002). Spatial Competition among Multi-store Firms. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 20, , 163 - 190.

D. Pal, J. Sarkar (2001). A Stackelberg Oligopoly with Non-identical Firms. Bulletin of Economic Research, 53, , 127 - 134.

B. Gupta, J. Heywood, D. Pal (1999). Strategic Choice of Location and Transport Mode in a Successive Monopoly Model. Journal of Regional Science, 39, , 525 - 537.

S. Mujumdar, D. Pal (1998). Effects of Indirect Taxation in a Mixed Oligopoly. Economics Letters, 58, , 199 - 204.

M. White, D. Pal (1998). Mixed Oligopoly, Privatization and Strategic Trade Policy. Southern Economic Journal, 65, , 264 - 282.

Debashis Pal (1998). Does Cournot Competition Yield Spatial Agglomeration?. Economics Letters, 60, , 49 - 53.

B. Gupta, D. Pal, J. Sarkar (1998). A Geometric Solution to Cournot Oligopoly with Non identical Firms. Journal of Economic Education, 29, , 118 - 126.

Debashis Pal (1998). Endogenous Timing in a Mixed Oligopoly. Economics Letters, 61, , 181 - 185.

B. Gupta, D. Pal, J. Sarkar (1997). Location and Market Equilibrium in Cournot Oligopoly for Spatially Separated Markets. Journal of Regional Science, 37, , 195 - 212.

B. Gupta, J. Heywood, D. Pal (1997). Duopoly, Delivered Pricing and Horizontal Merger. Southern Economic Journal, 63, , 585 - 593.

B. Gupta, D. Pal, J. Sarkar (1997). Spatial Cournot Competition and Agglomeration in A Model of Location Choice. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 27, , 261 - 282.

Debashis Pal (1996). Endogenous Stackelberg Equilibria With Identical Firms. Games and Economic Behavior, 12, , 81 - 94.

J. Heywood, D. Pal (1996). How to tax a Spatial Monopolist. Journal of Public Economics, 61, , 107 - 118.

K. Fjell, D. Pal (1996). A Mixed Oligopoly in the Presence of Foreign Private Firms. Canadian Journal of Economics, 29, , 737 - 743.

J. Heywood, D. Pal (1996). Convex Costs and the Incentive for Vertical Control. Economic Record, 72, , 130 - 137.

B. Gupta, J. Heywood, D. Pal (1995). Strategic Behavior Downstream and the Incentive to Integrate: A Spatial Model with Delivered Pricing. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 13, , 327 - 334.

B. Gupta, A. Kats, D. Pal (1994). Upstream Monopoly, Downstream Competition and Spatial Price Discrimination. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 24, , 529 - 542.

J. Heywood, D. Pal (1993). Contestability and Two Part Pricing. Review of Industrial Organization, 8, , 557 - 565.

Debashis Pal (1993). Regulating A Monopolist With Unknown Demand: An Alternative Approach. Information Economics and Policy, 5, , 253 - 267.

Debashis Pal (1991). Cournot Duopoly with Two Production Periods and Cost Differentials. Journal of Economic Theory, 55, , 441 - 448.

Other Publications

Pal, Debashis; Fjell, Kenneth (02-2019. ) On repeated myopic use of the inverse elasticity pricing rule .175 , Economics Letters

Pal, Debashis; Bose, Arup; Sappington, David (05-2017. ) Pricing to Preclude Sabotage in Regulated Industries .51 , International Journal of Industrial Organization

Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David; Bose, Arup (05-2016. ) On the Merits of Antitrust Liability in Regulated Industries .59 (2 ) , Journal of Law and Economics

Pal, Debashis; Bose, Arup; Sappington, David (2016. ) All Entrepreneurial Productivity Increases are Not Created Equal .82 (3 ) , Southern Economic Journal

Pal, Debashis; Bose, Arup; Sappington, David (11-2014. ) The Impact of Public Ownership In The Lending Sector .47 (4 ) , Canadian Journal of Economics

Pal, Debashis; Fjell, Kenneth; Sappington, David (11-2013. ) On the performance of endogenous access pricing .44 (3 ) , Journal of Regulatory Economics

Bose, Arup; Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David (2012. ) Extreme Screening Policies .56 , European Economic Review

Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David; Tang, Ying (2012. ) Sabotaging Cost Containment .41 (3 ) , Journal of Regulatory Economics

Pal, Debashis (2011. ) On the Performance of Linear Contracts .20 , Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Bose, Arup; Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David (2011. ) Pareto Improving Inefficiency .63 , Oxford Economic Papers

Bose, Arup; Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David (2010. ) Asymmetric Treatment of Identical Agents in Teams .54 , European Economic Review

Fjell, Kenneth; Foros, Oystein; Pal, Debashis (2010. ) Endogenous Average Cost based Access Pricing .36 , Review of Industrial Organization

Bose, Arup; Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David (2010. ) Equal Pay for Unequal Work: Limiting Sabotage in Teams .19 , Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Bose, Arup; Pal, Debashis; Sappington, David (2010. ) On the Design of Piece-Rate Contracts .107 , Economics Letters

Kaftal, Victor; Pal, Debashis (2008. ) Third Degree Price Discrimination in Linear-Demand Markets: Effects on Number of Markets Served and Social Welfare .75 , Southern Economic Journal

Pal, Debashis (2007. ) Managerial Incentives in a Two Period Cournot Duopoly .58 , Games and Economic Behavior

Gupta, Barnali; Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (2006. ) Product Differentiation and Location Choice in a Circular City .46 , Journal of Regional Science

Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (2006. ) Spatial Competition among Multi-plant Firms in a Circular City .73 , Southern Economic Journal

Mujumdar, Sudesh; Pal, Debashis (2005. ) Do Price Ceilings Abroad Increase U.S. Drug Prices? .87 , Economics Letters

Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (2004. ) Successive Monopolies and Regulation in a Spatial Model .72 , The Manchester School

Gupta, Barnali; Lai, Fu-Chuan; Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy; Yu, Chia-Ming (2004. ) Where to Locate in a Circular City .22 , International Journal of Industrial Organization

Pal, Debashis; White, Mark (2003. ) Intra-industry Trade and Strategic Trade Policy in the Presence of Public Firms .17 , International Economic Journal

Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (2002. ) Spatial Competition among Multi-store Firms .20 , International Journal of Industrial Organization

Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (2001. ) A Stackelberg Oligopoly with Non-identical Firms .53 , Bulletin of Economic Research

Gupta, Barnali; Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (1999. ) Strategic Choice of Location and Transport Mode in a Successive Monopoly Model .39 , Journal of Regional Science

Gupta, Barnali; Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (1998. ) A Geometric Solution to Cournot Oligopoly with Non identical Firms .29 , Journal of Economic Education

Pal, Debashis (1998. ) Does Cournot Competition Yield Spatial Agglomeration? .60 , Economics Letters

Mujumdar, Sudesh; Pal, Debashis (1998. ) Effects of Indirect Taxation in a Mixed Oligopoly .58 , Economics Letters

Pal, Debashis (1998. ) Endogenous Timing in a Mixed Oligopoly .61 , Economics Letters

Pal, Debashis; White, Mark (1998. ) Mixed Oligopoly, Privatization and Strategic Trade Policy .65 , Southern Economic Journal

Gupta, Barnali; Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (1997. ) Duopoly, Delivered Pricing and Horizontal Merger .63 , Southern Economic Journal

Gupta, Barnali; Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (1997. ) Location and Market Equilibrium in Cournot Oligopoly for Spatially Separated Markets .37 , Journal of Regional Science

Gupta, Barnali; Pal, Debashis; Sarkar, Jyotirmoy (1997. ) Spatial Cournot Competition and Agglomeration in A Model of Location Choice .27 , Regional Science and Urban Economics

Fjell, Kenneth; Pal, Debashis (1996. ) A Mixed Oligopoly in the Presence of Foreign Private Firms .29 , Canadian Journal of Economics

Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (1996. ) Convex Costs and the Incentive for Vertical Control .72 , Economic Record

Pal, Debashis (1996. ) Endogenous Stackelberg Equilibria With Identical Firms .12 , Games and Economic Behavior

Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (1996. ) How to tax a Spatial Monopolist .61 , Journal of Public Economics

Pal, Debashis (1995. ) Strategic Behavior Downstream and the Incentive to Integrate: A Spatial Model with Delivered Pricing .13 , International Journal of Industrial Organization

Gupta, Barnali; Kats, Amoz; Pal, Debashis (1994. ) Upstream Monopoly, Downstream Competition and Spatial Price Discrimination .24 , Regional Science and Urban Economics

Heywood, John; Pal, Debashis (1993. ) Contestability and Two Part Pricing .8 , Review of Industrial Organization

Pal, Debashis (1993. ) Regulating A Monopolist With Unknown Demand: An Alternative Approach .5 , Information Economics and Policy

Pal, Debashis (1991. ) Cournot Duopoly with Two Production Periods and Cost Differentials .55 , Journal of Economic Theory

Invited Presentations

Pal, Debashis (04-2015. ) On the Merits of Antitrust Liability in Regulated Industries .University of Tokyo, Tokyo. Seminar. . Level:International

Pal, Debashis (05-2014. ) All Entrepreneurial Productivity Increases are Not Created Equal .WISE, Xiamen University, China. Seminar. . Level:International

Pal, Debashis (09-21-2012. ) All Entrepreneurial Productivity Increases are Not Created Equal .HEC workshop on entrepreneurship, HEC, Paris. Workshop. . Level:International

Pal, Debashis (08-2012. ) Advantages of Endogenous Access Pricing .Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. Seminar. . Level:International

05-2016 Lindner Teaching Fellow Level:College Type:Teaching

05-2014 Ronald J. Dornoff Fellow of Teaching Excellence Level:College Type:Teaching

2012 David Sinton Professor of Economics

2006 Charles Phelps Taft Center Fellow

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