Prof. Anwesha Basu

Research

• Sadh, A., Chakrabarti, A., & Basu, A. (2026). Determinants of India’s Services Trade: Sectoral Analysis in a Gravity Framework. Foreign Trade Review, 00157325261443005. https://doi.org/10.1177/00157325261443005


• Basu, Anwesha, Partha Sen, and Pasquale Scaramozzino. 2026. Sectoral Patterns and Determinants of Global Value Chain Participation: Evidence from India in Comparative Perspective. Rome: CeSPI–Osservatorio India. April 2026.  https://www.cespi.it/sites/default/files/osservatori/allegati/indias_gvc_participation_-_basu_sen_scaramozzino_-_aprile_2026.pdf


• Veeramani, C., & Basu, A. (2025). Why Is Labor Receiving a Declining Share of Income in India? Role of Trade and Market Share Reallocation. Asian Economic Papers, 24(3), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP.a.1


• Basu, A., Marjit, S., & Veeramani, C. (2023). Growth Gains from Offshore Outsourcing. Journal of Policy Modeling.46(1), 90-112.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.11.009


• Basu, A. (2022). The India–EU FTA and Its Potential Impact on India’s Dairy Sector: A Quantitative Analysis. Foreign Trade Review, 57(1), 7-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/00157325211050763


• Basu, A. & Veeramani, C. (2022). “Declining Labour Share in Indian Economy: Role of Structural Transformation?” in S Mahendra Dev (ed), India Development Report 2022-23, Oxford University Press, New Delhi

Work in Progress

• Inverted Tariff Structure in Indian Industries. (with C. Veeramani).


• Do Global Value Chains Drive R&D Investment? Evidence from Indian Firms using Propensity Score Matching. (with Arnab Chakrabarti).


• Global Value Chains and Inequality in Labor Market Outcomes (with Arpan Ganguly)


• EU-India FTA in a Changing Global Order (with Partha Sen and Arnab Chakrabarti)

Other Publications

• Can India overtake Bangladesh in textile exports to the European Union? The Hindu, February 18, 2026. https://www.thehindu.com/data/can-india-overtake-bangladesh-in-textile-exports-to-the-european-union/article70642833.ece


• The rise of temporary teachers in West Bengal, The Hindu, March 30, 2026. https://www.thehindu.com/data/the-rise-of-temporary-teachers-in-west-bengal/article70800439.ece


• Hurdles to overcome before becoming ‘Digital India’, The Hindu, August, 2023.


• https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-hurdles-to-overcome-before-becoming-digital-india/article67142701.ece


• Leveraging Global Supply Chains to fight Covid-19, Ideas for India, June 17, 2021.   https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/trade/leveraging-global-supply-chains-to-fight-covid-19.html


• Fix inverted tariff structure to boost industrial growth in India, Mint, Jan 27, 2021. https://www.livemint.com/budget/opinion/fix-inverted-tariff-structures-to-boost-industrial-growth-in-india-11611764193419.html#:~:text=While%20inverted%20tariff%20structures%20act,opportunity%20to%20address%20these%20distortions.


• Challenging the Dragon: Is India ready to boycott China?, Financial Express, July 9, 2020. https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/challenging-the-dragon-is-india-ready-to-boycott-china/2017969/


• India Can Benefit from Imports: Swadesi Thought Needs Confronting: Will mercantilism win over free trade?, The Citizen, June 28, 2020.

Conference Presentations

• New York University, Abu Dhabi, 2026 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES-CSW 2026) (23-25 January, 2026),“Do Global Value Chains Drive R&D Investment? Evidence from Indian Firms using Propensity Score Matching”


• Symbiosis International University, Pune, 66th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) (19-21 January, 2026),  “Global Value Chains and Inequality in Labour Market Outcomes”


• Journey through contemporary India: dialogues with experts. A Webinar Series by the CeSPI Observatory on India (17 December, 2025), “India’s Global Value Chains Participation: A Comparative Analysis Across Sectors”.


• IIT Bombay, Economy and Society in Contemporary India, New Political Economy Initiative, IIT Bombay (10 January, 2025), “Inverted Tariff Structure in Indian Industries”.


• IIT Madras, 24th Biennial Conference of Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (AIEFS) (24-25 July, 2023), “Labour Share and the Role of Trade, Technology and Market Concentration: Evidence from Indian Firms” 


• FernUniversität, European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS) Twenty-First Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany (15-18 June, 2023), “Labour Share and the Role of Trade, Technology and Market Concentration: Evidence from Indian Firms” 


• CDE (Delhi School of Economics) and India KLEMS Project, Delhi School of Economics, Workshop on 75 Years of Productivity Growth in India (24-25 February, 2023), “Growth Gains from Offshore Outsouring”


• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, 7th International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance (EIITF) 2021: “Trade, Finance, and Development: Contemporary Issues” (16-17 December 2021), "Do Global Value Chains Drive R&D Investment? Evidence from Indian Firms using Propensity Score Matching". (Presented virtually).


• Monash University, Australia, 16th Australasian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW) 2021 (25-26 November, 2021), "Labour Share and the Role of Trade, Technology and Market Concentration: Evidence from Indian Firms". (Presented virtually).


• South Asian Network on Economic Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2020: “Institutions for Development” (1-2 February 2020), "Labour Share in South Asian Economies: What Explains the Trends".


• Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, XXIXth Annual Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics (16-17 December, 2019), "Growth Gains from Trade".


• The Eastern Regional Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Kolkata, International Con- ference on Issues in International Trade and Open Economy Macroeconomics (12-13 December 2019), "Growth Gains from Trade".


• Centre for Development Economics and the Economics Department of the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, Winter School 2019 (December 10-13, 2019), "Growth Gains from Trade".