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SUMMARY:A research talk by Prof. Vivekananda Mukherjee
LOCATION: Tagore Lecture Theatre (TGR 102)
DESCRIPTION:FLAME University's Department of Economics invites you to attend a researc
h talk in the Economics Seminar Series, 2023 by Prof. Vivekananda Mukherjee
.Abstract\nTrust among economic agents is a precondition for good business.
Thus, the formation of trust in society has been extensively discussed in
the literature. However, how government policies affect the state of trust
in a society has not been discussed in the literature perhaps because it is
taken for granted that good governance would improve the state of fellow f
eeling in business and economic transactions. We put such an assertion unde
r the scanner in this theoretical paper. While enforcement of contracts red
uces the dependence on trust, stringent measures to contain tax evasion may
do exactly the opposite. Thus, we can generate conflicting and ambiguous i
mpacts of apparently good policies on the necessary level of trust in socie
ty to conduct business efficiently. We also discuss how the presence of an
informal segment affects such policy outcomes. About the Speaker \nVivekan
anda Mukherjee received his PhD from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. H
e studied Economics at Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi. He had been a research fellow at Planning Unit, Indian Statisti
cal Institute, Delhi. Before joining BITS Pilani, he taught at Jadavpur Uni
versity, University of Burdwan and RKM Residential College, Narendrapur. He
was a Postdoctoral Fellow at INRA, France and Katholik University, Leuven,
Belgium. He had been on visiting fellowship at University of Gothenburg, I
NRA, Technical University of Freiberg and Monash University. As a visiting
professor, he has taught at Centre for Studies in Social Science, Calcutta,
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, University of Gour Banga and C
entre for Urban Economic Studies, University of Calcutta. He is also Associ
ate Editor of South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance.\n
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end a research talk in the Economics Seminar Series, 2023 by Prof. Vivekana
nda Mukherjee.
Abstract
Trust among economic agents is a precon
dition for good business. Thus, the formation of trust in society has been
extensively discussed in the literature. However, how government policies a
ffect the state of trust in a society has not been discussed in the literat
ure perhaps because it is taken for granted that good governance would impr
ove the state of fellow feeling in business and economic transactions. We p
ut such an assertion under the scanner in this theoretical paper. While enf
orcement of contracts reduces the dependence on trust, stringent measures t
o contain tax evasion may do exactly the opposite. Thus, we can generate co
nflicting and ambiguous impacts of apparently good policies on the necessar
y level of trust in society to conduct business efficiently. We also discus
s how the presence of an informal segment affects such policy outcomes.
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strong>About the Speaker
Vivekananda Mukherjee receive
d his PhD from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He studied Economics at
Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He had bee
n a research fellow at Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
Before joining BITS Pilani, he taught at Jadavpur University, University of
Burdwan and RKM Residential College, Narendrapur. He was a Postdoctoral Fe
llow at INRA, France and Katholik University, Leuven, Belgium. He had been
on visiting fellowship at University of Gothenburg, INRA, Technical Univers
ity of Freiberg and Monash University. As a visiting professor, he has taug
ht at Centre for Studies in Social Science, Calcutta, Indian Institute of F
oreign Trade, Kolkata, University of Gour Banga and Centre for Urban Econom
ic Studies, University of Calcutta. He is also Associate Editor of South As
ian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance.