Professor Arnab Bhattacharjee
Arnab joined NIESR in 2021 as Research Lead (Regional Modelling and Microsimulation), having been a Fellow.
Job Title
Research Lead (Regional Modelling and Microsimulation)
Research Interests
Arnab’s research interests lie primarily in applied econometrics focussing on foundations and methods to analyse spatial, panel and cross-section data, with applications to several areas within the disciplines of economics and allied social sciences. His current research focuses in econometric and statistical methodology for modeling and identification of structural models using observational data, including Big Data settings.
Education
Arnab holds PhD degrees in economics (2002) and statistics (2009).
Employment
Arnab started his career as a central banker (Reserve Bank of India, 1994-2006) but has spent the past 20 years primarily in academia. He has worked at Cambridge University (2001-2004), St Andrews University (2004-2010), and Dundee University (2010-2013), then Heriot-Watt University in 2013, where he has been Director of Spatial Economics & Econometrics Centre (SEEC), and is currently Professor and Head of Economics.
Additional Information
In 2016, Arnab received the Hind Rattan Award, one of the highest Indian diasporic awards granted annually on the eve of India’s Republic Day. He is also recipient of Top 10 papers 2005-15 award from Spatial Economic Analysis, a Distinguished Paper Award from the Academy of Management (2010), and was elected to a Life Membership of the International Statistical Institute (2004).
He is currently Co-Editor of Spatial Economic Analysis and Sankhya.
Selected Publications:
- “Variable Selection with Spatially Autoregressive Errors: A Generalized Moments LASSO Estimator” (with L. Cai, R. Calantone and T. Maiti), 2019, Sankhyā Series B 81(1 Supp.), P.C. Mahalanobis 125th Anniv. Special Issue on Econometrics, 146-200.
- “Causal Ordering and Inference on Acyclic Networks” (with G. Basak and S. Das), 2018, Empirical Economics 55(1), Special Issue in Honor of Ingmar Prucha, 213-232.
- “Endogenous Spatial Structure and Delineation of Housing Submarkets” (with E.A. de Castro, T. Maiti and J.L. Marques), 2016, Journal of Applied Econometrics 31, 32-57.
- “Influence, Interactions and Heterogeneity: Taking Personalities out of Monetary Policy Decision-Making” (with S. Holly), 2015, Manchester School 83(2), 153–182.
- “Firms, Markets and the State: Institutional Change and Manufacturing Sector Profitability Variances in India” (with S. Majumdar), 2014, Organization Science 25(2), 509–528.
- “General equilibrium effects of spatial structure: Health outcomes and health behaviours in Scotland” (with T. Maiti and D.J. Petrie), 2014, Regional Science and Urban Economics 49, 286–297.
- “Financial Distress of Chinese Firms: Microeconomic, Macroeconomic and Institutional Influences” (with J. Han), 2014, China Economic Review 30, 244-262.
- “Estimation of the Spatial Weights Matrix under Structural Constraints” (with (Late) C.J.-Butler), 2013, Regional Science and Urban Economics 43, 617–634.
- “Understanding Interactions in Social Networks and Committees” (with S. Holly), 2013, Spatial Economic Analysis 8(1), 23–53.
- “Partial Orders with respect to Continuous Covariates and Tests for the Proportional Hazards Model”, 2011, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 141(1), 243–261.
- “Macroeconomic Instability and Business Exit: Determinants of Failures and Acquisitions of UK Firms” (with C. Higson, S. Holly and P. Kattuman), 2009, Economica, 76(301), 108–131.
Publications
Discussion Papers
Exploring Alternative Data Sources for Household Wealth Statistics
24 Jan 2024
Discussion Papers
Spatial Agglomeration, Innovation and Firm Survival for Italian Manufacturing Firms
23 Feb 2023
Discussion Papers
Nowcasting Growth using Google Trends Data: A Bayesian Structural Time Series Model
30 May 2022
Discussion Papers
Agroforestry Programs in the Colombian Amazon: Selection, Treatment and Exposure Effects on Deforestation
06 May 2022
Discussion Papers
Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Error Correction Networks and Common Correlated Effects
19 Feb 2021
Discussion Papers
Economic Outlooks
UK Households Should Start Feeling Better Off as Election Looms
07 Feb 2024
UK Economic Outlook
Low to Middle Income Households Facing Seven Years of Falling Living Standards
08 Nov 2023
UK Economic Outlook
Recession Avoided, But Prospects Remain Bleak for Households
08 Feb 2023
UK Economic Outlook
The Northern Ireland Protocol – Lost Opportunities for Northern Ireland?
11 Nov 2022
UK Economic Outlook Box Analysis
National Institute Economic Review
COVID-19 impacts on destitution in the UK
29 Jul 2020
National Institute Economic Review
Introduction: The Prospects for Regional Disparities in the UK in Times of Brexit and Covid-19
29 Jul 2020
National Institute Economic Review
Policy Papers
A ‘Variable Energy Price Cap’ to Help Solve the Cost-of-Living Crisis
07 Sep 2022
Policy Papers
Policy, Budgets, & Fiscal Events
Low-Key Budget Unlikely to Unlock Productivity Growth: NIESR’s Response to the Spring Budget 2024
06 Mar 2024
Budget/Fiscal Event Comment
Challenging Times – The Economy Ahead of the Spring Budget
09 Mar 2023
Budget/Fiscal Event Comment
NIESR’s Response to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021
27 Oct 2021
Budget/Fiscal Event Comment
Research Report
The Fiscal Costs and Benefits of Problem Gambling: Towards Better Estimates
14 Apr 2023
Research Report
Exploring Alternative Data Sources for Household Wealth Statistics
07 Mar 2023
Research Report
Fairer Taxation? The Case For and Against More Progressive Consumption Taxes in the UK
19 Oct 2022
Research Report
Blog Posts
How the Chancellor’s Budget Could Help Households and the Struggling Regions
Arnab Bhattacharjee
Robyn Smith
Adrian Pabst
04 Mar 2024
6 min read
The Household Impact of an Increased National Minimum Wage
Adrian Pabst
Arnab Bhattacharjee
20 Nov 2023
4 min read
Are Price Controls on Food a Viable Option?
Arnab Bhattacharjee
Adrian Pabst
12 Jun 2023
6 min read
What are the Prospects for ‘Levelling Up’?
Arnab Bhattacharjee
Adrian Pabst
17 Apr 2023
5 min read
Regenerating the UK Regions – Insights from New Economic Geography
Arnab Bhattacharjee
Adrian Pabst
28 Mar 2022
6 min read