Prof. Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Department of Economics

Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Email: aabgsh@rit.edu

Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1990 M.S., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, USA

1987 B.S., Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University, USA

Publications (Selected)

Journals

1. Batabyal, A. A., Kourtit, K., & Nijkamp, P. (2025). Artificial intelligence based technologies and economic growth in a creative region. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 34(5), 782-796.
2. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2025). Deterministic political competition and regional economic outcomes when the creative class sets tax policy. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 17(7), 100198.
3. Batabyal, A. A. (2025). The Economics of Child Labour: Education, Fertility, and Infant Mortality in Developing Countries. Fertility, and Infant Mortality in Developing Countries (May 28, 2025).
4. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2025). Political power shifts, varying tax policy, and economic outcomes in a creative region. Papers in Regional Science, 104(1), 100065.
5. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2024). Consumption Spillovers, Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges, and Welfare in Kanpur and Varanasi. In Spatial Spillovers: Viewpoints from Asia (pp. 21-33). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
6. Batabyal, A., & Beladi, H. (2024). Decentralized vs. centralized water pollution cleanup in the Ganges in a model with three cities. Networks and Spatial Economics, 24(2), 383-394.
7. Batabyal, A. A., & Yoo, S. J. (2024). Heterogeneity in population and values and water pollution clean-up: The Ganges in Kanpur and Varanasi, India. Economic Analysis and Policy, 81, 1527-1534.
8. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2023). Centralized versus decentralized cleanup of river water pollution: An application to the Ganges. Games, 14(5), 66.
9. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2023). Health Interventions in a Poor Region and Resilience in the Presence of a Pandemic. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 16(3), 1195-1211.
10. Batabyal, A. A., & Yoo, S. J. (2023). Using taxes to attract the creative class in the presence of a region-specific rent. Review of Regional Studies, 53(2), 182-191.
11. Batabyal, A. A., Kourtit, K., & Nijkamp, P. (2023). Climate change and river water pollution: An application to the Ganges in Kanpur. Natural Resource Modeling, 36(3), e12370.
12. Batabyal, A. A. (2023). Tanneries in Kanpur and pollution in the Ganges: A theoretical analysis. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 15(5), 1114-1124.
13. Batabyal, A. A., Kourtit, K., & Nijkamp, P. (2023). Polluting tanneries and small farmers in Kanpur, India: A theoretical analysis. Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 28(2), 331-336.
14. Batabyal, A. A., & Nijkamp, P. (2023). Introduction to The Creative Class Revisited: New Analytical Advances. In The Creative Class Revisited: New Analytical Advances (pp. 3-20).
15. Batabyal, A. A., & Beladi, H. (2022). The response of creative class members to regions vying to attract them with subsidies. International Regional Science Review, 45(5), 581-600.
16. Batabyal, A. A., & Yoo, S. J. (2022). Tax policy and interregional competition for mobile venture capital by the creative class. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 61, 101690.

Books

1. The Economics of International Environmental Agreements, edited. Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2000.
2. The Economics of International Trade and the Environment, edited, (with H. Beladi). Lewis Publishers, 2001.
3. Stochastic Modeling in Range Management: Selected Essays. Nova Science Publishers, 2004.
4. Stochastic Models of Decision Making in Arranged Marriages. University Press of America, 2006.
5. Dynamic and Stochastic Approaches to the Environment and Economic Development. World Scientific Publishing, 2008.
6. Research Tools in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, edited, (with P. Nijkamp). World Scientific Publishing, 2011.
7. Essays in the Economics of Invasive Species Management. North American Business Press, 2013.
8. Dynamic and Stochastic Resource Economics: Essays on Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Joint Systems, and Regulation. World Scientific Publishing, 2014.
9. The Region and Trade: New Analytical Directions, edited (with P. Nijkamp). World Scientific Publishing, 2015.
10. Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia, edited (with P. Nijkamp). Springer, 2017.
11. Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia, edited (with Y. Higano and P. Nijkamp). Springer, 2019.

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