Ishani Tewari

Dr. Ishani Tewari joined the Management department as an Assistant Professor in 2016. Her PhD in Economics comes from Brown University. Prior to joining Curry, Dr. Tewari was as a Post-Doctoral Associate and Lecturer at the Yale School of Management. Her research focus is in the areas of development economics, economic growth and applied microeconomics.

Companies

• Associate Professor Curry College (2020)
• Assistant Professor Curry College (2016 — 2020)
• Lecturer Yale School of Management (2012 — 2016)
• Research Associate Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2003 — 2006)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Brown University (2006 — 2012)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999 — 2003)

Publications

“The Distributive Impacts of Financial Development: Evidence from Mortgage Markets during U.S. Branch Banking Deregulation” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6.4 (2014): 175-196.

"Durable Ownership, Time Allocation and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from China's Home Appliances to the Countryside Rebate" (with Yabin Wang) Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70.1 (2021) 87-121.

"Economic Complexity and the Globalization of Services." (with Saurabh Mishra and Siavash Toosi) Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 53 (2020): 267-280.

"Using Bankruptcy to Reduce Foreclosures: Does Strip-Down of Mortgages Affect the Mortgage Market?" (with Wenli Li and Michelle White), Journal of Financial Services Research (2017): 1-29.

“Product Scope and Productivity: Evidence from India’s Product Reservation Policy” (with Joshua Wilde) Southern Economic Journal (2019): 339-362.

"Research Opportunities in Emerging Markets: an Inter-disciplinary Perspective from Marketing, Economics, and Psychology" (with K. Sudhir et al.) Customer Needs and Solutions 2 (2015) : 246-276.