Ishita Tripathi

Ishita Tripathi has earned her PhD from Louisiana State University, USA in 2019. She has obtained MS in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in 2012 and BSc (Economics Hons.) from the St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in 2009. From 2012 to 2014, she worked as a Research Associate in the Srini Raju Centre for IT and the Networked Economy (SRITNE) and Centre for Economics and Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Her research interests lie in topics from applied microeconomics, specifically in cultural economics, political economics, crime, law and economics. She focuses in understanding how various socio-economic factors can shape an individual’s perception. In her PhD thesis, she studied how exposure to violent environment can influence one’s beliefs and preferences.

Working Paper:

• Can terrorism increase anti-immigrant attitude? (Job Market Paper)
• Impact of terrorism on trust in institutions

Interests

• Applied Microeconomics
• Cultural Economics
• Political Economics
• Law and Economics
• Crime

Teaching

• Microeconomics
• Data Analytics - STATA

Companies

• Assistant Professor Ahmedabad University (2019)
• PhD stdent Louisiana State University (2014 — 2019)
• Research Associate Indian School of Business (2012 — 2014)

Education

• Master of Science (MS) Indian Statistical Institute (2010 — 2012)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) St. Xavier's College (2006 — 2009)
• Higher Secondary Bidya Bharati Girls' High School (1991 — 2006)