Manaswini Bhalla

Manaswini is an Associate Professor in the Economics & Social Sciences area at Indian Institute of Management. Her primary area of interest lies in information economics with a focus on issues in pricing, corporate culture and political economy. She uses empirical and game theoretic tools in her research.

In a series of working papers, she is exploring the role of culture on economic outcomes in the context of  corporate boards, entrepreneurship, legal system and real estate.

In the field of pricing, her work explores the use of prices and other instruments  by firms to influence learning process of consumers to their advantage.Some of her work in this area have been published in journals like Journal of Economic Theory and Journal of Industrial Economics. Strategic Dissent in the Hotelling-Downs model with Sequential Entry and Private Information, (With Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan Chatterjee, and Jaideep Roy) (Invited Article) Research in Economics, Volume 71, Issue 1, pp 51-66, 2017 [Journal] Social Learning and Delay in a Dynamic Model of Price Competition, (With Masaki Aoyagi and Hikmet Gunay) , Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 165, pp: 565-600, 2016 [PDF] [Journal] Waterfall versus Sprinkler Product Launch Strategy: Influencing the Herd, Journal of Industrial Economics, Volume 61, Issue 1, pp. 138-165, 2013 [PDF], [Journal] Endogenous Order and Information Aggregation, Research in Economics, Volume 65, Issue 4, pp: 319-331, 2011 [Journal] Working Papers

Impact of Use of Technology on Student Learning Outcomes - Evidence from a Large-scale Experiment in India, (With Gopal Naik, Chetan Chitre, and Jothsna Rajan) [Latest Draft] ​IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 512, 2016 [PDF] Social Reform as Path to Political Leadership: A Dynamic Model, (With Kalyan Chatterjee and Souvik Dutta) [Draft Coming Soon] Business of Caste and Religion in India, (With Manisha Goel, Balagopal Vissa and Suresh Bhagvatula) [Draft Coming Soon]​ Implications of Zero-Rating Plans: Does Context Matter?, (With Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, and Neena Pandey) [Draft Coming Soon] Work in Progress:

Role of Cultural Ties in Mergers and Acquisitions (with Manisha Goel, Michelle Zemel, and Krishna Teja) How do voters vote?: Preferences, Performance and Caste (With Sabyasachi Das, and Trilochan Sastry) Does Entrepreneurial Success Depend on Caste Connections? (with Manisha Goel) Gender Bias in Mother's Aspirations: Evidence from Bangladesh (With Monica Jain)