Ram Singh

Ram Singh is Professor at the Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi. He holds Ph.D. (JNU, New Delhi) and Post-Doctorate (Harvard) degrees in economics. His areas of research interests are contract theory, public economics, public private partnerships, and law and economics. He is a recipient of Fulbright, Commonwealth, and Erasmus Mundus Fellowships in economics Ronald Coase Fellowships in economics. His recent publications include “The Inefficiency of Compulsory Land Acquisition” in the Economic and Political Weekly, 2012; “The Efficiency of Comparative Causation” (with Francesco Parisi) in the Review of Law and Economics 2011; “Delays and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: Extents, Causes and Remedies” in the Economic and Political Weekly, 2010; “Comparative Vigilance” (with Allan Feldman), in the American Law and Economics Review, 2009.

He has taught at the DSE, Brown University, University of Hamburg, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and has been Commonwealth Fellow at the London School of Economics. He is Co-editor of the Indian Economic Review.

Research Interests

• Public Economics, Law and Economics, Contract Theory, Banking and Financial Regulation

Teaching

• Microeconomic Theory
• Public Economics
• Law and Economics
• Public Economics Syllabus

Awards and Honors

• Fulbright Fellowship in Economics
• Commonwealth Fellowship in Economics
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship in Economics
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Economics, Harvard University
• Ronald Coase Fellowship in Institutional Economics
• Cambridge Advanced Programme in Rethinking Development Economics Fellowship