Research

My research interests lie in macroeconomics, household behaviour, and applied empirical analysis.

Work in Progress

Does Sentiment Predict Consumption Growth of Indian Households?

Slides | Latest Version

This joint work with Dr. Siddhartha Chattopadhyay of IIT Kharagpur and Dr. Sohini Sahu of IIT Kanpur examines the role of sentiment in predicting household consumption growth in India.

Earlier versions of the paper were presented at the 19th Annual Conference at ISI Delhi and at the Workshop on Open Economy Macroeconomics and Economic Integration in Emerging Market Economies at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Publications

• Mani, N., Mishra, A. K., & Pandikasala, J. (2023). How serious is India’s nonperforming assets crisis? A structural satellite version of the financial-macroeconometric model. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 30(4), 761–794. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10690-023-09397-9
  
• Jijin, P., Mishra, A. K., & Nithin, M. (2022). Macroeconomic determinants of remittances to India. Economic Change and Restructuring, 55(2), 1229–1248.
  
• Pandikasala, J., Vyas, I., & Mani, N. (2022). Do financial development drive remittances?
  
• Nithin, M., Jijin, P., & Baiju, P. (2018). Has demonetisation pushed digitalisation in India? Some counter evidences. Journal of Business Thought, 9, 58–69. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbt/2018/21170

Research Interests

Consumption Dynamics Consumption Heterogeneity Fiscal Policy Monetary Issues