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Pushan Dutt is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science at INSEAD. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and a Bachelors degree in Economics from Presidency College, Calcutta.
Professor Dutt's work lies at the intersection of politics, institutions and international economics. His main research, examines how partisan concerns (the political ideology of parties in power) and majoritarian concerns (the inequality in asset distribution) play an important role in the determination of trade policies. His second stream of research, that has a developmental focus, examines the links between institutions and policies. A third stream of research examines the role played by international trade in accelerating the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers.
Professor Dutt's research has been published at the Economic Journal, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Canadian Journal of Economics and the Journal of International Economics. He has also contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of Social Sciences where he co-wrote the entries on Economics.
Professor Dutt has worked as an economist at the World Bank's International Trade Division and Latin American and Caribbean Division, and as a writer and consultant for Oxford University Press. In addition he has taught microeconomics, international trade and finance, economic development and international business to undergraduates, MBAs, executives and Ph.D.s since 1994. He has also worked as a fellow at the Ford Foundation.
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