Sarbajit Chaudhuri is Professor with the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He received his PhD in 1995 from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, working under the supervision of Professor Manash Ranjan Gupta. He has published more than 75 research papers in journals of international repute, such as Journal of Development Economics, Economica, International Review of Economics and Finance, Metroeconomica, Review of International Economics, Review of Development Economics, Economic Modelling, Research in Economics, Japan and the World Economy, Pacific Economic Review, The Japanese Economic Review, The Manchester School, Bulletin of Economic Research, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies and The Economics of Transition, among others. He has also authored books titled Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Evaluation (2014), Revisiting the Informal Sector: A General Equilibrium Approach (20
