Ram Singh                       [Publications]  [Detailed CV]

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Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Delhi 110007

Phone       : 91-011-27666533,34,35 Extn:145
Fax         : 91-011-27667159
Email        : ramsingh"at"econdse"dot"org

Ph.D. (JNU)
Area of Specialization:Law and Economics, Public Economics, Economic Theory

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Research Publications

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Ongoing Research/Working Papers:

• “Procurement Contracts: Comparison of Incentive Structures and Performance”. Work in progress
  

• “Bargaining and Litigation of Compensation under Eminent Domain”. Work in progress.
  

• “Incomplete Contracts, Renegotiations and Cost Overruns” Work in progress.
  
  
• “Eminent Domain and Litigation over Compensation: Study of acquisition in Delhi” Work in progress.

• “Distribution of Highways Public Private Partnerships in India: Key Legal and Economic Determinants” (with TCA Anant) CDDRL, Stanford University, Working Paper

• “Cost and Time Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: An Enquiry into Extent, Causes and Remedies” Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Working Paper No 181
  [ Also see “Delays in Infrastructure Projects” (a write up on this paper) in The ECONOMIC SURVEY 2009-10, Chapter 2, Page 31 ]

• “On the Existence and Efficiency of Equilibria under Liability Rules”, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge M.A., Working Papers No 12625

• “Comparative Vigilance: A Simple Guide” (with Allan Feldman), Brown University Working Paper No 2008 -11

• “Relationship between Liability Regimes and Economic Development: A Study of Motor Vehicle Accidents in India.” Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Working Paper No CSLG/WP/09/03
  
  

Selected Publications

• “A Simple Guide to Comparative Vigilance” (with Allan Feldman, Brown University), in the Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2011 Vol 2(3), pp 1-24.
  
  
• “Determinants of Cost Overruns in Public Procurement of Infrastructure: Roads and Railways” in the India Policy Forum, 2011 Vol 7, pp 97-158. (Working paper version)
  
  
• “The Efficiency of Comparative Causation” (with Francesco Parisi, University of Minnesota) in the Review of Law and Economics, 2010 Vol. 6(2), pp. 219-245.
  

• “Delays and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: Extents, Causes and Remedies” in the Economic and Political Weekly, 2010, Vol XLV No 21, pages 43-54
  [ Also see “What’s Holding Up New Highways, Airports?” (a write up on this paper) in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ]

• “Comparative Vigilance” (with Allan Feldman), in American Law and Economics Review, 2009 (11), pp. 134-161.

• “Risk, Informational Asymmetry and Product Liability: An enquiry into conflicting objectives” in Pacific Economic Review, 2009 (14), pp. 89-112.

• “Comparative Causation and Economic Efficiency: When activity level are constant” in Review of Law and Economics, 2007 (3), pp. 383-406.

• "‘Causation-consistent’ liability, Economic Efficiency and the Law of Torts" in International Review of Law and Economics, 2007 (27), pp. 179-203.

• Review of “Markets and Governments” in Indian Economic Review, 2007 XXXXII.

• “Liability Rules in India” in Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Kaushik Basu (editor), Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2007.

• “Efficiency characterization of liability rules when liability payments differ from the actual harm” in Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2005 Vol 19 (2).

• "‘Full’ Compensation Criteria: An Enquiry into Relative Merits" in European Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, Vol. 18 pp. 223-237.

• “Economics of Judicial Decision Making in Indian Tort Law: Motor Accident Cases” (special article) in Economic and Political Weekly, 2004, Vol. 39 ( 25), pp. 2603-2616.

• "Efficiency of ‘simple’ liability rules when courts make erroneous estimation of the damage", in European Journal of Law and Economics, 2003, Vol. 16.

• "Efficient liability rules: Complete characterization", (with Satish K. Jain) in Journal of Economics, 2002, Vol. 75, pp. 39-58.

• "Implementation of TRIPS-compatible Intellectual Property Rights regime: The Justification Question", in Social Scientist, 2002, Vol. 30. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/
  
  
  
  Policy Articles:
  
  
• “The Scourge of Black Money” in THE TRIBUNE, July 13, 2011

• “Farmer is the Looser” in THE TRIBUNE, June 3, 2011

• “The Way Forward” in THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, June 17, 2011

• “Ending misuse of land acquisition laws” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES, November 18, 2010

• “A High-handed Approach to National Highways” in Economic and Political Weekly February 2010, Vol XLV (No 8), pp 19-21

• "Agenda for the Land Acquisition Bill " in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• "Growing lawlessness on Indian roads" in THE TRIBUNE

• “Backward-bending policy to take toll” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “Transaction cost theory carries the day” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “Public Private Partnerships: A means or an end?" in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “Road map for National Highways” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “Fisc can fix it” in THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS

• “Your land is my land: Acquisition laws used indiscriminately” in THE TRIBUNE

• “Fiscal States” in THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS

• “Road to the End” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS

• “Judicial activism not a bad idea to fill up for policy shortcomings” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “A new law for the land” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS

• “Political economy of property rights” in THE ECONOMIC TIMES

• “Insurance for better driving” in THE INDIAN EXPRESS
  

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