Alok Johri

Alok Johri is a Professor in the Department of Economics at McMaster University, Canada. His research focuses on macroeconomics, international finance, and developmental economics, with particular emphasis on sovereign debt dynamics, organizational capital, and productivity shocks.

Education includes a PhD in Economics from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from University of Delhi.

Research trends span sovereign spreads, debt default mechanisms, financial accelerator models, and knowledge capital modeling. Recent work (2025) explores how political ideology impacts sovereign borrowing costs, while 2023 studies examine organizational taxation, bribery effects on debt, and credit cycles.

Teaching includes graduate courses on DSGE models, macroeconomic theory, and workshop series in economics (2017–2025). Co-author network includes collaborations with Marc-Andre Letendre on 3 publications.