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Professor Jayant Ganguli is a faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex, holding the rank of Professor. His roles include Deputy Head of Department (2021-2024), Co-Deputy Head (2020-2021), and Graduate Director for PhD programs (2016-2019). He leads the Microeconomics research cluster focusing on ambiguity, behavioral economics, and financial markets. His research explores uncertainty attitudes, information asymmetry, and their implications for households and financial systems.
Education: PhD in Economics from Cornell University, MA from Delhi School of Economics, and BA from Ramjas College, University of Delhi. He is currently on research leave (2024-25) but remains accessible via email. His research has been funded by the British Academy, Bank of England, and INET, focusing on topics like ambiguity in finance and Knightian uncertainty.
Publications span 30+ years, with recent works emphasizing ambiguity modeling (e.g., 2025 Encyclopaedia chapter), social influence dynamics (2024), and uncertainty measurement (2019). His 2021 Journal of Finance paper on 'Information Inertia' and 2011 Review of Economic Studies work on ambiguous equilibria are key contributions. Supervised PhD students include Erkin Sagiev (tax information exchange) and Eike Eser (labour economics).
Grants include £250k+ from British Academy for ambiguity research (2015) and Bank of England funding for financial markets studies (2013). His work bridges theoretical advancements with empirical applications in behavioral decision-making.
