Prasanta Pattanaik

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Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik
Born (1943-04-05) 5 April 1943 (age 82)
Academic career
Field Social choice theory and microeconomic theory
Institution University of California
Alma mater University of Delhi
Influences Amartya Sen
Awards Padma Shri [1]

Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik [2] (born 5 April 1943), [3] is an Indian-American [1] emeritus professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

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Along with Amartya Sen and Kenneth Arrow, Pattanaik is an advisory editor for the journal Social Choice and Welfare . [4]

He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award of 2020 by the Government of India in Literature and Education. [1]

Education

Pattanaik gained his degree in economics from Utkal University, Odisha, India. He then went on to study for his master's degree and doctorate, both in economics, at the Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi. [5]

Pattanaik studied under, the Nobel Prize winning economist, Amartya Sen and his "leadership role" in the study of social choice theory has been acknowledged by Sen. [6]

Selected bibliography

Book series

Pattanaik is one of the series editors for the Springer series Studies in Choice and Welfare, [7] which included being co-editor of Rational choice and social welfare theory and applications: essays in honor of Kotaro Suzumura . [8]

Books

Chapters in books

Also available as: a journal article.
Also available as: a journal article.

Journal articles

1965–1969

1970–1974

1975–1979

1980–1984

1985–1989

1990–1994

1995–1999

2000–2004

2005–2009

2010–2014

Discussion papers

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Padma Awardees: 2020" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 25 January 2020. pp. 2–6. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. "Pattanaik, Prasanta K. (Prasanta Kumar)". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. "Pattanaik, Prasanta K." Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 September 2014. data sheet (b. 5-4-1943)
  4. "Social Choice and Welfare | Editorial board | Advisory Editors". Springer. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. "Prasanta Pattanaik". Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. Sen, Amartya (2010), "Acknowledgements", in Sen, Amartya (ed.), The idea of justice, London: Penguin, pp. xii–xxiii, ISBN   9780141037851. Book preview.
  7. "Studies in Choice and Welfare". Springer. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  8. Pattanaik, Prasanta K.; Tadenuma, Koichi; Xu, Yongsheng; Yoshihara, Naoki (2008). Rational choice and social welfare theory and applications: essays in honor of Kotaro Suzumura. Studies in Choice and Welfare. Berlin: Springer. ISBN   9783540798316.