Professor Moumita Roy earned PhD from George Mason University in May 2021. She obtained MA in Economics from George Mason University in 2018, MSc in Economics (with specialization in Applied Quantitative Finance) from Madras School of Economics in 2015 and BSc (Hons) in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata in 2013. She had worked as a Research Assistant in the Economics and Social Science Area of IIM Bangalore in 2015-2016. Her research interests are in Applied Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics and Political Economy. Her current research projects focus on:

• The interaction effects of social identity and leadership on cooperation and equity in groups;
• Effect of vote-buying mechanisms on electoral behaviour. Methodologically, I use laboratory, online and field experiments.

• Identity, Leadership and Cooperation: An experimental analysis (with Daniel Houser)
• Effectiveness of vote-buying: An experimental investigation
• A literature review of diversity, inclusion and equity

Clientelism and Identity (with James Habyarimana, Daniel Houser, Stuti Khemani, Victor Brech, Ginny Seung Choi) Economic and Political Studies (2020):1-21

Microeconomics principles, Macroeconomics principles