Associate Professor Mandar Oak

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2023	Hu, L., & Oak, M. (2023). Can asymmetric punishment deter endogenous bribery. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 32(1), 3-21. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2023	Hu, L., & Oak, M. (2023). Strategic Analysis of Petty Corruption with an Entrepreneur and Multiple Bureaucrats. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 23(4), 879-895. DOI
  2023	Hu, L., & Oak, M. (2023). Intermediated corruption under asymmetric punishment. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 215, 490-499. DOI
  2022	Bandyopadhyay, S., Chattopadhyay, A. K., & Oak, M. (2022). A model of conflict and leadership: Is there a hawkish drift in politics?. PLoS ONE, 17(1), 1-21. DOI
  2022	Bandyopadhyay, S., & Oak, M. (2022). Party Formation and Coalitional Bargaining in a Model of Proportional Representation. Games, 13(4), 1-17. DOI
  2021	Cameron, A., Oak, M., & Shan, Y. (2021). Peer monitoring and Islamic microfinance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 184, 337-358. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
  2020	Oak, M., Khalil, U., & Ponnusamy, S. (2020). Political favoritism by powerful politicians: Evidence from chief ministers in India. European Journal of Political Economy, 66, 18 pages. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
  2020	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2020). Subpoena Power and Informational Lobbying. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 32(2), 188-234. DOI
  2020	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2020). Subpoena power and informational lobbying. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 32(2), 188-234. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2019	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2019). Informational Lobbying and Pareto-Improving Agenda Constraint. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 35(3), 579-618. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
  2018	Masson, V., Choi, S., Moore, A., & Oak, M. (2018). A model of informal favor exchange on networks. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 20(5), 639-656. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2017	Dellis, A., Gauthier-Belzile, A., & Oak, M. (2017). Policy polarization and strategic candidacy in elections under the alternative-vote rule. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 173(4), 565-590. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2017	Bol, D., Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2017). Candidatures endogènes dans les élections pluralitaires : quelques explications du nombre de candidats et de leur polarisation. L'Actualité économique, 93(1-2), 141. DOI
  2016	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2016). Multiple votes, multiple candidacies and polarization. Social Choice and Welfare, 46(1), 1-38. DOI Scopus8 WoS8
  2015	Oak, M. (2015). Legalization of bribe giving when bribe type is endogenous. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17(4), 580-604. DOI Scopus15 WoS14
  2012	Oak, M., & Swamy, A. (2012). Myopia or strategic behavior? Indian regimes and the East India Company in late eighteenth century India. Explorations in Economic History, 49(3), 352-366. DOI Scopus10 WoS6
  2010	Oak, M., & Swamy, A. (2010). Only twice as much: A rule for regulating lenders. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 58(4), 775-803. DOI Scopus2 WoS6
  2010	Bandyopadhyay, S., & Oak, M. (2010). Conflict and Leadership: Why is There a Hawkish Drift in Politics?.
  2008	Bandyopadhyay, S., & Oak, M. (2008). Coalition governments in a model of parliamentary democracy. European Journal of Political Economy, 24(3), 554-561. DOI Scopus21 WoS19
  2007	Ghosh, S., Karaivanov, A., & Oak, M. (2007). A case for bundling public goods contributions. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9(3), 425-450. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
  2007	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2007). Policy convergence under approval and plurality voting: the role of policy commitment. Social Choice and Welfare, 29(2), 229-245. DOI Scopus4 WoS7
  2006	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2006). Approval voting with endogenous candidates. Games and Economic Behavior, 54(1), 47-76. DOI Scopus14 WoS17
  2006	Oak, M. (2006). On the role of the primary system in candidate selection. Economics & Politics, 18(2), 169-190. DOI Scopus14
  2005	Jayaraman, R., & Oak, M. (2005). The signalling role of municipal currencies in local development. Economica, 72(288), 597-613. DOI Scopus2
  -	Bol, D., Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (n.d.). Endogenous candidates in elections Plurality: Some Explanations of the Number of Candidates and their polarization. ACTUALITE ECONOMIQUE, 93(1-2), 141-171. WoS2

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2016	Bol, D., Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2016). Comparison of voting procedures using models of electoral competition with endogenous candidacy. In M. Gallego, & N. Schofield (Eds.), The Political Economy of Social Choices (pp. 21-54). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus6 WoS7

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2009	Oak, M., & Swamy, A. (2009). Commitment and conquest: The case of British Rule in India. In Proceedings of XVth World Economic History Congress (pp. 1-19). Netherlands.

• Working Paper

  Year	Citation
  2018	Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2018). Informational Lobbying and Pareto-Improving Agenda Constraint. Elsevier BV. DOI
  2017	Gupta, S., Oak, M., & Mukherjee, D. (2017). Indian IT Industry in Factory Asia.
  2016	Bol, D., Dellis, A., & Oak, M. (2016). Endogenous Candidacy in Plurality Rule Elections: Some Explanations of the Number of Candidates and their Polarization.

• Internet Publications

  Year	Citation
  2020	Oak, M., & Mayer, P. (2020). India’s lockdown locks out the poor.
  2020	Oak, M., & Mayer, P. (2020). Modi appeals to voters by putting on khaki and saffron. East Asia Forum.
  2020	Oak, M., & Mayer, P. B. (2020). India's lockdown locks out the poor. East Asia Forum.
  2019	Oak, M. (2019). Modo appeals to voters by putting on khaki and saffron. East Asia Forum.
  2019	Oak, M. (2019). Modi appeals to voters by putting on khaki and saffron. East Asia Forum.
  2017	Mayer, P. B., & Oak, M. (2017). India’s ban on cow slaughter: appeasing the BJP Hindu base but scoring an economic own goal?. Asian Currents.
  2017	Mayer, P. B., & Oak, M. (2017). India adopts a national Goods and Services Tax … sort of. Asian Currents.
  2017	Mayer, P. B., & Oak, M. (2017). The complexity behind India’s GST. East Asia Forum.
  2016	Oak, M. (2016). Cool heads win out in India's new budget. East Asia Forum.
  2012	Oak, M. (2012). India’s Union Budget 2012-13: Playing it safe. East Asia Forum.

I teach or have in past taught courses on the following topics at UG as well as PG levels

• Development Economics
• Public Economics
• East Asian Economies
• Political Economy
• Game Theory

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2022	Co-Supervisor	The Behavioral Economics of Betting	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Rubayat Sarwar

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2019 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Three Essays in Development Economics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Sundar Ponnusamy
  2018 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Child Wellbeing and Economic Development: Evidence from Indonesia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Danusha Gunaseela Jayawardana
  2012 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	Strategic Analysis of Bureaucratic Corruption	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Lin Hu
  2011 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Commitment and Cooperation in Partnerships	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Lachlan Deer
  2011 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Essays on Economics of School and Residential Choices	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Sinad Treewanchai
  2010 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Is Joint Liability Lending More Efficient than Individual Lending?: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Nok Shatragom

• Position: Associate Professor
• Phone: 83131172
• Email: mandar.oak@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 82231460
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Nexus 10, floor 3
• Org Unit: Economics