MOUMITA ROY - CURRICULUM VITAE
Address:
Bloomsburg University,
Economics Department,
400 E. Second Street,
PA 17815.
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Email:
Website:
(734) 834 1729
mroy@bloomu.edu
http://bloomu.edu/economics-roy
CURRENT POSITION
Instructor, Department of Economics, Bloomsburg University, August 2014 - Present.
EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• Ph.D., Economics, Expected: August, 2016.
– Thesis Topic: Essays on the Economics of Mergers.
– Committee Members: Stephen Martin, (Co-Chair, Economics), Ralph Siebert, (CoChair, Economics), Justin Tobias, (Economics) and Timothy Cason, (Economics).
Jadavpur University, India
• M.A., Economics, August 2008.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial organization - theoretical and empirical, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Antitrust Economics.
RESEARCH
Job Market Paper
• “The Competitive Effects of Horizontal Mergers Accounting for Postmerger Heterogeneities.”
Joint with Ralph Siebert, Under Review.
Works in Progress
• Impact of Airline Mergers on the Carrier Capacity: Evidence from the U.S. Domestic
Passenger Airline Industry.
• Productivity and Merger in the U.S. Passenger Airline Industry: A Study.
• Debt Finance and the Decision to Merge in the U.S. Domestic Passenger Airline Industry.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Faculty Instructor of Business and Economics Mathematics, Bloomsburg University, Spring
2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015 and Fall 2014.
• Faculty Instructor of Principles of Microeconomics, Bloomsburg University, Spring 2016,
Fall 2015, Spring 2015.
• Faculty Instructor of Principles of Macroeconomics, Bloomsburg University, Fall 2014.
• Instructor Econ 252: Macroeconomics Purdue University, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Summer 2011.
• Assistant to the course director and developer of Econ 252 online course, Purdue University, Summer and Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Summer and Fall 2010.
• Instructor Econ 252 online course: Macroeconomics Purdue University, Summer 2012 and
Summer 2011.
• Teaching Assistant Econ 419: Managerial Economics and Econ 380: Money and Banking,
Fall 2012 and Fall 2011 and Econ 252: Macroeconomics, Fall 2010 and Spring 2009,
Purdue University.
TEACHING SEMINARS
• Attended TALE Center Seminar titled “How I incorporated the “flipped” concept into
both my online and traditional classes” on February 22nd, 2016 held at Bloomsburg
University TALE Center.
• Attended Bloomsburg University Literacy Institute Seminar titled “Introducing the Literacy Collaborative Framework” on October 8th, 2015 held at Bloomsburg University.
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE
Research Assistant to
• Prof. Steve Martin, Purdue University, Summer and Fall 2013.
• Prof. Ralph Siebert, Purdue University, Summer 2013.
• Prof. Joyashree Roy, Global Change Program, Jadavpur University, Aug 2008-May 2009.
AWARDS AND HONORS
• Recipient of Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching for Econ 252, Macroeconomics, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 and Summer 2011.
• Recipient of graduate assistantship and tuition waiver, Purdue University.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• Proficient: STATA, MATLAB, LATEX, Scientific Workplace.
• Working Knowledge: SAS, E-VIEWS, Mathematica.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Economic Association, (AEA), Member 2013-present.
PAPER ABSTRACTS
• “The Competitive Effects of Horizontal Mergers Accounting for Postmerger Heterogeneities.”
Joint with Ralph Siebert, Under Review.
We investigate the merger incentives of asymmetric firms in a differentiated product market. The theory developed in this paper predicts mergers between more symmetric and
efficient firms producing differentiated products increase postmerger output, which translates into lower prices.Our empirical model is based on a comprehensive data set on the
semiconductor industry and our estimation results confirm the relevance of pre- and postmerger heterogeneities in costs, in technology and product markets, and potential cost
efficiency gains. We provide insights into which firm attributes characterize heterogeneous
postmerger effects and evaluate the profitability and competitive effects of mergers.
• “Impact of Airline Mergers on the Carrier Capacity: Evidence from the U.S. Domestic
Passenger Airline Industry.”
I investigate the effect of airline mergers on the airline capacity in the U.S. domestic
passenger air carrier industry. The airline capacity is indicated by the available seats in
an airline carrier together with the miles flown in that flight. The data on ASM and
passengers, market fare is obtained from the Origin and Destination Survey, provided
by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation. I use diff-in-diff methodology to identify the
treatment effect of mergers on the airline capacity. Preliminary investigation finds that
the airline capacity increased for the merging firms. This provides a motivation to develop
a structural model to measure the incentive of merging firms to increase/reduce capacity
both in terms of the number of seats and in terms of the changes in the fleet.
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