Departments / Economics
Economic Policy
Debt · Automation · Trade
Analyzing post-scarcity transitions and sovereign debt architectures.
Fifty-year datasets on transition economies, sovereign debt architecture under persistent fiscal expansion, and the distributional mechanics of advanced automation.
Published work
Response to “Public consultation on taxation: Revisions to Chapter VII of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines”
Jigyasa Prabhakar, David Siu, Sharmili Karthik, Dymphna William, Timothy Chummar
Response to “Public consultation on taxation: Revisions to Chapter VII of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines” (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Public Consultation)
Public Comment on “Small Business and Small Organization Definitions for Investment Companies and Investment Advisers (Securities And Exchange Commission - Proposed Rule)
Jigyasa Prabhakar , Subham Bajgai, David Siu, Timothy Chummar, Aadyant Singh Harnwal
The SEC proposes updating "small entity" definitions for investment companies, raising asset thresholds and adding inflation adjustments to reduce outdated regulatory burdens on smaller investment firms in modern markets.
Public Comment on “Request For Information: Reserve Bank Payment Account Prototype” (Federal Reserve - Notice)
Jigyasa Prabhakar, Shreshtha Aggarwal, Anirudh Venkatesan, Timothy Chummar
The Federal Reserve’s Payment Account supports payments innovation but suffers from vague rules; we propose clearer timelines, lighter burdens, and earlier supervision to enhance predictability and long-run effectiveness.
Modelling the macro-economic effects of protectionist tariffs on American economic fragility
Timothy Chummar, Aadyant Harnwal, Saathvik Valvekar, Stavros Iliadis, Anirudh Venkatesan, Ayushmaan Mukherjee, Shreshtha Aggarwal, Stamatis Pontikas, Chioma Okoro, Stanley Zhou
The paper analyzes how American tariff policy affects fiscal and macroeconomic fragility using two constructed indices, comparing short-run debt dynamics with broader open-economy transmission mechanisms.
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