Nirupama Rao
Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Nirupama Rao is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.  She studies public economics and focuses on the impact of policy on production, investment and pricing decisions.  Her dissertation investigates the impact of tax policy on firm behavior.  The main chapter investigates how excise taxes on oil production affect the extraction decisions of domestic producers.  Other chapters assess the effectiveness of R&D tax credits and investigate the composition and importance of corporate deferred taxes.  She has also been working on projects relating to the monopoly power conferred by state liquor regulation and is a researcher at the Center for Robust Decision Making on Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Chicago.  She completed her PhD in economics at MIT in June 2010 where she previously earned her undergraduate degree. 











Contact Details

nirupama.rao@nyu.edu
992-9861
Office Hours: By appointment
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Areas of Expertise

  • Economics
  • Environment
  • Finance
  • Law & Regulation
  • Taxation