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Shantanu Bagchi

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Terminal Degree:2011 Jon M. Huntsman School of Business; Utah State University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Department of Economics
Towson University

Towson, Maryland (United States)
http://towson.edu/cbe/departments/economics/
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Working papers

  1. Shantanu Bagchi, 2026. "Borrowing Constraints and their Implications for Social Security," Working Papers 2026-04, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2026.
  2. Shantanu Bagchi, 2024. "Business Cycles and Public Pensions: Aggregate Risk and Social Security in the United States," Working Papers 2024-11, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2024.
  3. Shantanu Bagchi, 2023. "Means Testing and Social Security in the U.S," Working Papers 2023-01, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2023.
  4. Shantanu Bagchi & Juergen Jung, 2020. "Health Risk and the Welfare Effects of Social Security," Working Papers 2020-02, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2022.
  5. Shantanu Bagchi & James Feigenbaum, 2018. "Annuity Markets and Capital Accumulation," Working Papers 2018-02, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2018.
  6. Shantanu Bagchi, 2016. "Differential Mortality and the Progressivity of Social Security," Working Papers 2016-03, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2016.
  7. Shantanu Bagchi, 2014. "Labor Supply and the Optimality of Social Security," Working Papers 2014-04, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2014.
  8. Shantanu Bagchi, 2014. "Can Removing the Tax Cap Save Social Security?," Working Papers 2014-05, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised May 2016.
  9. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2013. "Is the Social Security Crisis Really as Bad as We Think?," MPRA Paper 56294, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2014.

Articles

  1. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2026. "Aggregate risk and social security in the United States," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
  2. Shantanu Bagchi, 2024. "Means testing and Social Security in the United States," International Studies of Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(1), pages 68-91, March.
  3. Bagchi, Shantanu & Jung, Juergen, 2023. "Health risk and the welfare effects of Social Security," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(7), pages 1767-1806, October.
  4. Bagchi Shantanu & Feigenbaum James A., 2020. "Annuity Markets and Capital Accumulation," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 20(1), pages 1-10, January.
  5. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2019. "Differential mortality and the progressivity of social security," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 1-1.
  6. Bagchi Shantanu, 2017. "Can removing the tax cap save Social Security?," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-28, June.
  7. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2016. "Is The Social Security Crisis Really As Bad As We Think?," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(3), pages 737-776, April.
  8. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2015. "Labor supply and the optimality of Social Security," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 167-185.
  9. Shantanu Bagchi & James Feigenbaum, 2014. "Is Smoking a Fiscal Good?," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 17(1), pages 170-190, January.
  10. Shantanu Bagchi, 2011. "Can overconfidence explain the consumption hump?," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 35(1), pages 41-70, January.

Software components

  1. Shantanu Bagchi & James Feigenbaum, 2013. "Code and data files for "Is Smoking a Fiscal Good?"," Computer Codes 11-207, Review of Economic Dynamics.

Citations

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Blog mentions

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  1. Shantanu Bagchi, 2014. "Can Removing the Tax Cap Save Social Security?," Working Papers 2014-05, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised May 2016.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Can Removing the Tax Cap Save Social Security?
      by Christian Zimmermann in NEP-DGE blog on 2014-09-29 02:23:00

Working papers

  1. Shantanu Bagchi & Juergen Jung, 2020. "Health Risk and the Welfare Effects of Social Security," Working Papers 2020-02, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2022.

    Cited by:

    1. John Bailey Jones & Yue Li, 2023. "Social Security Reform with Heterogeneous Mortality," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 48, pages 320-344, April.

  2. Shantanu Bagchi, 2016. "Differential Mortality and the Progressivity of Social Security," Working Papers 2016-03, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2016.

    Cited by:

    1. Youngsoo Jang & Svetlana Pashchenko & Ponpoje Porapakkarm, 2023. "Mortality Regressivity and Pension Design," Working Papers 2023-023, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    2. Javier Fernández-Blanco & Virginia Sánchez-Marcos, 2026. "Unequal Lives, Unequal Benefits: Life Expectancy and Social Security Rules," Working Papers 1556, Barcelona School of Economics.
    3. John Bailey Jones & Yue Li, 2023. "Social Security Reform with Heterogeneous Mortality," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 48, pages 320-344, April.
    4. Krieger, Tim & Meemann, Christine & Traub, Stefan, 2022. "Inequality, life expectancy, and the intragenerational redistribution puzzle: Some experimental evidence," Discussion Paper Series 2022-02, University of Freiburg, Wilfried Guth Endowed Chair for Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy.
    5. Haan, Peter & Kemptner, Daniel & Lüthen, Holger, 2020. "The rising longevity gap by lifetime earnings – Distributional implications for the pension system," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 17(C).
    6. Monisankar Bishnu & Nick L. Guo & Cagri S Kumru, 2017. "Social Security: Progressive Benefits but Regressive Outcome?," ANU Working Papers in Economics and Econometrics 2017-656, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics.
    7. Youngsoo Jang & Svetlana Pashchenko & Ponpoje Porapakkarm, 2026. "Redistribution, Distortions, and the Welfare Effects of Social Security," Working Papers 2025-012, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    8. Jonas Klos & Tim Krieger & Sven Stöwhase, 2022. "Measuring intra-generational redistribution in PAYG pension schemes," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 190(1), pages 53-73, January.
    9. Torben M. Andersen, 2024. "Hedging mortality risk over the life‐cycle—The role of information and borrowing constraints," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 62(4), pages 1449-1466, October.
    10. Krieger, Tim & Meemann, Christine & Traub, Stefan, 2025. "Inequality, life expectancy, and the alienation effect: Insights from a real-effort experiment on the intragenerational redistribution puzzle," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 237(C).
    11. Toshiki Tamai, 2023. "Social security, economic growth, and social welfare in an overlapping generation model with idiosyncratic TFP shock and heterogeneous workers," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(3), pages 1829-1862, July.
    12. Maria Chaykina, 2026. "Fairness views, pension benefits, and heterogeneity in life expectancy," Working Papers 01/2026, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
    13. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2026. "Aggregate risk and social security in the United States," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    14. Zhao, Weimin & Chen, Na, 2024. "Does old-age security promote rural residents' consumption? A decomposition based on contribution and replacement rates," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 817-830.
    15. Püschel, Veronika & Kindermann, Fabian, 2023. "Progressive Pensions as an Incentive for Labor Force Participation," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277643, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    16. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2022. "Social security and risk sharing: A survey of four decades of economic analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 1591-1609, December.
    17. Youngsoo Jang & Svetlana Pashchenko & Ponpoje Porapakkarm, 2025. "Redistribution, distortions, and the welfare effects of Social Security," Working papers 2025rwp-271, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute.
    18. Andersen, Torben M., 2025. "Mandatory pension savings and the insurance value of annuities," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 256(C).

  3. Shantanu Bagchi, 2014. "Labor Supply and the Optimality of Social Security," Working Papers 2014-04, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. Xizan Jin & Lili Chen & Danrui Jin & Ziyi Chen & Heyuan You, 2025. "Effects of urban migrants’ public services access on non-housing consumption under housing pressure in China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, December.
    2. Frank N. Caliendo & Aspen Gorry & Sita Slavov, 2017. "Survival Ambiguity and Welfare," NBER Working Papers 23648, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Shantanu Bagchi, 2016. "Differential Mortality and the Progressivity of Social Security," Working Papers 2016-03, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2016.
    4. Shantanu Bagchi, 2024. "Means testing and Social Security in the United States," International Studies of Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(1), pages 68-91, March.
    5. Bagchi Shantanu, 2017. "Can removing the tax cap save Social Security?," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-28, June.
    6. Gahramanov, Emin & Hasanov, Rashad & Tang, Xueli, 2020. "Parental involvement and Children's human capital: A tax-subsidy experiment," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 16-29.
    7. Charles Yuji Horioka & Emin Gahramanov & Aziz Hayat & Xueli Tang, 2019. "The Impact of Bequest Motives on Retirement Behavior in Japan: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis," Discussion Paper Series DP2019-26, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
    8. Oliwia Komada & Krzysztof Makarski & Joanna Tyrowicz, 2017. "Welfare effects of fiscal policy in reforming the pension system," GRAPE Working Papers 11, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
    9. Park, Hyeon & Feigenbaum, James, 2018. "Bounded rationality, lifecycle consumption, and Social Security," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 65-105.
    10. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2026. "Aggregate risk and social security in the United States," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    11. Horioka, Charles Yuji & Gahramanov, Emin & Hayat, Aziz & Tang, Xueli, 2021. "The impact of bequest motives on labor supply and retirement behavior in Japan: A theoretical and empirical analysis," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    12. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2022. "Social security and risk sharing: A survey of four decades of economic analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 1591-1609, December.
    13. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2023. "Social security and risk sharing: the role of economic mobility across generations," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 30(5), pages 1374-1407, October.
    14. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2020. "Social Security reform: three Rawlsian options," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(6), pages 1582-1607, December.

  4. Shantanu Bagchi, 2014. "Can Removing the Tax Cap Save Social Security?," Working Papers 2014-05, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised May 2016.

    Cited by:

    1. Eytan Sheshinski & Frank N. Caliendo, 2021. "Social Security and the increasing longevity gap," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 23(1), pages 29-52, February.
    2. Gustafsson, Johan, 2024. "Favorable tax treatment of older workers in general equilibrium," Umeå Economic Studies 1023, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
    3. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2022. "Social security and risk sharing: A survey of four decades of economic analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 1591-1609, December.
    4. Farid Flici & Inmaculada Dominguez-Fabian, 2024. "Sustaining Algeria’s Retirement System in the Population Aging Context: Could a Contribution Cap Strategy Work?," Risks, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-11, June.
    5. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2023. "Social security and risk sharing: the role of economic mobility across generations," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 30(5), pages 1374-1407, October.
    6. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2020. "Social Security reform: three Rawlsian options," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(6), pages 1582-1607, December.

  5. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2013. "Is the Social Security Crisis Really as Bad as We Think?," MPRA Paper 56294, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. Cipriani, Giam Pietro, 2016. "Aging, Retirement and Pay-As-You-Go Pensions," IZA Discussion Papers 9969, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Shantanu Bagchi, 2024. "Business Cycles and Public Pensions: Aggregate Risk and Social Security in the United States," Working Papers 2024-11, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2024.
    3. Bagchi Shantanu, 2017. "Can removing the tax cap save Social Security?," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-28, June.
    4. Nguyen, Quynh-Nga, 2024. "Intergenerational time transfer, retirement and public pensions," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 27(C).
    5. Eytan Sheshinski & Frank N. Caliendo, 2021. "Social Security and the increasing longevity gap," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 23(1), pages 29-52, February.
    6. Sita Slavov & Devon Gorry & Aspen Gorry & Frank N. Caliendo, 2017. "Social Security and Saving: An Update," NBER Working Papers 23506, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2026. "Aggregate risk and social security in the United States," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    8. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2022. "Social security and risk sharing: A survey of four decades of economic analysis," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(5), pages 1591-1609, December.
    9. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2023. "Social security and risk sharing: the role of economic mobility across generations," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 30(5), pages 1374-1407, October.
    10. Erin Cottle Hunt & Frank N. Caliendo, 2020. "Social Security reform: three Rawlsian options," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 27(6), pages 1582-1607, December.

Articles

  1. Bagchi, Shantanu & Jung, Juergen, 2023. "Health risk and the welfare effects of Social Security," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(7), pages 1767-1806, October.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2019. "Differential mortality and the progressivity of social security," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 1-1.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Bagchi Shantanu, 2017. "Can removing the tax cap save Social Security?," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-28, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2016. "Is The Social Security Crisis Really As Bad As We Think?," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(3), pages 737-776, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2015. "Labor supply and the optimality of Social Security," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 167-185.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  6. Shantanu Bagchi & James Feigenbaum, 2014. "Is Smoking a Fiscal Good?," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 17(1), pages 170-190, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Shantanu Bagchi, 2016. "Differential Mortality and the Progressivity of Social Security," Upjohn Working Papers 16-263, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    2. Obrizan, Maksym & Karlsson, Martin & Matvieiev, Mykhailo, 2020. "The Macroeconomic Impact of the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden," MPRA Paper 98910, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2015. "Labor supply and the optimality of Social Security," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 167-185.
    4. Bagchi Shantanu, 2017. "Can removing the tax cap save Social Security?," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 1-28, June.
    5. Shantanu Bagchi, 2023. "Means Testing and Social Security in the U.S," Working Papers 2023-01, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2023.
    6. Park, Hyeon & Feigenbaum, James, 2018. "Bounded rationality, lifecycle consumption, and Social Security," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 65-105.
    7. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2026. "Aggregate risk and social security in the United States," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    8. Bagchi, Shantanu, 2013. "Is the Social Security Crisis Really as Bad as We Think?," MPRA Paper 56294, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2014.

  7. Shantanu Bagchi, 2011. "Can overconfidence explain the consumption hump?," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 35(1), pages 41-70, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Zhao, Shuangling & Wang, Yunmin & Cao, Guohua, 2025. "Overconfident investors, Predictable Returns, and optimal consumption-portfolio rules," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 75(PA).
    2. Hou, Shehong & Niu, Yingjie & Yang, Jinqiang, 2018. "Optimal consumption-portfolio rules with biased beliefs," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 152-157.
    3. Emin Gahramanov & Xueli Tang, 2016. "Impatient in Experiments, but Patient in Simulations: A Challenge to the Heckman-Type Model," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 92(297), pages 268-290, June.
    4. Laibson, David I., 1997. "Golden Eggs and Hyperbolic Discounting," Scholarly Articles 4481499, Harvard University Department of Economics.
    5. KhasadYahu ZarBabal & Jocelyn Evans, 2018. "Does wall street affect main street? examining potential spillovers from investor stock market sentiment to personal consumption expenditures," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 42(2), pages 293-314, April.

Software components

  1. Shantanu Bagchi & James Feigenbaum, 2013. "Code and data files for "Is Smoking a Fiscal Good?"," Computer Codes 11-207, Review of Economic Dynamics.
    See citations under working paper version above.Sorry, no citations of software components recorded.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 10 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (10) 2014-06-02 2014-09-25 2014-09-29 2016-03-06 2016-10-16 2018-04-16 2020-04-20 2023-03-27 2024-09-23 2026-03-30. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (7) 2014-06-02 2014-09-29 2016-03-06 2016-10-16 2020-04-20 2024-09-23 2026-03-30. Author is listed
  3. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (7) 2014-06-02 2014-09-25 2014-09-29 2016-03-06 2016-10-16 2018-04-16 2020-04-20. Author is listed
  4. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (5) 2014-09-25 2014-09-29 2016-03-06 2016-10-16 2020-04-20. Author is listed
  5. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (4) 2014-09-25 2020-04-20 2023-03-27 2024-09-23
  6. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2016-03-06 2020-04-20
  7. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (2) 2014-09-25 2023-03-27
  8. NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2020-04-20
  9. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2018-04-16
  10. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2014-09-29
  11. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2016-03-06
  12. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2020-04-20

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