IITKGP
Inder Sekhar Yadav, IIT Kharagpur

Inder Sekhar Yadav

Associate Professor

Humanities and Social Sciences

+91-3222-2+91- 3222-283622

yadavis@hss.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

My broad areas of research include Financial Economics, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Labour Economics, and Development and Agricultural issues. I mainly focus on empirical research which is strongly guided by economic/finance theory and empirical evidence that helps in bringing a scientific solution to a real world problem.
  • The impact of country- and firm-level governance on capital allocation efficiency: New evidence from India by Yadav A. S., Yadav I. S. Journal of Financial Stability 78 - (2025)
  • Debt maturity, governance and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market by Yadav A. S., Yadav I. S. Asian Review of Accounting 33 132-162 (2025)
  • Disparity in employment in India: evidence from engineering graduates across social groups and gender by Prakash A., Yadav I. S. Review of Social Economy - (2024)
  • Does corporate governance affect investment efficiency of Indian firms? Panel evidence from new governance indices by Yadav A. S., Yadav I. S. Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance 35 327-349 (2024)
  • Disparity of Agricultural Credit in India: Field Data Evidence from Farmers across Social Groups by Yadav I. S., Rao S. International Journal of Social Economics 50 180-194 (2023)
  • Stock market integration and volatility spillovers: new evidence from Asia Pacific and European markets by Guru B. K., Yadav I. S. The Journal of Risk Finance 24 186-211 (2023)
  • Does Corporate Governance affect Dividend Policy in India? Firm-level Evidence from New Indices by Pahi D., Yadav I. S. Managerial Finance 45 1219-1238 (2019)
  • Financial Integration in Asia: A Macroeconomic Perspective by Yadav I. S., Guru B. K. The Developing Economies 59 64-101 (2021)
  • The effects of financial development on crop productivity: ARDL evidence from Indian agriculture by Yadav I. S., Goyari P. Journal of Financial Economic Policy - (2024)
  • Agency conflicts, product market competition and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market by Yadav A. S., Yadav I. S. International Journal of Managerial Finance 21 445-473 (2025)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Ganesh Kumar Sahoo

Area of Research: Financial Economics

Narottam Das

Area of Research: Financial Economics

Rishab Bisht

Area of Research: Agricultural Economics

Simran Vatsa

Area of Research: Financial Economics

Supriya Singh

Area of Research: Financial Economics

Vasundhara Sharma

Area of Research: Financial Economics