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Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise

Research Papers:

• Agarwalla, A. .2025. Quality of life in Indian Cities: A productivity and amenity-based classification. Accepted at Indian Economic Journal (ABDC – B), in print.
• Srivathsan, A. and Agarwalla, A. 2024. ‘Unpacking National Rankings – What Impacts Architecture and Planning Institutions’, Architecture. Live, October 12, 2024; https://architecture.live/unpacking-national-ranking-architecture-planning-srivathsan-agarwalla/
• Agarwalla, A. (2023). Rani Kamlapati (Habib Ganj) Railway Station Redevelopment: A World-class Dream Coming True—Case Analysis. Vikalpa, 48(3), 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1177/02560909231203099
• Agarwalla, A., and S. Morris. 2023. Dynamics of floor-space index and land price regulation in India. India Infrastructure Report – 2023. iDeck and NIUA.
• D’Souza, E., and A. Agarwalla. 2021.‘Bank Recapitalization Bonds for the Government owned Banks, Economic and political weekly (ABDC – B), Vol. 56, No. 40. ISSN No. 2349-8846
• Agarwalla, A., and E. D’Souza. 2021 ‘The Economic Imperative – Cities need migrants’, The Indian Economic Journal (ABDC – B). Vol 69, No. 3. ISSN No. 2361-617XDoi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00194662211013233;
• D’souza, E., and A. Agarwalla. 2020. ‘Sabka Vishwas Scheme’. Economic and political weekly (ABDC – B), Vol. 55, No. 8.; ISSN No. 2349-8846
• Agarwalla, A., Sarin, A., and I. Gupta. 2019. ‘Role of municipal councillors in implementation of social protection scheme for children – a case of Ahmedabad city’. Journal of Public Affairs (ABDC – B), Vol. 20. DoI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2018 ISSN No. 1479-1854
• Agarwalla, A., Gupta, I., and A. Sarin. 2019. “Foot-march: Large Scale Mobilization for a Public Cause or a Tool for Fanning Political Ambition.” Journal of Public Affairs (ABDC – B). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1895 ISSN No. 1479-1854
• Morris, S., Pandey, A., Agarwalla, S. and A. Agarwalla. 2019. “Does GST in India hurt producing regions? A new Evidence of the tax-base under GST of select states.” IIM-A Working Paper, WP2019-03-01.
• Morris, S., Pandey, A., Agarwalla, S. and A. Agarwalla. 2018.“ Impact of proposed GST on consumer price index in India”, IIM-A Working Paper, WP2018-07-02.
• Agarwalla, A. 2011 “Estimating the contribution of Infrastructure in productivity growth in India”, IIM-A Working Paper, WP2011-05-01.
• Agarwalla, A. 2011. “Agglomeration economies and productivity growth in India,” IIM-A Working Paper, WP2011-01-08.
• Agarwalla, A. and P. Pangotra. 2011. “Regional income disparities in India and test for convergence – 1980-81 to 2006-07”, IIM-A Working Paper, WP2011-01-04.
• Dholakia, R. H., and A. Agarwalla. 2008. “Fiscal Space with states and the Sixth pay commission”, Economic and Political Weekly (ABDC – B), May 10, pp.16-20
• Pangotra, P. and A. Agarwalla. 2008. “Urban Development Strategy for Bihar, a Management Perspective”, IIM-A Working Paper, WP2008-04-02

Edited Books and Book Chapters:

• Morris, S., Agarwalla, A., Pandey, A, and Agarwalla, S. 2022. ‘GST and the discrimination against production-oriented states,’ as Chapter 11, in Morris, S (ed.) Macro Economic Policy in India since the global financial crisis, SpringerLink. ISBN: 9789811912764
• Gangwar, R., Agarwalla, A., Sreekumar, S. 2021. Infrastructure Development – Theory Practice and Policy – Sustainability and Resilience, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032114668
• Agarwalla, A., 2021. Sustainability and Economic Conflicts – Local Solutions with Global Direction can Help in the Juggling Act. In (ed) Infrastructure Development – Theory, Practice and Policy, Sustainability and Resilience, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032114668
• Dholakia, R.H., Agarwalla, A., Bazaz, A, B, and P. Agrawal. 2014.“Trends in Technical Progress in India – Analysis of Input-Output tables from 1968 to 2003”, as Chapter-11 in Somayajulu, V.V.N. (ed.), Indian Economy and Economic Reforms: Economy-Wide Studies in Inter-Industry Frameworks, Himalaya Publishing House.

 Newspaper Articles and Opinion Pieces

• ‘An online platform’s low-price strategy need not be predatory.’ Live Mint. January 22, 2020 (Co-authored) 
• ‘Fixing of price floor for Telco is not viable.’ The Hindu Business Line. March 26, 2020 (Co-authored)
• ‘Keeping the economy going while battling Covid-19’. The Hindu Business Line. March 31, 2020 (Co-authored)
•  ‘Why India needs a formal economy.’ Business Standard. April 18, 2020. (Co-authored)
• ‘Why RBI should not finance Government borrowings. Business Standard. May 13, 2020. (Co-authored)
• ‘Time to strengthen Urban Local Body Revenues.’ The Hindu Business Line. June 18, 2020. (Co-authored)
• ‘Why Informal India cannot be Aatmanirbhar India.’ Business Standard. August 17, 2020. (Co-authored)
• ‘Do we really need to rejig the gig economy?’ The Economic Times, March 12, 2021. (Co-authored)
• ‘Is discount control by auto firms justifiable?’ The Hindu Business Lines, October 5, 2021. (Co-authored)
• ‘How a Luddite approach might hurt E-commerce in India.’ Forbes India, December 22, 2021. (Co-authored)  https://www.forbesindia.com/article/iim-ahmedabad/how-a-luddite-approach-might-hurt-ecommerce-in-india/72371/1
• ‘Unlimited FSI in Hyderabad Undesirable’, Bizz-Buzz, January 2, 2025; https://www.bizzbuzz.news/astha-agarwalla-38222
• ‘Budget 2025: Private investment needs a boost, real estate sector can be a catalyst’, ET Realty, January 31, 2025 https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/blog/budget-2025-private-investment-needs-a-boost-real-estate-sector-can-be-the-catalyst/117782484

Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise

• Presented the paper titled “Green Building Price Premiums – Evidence from Ahmedabad, India” in the 2^nd International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS 2024), held on December 11-12, at Adani University, Ahmedabad.
• Presented the paper titled “Impact Fee as a second order regulation – the case of unauthorized Properties in Ahmedabad” in the 2^nd International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS 2024), held on December 11-12, at Adani University, Ahmedabad.
• Presented the paper titled “Markets for Transferrable Development Rights: Factors Affecting Demand”, at the India Management Research Conference, Organized by IIM-Ahmedabad, on December 7-9, 2024.
• Presented the paper titled “Impact of Metro Availability on Housing Rentals in Chennai, India” at Urban Transitions 2024 organized by Elsevier, at Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, during November 5-7, 2024.
• Presented a paper titled “Cities as Growth Hubs – Role of Imagination in Economic Planning”, at the Imagination in/for the built environment Symposium, jointly organized by University of Melbourne, CEPT University and SPA Delhi, on September 23^rd, 2024.
• The paper titled "Spatial Planning and Governance to Promote Agglomeration – A Comparative Analysis of Auto and IT Clusters in Chennai Metropolitan Region," selected for presentation at ITPI West Zone Conference 2024, held on 29-30 June in Ahmedabad.
• “Implications of the evolution of insolvency and bankruptcy code – a case of Jaypee Infratech Ltd.”, presented at the 7^th International Conference on Economic Analysis of Law, Governance and Public Policy, at Gujarat National Law University, January 20-21, 2024.
• “Dynamics of floor space index and land market distortions in India’, presented at the Author’s workshop organized by iDeck and Goa Institute of Management, on April 2-3, 2023.
• “Solid waste management practices in Gujarat - creating and maintaining regional assets”, presented at the Third International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management (ICMIAM – 2022), organized at Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat, India, on December 13-15, 2022.
• “Role of municipal councillors in implementation of social protection scheme for children – a case study of Ahmedabad, India,” selected for presentation at the XIV International Conference on Public policy and Management at the Centre for Public Policy (CPP), IIM-Bangalore, August 22-24, 2019.
•  “Agglomeration economies and productivity growth in India” at 4^th IIM-Ahmedabad Doctoral Colloquium, January 2011
• “Regional income growth and convergence in India” at 2^nd IMR conference organized by IIM-Bangalore, in November 2010 (only twelve doctoral students were selected to present)
• “Regional income disparities in India and test for convergence: 1980 to 2006”, (co-authored with Prem Pangotra), at Pennsylvania Economic Association Conference – 2010, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2010
• “Trends in Technical Progress in India, 1968-2003”, (co-authored with Ravindra Dholakia, Amir Bashir Bazaz, and Prasoon Agarwal) at the 1^st IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, IIM Ahmedabad, 6-7 June 2009
•  “Household Meat demand in India – A Systems Approach using Micro Level Data,” (co-authored with Vinod Ahuja, and Amir Bashir Bazaz), at the 1st IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, IIM Ahmedabad, 6-7 June 2009
•  “Urban Development Strategy for Bihar, A Management Perspective,” (co-authored with Prem Pangotra), at the 3rd Conference in Public Policy, IIM Bangalore from 3rd -6th August 2008.
•  “Systems Vindication and Workfare in India: A Discursive Evaluation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” was tabled for discussion at the 3rd International Conference on Interpretive Policy analysis, held at University of Essex, U.K. from 19th -21st June 2008.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships, Grant-in Aids

• Received Best paper award at the 4^th IIM-A Doctoral Colloquium, 2011 for the paper titled “Agglomeration economies and productivity growth in India”.
• Received ‘IFCI Award,’ ‘Sahir Memorial Award,’ and ‘Chaudhary Padmanabhan-Pant Award’ for the best thesis proposal in 2009-2010, at IIM-A 
• Received ‘Chaudhary-Padmanabhan-Pant’ award for Scholastic excellence in first year at IIM- A
• Cleared National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted by University Grants Commission, 2005 and State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission, 2005
• Received Best Student (Arts) award for the year 2004-05 in Banasthali Vidyapith.
• Won First Prize in All India Essay Competition organized by Competition Success Review, April 2004
• Received state level Bhamashah Award by Maharana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur, Rajasthan, for academic excellence, 2004.
• Received K.C. Mahindra Talent Scholarship for obtaining I Rank from class X to B.A. II year (five continuous years).