Chandan Kumar Jha

I am Vice Dean for Faculty, Professor of Finance, and Purcell Endowed Chair in Finance in the Madden College of Business & Economics at Le Moyne College. My work brings together academic leadership, scholarship, and public engagement. In administration, I focus on faculty development, academic operations, accreditation and continuous improvement, curriculum and program development, and strategic initiatives. 

As a scholar, I study how institutions, finance, governance, culture, and historical forces shape economic and social outcomes, with particular interests in corruption, gender inequality, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. My research has appeared in journals including the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, International Review of Financial Analysis, Energy Economics, Small Business Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, World Development, and Public Choice. My work on the historical determinants of gender inequality received the Kuznets Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Population Economics. 

Beyond academic publishing, I write on economics, governance, finance, public policy, and social issues for wider audiences; my op-eds and policy commentary have appeared in outlets including The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindu Business Line, Syracuse.com, Free Press Journal, BasisPoint, Vanguardia Dossier, and Ideas for India, and I have also contributed expert commentary to media outlets including CNN and CNYCentral. 

I am a co-editor of the book, "The Political Economy of Corruption" and a forthcoming volume, "Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals". Click on the book to be taken to the publisher's site.

I am also a co-editor of the following journal special issues

1. Crises and Corruption: How Governance and Institutions Interact in Troubled Times, Economic Modelling.

2. Fintech, Business, and Development, Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

3. Gender and Development, Administrative Sciences.

4. Selected Topics from the 23rd Biennial Conference of the Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (AIEFS), Studies in Microeconomics.