Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Penn State Department of Political Science

Bumba Mukherjee, Associate Professor
	Contact Information: 235 Pond Lab University Park, PA 16802-6200 Office phone: sxm73@psu.edu Links: Professional Website Curriculum Vitae Office Hours: Please click here for this semester's office hours.

Brief Biography
Bumba Mukherjee earned his Phd at Columbia University in 2004, and has taught at Penn State since 2008. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame and Florida State University, and was a Visting Research Scholar at Princeton Univeristy, 2006-2007. His current research interests include studying how political institutions affect monetary policy and financial markets, the impact of democratic politics on trade protection, and the design and effect of international institutions. He also conducts research in formal theory as well as statistical methodology, especially time series analysis, split-population and Quantal Response Equilibrium models. His work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, European Union Politics and Comparative Political Studies. He is currently working on two book manuscripts, The IMF and the Politics of International Financial Stability (with Alexandra Guisinger) and Globalization, Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing World (with Helen V. Milner)

Brief Biography

Bumba Mukherjee earned his Phd at Columbia University in 2004, and has taught at Penn State since 2008. He was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame and Florida State University, and was a Visting Research Scholar at Princeton Univeristy, 2006-2007. His current research interests include studying how political institutions affect monetary policy and financial markets, the impact of democratic politics on trade protection, and the design and effect of international institutions. He also conducts research in formal theory as well as statistical methodology, especially time series analysis, split-population and Quantal Response Equilibrium models. His work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, European Union Politics and Comparative Political Studies. He is currently working on two book manuscripts, The IMF and the Politics of International Financial Stability (with Alexandra Guisinger) and Globalization, Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing World (with Helen V. Milner)