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Vidya Atal

Professor, Economics, Feliciano School of Business

Office:: School of Business 534
Email:: atalv@montclair.edu
Phone:: 973-655-7403
Degrees:: BS, St. Xavier's College (India); MS, Indian Statistical Institute (India); MA, Cornell University; PhD, Cornell University
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Specialization

Fields: Development Economics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory

Topics: Women's empowerment, Gender inequality, Economics of R&D, Economics of open source resources, Patent system

Research

"Strategic Open Source Licensing and Software Market Entry," with Kameshwari Shankar.
"The Enigma of a Beyond GDP Index – Striving for Sustainable Development," with Manveer Mann and Pushpinder Mann.
"Two Phase Innovation Research Funding," with Talia Bar.
"Why the Future used to be Brighter? An Economic Interpretation," with Alexandra Zaby.
"Gender Wage Equality and Women's Empowerment."
"Deferred Examination," with Talia Bar.

Professional Experience

Teaching Assistant, Cornell University (2006 - 2010)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Montclair State University (2010 - 2015)
Associate Professor of Economics, Montclair State University (2015 - 2021)
Special Advisor to the Provost for Curriculum Affairs, Montclair State University (2022 - 火狐体育)
Professor of Economics, Montclair State University (2021 - Present)

Honors & Awards

Excellence in Research Award, Clute Institute (March 2016)
Engaged Teaching Fellowship, Research Academy for University Learning, Montclair State University ( 2014)
Sage Fellowship, ( 2005)
Faculty Honoree, Beta Gamma Sigma ( 2012)

Refereed Published Articles

V. Atal, K. Basu, J. Gray, T. Lee (2010). Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia. International Journal of Economic Theory
V. Atal, T. Bar (2010). Prior Art- To Search or Not to Search. International Journal of Industrial Organization
V. Atal (2010). Do Journals Accept Too Many Papers?. Economics Letters
V. Atal, T. Bar (2014). Patent Quality and A Two-Tiered Patent System. Journal of Industrial Economics
V. Atal (2014). The Big Mac Index and Real-Income Disparity. Journal of Business and Economics Research
L. San Vicente Portes, V. Atal (2014). The Big Mac Index: A Shortcut To Inflation And Exchange Rate Dynamics? Price Tracking And Predictive Properties. International Business and Economics Research Journal
V. Atal, K. Shankar (2014). Open Source Software: Competition with A Public Good. Atlantic Economic Journal
V. Atal, R. Dubey (2014). Affirmative Action and Empowerment: Friends or Foes?. Economics Bulletin
V. Atal, K. Shankar (2015). Developers’ Incentives and Open Source Software Licensing: GPL vs. BSD. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
V. Atal, T. Bar, S. Gordon (2016). Project Selection: Commitment and Competition. Games and Economic Behavior
V. Atal, K. Shankar (2016). Open Questions in Open Source: Exploring Incentives, Licenses and Competition. Economics Bulletin
V. Atal (2017). Say at Home, or Stay at Home? Policy Implications on Female Labor Supply and Power. Review of Economics of The Household
L. San Vicente Portes, V. Atal, M. Juarez Torres (2019). Women's Empowerment: Aggregate Effects on Savings and Wealth. Banco de México Documentos de Investigación
L. San Vicente Portes, V. Atal, M. Juarez Torres (2019). From Households to National Statistics: Macroeconomic Effects of Women's Empowerment. Economic Modelling
O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2020). Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in the United States. Economic Analysis and Policy
O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2021). A Simple Measure to Study Multinational Income Inequality. Review of Economic Perspectives
O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2020). "Big Mac Affordability" and Real Income Inequality Across Countries. Applied Economics Letters
O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2021). Gender Wage Gap: Within and Across Borders. Studies in Business and Economics
V. Atal, K. Shankar (2023). Open Source Software Licensing and Developer Participation. New York Economic Review
M. Akarsu, O. Gharehgozli, V. Atal (2023). An Investigation of Income and Wage Inequality in Turkey Using Burgernomics. Eastern European Economics
V. Atal, O. Gharehgozli, L. San Vicente Portes (2022). Higher Labour Market Bargaining Power, Higher Unemployment in Recessions. Applied Economics Letters

Published Proceedings

V. Atal, K. Shankar (5s). 2013. Developers’ Incentives and Open Source Software Licensing: GPL vs. BSD Academy of Business Research

Books & Chapters

V. Atal (2012). Tax Policies, Female Labor Force Participation and Women’s Empowerment. Economic Empowerment for Women: A Global Perspective (M. Lownes-Jackson and R. Guy ed.), Informing Science Press
V. Atal, L. San Vicente Portes (2012). Women’s Empowerment and Households’ Consumption-Savings Decisions. Economic Empowerment for Women: A Global Perspective (M. Lownes-Jackson and R. Guy ed.), Informing Science Press