Industrial Organisation, FinTech, Banking, Competition Economics, Econometrics
Varun has a diverse experience of more than 8 years spanning industries. He also worked at OP Jindal Global University as a faculty member.
Varun Yadav is a faculty in the Finance and Economics area. His research leverages advanced econometric and quantitative methods to gain insights into competition policy issues in banking, study the digital payments ecosystem in India, and forecast inflation using mixed-frequency data.
While pursuing his doctorate at IIMA, he received the JASSO scholarship for a research visit to Hiroshima University, where he studied panel-data methods to reduce bias in predictive regression models. He likes to explore topics related to the interface of economics, finance, and management science.
Ph.D. in Economics
PGDM (MBA)
B.Tech.
Industrial Organisation, FinTech, Banking, Competition Economics, Econometrics
Varun has a diverse experience of more than 8 years spanning industries. He also worked at OP Jindal Global University as a faculty member.
Yadav, V., & Das, A. (2021). Nowcasting inflation in India with daily crowd-sourced prices using dynamic factors and mixed frequency models. Applied Economics Letters, 1-11.
Yadav, V., “Digital payments in India- What’s driving the transition towards a cashless economy?”, 9th PAN-IIM World Management Conference (WMC), IIM Sambalpur. (January 2024)
Yadav, V., “Regulatory uncertainty and trading behavior: Insights from an Indian crypto exchange”, Eurasia Business and Economics Society, 46th EBES 2024 Conference. (January 2024)
Yadav, V. (Author & Presenter), International Research Conference on FinTech: Innovation, Inclusion, and Regulation, “Digital payments in India – What’s driving the transition toward a cashless economy?”, IIM Ahmedabad. (March 11, 2023)
Das, A. (Author) and Yadav, V. (Author & Presenter), 7th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law, “Deregulation and Welfare in Indian Banking: Demand Estimation and Welfare Implications of Saving Interest Rate Deregulation”, Competition Commission of India, New Delhi. (March 4, 2022)
Yadav, V. (Author & Presenter), IGPC Conference on Gold and Gold Markets, 2020, “Forecasting short run gold spot prices in India using mixed frequency models”, India Gold Policy Centre, IIM Ahmedabad. (February 7, 2020)
Yadav, V. (Presenter), Student symposium on community-oriented tourism in Mitarai, Seto Inland Sea, “Optimizing tourism demand in Mitarai, Osaki Shimojima Island, Japan”, Hiroshima University and Kure Administration. (August 25, 2019) (in collaboration with students from Hiroshima University and the University of Texas at Austin)
Yadav, V. (Presenter), Hiroshima University, Japan, “Bias reduction in predictive regression models- A GMM approach”, research project as a visiting scholar at Hiroshima University, Japan under Prof. Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Jan – Feb 2019
Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA)
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
Professional course in Quantitative Methods for Competition Analysis by Barcelona Graduate School of Economics – May 2021
Workshop on Advanced Research Methodologies for Social Science Research by International
Growth Centre (IGC) and Presidency University – June 2021
CII SCMPro certification under CII Supply Chain Management Professional Program – March 2020
Summer School in Development Economics conducted by International Growth Centre (IGC) and Indian Statistical Institute at ISI Delhi – July 2019
Summer school in Dynamics of complex systems at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru – May 2019 (https://www.icts.res.in/program/DCS2019)
INDAM-2022, 7th Biennial conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IN-DAM)