Sulagna Dasgupta

Sulagna Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. Her research interests include Microeconomic Theory. She is affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. Dasgupta is involved in the Undergraduate Program and contributes to the teaching of courses such as Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Microeconomic Theory I. She is also engaged in research opportunities and student experiences within the Economics department.

Sulagna Dasgupta is a researcher at Cornell University specializing in microeconomic theory, mechanism design, and information economics. Her work explores how information design can influence decision-making and welfare outcomes in various economic contexts. Key topics include optimal test design for knowledge-based screening, information design in matching markets, and the role of hard and soft information in persuasion. She also investigates ordinal Bayesian incentive compatibility and the implications of verifiable evidence in screening mechanisms. Her research contributes to understanding how information structures can be leveraged to improve efficiency and fairness in economic systems.