Research
My research examines household consumption, credit-market institutions, and banking. An additional interdisciplinary program investigates the circumstances associated with students’ academic progress.
Working paper
Working paper · Under revision
Project summary
How do mortgage-recourse institutions relate to households’ ability to smooth consumption when income changes? This project combines NielsenIQ household-panel data with county-level housing, labor-market, and macroeconomic information. The manuscript is under revision and has been accepted for presentation at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting in November 2026. The linked public draft is dated September 28, 2023 and does not represent the current revision.
Publication
Atonu Rabbani, Nabila Rahman Biju, Ashfique Rizwan, and Malabika Sarker.
BMJ Open 8(7), e020180 · 2018
A community-census study examining social ties and psychological morbidity among young men in a low-income urban community in Bangladesh.
Research in progress
Impact of Financial Inclusion Regulation on Commercial Banks’ Branch Location Choice in Bangladesh
Research in progress
Project summary
A collaborative project on banking regulation and the geographic availability of financial services in Bangladesh. The work involves developing institution-level data and studying how regulation relates to banks’ branch-location decisions.
Habit Persistence in Non-durable Consumption
Research in progress
Project summary
Research on consumption dynamics, habits, and household responses to income shocks.
URCPP 2026 · Research in progress
Project summary
An original, student-engaged study combining survey responses and laboratory assessments from 105 Berea students. Work is underway to connect these measurements with institutional academic and labor records.
Presentations and invited talks
- November 2026
- Forthcoming
- 2024
Berea College Colloquium
Presentation on the Bangladesh banking research project.
- October 2023