Raman Singh Chhina
I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago.
My primary research field is Macroeconomics and I study issues related to Debt and Entrepreneurs. Prior to the PhD, I worked and studied at the University of Edinburgh. I grew up in Rahon, Punjab and studied for my undergraduate degree in Delhi, India.​​​​
Working Papers​​
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Startups and the State
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Draft available soon​​​​
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Welfare Costs and Benefits of Deficit-Financed Fiscal Policy
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​joint with Calvin He​​​​ (Latest draft July 2025)
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- Credit Card Entrepreneurs
- ​joint with Ufuk Akcigit, Seyit Cilasun, Javier Miranda, Nicolas Serrano-Velarde​​​
- Non-Technical Summary: BFI, NBER Digest
- Under Revision for the Review of Economic Studies
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Small Business Activity Index
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index: A new employment series for US, UK and Canada
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joint with Ufuk Akcigit, Seyit Cilasun, Javier Miranda, Nicolas Serrano-Velarde and Eren Ocakverd
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Dashboard | Presentation: NBER Summer Institute 2023 | Media: Forbes, Forbes, CNN, Richmond Fed etc.
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Here is my latest CV and some of my writings.​​
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Contact: rschhina@uchicago.edu | Twitter | Google Scholar