Research

Doctoral work in Economics, journal publications and conference presentations.

Doctoral research

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics, Srinivas University (In progress). Doctoral research in Austrian economics, capital theory and business cycles. It applies Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) to the current technology and AI investment cycle, reading capital-structure distortions, credit-fuelled malinvestment and entrepreneurial decision-making under uncertainty in how the sector allocates capital.

Thesis: AI Investment Dynamics and Capital Structure Distortions Among NASDAQ-100 Firms: An Austrian Capital-Theoretic Evaluation. Supervisor: Dr V.B Hans, Research Professor, Institute of Management and Commerce, Srinivas University. ORCID: 0009-0003-1163-1932.

Publications

• Ashok M. (2025). A Review of the Austrian Economic Paradigm. World Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2(1), 27–30. ISSN 3049-2181. A review of the core principles of the Austrian school of economics, including subjectivism, entrepreneurship, market processes and methodological foundations.
• Ashok M. (2025). Austrian Economic Thought: A Brief Overview and Introduction to Various Aspects. Kronika Journal, 25(8). ISSN 0023-4923 (Scopus and UGC approved). An introductory overview of key ideas in Austrian economics, including subjectivism, market processes, entrepreneurship and disequilibrium.
• Ashok, M., & Hans, V. B. (2025). Intertemporal coordination mechanism: Austrian insights on market coordination through time. International Journal of Management, Technology, and Social Sciences (IJMTS), 10(1). Applies Austrian coordination theory to how markets align plans across time.
• Ashok, M., & Hans, V. B. (2025). Sustainable growth ideas by the Austrian School of Economics: A market-based approach to environmental sustainability. Juni Khyat, 15(1), Art. 03. ISSN 2278-4632 (UGC CARE List, Impact Factor 6.625). A market-based, Austrian reading of sustainable growth and environmental outcomes.

Conference presentations

• Austrian Insights: Markets, Innovation, and Disequilibrium, International Conference on Innovation in Technology and Management (ICITM-2025) (Mar 2025)
• Austrian Microeconomic Foundations: Market Processes, Entrepreneurship, and the Dynamics of Disequilibrium, 2nd International Conference on Applied Research in Engineering Sciences (ICARES-2025), Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Feb 2025)
• Sustainable Growth Ideas from the Austrian Economics School, ICSSR-sponsored international conference on Sustainable Development Goals, St Aloysius Deemed to be University (Jan 2025)