Hiranya K Nath
Associate Professor of Economics
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Department of Economics and Intl. Business
College of Business Administration
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2118Phone: 936-294-4760
Fax : 936-294-3488
E-mail: eco_hkn@shsu.eduOffice Location:
241E, Smith-Hutson Business Building (map)
My Cyber Locations:
Research
Primary Research Interests: Monetary Economics, Macroeconomic Time Series Analysis
Specific Research Interests: Disaggregate Price Behavior
Other Research Interests: Information Economics, Art Economics
Research Papers
Published and Forthcoming
Refereed Journals
- "Information Services in the US Economy: Value, Jobs and Management Implications" (with Uday Apte and Uday Karmarkar), California Management Review, forthcoming.
- "Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies." Comparative Economic Studies, forthcoming (Abstract) (Citations)
- "Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Mexico: The Role of Remittances" (with J. Ulyses Balderas) , Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 15, No. 3, 181-185, 2008.
- "Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh" (with Khawaja A Mamun), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 16. No.4, 505-528, 2007.
"Diminishing Marginal Impatience: Its Promises for Asset Pricing" (with Jayanta Sarkar), Applied Financial Economics Letters, Vol.2, No.1, 2006 (Abstract) "Small Menu Costs and Large Business Cycles: An Extension of the Mankiw Model" (with Robert Stretcher), Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, Vol.6,No.2,2005 (Abstract) "Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis" (with Khawaja A Mamun), Applied Economics Letters, Vol.12, No. 6, 2005 (Abstract) (Citations) "Assessing Cross-Industry Effects of B2B e-Commerce" (with Uday M. Apte) Journal of Strategic E-Commerce, Vol.2, No.2, 2004 (Abstract) "Relative Importance of Sectoral and Aggregate Sources of Price Changes," Applied Economics ,Vol.36, No.16, 2004 (Abstract) (Citations)- "Inflation and Relative Price Variability: Short-Run vs. Long-Run," Economics Letters , Vol.82, No.3, 2004 (Abstract) (Citations)
- "Relative Price Changes as Supply Shocks: Evidence from U.S. Cities" Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol.41, Nos.3 and 4, 2004 (Abstract)
Book Chapters and Other Publications
"The Size, Structure and Growth of the U.S. Information Economy" (with Uday M. Apte) in U.M. Apte and U.S. Karmakar (eds): Managing in the Information Economy: Current Research Issues, Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, Norwell , MA , (2007) (Abstract) (Also, a BIT Working Paper at UCLA Anderson School of Management) (Citations) "The Rise of an Enclave Economy" in Alokesh Barua (ed): India's Northeast: Development Issues in a Historical Perspective, Manohar - Centre De Sciences Humaines, 2005 (Abstract) (pdf)- "Service Industries in Today's Information Economy" (with Uday M. Apte) in Proceedings of Service Operations Management Conference August 2000 (Abstract)
- "Simulation of FOMC Meeting: Learning about Monetary Policy by Doing", February 2005 (Abstract)(SSRN Working Paper )
Under Review
- "Remittances and Relative Prices" (with Carlos Vargas-Silva)
- “Unbiased Estimation of the Half-Life to Price Index Convergence among US Cities.” (with Jayanta Sarkar)
- "International Productivity Differences and Roles of Domestic Investment, FDI and Trade" (with Gouranga G. Das and Halis M Yildiz)
Unpublished Manuscripts
- "Sectoral Price Changes and Output growth: Supply and Demand in General Equilibrium" (with Nathan S. Balke), February 2003 (Abstract)(pdf) (Citations)
- "Foreign direct investment and inequality in productivity across countries" (with Gouranga G. Das and Halis M. Yildiz), January 2005 (Abstract)(pdf)
Works in Progress
- "Price Index Convergence Among US Cities: Does the Numeraire City Matter?" (with Viera Chmelarova)
- "Inflation and Relative Price Variability across U.S. Cities: Role of Traded and Non-traded Goods" (with Jayanta Sarkar) (current version)
- "On Business-cycle Asymmetries of the Relationship between Inflation and Relative Price Variability" (Abstract)(Current version)
- "The Effect of a Discount Rate on Price Change Behavior: An Empirical Analysis" (with Robert Stretcher)(Abstract)(Current version)
"Nominal Price Rigidities in a Multisector Model" (with Nathan S. Balke)(Abstract)(Current version) (Citations)- "Public Policy, Fractionalization of Society and Social Conflicts: The Case of Assam" (background)
- "Dowry, Parental Decision and Female Higher Education in India" (with Jayanta Sarkar)
"Country-Risk Analysis: A Survey" (Abstract)(Current version)My Newest Projects
- Why are we lazy? An investingation into the economic incentives in Assam from a historical perspective
- Terrorism and Militancy in India's Northeast: Interregional Inequality, Allocation of Resources...so on and so forth
Disaggregated Price Behavior Home-Page
Other Presentations
- Class Presentation: Intercultural Business Communication, Spring 2005
- SHSU International Week Presentation, Spring 2007
Upcoming Seminars and Conferences
Conference on Regional Trade Agreements, Migration, and Remittances, Sam Houston State University, April 12-13, 2008
My Spring Classes
ECO234-07 Principles of Macroeconomics (TUN 6:00 - 8:50 p.m.)
ECO234-08 Principles of Macroeconomics (TUTH 9:30 - 10:50 a.m.)
ECO463-01 Monetary Economics (TUTH 12:30 - 1:50 p.m.)
Simulation of the FOMC Meeting (Video clips) (Statement)(Effectiveness Survey Results)
For (Young) Economists
Ranking of the Economics Journals, Economics Departments and Economists
- European Economic Association Supported Study (at Leicester University Website) (at University of Cyprus Website) (at University of Guelph Website)
- Royal Econometric Society's Ranking of Econmetric Journals and Authors
- Tinbergen Institute Ranking
- Ranking of Researchers in Economics
Recipes for Publication
- How to publish in top journals?
- If your paper has been rejected, do not get upset. Here is why!
Job Openings
Other Stuff
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Meet this year's Nobel Laureates
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