Hiranya K. Nath Department of Economics and Intl. Business Phone: (936) 294 4760 Sam Houston State University Fax: (936) 294 3488 Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 (USA) E-mail: [email protected] Education Ph.D. in Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 2002 M. A. in Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1998 M. Phil in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 1996 M. A. in Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1992 B. A. with Honors in Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1990 Current Position Professor, Department of Economics and International Business, Sam Houston State University, Fall 2013 – Other Appointments Adjunct Professor, Department of Business Administration, Tezpur University, India, 2020 - 2022 Academic Editor (Economics), PLOS ONE, 2018 - present Editorial Board Member, Assam Economic Review, Gauhati University, 2017 - present Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, InderScience Publishers, Spring 2008 – present Editorial Board Member, Space and Culture, India, ACCB Publishing, Spring 2013 – present Guest Editor, Journal of Business Strategies, Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development, Sam Houston State University, Volume 26 (No.1) & 27 (No. 1), 2009-10 Visiting Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, August 2016 – July 2017 Visiting Fellow, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, May-June 2011; December 2012 – January 2013; December 2013 – January 2014 Partner, Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Global Research Network, University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, Spring 2007 – 2016 Academic Awards, Grants, and Honors Summer 2020 Faculty and Student Team (FAST) Research Grant Award, SHSU Center for Enhancing Undergraduate Experiences and Creative Activities (EURECA), 2020; (student Collaborators: Falomy Eugene & Anubhav Thakur) Individual Scholarship Grant Internal Grant Award, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Sam Houston State University, Summer 2020. COBA Research Excellence Award in Economics, Fall 2019 Faculty Development Leave Grant, Sam Houston State University, 2016-17 1 IGC Research Grant, International Growth Centre, London School of Economics, 2015-2017; Dipanwita Sarkar (PI, Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Asadul Islam (Co-PI, Monash University, Australia), Hiranya K. Nath (Co-PI, Sam Houston State University) Easton Technology Leadership Program (ETLP) Research Grant, UCLA Anderson School of Management, 2014-15; Uday S Karmarkar (PI, University of California Los Angeles), Uday M Apte (Co-PI, Naval Post-Graduate School), Hiranya K Nath (Co-PI, Sam Houston State University) College of Business Administration Summer Research Grant, Sam Houston State University, 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2020 Best Reviewer Award, The Academy of International Business – US Northeast Chapter Annual Conference, Fall 2012 SHSU Research Excellence Award, Spring 2011 Faculty Developmental Leave Grant, Sam Houston State University, Fall 2009 Member, Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business, 2008 College of Business Administration Summer Research Grant, Sam Houston State University, Summer 2007 CIEE Faculty Development Seminars Travel Grant, Dean of Graduate Studies and Dean of College of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University, Summer 2006 Distinguished Research Award, Allied Academies International Conference, Fall 2003 Faculty Research Grant, Sam Houston State University, Summer 2003 SMU Graduate Students Research Day Award in Economics, February 2002 Dedman College Dissertation Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, Spring 2002 Member, Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honor Society for Economics, April 1998 Full Tuition Scholarship, Department of Economics, SMU, 1996-2000 National Merit Scholarship, University of Delhi, 1987-1990 Research and Teaching Interests Research interests: Macro and Monetary Economics, Development Economics, Information Economics Teaching interests: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Development Economics, and Applied Econometrics Research Papers Published or Forthcoming Refereed Journals • “Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Performances of the States in India.” (with Binoy Goswami and Raju Mandal). Economic Analysis and Policy 69, 461-479. • “India’s Comparative Advantages in Merchandise Trade with Country Groups at Different Levels of Development.” (with Binoy Goswami). Contemporary Economic Policy (forthcoming). • “Service Industrialization, employment, and wages in the US information economy.” (with U. M. Apte and U. S. Karmarkar). Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 13:4, 250 – 343.. 2 • “Inflation and Relative Price Variability: New Evidence from Survey-Based Measures of Inflation Expectation in Australia.” (with Jayanta Sarkar). Empirical Economics, Vol. 56, 2001-2024 (2019). • “What determines international tourist arrivals in India?” (with Hemanta Barman) Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol. 24(2), 180 – 190 (2019). • “The telecommunications Divide among Indian States.” (with Hemanta Barman and Mrinal K. Dutta). Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 42 (7), 530 – 551 (2018). • “India’s Comparative Advantages in Services Trade.” (with Binoy Goswami). Eurasian Economic Review, Vol. 8(2), 323-342 (2018). • “Heterogeneous Climatic Impacts on Agricultural Production: Evidence from Rice Yield in Assam, India” (with Raju Mandal). Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Vol. 15 (1), 23-42 (2018). • “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Services Trade” (with Lirong Liu). Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 41, 81-87 (2017). • “Are bilateral real exchange rate stationary? Revisiting the evidence from India.” (with Soumya K. Ghosh). Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 6 (5), 1196 – 1204 (2016). • “A Note on the Cyclical Behavior of Sectoral Employment in the U.S.” Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 50, 52-61 (2016). • “Health Costs of Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water in Assam, India” (with Ratul Mahanta and Jayashree Chowdhury). Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 49, 30-42 (2016). • “Comparative Advantages in U.S. Bilateral Services Trade with China and India.” (with Lirong Liu and Kiril Tochkov) Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 38, 79-92 (2015) • “Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: Evidence from India.” (with Natalie D. Hegwood) Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 44, 396-404 (2014) • “City Relative Price Dynamics in Australia: Are Structural Breaks Important?” (with Jayanta Sarkar) The Economic Record, Vol. 90, No. 288, 33-48 (2014) • “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Trade in Emerging Market Economies.” (with Lirong Liu) Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 49, No. 6, 67- 87 (2013) • “Structural Breaks and Relative Price Convergence among U.S. Cities.” (with Natalie D. Hegwood) Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 36, No. 1, 150 – 160 (2013) • “Relative Inflation Dynamics in the New EU Member Countries of Central and Eastern Europe.” (with Kiril Tochkov) Empirical Economics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1 -22 (2013) • “Remittances and Relative Prices.” (with Carlos Vargas-Silva) Review of Development Economics, Vol. 16, No. 1, 45-61 (2012) • “ICT Capital and Employment of Information Workers: Are They Related?” International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, Vol. 2, No. 2/3, 111-131 (2011) • “Relative Price Convergence Among US Cities: Does the Numeraire City Matter?” (with Viera Chmelarova) Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 32, No. 1, 405-414 (March 2010) • “Workers’ Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh.” (with Khawaja A. Mamun) Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 27, No. 1, 29-52 (Spring 2010) • “The Implications of a South-South Customs Union on Tariffs, Welfare, and the Prospect of Global Free Trade.” (with Halis M. Yildiz) Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 27, No. 1, 75-92 (Spring 2010) 3 • “Do regions matter for the behavior of city relative prices in the U. S.?” (with Viera Chmelarova) The Empirical Economics Letters, Vol. 8, No. 11, 1081-1088 (November 2009) • “Unbiased Estimation of the Half-Life to Price Index Convergence among US Cities.” (with Jayanta Sarkar) Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 41, No. 5, 1041- 1046 (August 2009) • “International Productivity Differences and the Roles of Domestic Investment, FDI and Trade.” (with Gouranga G. Das and Halis Murat Yildiz) International Economic Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, 121-142 (March 2009) • “Country Risk Analysis: A Survey of the Quantitative Methods.” Economia Internazionale/International Economics, Vol. LXII, No. 1, 69-94 (February 2009) • “Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies.” Comparative Economic Studies, 51, 20-50 (2009) • “Information Services in the U.S. Economy: Value, Jobs, and Management Implications.” (with Uday M. Apte and Uday S. Karmarkar) California Management Review, Vol. 50, No.3, 12-30 (Spring 2008) • “Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Mexico: The Role of Remittances.” (with J. Ulyses Balderas) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 15, No.3, 181-185 (January 2008) • “Trade, Growth, and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh.” (with Khawaja A. Mamun) Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Vol. 16, No. 4, 505-528 (December 2007) • “Diminishing Marginal Impatience: Its Promises for Asset Pricing.” (with Jayanta Sarkar) Applied