Dr Kuntal Das
Position
Lecturer
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons.) (University of Calcutta)
M.A. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Ph.D. (University of California Santa Cruz)
Room
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3
3642884
Internal Phone: 6884
Email:
kuntal.das@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Economics and Finance
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Background
Dr Kuntal Das joined the Department of Economics and Finance at Canterbury in February 2010 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California Santa Cruz. Before joining Canterbury, he was a lecturer in Economics at UCSC. He has also been a consultant for the World Bank, an intern at the International Monetary Fund, a research associate at the Asian Development Bank, and an intern at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India.
Undergraduate Courses
ECON 344 - International Macroeconomics
FINC 315 - Special Topic - International Macroeconomics
Graduate Courses
ECON 643-S1 International Finance
Research Interests
- International Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
- Public Finance
- Corporate Finance
Current Projects
Central Bank Intervention and the Dollar-Yen Exchange Rate Volatility: Evidence Using Realized Volatility
Do Sovereign Credit Ratings Affect the Composition and Maturity of Sovereign Borrowing?
Composition of Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Debt and Executive Incentive Scheme
Recent Publications
"Home Computers and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the NLSY 97 and CPS", Economic Inquiry (forthcoming) (with Robert Fairlie and Daniel Beltran)
"Horizontal Imbalances in India: Issues and Determinants", Economic and Political Weekly, April 5, 2003, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 14, pp. 1416-1420 (with Hiranya Mukhopadhyay)