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Ramkishen S. Rajan
Visiting Professor
PhD (Economics) Claremont Graduate University
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772
DID: (65) 6516 7502
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Ramkishen S. Rajan — CV 
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- International Financial Policies in Asia
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Ramkishen S. RAJAN is currently a visiting Professor at the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
He is a Professor of Public Policy and International Economic Policy at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University (GMU), a position he has held since January 2006. He is also affiliated with the Center for Emerging Market Policies (CEMP) at the university which he helped establish. Prior to that he was on the faculty of the School of Economics, University of Adelaide for five years. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies, Claremont Graduate University in California.
Professor Rajan specializes in international finance with particular reference to emerging Asia. Specific topics of interest include international capital flows and trade in Asia, exchange rate regimes and reserve policies in Asia, and Asian economic regionalism (monetary, financial and trade). He has published numerous books, journal articles and book chapters and a number of policy briefs, op-eds and book reviews on various aspects of international economics.
He is the Managing Editor of the Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy and sits on the Editorial Board of various other academic journals. He has been a consultant with the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the UN-ESCAP, the APEC Secretariat, the Development Bank of Singapore and other places. |
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Books
- Author, "Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asia", Routledge, end 2011 (10 chapters).
- Co-author, "Crisis, Capital Flows and FDI in Emerging Asia", Oxford University Press 2011 (10 chapters, 336 pages) (with Sasidaran Gopalan and Rabin Hattari).
- Author, "Emerging Asia: Essays on Crises, Capital Flows, FDI and Exchange Rate Policy", Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011 (10 chapters, 175 pages).
- Author, "Monetary, Trade and Investment Issues in India", Oxford University Press, 2009 (10 chapters, 239 pages).
- Co-author, "Exchange Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Management in Asia", Hong Kong University Press, 2009 (10 chapters, 234 pages) (with Tony Cavoli).
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Journal Articles
- “Cross-border Investment Linkages among APEC Economies: The Case of Foreign Direct Investment”, Journal of Korea Trade, 15 (3), 2011, pp. 89-123 (with Hyun-Hoon Lee).
- "How Different are FDI and FPI Flows?", Journal of Economic Integration, 26 (3), 2011, pp. 499-525 (with Rabin Hattari).
- "Bank Lending and Monetary Policy Transmission in India", International Journal of Economics & Business Research, 3 (5) , 2011, pp.557-575 (with M.S. Islam).
- "Foreign Exchange Intervention and Reserve Accumulation in Emerging Asia: Is there Evidence of Fear of Appreciation?", Economics Letters, 111, pp.252-255 (with Victor Pontines).
- "Real Exchange Rate Undervaluation, Resource Allocation and East Asian Growth", forthcoming in Journal of International Development (with Javier Beverinotti).
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- “Management of Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Asia”, ADBI Working Paper No.322, November 2011.
- "The Evolution and Impact of Asian Exchange Rate Regimes", ADB Working Paper No.208, July 2010.
- "Financial Crisis and Private Capital Flows to Emerging Economies in Asia and Elsewhere", UN-ESCAP MPDD Working Paper No. 09/06, December 2009.
- "Cross-border M&As in Developing Asia: The Role of Financial Variables", Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research Working Paper No. 36/2009, December 2009 (with Rabin Hattari).
- "Sources and Determinants of FDI Flows to Developing Asia: The Importance of Time Zone", Asian Development Bank Institute Working Paper No. 117, March 2009 (with Rabin Hattari).
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| Recent Presentations or Conference Papers: |
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- Globalization, Growth and Governance, co-organized by GMU, University of South Australia and ISEAS (Singapore, October 13, 2010).
- Movement of Ideas, People and Resources: Towards Robust and Sustainable Growth, co-organized by GMU and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore, October 11-12, 2010).
- Global Economic Crisis and the Asia-Pacific Region: Sustaining Asian Dynamism in a Post-Crisis World, co-organized by Club de Madrid and UN-ESCAP (Bangkok, August 18, 2010).
- Exchange Rate and Macroeconomic Management in Emerging Asia in the Post-Crisis Era, co-organized by Asian Development Bank Institute and ISEAS (Singapore, August 6, 2010).
- Finance and Development Issues in Asia, co-organized by University of South Australia and ISEAS (Singapore, May 19, 2010).
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- “Comparing the Asian and Eurozone Crises: A Perspective from Asia”, Policy Brief Series, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Issue 5, December 2011 (with Sasidaran Gopalan).
- "International Currency Competition: Are There Alternatives to the US Dollar?", Policy Brief Series, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Issue 3, November 2011 (with ).
- "China, Currencies and the 'Financial Balance of Terror' ", Policy Brief Series, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Issue 2, September 2011 (with Javier Beverinotti).
- "India's Trade Recovery after the Global Financial Crisis: Good Luck or Good Policies?", Policy Brief Series, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Issue 1, August 2011 (with ).
- "South-South FDI: Focus on Asia", Global Studies Review, Fall 2010.
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