Doctor Sriram Shankar
RESEARCH LECTURESHIP IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE,
Economics & Finance (SoBus)
Personal
Qualifications
- DPHIL University of Queensland
- MNEG3 Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore)
- BTECE University of Calicut
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Economics & Finance (SoBus)
Contact
| Email: | S.Shankar@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9372 |
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| Location: | ED.G.140 Parramatta |
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Biography
Dr. Sriram Shankar has a strong background in economic theory (both micro and macro), Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. His initial training was in electrical engineering and electronics and he worked for a few years as a software engineer. However, he had developed insatiable curiosity for economics and economic development and therefore he made a career switch and retrained himself in economics and econometrics. Dr. Sriram Shankar?s PhD topic as well as other research is essentially econometric and quantitative in nature. Chambers and Quiggin (2000) have used state-contingent production theory to establish important results in problems of choice under uncertainty, including problems of consumer choice, the theory of firm and principal-agent relationship. Empirical application of state-contingent approach has proved difficult, not because this approach is intractable, but because in the state-contingent framework it is difficult to estimate the production technology in the face of endogenous producers responding to uncertainty. One of the important reasons for this difficulty is that most of data required for applying standard methods of estimation are lost in the potentially unrealized states of the world. In his thesis Dr. Sriram Shankar develops an econometric methodology in order to estimate state-contingent technologies.
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Publications
Books
- Shankar, S. (2011), 'Estimating State-Contingent Technologies', : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing 9783846597422.
Journal Articles
- Shankar, S. (2013), 'Firm behaviour under uncertainty: a simple parametric model', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 11.
- Shankar, S. and Quiggin, J. (2013), 'Production under uncertainty: a simulation study', Journal of Productivity Analysis, 9.
- Shankar, S. (2013), 'Production under uncertainty : a simulation study', Journal of Productivity Analysis, 9.
- Shankar, S. (2013), 'Firm behaviour under uncertainty : a simple parametric model', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 11.
- Shankar, S. (2013), 'Estimates of the long-run growth rate of Australia', Economic Papers, 4.
- Rao, B. and Shankar, S. (2012), 'Estimating the Permanent Growth Effects of Human Capital', Applied Economics Letters, 3.
- Shankar, S. and Rao, B. (2012), 'Estimates of the long-run growth rate of Singapore with a CES production function', Applied Economics Letters, 6.
- Shankar, S. (2012), 'Production economics in the presence of risk', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 24.
- Rao, B. and Shankar, S. (2012), 'Estimating the permanent growth effects of human capital', Applied Economics Letters, 3.
- Shankar, S. and Rao, B. (2012), 'Estimates of the long-run growth rate of Singapore with a CES production function', Applied Economics Letters, 6.
- Shankar, S. (2012), 'Production economics in the presence of risk', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 24.
- Li, M., Shankar, S. and Tang, K. (2011), 'Catching up with Harvard: results from regression analysis of world universities league tables', Cambridge Journal of Education, 17.
- Li, M., Shankar, S. and Tang, K. (2011), 'Why does the USA dominate university league tables?', Studies in Higher Education, 15.
- Hodge, A., Shankar, S., Rao, P. and Duhs, A. (2011), 'Exploring the links between corruption and growth', Review of Development Economics, 17.
Conference Papers
- Paul, S., Jreisat, A., Jreisat, A. and Shankar, S. (2012), 'What Explains Differences in the Cost Efficiency of Banks? An Empirical Study on Jordan', Australian Conference Of Economists, Melbourne.
- Paul, S. and Shankar, S. (2012), 'What explains differences in the cost efficiency of banks? : an empirical study on Jordan', Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, Vic..
- Shankar, S. (2011), 'Firm Behaviour Under Uncertainty: A Simple Parametric Model', Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Adelaide.
- Gangopadhyay, P. and Shankar, S. (2011), 'Social Interdependency, Multiple Equilibiria and Equilibirium Selection: Theory and Evidence', 13th Path to Full Employment Conference and 18th National Conference on Employment, Newcastle.
- Gangopadhyay, P., Shankar, S. and Rahman, M. (2011), 'Working Poverty, Social Exclusion and Destitution: An Empirical Study', 7th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Delhi.
- Rao, P., Shankar, S. and Hajarghasht, G. (2010), 'A Minimum Distance and the Generalised EKS Approaches to Multilateral Comparisons of Prices and Real Incomes', International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity Conference, University of Oxford.
- O'Donnell, C. and Shankar, S. (2009), 'Estimating state-allocable production technologies when there are two states of nature and state allocations of inputs are unobserved', 53rd 2009 Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Cairns.
Research
Previous Projects
| Title: | Investment case for financing equitable progress towards MDGS 4 & 5 |
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| Years: | 2011-04-01 - 2011-05-31 |
| ID: | P00020348 |
| UWS Researchers: | Sriram Shankar |
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Supervision
Doctor Shankar is available to co-supervise doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | An Evaluation of the Performance of Saudi Banks |
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| Field of Research: | BANKING AND FINANCE |
| Title: | Cross Border Portfolio Investments and Home Bias |
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| Title: | The Labour Market in Libya |
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| Title: | Relationship between Public Investment, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh |
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