Dr. Vipul Bhatt
Associate Professor, Economics
Year Started at JMU: 2010
bhattvx@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/vipulbhatt
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2010
- M.A. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2005
- M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 2001
- B.A.(Honors) in Economics, University of Delhi, 1999
Professional Interests
Research:
- Macroeconomics
- Behavioral Economics
- Time Series Analysis
- Economic Development
Teaching:
- Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- International Economics
Current Courses Taught
- GECON 200: Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ECON 385: Econometrics
Positions Held
- Associate Professor of Economics, 2016-present
- Assistant Professor of Economics, 2010-2016
Key Publications
The Impact of EMU on Bond Yield Convergence: Evidence from a Time-Varying Dynamic Factor Model (with N. Kundan Kishor and Jun Ma)-forthcoming, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
Spatial Income Inequality in India, 1993-2011: A District Level Decomposition (with Mehtabul Azam)-forthcoming, Social Indicators Research.
The Dynamic Behavior of Implicit Inflation Target in Inflation Targeting Lite Countries (with Amr Hosny and N. Kundan Kishor)- Economic Record, Volume 93, Issue 300, March 2017, Pages 67-88.
Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India (with Mehtabul Azam); Demography, Volume 52 (6), December 2015, 1929-1959.
Normative Behavioral Economics based on Unconditional Love and Moral Virtue (with Masao Ogaki and Yuichi Yaguchi); Japanese Economic Review, Volume 66(2), 2015, 226-246.
Bank Lending Channel in India: Evidence from State-Level Analysis (with N. Kundan Kishor); Empirical Economics, Volume 45(3), 2013, 1307-1331.
Tough Love and Intergenerational Altruism (with Masao Ogaki); International Economic Review, Volume 53(3), 2012, 791-814.
Hours of operation:
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
