Professor, Economics & MBA Program
bhattvx@jmu.edu
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Research and Teaching Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Econometrics
- Behavioral economics
- Economic development
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, The Ohio State University, 2010
- M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, 2005
- M.A., Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 2001
- B.A., (Honors) Economics, University of Delhi, 1999
Positions Held
- Associate Professor, August 2016-July 2022
- Assistant Professor, August 2010-July 2016
Select Publications
(A)Synchronous Housing Markets of Global Cities. (Bhatt, V., Kishor, N.K.) J Real Estate Finance and Economics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-022-09903-2
Estimating Excess Sensitivity and Habit Persistence in Consumption Using Greenbook Forecast as an Instrument (N. Kundan Kishor and Hardik Marfatia)-Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, April 2020, Volume 82, Issue 2, pp. 257-284.
The Impact of EMU on Bond Yield Convergence: Evidence from a Time-Varying Dynamic Factor Model (with N. Kundan Kishor and Jun Ma)- Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 82, September 2017, pp. 206-222.
Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India (with Mehtabul Azam); Demography, Volume 52 (6), December 2015, 1929-1959.
Tough Love and Intergenerational Altruism (with Masao Ogaki); International Economic Review, Volume 53(3), 2012, 791-814.
Awards and Recognitions
- CoB Madison Scholar Award, 2021
- Kenneth R. Bartee Award for Teaching Innovation, 2021
- CoB Best Publication (Basic or Discovery Scholarship) Award (1st place), 2020
- CoB Best Publication (Basic or Discovery Scholarship) Award (2nd place), 2016
- CoB Best Academic Publication Award, 2015
- CoB Dean’s Impact Award, 2014-2015.
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for North American and European Researchers, Summer 2014.