Kaliappa Kalirajan

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  • position: Professor
  • degree: Ph.D. (Economics), The Australian National University, 1979
  • specialty: Econometrics, International Economics
• education and career:
  Holds B.Sc. in Mathematics from the Madras University, 1968; M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics from the Madurai University, 1970; and M.Litt. in Econometrics from the Madurai University, 1973. Has been a Senior Fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, 1995-2002. He has taught in the Department of Economics at the Australian National University, National University of Singapore, International University of Japan, University of the Philippines and Madurai University. He received a special commendation award from the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding work in frontier production function analyses, 1994. He has several research publications and authored and co-authored a number of books. He holds lifetime membership of the Indian Econometric Society and the Economic Society of Singapore.
• current research interests:
  Sources of productivity growth in Asia, particularly East Asia; Trade among the member countries of the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation; Impact of Indian economic reforms on the performance of the Indian economy.
• e-mail: kalirajan
  
  

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