Dr Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya

Present Position:
Senior Lecturer in Economics

Phone: +61 3 9244 6645
Email: prasad.bhattacharya@deakin.edu.au

Campus: Melbourne Campus at Burwood

Academic Qualifications: BA(Hons) Jadavpur MA Delhi Ph.D Florida International U

Commenced at Deakin: June 2005

Books/publications/monographs
Reported in the Deakin University Annual Research Reports since 1995

Research Interests:

Econometrics
International Economics
International Trade
Specializations: Time Series Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Forecasting, Empirical Analysis of Conflict, Civil War and Terrorism, Applied Growth and Development.

Publication Highlights

Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Relative Prices: An Industry-Level Empirical Investigation”, (with Cem A. Karayalcin and Dimitrios D. Thomakos). forthcoming, Journal of International Money and Finance
Forecasting Industry-Level CPI and PPI Inflation: Does Exchange Rate Pass-Through Matter?”, (with Dimitrios D. Thomakos). International Journal of Forecasting, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 134 – 150, 2008.
Time Varying Hedge Ratio: An Application to Indian Futures Market”, (with Harminder Singh and Gerard Gannon), Review of Futures Markets, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 75 – 104, 2007.
Trade, Openness and Domestic Conflict: An Empirical Investigation for Latin America”, (with Dimitrios D. Thomakos). The Economics of Peace and Security Journal [invited article]. vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 77-80, 2007.

Current research projects

“An Explanation of Efficient Market Hypothesis and Unbiasedness Using Markov Switching Framework”, (with Harminder Singh, Deakin University)
“Revealing Australia’s Underground Economy” (with Diab Harb, Department of Treasury and Finance, Government of Victoria, Melbourne)
“How Do Legal Systems Affect Land Distribution: A Long-Run Disaggregated Analysis”, (with Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu, Deakin University)
“Institutional Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finland”, (with Michael Graham, RMIT University)
“Time-Varying Hedge Ratios in Presence of Structural Break: Evidence from Indian Futures Market”, (with Harminder Singh, Deakin University)
“Effectiveness of Assessment Structure” (with Sutharson Kanapathippillai, Deakin University)

Affiliations: Professional/Academic:

Research Awards
Staff Research Award in Economics 2007, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University.

Teaching Interests/units taught at Deakin