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ATANU RAKSHIT

Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University

***-* ******* ****, *********, VA 24450

540-***-**** (mobile), 540-***-**** (office)

E-mail: abp49j@r.postjobfree.com

Home Page: http://home.wlu.edu/~rakshita

CITIZENSHIP STATUS

Indian Citizen (currently on H1 visa)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (Expected, Jan 2013).

Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Non-Linear Time Series Econometrics

M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, May 2007

M.S., Indian Institute of Forest Management, India, July 2003

B.Sc., Economics (Honors) with Statistics and Mathematics, Burdwan University, India, August

2000

EMPLOYMENT

Fall 2011 to present- Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University.

Fall 2007 to Spring 2011- Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech

Fall 2005 to Summer 2007- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agriculture and Applied

Economics, Virginia Tech

May 2003 to July 2005- Consultant, Central Statistical Organization, Government of India, India.

RESEARCH AREAS

Monetary Economics, Time series and Bayesian Econometrics, International Macro and

Emerging Markets

TEACHING INTERESTS

Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Time Series Econometrics, Economics of Emerging

Markets

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Principles of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, Money and Banking, Applied Statistics,

Chinese Economic Development (independent study supervision).

ECONOMICS TEACHING EVALUATIONS

(Washington and Lee) Three sections of Principles of Macroeconomics. Fall 2011 ( 4.7/5: mean

score)

(Washington and Lee) Two sections of Principles of Microeconomics and one se ction of

Principles of Macroeconomics. Winter 2011. (4.5/5: mean score for Econ 101)

(Virginia Tech) Principles of Macroeconomics. Summer 2011. 3.6/4.

(Virginia Tech.) Money and Banking. Fall 2009. 3.3/4.

(Virginia Tech.) Principles of Macroeconomics. Summer 2008. 3.5 / 4.

WORKING PAPER

Non-Linearity in Deficit-Interest Relationship: A Threshold Analysis (Job Market Paper)

The Impact of Stock Market Uncertainty on Real Exchange Rates. (jointly with Kwok Ping

Tsang)

Magnitude and Cyclical Behavior of Agency cost.

WORK IN PROGRESS

The Impact of Housing Market Bubble on Asset Markets. (with Jaideep Chowdhury, James

Madison University)

PRESENTATION AT CONFERENCES

The Magnitude and Cyclical Behavior of Agency Cost, Eastern Economic Association Annual

Conference, New York, February 2011.

Non-Linearity in Deficit-Interest Relationship: A Threshold Analysis, Seminar at Washington

and Lee university, 19th October, 2012.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society for Computational Economics (SCE), American Economic Association (AEA)

LANGUAGES

English (fluent), Bengali (native), Hindi (native), Chinese (basic)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Matlab, Stata, R, Eviews

REFERENCES

Carl Kaiser

Professor of Economics and Head of the Department

Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University, Huntley 303, Lexington, VA 24450

Phone: 540-***-****, E-mail: abp49j@r.postjobfree.com

Richard Ashley

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 3027 Pamplin Hall (0316), Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone 540-***-****, E-mail: abp49j@r.postjobfree.com

Kwok Ping Tsang

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 3032 Pamplin Hall (0316), Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: 540-***-****, E-mail: abp49j@r.postjobfree.com

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