Assistant Tech
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ATANU RAKSHIT
Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University
***-* ******* ****, *********, VA 24450
540-***-**** (mobile), 540-***-**** (office)
E-mail: ********@***.***
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: *******@***.***
Richard Ashley
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 3027 Pamplin Hall (0316), Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone 540-***-****, E-mail: *******@**.***
Kwok Ping Tsang
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 3032 Pamplin Hall (0316), Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-***-****, E-mail: ******@**.***
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