Subarna Samanta

Professor of Economics

Ph. D. Southern Methodist University

Courses:

• ECON 302: Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 231: Applied Business Statistics
• ECON 420: Econometrics

Research Interests:

• Applied econometric analysis

Faculty Advisor to Omicron Delta Epsilon, the International Honor Society in Economics.

Research Publications:

• “Relationship Between Bribery and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis,” forthcoming in Indian Journal of Economics and Business, March 2010. (co-authored)
• “Does Religion Make a Difference as Determinant of Corruption: Evidence from OPEC Countries,” forthcoming in Middle East Business and Economic Review Vol. 21 #1, 2010. (co-authored with Igor Pleskov '09)
• “National Competitiveness and Perception of Corruption,” forthcoming in Advances in Competitiveness Research. (co-authored)
• “Foreign Direct Investment in Labor Short Economies,” International Journal of Business Policy and Economics (formerly Applied Economics and Policy Analysis) Vol. 2, # 1, pp. 61-68, 2009. (co-authored with Jamal Abou Rashed)
• “Investment Flows, Economic Growth and Corruption in African Countries: An Analysis,” Journal of African Business, Vol. 9, # 2, pp 287-308, 2008. (co-authored with Tom Breslin)
• “Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Transition Countries: An Analysis,” Indian Development Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 63-75, 2008. (co-authored)
• "The Effect of Perception of Corruption on Outward US Foreign Direct Investment,” Global Business and Economic Review, Vol. 10, No 1, pp 123-139, 2008. (co-authored with Rajib Sanyal)
• “The Impact of Bribery on Foreign Direct Investment: The Evidence From China and India,” Global Business and Financial Review, Vol. 12, # 2, pp 89- 100, Fall 2007. (co-authored with Rajib Sanyal)
• “Corruptions and Economic Performances of Several  African Countries: An Analysis,”  Asian- African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol 7. No. 1, pp. 499-507, 2007. (co-authored with Tom Breslin)
• “Corruption, Investment and Economic Growth in Transition Countries: An Analysis,” forthcoming in International Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 26-36, Fall 2006. (co-authored)
• “Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis,” Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 243-254, December, 2006. (co-authored)
• “Foreign Direct Investment Flows and Corruptions in Developing Countries: An Analysis,” The Global Journal of Finance and Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 87-98, April 2006.
• “Student Perceptions of Work in Public Accounting and Employment Preferences,” forthcoming in Accounting Education: An International Journal. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 293-311, September 2005. (co-authored)
• “Exchange Rate Risk and Trade in a Developing Country: The Case of Jordan,” in Middle East Business and Economic Review, Vol.17, No. 1, pp. 29-40, June 2005. (co-authored)
• “The Productivity Wage Gap and Recent Stock Price Increases: An Analysis,” International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 169-180, 2005. (co-authored)
• “Correlates of Bribe Giving in International Business,” International Journal of Commerce and Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-14, 2004. (co-authored)
• “Dynamic Link in Foreign Exchange Markets in Middle Eastern Countries: An Empirical Analysis,” Middle East Business and Economic Review, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 54-70, 2004. (co-authored)
• “Determinants of Bribery in International Business,” Thunderbird International Business Review Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 133-148, 2004. (co-authored)
•  “Cross Country Spillover Effects in Foreign Exchange Market: An Empirical Analysis of Six OECD Countries,” The International Trade Journal, Vol. XVII, No. 2, pp. 129-164, 2003. (co-authored)
• “Effects of Exchange Rate Uncertainty on Mexican Foreign Trade,” Multinational Business Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 3-15, 2003. (co-authored)
• “Are Atlantic Resorts are Beyond Their Prime? An Empirical Analysis,” Business Journal, Vol. 17, Nos.1 & 2, pp. 39-44, 2002. (co-authored)
• “Corruption Across Countries: Economic and Cultural Factors,” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 21-46, 2002. (co-authored)
• “Foreign Exchange Rates, Asymmetric Adjustment and Threshold Cointegration: Empirical Evidence from Canada,” The Journal  of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 19-36, 2001. (co-authored)
• “Asymmetric Adjustment and Cointegration in Foreign Exchange Markets: An Empirical Analysis,” Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 175-190, 2001. (co-authored)
• “Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Foreign Trade For a Developing Country: An Empirical Analysis,” Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 51-65, 1998.
• “Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Foreign Trade: An Empirical Evidence from Canada,” International Journal of Finance, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1106-112, 1995. (co-authored)
• “Inflation Uncertainty and Real Wages for Canada,” International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 3, No.3, pp. 341-353, 1994. (co-authored)
• “Risk Aversion and the Theory of the Competitive Firm,” Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 100-108, 1993.    
• “Average of Forecasts: An Improvement,” Applied Economics, Vol. 25, pp. 689-694, 1993. (co-authored)
• “Banks Portfolio Management under Uncertainty,” The American Economist, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 30-38, 1992. (co-authored) 
• “Application of Stein Rules to Combination Forecasting,” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 391-407, 1991. (co-authored)
• “Factor Market Distortions, Uncertainty and Optimal Tariffs,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 87-92, 1991. (co-authored).
• “Foreign technology and Customs Unions: Trade Creation and Trade Diversion,” The Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 27-35, 1990. (co-authored)
• “Uncertainty and Pollution Control: Backward Incidence,” Greek Economic Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-14, 1990.
• “Sector-Specific Minimum Wages and the Theory of Customs Unions,” The Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 184-192, 1990. (co-authored)
• “Average of Forecasts: A Further Improvement,” The Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 82, 1989.
• “Price Advertising Decision under Uncertainty,” Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 28-39, 1989. (co-authored)
• “Unanticipated Price Changes and Real Output: Evidence From a Developing Country,” The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 61-72, 1989.
• “Unanticipated Monetary Policy and Real Output: Some Evidence from the U. K. Economy,” Applied Economics, Vol. 20, pp. 721-730, 1988. (co-authored)
• “Unanticipated Monetary Policy: Another Look for a Developing Country,” Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 297-308, 1988. (co-authored)
• “Factor Market Distortions and Backward Incidence of Pollution Control,” The Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 75-84, 1988. (co-authored)
• “Price Surprises and Real Output: The Indian Evidence,” The Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 49-58, 1986.

Refereed Conference Proceedings and Working Papers:

• “Corruptions, Investment and Economic Growth in Transition Countries: An Analysis,” Annual Conference Proceedings of  International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines held at Dallas, 2006,  pp 327-338.
• “Foreign Direct Investment in Labor Short Economies,” Business Economics and Society International, Global Business and Economics Anthology, 2005. (co-authored)
• “Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in Transition Economics: An Empirical Analysis,” (abstract only) Annual Conference of the Business & Economics Society International, Rhodes, Greece, July 2004. (co-authored)         
• “Cross Country Spillover Effects in Foreign Exchange Markets in Middle Eastern Countries: An Empirical Analysis,” (abstract only) Annual Conference of the Business & Economics Society International, San Francisco, 2003. (co-authored)
• “Determinants of Bribe Giving in International Business,” AIB-Northeast Conference Salisbury, Maryland, 2002. (co-authored)
• “Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Foreign Trade for a Developing Country: The Case of Jordan,” Business & Economics Society International Conference, Montreal, Canada 2002. (co-authored)
• “Experiential Learning and Cash Games: An Experiment,” Eleventh Annual Teaching Economics Conference Series, 2000, pp. 195-203. (co-authored)
• “Stochastic Variance Model: An Empirical Evidence From Intra-day Data,” (abstract only). Winter Meeting of South & South-east Asia Chapter of the Econometric Society, December 28-30, 1996.
• “Credit Cards and Precautionary Demand for Money,” (abstract) conference section of the Atlantic Economic Journal, 1989, pp. 65-66.
• “Application of Stein-Rules in Combination Forecasting,” Working Paper, #8813, 1988, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. (co-authored)
• “Use of Stein Rules in Forming Combination Forecasts,” Working Paper, Economics Department, S.M.U., 1985. (co-authored)

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