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Sushama Murty

Sushama Murty

Sushama Murty
Sushama Murty
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Email
sushama@mail.jnu.ac.in , sushama.murty1@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

PhD in Economics, University of California, Riverside

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Public economics, microeconomics, environmental externalities and climate change, general equilibrium theory 

Experience

* January 2016-present: Professor of Economics, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
* Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School, University of Exeter: 2010-present (currently on leave)
* Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Warwick: 2004-2010
* Post Doctoral Fellow, CORE-UCL, Belgium: 2003-2004
* Graduate teaching assistant, University of California, Riverside: 1998-2003
* Lecturer, Delhi University, India: 1997-1998
* Consultant, U.N. Drug Control Program (U.N.D.P.), New Delhi: 1997-1998 
* Research Associate, Center for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics: 1997 

Awards & Honours

* Economics Prize, College Topper (B.A. Honors), Delhi University 
* Center for Advanced Studies Scholarship, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
* First class in M. A. Economics from Delhi School of Economics
* University of California, Riverside Fellowship for pursuing PhD
* Best Teaching Assistant Award, University of California-Riverside 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Peer reviewer for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK’s leading research and training agency addressing economic and social concerns.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* On the properties of an emission-generating technology and its parametric representation, in Economic Theory, 60 (2), 2015, pp. 243-282.

* Production Efficiency and Constraints on Profit Taxation and Profit Distribution in Economies with Ramsey Taxation in Social Choice and Welfare, 41, 2013, pp. 579-604.

* On modelling pollution-generating technologies (with R R Russell and S Levkoff) in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 64 (1), 2012, pp.117-135

* Externalities and fundamental nonconvexities: A reconciliation of approaches to general equilibrium externality modeling and implications for decentralization, in Journal of Economic Theory, 145 (1), 2010, pp 331-53.

* Unit versus Ad valorem taxes: Monopoly in general equilibrium (with Charles Blackorby) in Journal of Public Economics, 91, 2007, pp. 817-822. 

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* Unit versus Ad valorem taxes: The private ownership of monopoly in general equilibrium (with Charles Blackorby) in Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15 (4), 2013, pp. 547-579.

* Design of climate change policies: A discussion of the GPGP approach of Bradford and Guesnerie in The design of climate policy, eds: R. Guesnerie and H. Tulkens, CESifo Seminar Series, The MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2008, Chapter 4, pp 65-73

* Externality policy reform: A general equilibrium analysis (with R. R. Russell) in Journal of Public Economic Theory, 7 (1), 2005, pp. 117-150. 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.