Profiles
Education
Ph D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, International Trade and Development Economics, 2007MS, Indian Statistical Institute, Quantitative Economics, 1998
BS, Calcutta University, Economics, 1996
Publications
Bidisha Lahiri. (2017). "Dissimilar Relations Between Income and Environmental Quality for Open Economies in a Growth Model". Eastern Economic Journal. 43 (1), 104-127.
Bidisha Lahiri. (2015). "Role of labor intensity interaction in the relation between abatement expenditure and production". Economics Bulletin. 35 (1), 407-413.
Bidisha Lahiri. (2014). "The Effect of Environmental Taxes on Steady State Consumption". Theoretical Economics Letters. 4, 867-74.
Naneida Lazarte-Alcala, Lee Adkins, Bidisha Lahiri & Andreas Savvides. (2014). "Remittances and Income Diversification Strategy for Bolivia's Rural Sector". Applied Economics. 46 (8), 848–858.
Atef Al Rashidi & Bidisha Lahiri. (2013). "The effect of exchange rate volatility on trade: correcting for selection bias and asymmetric trade flows". Applied Economics Letters. 20 (11), 1121-1126.
Bidisha Lahiri, Xi Tian. (2013). "Structural Break between Small and Large Firms’ Behavior in Trade Credit and Bank Credit: Evidence from India's Retail Sector". Applied Economics Letters. 20 (2), 199-202.
Bidisha Lahiri & Feroz Khan Masjidi. (2012). "Landlocked Countries: A Way to Integrate with Coastal Economies". Journal of Economic Integration. 27 (4)
Atef Al Rashidi & Bidisha Lahiri. (2012). "Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate Indices: Explaining Industrial Production". ”. Journal of International and Global Economic Studies. 5 (2), 24-31.
Bidisha Lahiri. (2012). "Input Intensity: A Missing Link between Production, Trade Patterns, and Environmental Standards". Review of International Economics. 20 (1), 108-118.
Bidisha Lahiri. (2011). "The Welfare Synergy of Bundling International Environmental Agreements with International Trade Treaties". Review of International Economics. 19 (5), 909-921.
A. Blackman, Bidisha Lahiri & W. Pizer. (2010). "Voluntary environmental regulation in developing countries: Mexico’s Clean Industry Program". Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 60 (3), 182-192.
W. Darity, Bidisha Lahiri & D. Frank. (2010). "Reparations for African-Americans as a Transfer Problem: A Cautionary Tale". Review of Development Economics. 14 (2), 248-261.
Bidisha Lahiri. (2008). ""Understanding the Relation Between Income and Environment" in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences". New York: MacMillan.
Awards and Honors
International Fellow Scholarship, American Association for University Women (2006)Tuition Scholarship and Stipend, Indian Statistical Institute (1998)
National Scholar, Graduate Level, Govt. of India (1996)
Editorial and Review Activities
Environmental and Resource Economics, Economics Bulletin, Applied Economics, Economic Modelling, Environment and Development Economics, • The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, International Review of Applied Economics, International Economic Journal, Applied Economics
Invited Manuscript Reviewer
2012 - 2017
Presentations Given
Racial Income Disparity in the USA with Endogenous Labor Market Participation
Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO - October 2017
“Heterogenous Effect of Remittances across Households of Different Wealth Levels”
Annual Conference of Missouri Valley Economic Association
St. Louis, MO - October 2016
Access to imported inputs and differential regional growth in India
Missouri Valley Economic Association, Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO - October 2015
Role of Remittances on International Development
Missouri Valley Economic Association's Annual Conference
St. Louis, MO - October 2014
Effect of Environmental Tax Policy on Steady State Production
the Southern Economic Association’s Annual Conference
Tampa, FL - November 2013
Pollution Haven: The Role of Interaction of Labor Intensity and Pollution Intensity
Missouri Valley Economic Association’s Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO - October 2013
The elusive effect of exchange rate volatility on trade in gravity models
Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference
Memphis, TN - October 2012
International Trade in a Surplus Economy
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
Washington, D.C. - November 2011
Economic Constraints of Land-Locked Economies: Looking forward to potential solutions
Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO - October 2011
Use of trade credit and bank credit by small and large firms
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
Atlanta, Georgia - November 22 2010
Empirical Analysis of the Use of Supplier Credit and Bank Credit
Missouri Valley Economic Association Annual Conference
Kansas City MO - October 23 2009
Is There a Synergy in Linking Trade and Environmental Agreements?
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
Washington DC - November 2008
Factor Intensities: A Missing Link Between Production and Environmental Standards
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
New Orleans LA - November 2007
Reparations for African Americans as a Reparations Problem
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
New Orleans LA - November 2007
An Econometric Evaluation of Mexico's Voluntary Environmental Program: Clean-Industry Using Survival Analysis
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
Charleston SC - November 2006
Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Presence of International Trade and Capital Mobility
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference
Charleston SC - November 2006
Academic, Military, and Professional Positions
Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business, Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, July 2015Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business, Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor, August 2007 - June 2015
Department of Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Teaching and Research Assistant, 2001 - 2006
Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., Summer Research Assistant, May 2005 - August 2005
World Bank Project, "Sustainable Growth in India," Indian Statistical Institute, Project Linked Research Assistant, 2000 - 2001
Indian Statistical Institute, Research Fellow, 1999 - 2000
Courses Taught
ECON 2203 (17 Semesters)
ECON 3613 (18 Semesters)
ECON 6633 (2 Semesters)
ECON 5633 (4 Semesters)
ECON 5003 (1 Semesters)
Full Course List
| Semester | Course | Section | Course Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2017 | ECON 2203 | 61363 | Introduction to Macro Economics: Honors |
| Fall 2017 | ECON 3613 | 61151 | International Economic Relations (S) |
| Spring 2017 | ECON 2203 | 21163 | Introduction to Macroeconomics: Honors |
| Spring 2017 | ECON 6633 | 25361 | International Trade |
| Fall 2016 | ECON 2203 | 61503 | Introduction to Macro Economics: Honors |
| Fall 2016 | ECON 3613 | 61262 | International Economic Relations (S) |
| Spring 2016 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Spring 2016 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Fall 2015 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Fall 2015 | ECON 6633 | 1 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
| Spring 2015 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Spring 2015 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Fall 2014 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Fall 2014 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Spring 2014 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Spring 2014 | ECON 5633 | 1 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
| Fall 2013 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Fall 2013 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Spring 2013 | ECON 2203 | 701 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Spring 2013 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Fall 2012 | ECON 2203 | 4 | INTRO TO MACRO ECON |
| Fall 2012 | ECON 3613 | 1 | INTERNL ECON RELATIONS |
| Spring 2012 | ECON 3613 | 1 | International Economic Relations |
| Spring 2012 | ECON 3613 | 2 | International Economic Relations |
| Fall 2011 | ECON 2203 | 4 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Fall 2011 | ECON 5003 | 367 | Research Report |
| Fall 2011 | ECON 5633 | 1 | International Trade |
| Spring 2011 | ECON 3613 | 1 | International Economic Relations |
| Spring 2011 | ECON 3613 | 2 | International Economic Relations |
| Fall 2010 | ECON 2203 | 4 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Fall 2010 | ECON 2203 | 6 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Spring 2010 | ECON 3613 | 1 | International Economic Relations |
| Spring 2010 | ECON 3613 | 2 | International Economic Relations |
| Fall 2009 | ECON 2203 | 701 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Fall 2009 | ECON 5633 | 1 | International Trade |
| Spring 2009 | ECON 3613 | 1 | International Economic Relations |
| Spring 2009 | ECON 3613 | 2 | International Economic Relations |
| Fall 2008 | ECON 2203 | 4 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Fall 2008 | ECON 2203 | 6 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| Spring 2008 | ECON 3613 | 001 | International Economic Relations |
| Spring 2008 | ECON 3613 | 002 | International Economic Relations |
| Fall 2007 | ECON 5633 | 1 | International Trade |