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Ramkishen S. Rajan
Associate Professor of Public Policy

Curriculum Vita

Education
Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate School, California

M.A., The Claremont Graduate School, California

M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.Soc.Sci.(Hons.), National University of Singapore

Employment History

Permanent Positions
January 2006 to present

  • Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA. (Tenured)

Current affiliations

  • October 2007 to present: Visiting Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia.
  • August 2007 to present: Research Associate, “Capital Flows and their Consequences”, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, India.
  • November 2006 to present: Associate Faculty, Mason Center for Global Studies (CGS), George Mason University, USA.
  • May 2006 to present: Adjunct Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India.
  • July 2003 to present: Visiting Scholar, Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies, Claremont Colleges, California.

July 1999 to November 2004

  • Senior Lecturer and Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia. (Tenured in January 2002).

June 1993 to January 1995

  • Research Officer, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore.

Visiting Positions
December 2008 to January 2009 (forthcoming)

  • Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong.

May 2007 to June 2007 (forthcoming)

  • Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong.

June 2006 to August 2006

  • Staff Consultant at the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), Asian Development Bank (ADB).

May 2006 to June 2006

  • Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong.

January 2005 to December 2005

  • Visiting Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY-SPP), National University of Singapore, Singapore.

July 2003 to July 2004

  • Visiting Freeman Scholar in Asian Studies, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Department of Economics, California.

August 2001 to December 2004 (intermittent visits)

  • Visiting Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore.

April 2001 to July 2001

  • Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong.

December 1999 to September 2002

  • Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

May 1998 to July 1999

  • Research Associate, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore.

Previous Adjunct Positions

June 2005 to June 2007

  • Associate Member, Singapore Center for Applied and Policy Research (SCAPE), National University of Singapore.

June 2005 to August 2007

  • Adjunct Faculty, Ngee Ann-Adelaide Masters of Finance and MBA Programs, Singapore.

November 1999 to October 2001

  • Divisional Associate, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Economics Division, Australia National University (ANU).

Research Interests

  • International Economic Policy (Open Economy Macroeconomics, Finance and Trade) with particular reference to Asia).

Books (Authored/Co-Authored)
Monetary, Trade and Investment Issues in India. In progress. Expected early 2009.

Exchange Rates, Currency Crisis and Monetary Cooperation in Asia. Palgrave-MacMillan Press. In progress, Expected early 2009 (10 chapters).

Singapore’s Trade and Investment Performance and Policies, World Scientific Press. In Press. Expected late 2008 (with Shandre Thangavelu).

Exchange Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Management in Asia?, Hong Kong University Press. In press. Expected late 2008 (10 chapters) (with Tony Cavoli).

Asia in the Global Economy: Finance, Trade and Investment, World Scientific Press, 2007 (20 chapters, 350 pages) (with Sunil Rongala).

Books (Edited/Co-edited)
Princeton Encyclopedia of the World
Economy, Princeton University Press. In
press. Expected late 2008 (with Kenneth
Reinert co-editor and Lewis Davis and Amy
Glass as Associate editors).

Monetary, Exchange Rate and Financial Issues and Policies in Asia. World Scientific. In press. Expected late 2008 (with Shandre Thangavelu).

Capital Flows, Macroeconomic Management and Regional Cooperation in Asia, KIEP. In press. Expected late 2008 (8 chapters) (with Kyung Tae Lee).

Intra Asian FDI Flows: Magnitude, Trends, Prospects and Policy Implications, World Scientific Press, 2008 (10 chapters, 400
pages) (with Rajiv Kumar and Nicola Virgill).

Managing Globalisation: Lessons
from China and India, World Scientific Press,
2006 (17 chapters, 508 pages) (with David
Kelly and Gillian Goh).

In addition, I have published over 100 academic journal articles, book chapters and monographs and 90 policy briefs, commentary pieces and book reviews on various aspects of international economics. Available here: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rrajan1/.

Teaching Responsibilities in GMU-SPP
International Investment and Macroeconomics, International Financial Institutions and Policies, Asia Trade, Investment and Financial Issues in Asia and PhD level Reading courses.

Other Professional ACtivities and Services
Regular Blogger in RGE Asia EconoMonitor (www.rgemonitor.com/asia-monitor).

Editorial Board: e-social science Journal (January 2005 to present), Economics-Ejournal (April 2007 to present), North American Journal of Economics and Finance (July 2001 to present), Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies (September 2006 to present), Development Policy Review (August 2005 to present).

Guest Editor, “Economic Globalization and Asia: Trade, Finance and Taxation”, special issue of the ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 18 (1), 2001; “Regional Integration in Asia”, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 17 (3), 2006; and “Production Fragmentation and Outsourcing in Asia”, Singapore Economic Review, forthcoming (co-editor with Shandre Thangavelu).