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Dr. NV Muralidhar Rao

Senior Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Research Publications

 

List of Publications

  • Rao, N.V M. “An Empirical Investigation of the Link between Infrastructure Development and Poverty Reduction: The Case of India” – Accepted for Publication in International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald Publications) – (Ranked in “B” Category of ABDC Rankings) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2016) “Investigating the Interlinkages between Infrastructure Development, Poverty and Rural - Urban Income Inequality: Evidence from BRICS Nations” – Accepted for Publication in Studies in Economics and Finance for Vol. 34, Issue 4 (Ranked in “B” Category of ABDC Rankings, Emerald Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. “Examining the Impact of Public Investment and Private Investment on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from BRICS Nations” – Accepted for Publication in International Journal of Economics and Business Research (Inderscience Publishers - Indexed in Scopus (Elsevier)) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2016) “Estimating the Efficiency of Public Infrastructure Investment: A State Wise Analysis” – Accepted for publication in Global Business Review for Vol. 18, Issue 4 (Ranked in “C” Category of ABDC Rankings, Sage Publications) [Co-authored with Chotia, V. & Saxena, M.]
  • Rao, N. V. M. (2016). Public Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth: A Sector Wise Investigation for India Using Westerlund Panel Cointegration Approach. Romanian Economic Journal, 18(59). [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2016). Assessing India’s Position among BRICS Nations on Aspects of Economic Power and Global Competitiveness. Edited Book Volume “Growth, Globalization & Governance Promises and Challenges”, Emerald Group Publishing pp.54-64. [Co-authored with Chotia, V. & Takiyar, A.]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2016). Examining the Infrastructural Scenario of Rajasthan and its Potential for becoming an appropriate location for Make in India. Book Chapter in “Indian Economy: A Roadmap towards Development” (Edited by Prof. V. V. Singh, Director, NITI Aayog Chair), Flying Pen Publications, India, pp 231-242. ISBN 978-81-929590-9-6. [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N V M. (2016). “Integrating the issue of Infrastructure Investment with Economic Growth: The Case of India”. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 23(3), 141-162. [Co-authored with Gupta, M., Budhadev, R. & Chotia, V.]
  • Rao, N V M (2016) “Investigating the Infrastructural Efficiency and Productivity of India”. Business Perspectives, 15(2), 1-15. [Co authored with Toshniwal, P. & Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N V M. (2016) “Modelling the Impact of Global Financial Crisis on the Indian Stock Market through GARCH Models, Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation- Sage Publications, 12(1), pp.11-22. [Co-authored with Mathur, S. & Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V.M. (2016) “Generator Estimation for Transition Matrices with Applications To Credit Ratings, IUP Journal of Applied Finance (IJAF), Vol.23 (1), pp 26-43 [Co-authored with Shah, S. & Chotia, V.]
  • Rao, N V M (2015) “Examining the Interlinkages between Regional Infrastructure Disparities, Economic Growth and Poverty: A Case of Indian States”. Economic Annals, Volume LX, No. 205 / April – June 2015. [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N V M (2015) “Investigating the Landscape of India's Balance of Payments: Cointegration and Causality Analysis”. International Journal of Statistics and Economics, 16(3) / July – Sep 2015. [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]

Research Papers Under Review

  • Rao, N.V M. “Investigating the issue of Fiscal Sustainability in India: A State Level Analysis” – Under Review of International Journal of Sustainable Economy (Inderscience Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. “Estimating the Determinants of Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure: The Case of India” – Under Review of International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. “Infrastructure financing and economic growth in India: An Empirical Investigation” – Under Review of Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction (Emerald Publications) – Received Minor Revision after Review process [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. “Impact of Infrastructure Development and Income Inequality in India: An Empirical Investigation” – Under Review of International Journal of Economics and Business Research (Inderscience Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V.M. “Estimating an Optimal Debt/ GDP Ratio: An Empirical Investigation for Indian States” - Under Review of International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia, Aakar, G., Agarwal, V. ]
  • Rao, N.V M. “The Contribution of Public Infrastructure Investment in Promoting Economic Growth : Empirical Evidence from India” – Under Review of International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V.M. “The Impasse between Debt Reduction and Fiscal Tightening in a Developing Economy: The Case of India - – Under Review of International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publications) [Co-authored with Varun Chotia & Sridhar, A., Dixit, T. ]

Working Papers


Research Conference Papers

  • Rao, N.V M. (2016) “Determinants of Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure: The Case of India”. Paper selected for presentation at IMR Doctoral Students Conference (IMRDC) 2016-2017 organized by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) Bengaluru, India, Jan 11-12, 2017. [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2016) “Public Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth: A Sectoral Analysis using Panel Cointegration Approach”. Management Doctoral Colloquium and VGSOM Research Scholars Day 2016 organized by Vinod Gupta School of Management Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, Feb 10-11, 2016. [Co-authored with Varun Chotia]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2015) “Examining the State Level Disparities in Health, Education And Infrastructure: Is India on the path of Inclusive Growth”. 2015 IMRA-IIMB International Conference- “Inclusive Growth & Profits with Purpose: New Management Paradigm organized by International Management Research Academy (IMRA) London, United Kingdom and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) Bengaluru (Bangalore), India, Dec 16-18, 2015. [Co authored with Varun C]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2015) “A GMM based approach to examine the relationship between expenditure in Social Infrastructure and Human Development”. Annual Conference, Papers in Public Economics and Policy organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (NIPFP), India, Mar 12-13, 2015. [Co authored with Varun C]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2015) “Examining the Relationship between Labour Laws and Economic Development of India”. International Conference on Law and Economics jointly organized by Gujarat Law University, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ( IIM Ahmedabad), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) , India, Mar 14-15, 2015. [Co authored with Varun C]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2014) “Analysing the Trends and Major Factors in India’s Balance of Payments Function: Modelling using Cointegration Approach”. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business and Economy: Mapping the way Ahead, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Poornima University, Jaipur in collaboration with Hanyang University Business School, Seoul (South Korea), School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, (Thailand) and JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India, pp. 56- 68 : Awarded with the prize of Best Paper of the Conference [Co authored with Varun C]
  • Rao, N.V M. (2014) “A Dynamic Correlation Study analyzing the Relationship between Business Cycles and Economic Growth – Evidences from G7 Nations and Asian Economies”. 34th Annual Conference of Rajasthan Economic Association (REA) - Indian Economy: Prospects and Challenges, Organized by Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur in association with NABARD, India, pp. 126-134. [Co authored with Varun C]
  • Anurag Gupta, Chotia, V. Rao, N.V M. (2014) “Financial Inclusion and Human Development: A State-Wise Analysis from India” International Conference on Social Sciences and Business (ICSSB2014), June 16-17, 2014, Hong Kong [Co authored with Anurag Gupta & Varun C]
  • Rao, N.V.M (2013) “Do Insider Trading Regulations work in India? Evidence from IT sector”, India Finance Conference, Jointly organized by IIM-A, IIM-B and IIM-C, Held at IIM-A, December 18-20, 2013. [Co authored with Kashiramka S.]
  • Rao, NVM, (2012), “Issues in Economics of Spam” at ‘C I O Thought Leadership Forum – Conference’, Organized by Intel, Microsoft and HP, on February, 2012 at The Leela Palace, Kempinski Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Rao, NVM, (2011), “Next Generation Data Centre”, Next Gen Data Center Forum Conference – Organized by Intel, Microsoft and Dell, on September 21st, 22nd & 23rd, 2011 at Taj Malabar, Kochi, Kerala, India.
  • Rao, NVM, (2011), “Overcoming Cost Challenges in Today’s Data Center”, Next Gen Data Center Forum Conference Organized by Indian Express Group, Intel, Microsoft and Dell on March 16-18, 2011 at Goa Marriot, Goa, India.
  • Rao, NVM, (2010),, “Environment Management System in Indian Food Packaging Industry: Variable Identification and Selection.” presented at 2nd International Conference on Applied Economics and Time Series Econometrics (ICAETE-II)” at IBS Hyderabad, on 16-17 April 2010, [Co authored with Archana S.]