Kala Krishna (born November 26, 1956 New Delhi, India) is an Indian -American economist, currently Liberal Arts Research Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University.,[1] an NBER Research Associate[2] and a CESifo Research Network Fellow.[3] Her research is in the areas of international trade, economics of education, development economics and industrial organization.[4]
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| Born | November 26, 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Contributions | Economic research in International Trade, Economics of Education, Development Economics, Industrial Organization |
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| Website | https://sites.google.com/site/kalakrishnapsu/ |
Biography
editKrishna was born on November 26, 1956 in New Delhi, India.[4] She holds B.A. in economics (1976) from Lady Shriram College at Delhi University and M.A. (1978) in Economics from Delhi School of Economics.[4][5] Kala Krishna received her Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1984.[4]
Her academic career started as an assistant professor (1984–1988) and then associate professor (1988–1991) at Harvard University.[4][5] In 1991–1993, she became William L Clayton Professor of Economics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[4][5] Since 1993, Kala Krishna is a professor of economics at Pennsylvania State University.[4][5]
Selected publications
editMost cited journal articles
editAs of October 2019, the RePEc ranking of authors of Economics research papers lists Kala Krishna among the top 5% of economists[6]
- Krishna, K., Lychagin, S., & Frisancho, V. (2018). Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?. International Economic Review, 59(2), 449–477.
- Krishna, K., & Sheveleva, Y. (2017). Wheat or strawberries? Intermediated trade with limited contracting. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 9(3), 28–62.
- Kee, H. L., & Krishna, K. (2008). Firm-level heterogeneous productivity and demand shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh. The American Economic Review, 98(2), 457–62.
- Imai, S., & Krishna, K. (2004). Employment, deterrence, and crime in a dynamic model. International Economic Review, 45(3), 845–872.
- Krishna, K., & Winston, T. (2003). If at First You Don't Succeed...: Profits, Prices, and Market Structure in a Model of Quality with Unknowable Consumer Heterogeneity. International Economic Review, 44(2), 573–597.
- Krishna, K., & Tan, L. H. (1999). Transferable licenses versus nontransferable licenses: what is the difference?. International Economic Review, 40(3), 785–800.
- Krishna, K. (1993). Auctions with endogenous valuations: the persistence of monopoly revisited. The American Economic Review, 147–160.
- Krishna, K. (1990). The Case of the Vanishing Revenues: Auction Quotas with Monopoly. The American Economic Review, 80(4), 828–836. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 578 times.[7] ]
- Krishna, K. (1989). Trade restrictions as facilitating practices. Journal of International Economics, 26(3–4), 251–270.
Books
editKrishna, K., & Tan, L. H. (1998). Rags and riches: Implementing apparel quotas under the multi-fibre arrangement. University of Michigan Press.
External links
edit- Biography page at the Pennsylvania State University
- Kala Krishna publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Personal website
References
edit- ^ "Kala Krishna, Department of Economics, PennState". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Kala Krishna, the National Bureau of Economic Research". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Kala Krishna, CESifo Network". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Kala Krishna's CV". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Kala Krishna, Voxeu". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ "RePEc IDEAS Top 10% Authors, as of October 2019". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
- ^ Gogole Scholar author listing