Vikas Kakkar
Associate Professor
Economics
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Vikas Kakkar obtained his B.Stat. from Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta, M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Rochester. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. His main fields of research are Open Economy Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics. In particular, his current research focuses on explaining persistent movements in real exchange rates based on different trends in productivities in traded and nontraded goods sectors. He is also interested in Equity Valuation and Applied Game Theory.
Research Interest
Macroeconomics
Publications
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V Kakkar, M Ogaki and Y Bae (2006), "Money Demand in Japan and Nonlinear Cointegration", Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 38, 6, 1659-1667.
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V Kakkar and I Yan (September 2011), "Sectoral Capital-Labor Ratios and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Asia", Review of International Economics.
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V. Kakkar and I. Yan (March 2012), "Real Exchange Rates and Productivity: Evidence from Asia", Journal of Money Credit and Banking.
