Associate Professor
Radhika Lahiri
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Economics & Finance
Biography
BackgroundRadhika joined the School of Economics and Finance in 2001. She received her PhD from the Southern Methodist University, Dallas in 1997 and has had academic appointments with the Southern Methodist University and the University of Western Australia.
Prior to academia, Radhika held research positions with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi. Her research interests include topics at the intersection of macroeconomics and development economics. A strand of her work focuses on theoretical and empirical research on technology adoption, including the link between inequality, human capital and technology adoption and its implications for growth and development. In recent papers she has studied the implications of human capital in the form of health and education for inequality and growth, the macroeconomic implications of trading relationships such as NAFTA and the implications of urbanization and development for the environment.
Areas of expertise
- Macroeconomics and monetary economics
- Business cycles and economic growth
- Public economics
- Development economics.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Economics & Finance
Research field
Applied economics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Southern Methodist University)
Professional memberships and associations
Executive Director, Women in Economics Network, Economic Society of Australia
Western Economics Association International
Australasian Public Choice Network
Teaching
Game Theory and Applications
Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory
Development Economics: An Immersive Experience
Teaching Awards:
Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award 2015
QUT Business School 2019 Recognition Award
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Radhika, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Essays in Energy, Environmental and Health Economics (2020)
- Human Capital, Technology and Inequality (2018)
- Essays on Variable Elasticity of Substitution, Economic Growth, and Human Capital Outcomes (2016)
- Multi-step forecasts of complex dynamical systems using soft-computing tools, with application to crude oil returns (2015)
- Essays on Technology Adoption under Uncertainty, Globalization and Economic Growth (2013)
- Tax evasion, inequality, and progressive taxes: A political economy perspective (2012)
- Economic Growth, Inequality and Technology Adoption in Transitional Economies (2009)
- Price and Volatility Relationships in the Australian Electricity Market (2006)