VN Balasubramanyam
BA, MA University of Mysore, India, AM, PhD University of Illinois, USA
Professor of Economics (Emeritus)
Personal Webpage
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/ecavnb/
Department
Economics
Teaching
ECON 101 - International Business, ECON 313 - Emerging Economies, ECON 317 - International Trade and Commercial Policy, MBA - Managerial Economics & International Business, ECON 402 - MSc International Business.
Profile
V.N. Balasubramanyam is Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics, Management School. He was educated at the University of Mysore, Chicago University and the University of Illinois. He holds a doctorate from the University of Illinois. Professor Balasubramanyam specialises in international trade, international investment and economic development. He has published widely on foreign direct investment, technology transfer, and India's economic policies and performance. His books include International Transfer of Technology to India, The Economy of India, Meeting the Third world Challenge and Mutinationals in the Third World. He has recently edited Jagdish Bhagwati; writings in International Economics, with an introduction on recent developments in international economics which places Jagdish Bhagwati's work in context. His latest book on India "Conversations with Indian Economists" was published in 2001. In collaboration with Dr (Mrs ) Ahalya Balasubramanyam he has published a number of articles on India's Software Industry. His current research is on foreign investment, the Diaspora and Development. Balasubramanyam is a member of the Editorial Board of The World Economy and has acted as academic consultant to the OECD on the Global Forum on International Investment.
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Selected Publications
- Balasubramanyam VN, forthcoming, 'Diaspora and development', The World Economy
- Balasubramanyam VN and Sapsford DR, 2007, 'Does India need a lot more FDI?', Economic and Political Weekly, vol 42(17), pp 1549-1555
- Fu X and Balasubramanyam VN, 2005, 'Exports, foreign direct investment and employment: the case of China', The World Economy, vol 28(4), pp 607-625
- Balasubramanyam VN and Wei Y, 2005, 'Textiles and clothing exports from India and China: a comparative analysis', Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, vol 3(1), pp 25-39
- Wei Y and Balasubramanyam VN, 2004, Foreign Direct Investment: Six Country Case Studies, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ISBN: 1-84376-467-9
- Balasubramanyam VN and Mahambare V, 2004, 'Foreign direct investment in India', in Foreign Direct Investment: Six Country Case Studies, (eds) Balasubramanyam VN and Wei Y, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 26, ISBN: 1-84376-467-9
- Sapsford DR and Balasubramanyam VN, 2004, 'Foreign direct investment and wages', in International Institutions and Multinational Enterprises, (eds) Chen J, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 10, ISBN: 1-84376-875-5
- Balasubramanyam VN, 2004, 'India: trade policy review', in The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2003, (eds) Greenaway D, Blackwell, Oxford, pp 103-114, ISBN: 1-4051-1918-7
- Balasubramanyam VN and Sapsford DR, 2003, 'Globalisation and the terms of trade: the glass ceiling hypothesis', in Growth And Development In The Global Economy, (eds) Bloch H, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ISBN: 1-84376-004-5
- Fu X and Balasubramanyam VN, 2003, 'Township and village enterprises in China', Journal of Development Studies, vol 39(4), pp 27-46
