Avik Chakraborty

Department of Economics

University of Tennessee

 

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Assistant Professor

College of Business Administration

Department of Economics

University of Tennessee

506 Stokely Management Center

Knoxville, TN 37996-0550

Phone: (865) 974-5802

Fax: (865) 974-4601

Email: avik@utk.edu

 

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Research Interests

 

Adaptive Learning, International Economics, Applied Econometrics, Monetary Economics, Computational Economics

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Research

 

Published papers

 

“Learning, Forward Premium Puzzle and Exchange Rate Fundamentals under Sticky Prices” (2007), Economics Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 34 pp. 1 – 13

“Can Perpetual Learning Explain the Forward Premium Puzzle?” (2008), with George W. Evans, Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 55, No. 3 pp. 477 – 490

“Learning, the Forward Premium Puzzle and Market Efficiency”, Macroeconomic Dynamics forthcoming

 
Working papers and papers under review

 

 “Econometrics of the Forward Premium Puzzle”, January 2007, with Stephen E. Haynes, under review

What is the Signal of a Countersignal Worth? An Empirical Examination of Signaling, Countersignaling and Match Quality”, July 2007, with Kevin E. Henrickson, under review

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Teaching

 

Econ 321: International Economics

Econ 322: The Global Economy: Trade and Development

Econ 329: International Economics for Business

BA 361: International Business (The Firm in a Global Context)

Econ 413: Macroeconomics: Business Cycles and Growth

Econ 499: Analysis of Economic Problems

Econ 621: International Finance (Graduate)

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Links

 

Resources for Economists

American Economic Association, European Economic Association, Wall Street Journal, Penn World Table, IMF, World Bank, SSRN

 

Other links

University of Tennessee, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Delhi School of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, New York Times, Sports, Google

 

Some links that are really important to me

Soccer, UEFA Champion’s League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, Manchester United, Internet Movie Database, Cooking, Bengali Food, Mughlai Food, Thai Food, Mediterranean Food, Chinese Food, Science of Cooking

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