Biru Paksha Paul, PhD

Biru Paul
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics   
State University of New York at Cortland             PO Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045-0900                       
Tel: 607 753-4110
Fax: 607 753-5983                     
biru.paul@cortland.edu
http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/paulb   


Fields of Concentration:

  • Primary: Macroeconomics
  • Secondary: Monetary Economics, Finance, and Labor Economics
  • Area of Interests: Business Cycles, Development Economics, South Asian Economies

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Economics:  State University of New York at Binghamton, August 2007
  • M.A. in Applied Economics: State University of New York at Binghamton, May 2004
  • M.B.A. in Finance: University of Technology-Sydney, Australia, September 1999
  • M.S.S. in Economics: University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 1989
  • B.S.S. in Economics (Honors): University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 1986

Teaching:

  1. Principles of Microeconomics: Eco 111: Department of Economics, State University of New York at Cortland, From Fall 2007 to Fall 2008.
  2. Principles of Finance: Eco 352: Department of Economics, State University of New York at Cortland, From Fall 2007 to Fall 2008.
  3. Economics of Business Cycles: Eco 385A: Department of Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006.
  4. Principles of Macroeconomics: Eco162: Department of Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Summer 2006.

Research: 

  1.  “In Search of the Phillips Curve for India,” submitted to the Journal of Development Economics, March 2008.
  2. “Did Liberalization Change the Indian Business Cycle?” Accepted in the 83rd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, June 2008, Hawaii (in progress).
  3. “Does Corruption Foster Growth? A Case Study with Bangladesh,” 2008 Summer Research Project under Faculty Research Program, State University of New York at Cortland.
  4. “The Role of Monetary Policy in Business Cycle Transmission from the U.S. to India,” Job Market Paper, November 2006.
  5. “Liberalization and Testing Structural Break in Indian Business Cycles” (In progress).
  6. “Women in the Informal Sector: With Special Reference to the African Countries,” Poverty Reduction Group Working Paper (1) under project number 32730, The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, June 2005.
  7. “Female Garments Workers in the Aftermath of the Multi-Fiber Agreement: With Special Focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia And Sri Lanka,” Poverty Reduction Group Working Paper (2) under project number 32730, The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), October 2005.
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