Kaliappa Kalirajan

Kaliappa Kalirajan

B.Sc., Madras University, India, M.Sc., Madurai University, India, M. Litt. , Madurai University, India PhD (ANU)
Emeritus Professor
Arndt-Corden Department of Economics

Kaliappa Kalirajan is an applied economist and policy analyst. He received his Masters in Mathematical Economics from Madurai University (1970), Master of Letters in Econometrics from Madurai University (1973) and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Australian National University (1979).

Before joining the Crawford School, he was a Professor of International Economics at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Before joining FASID and GRIPS, he was Deputy Executive Director to Executive Director, in the Australia South Asia Research Centre at The Australian National University (1994-2000).

His areas of major interests include macroeconomic and trade policies and reform, poverty reduction, and sources of growth. His work on the stochastic frontier production function methodology has given him international recognition. He has several research publications in these areas in reputed academic and policy-oriented journals. He received a special commendation award from the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding work in frontier production function analyses in December 1994. He has authored, co-authored, or edited a dozen books published by reputed international publishers.

He has taught and supervised students for PhD in Economics and Econometrics in the following universities: Madurai University, India; National University of Singapore; University of the Philippines; The Australian National University; Sophia University, Japan; International University of Japan; International Christian University, Japan, and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan. He is also a visiting professor at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India. He is an Advisor to the FASID-GRIPS Joint Graduate Program in International Development Studies taught at GRIPS in Tokyo. He has been a consultant to different national and international organizations.

He is currently serving in the editorial board of the following journals:

  • International Journal of Applied Economics, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
  • Agricultural Economics, Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Blackwell Publishers.
  • The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO and Blackwell publishers.
  • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The Australian Society of Agricultural Economists and Blackwell publishers.
  • Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier Publications.
  • Indian Economic Journal, Indian Economics Society, Academic Publications.

Research Interest

  • Modelling and Analysis of Sources of Growth.
  • Regional economic groupings and International Trade.
  • Macroeconometric modeling and Policy Analysis.

Research publications (from 2005-2008)

  • K.P. Kalirajan and Kanhaiya Singh, “A Comparative Analysis of China’s and India’s Recent Export Performances”, Asian Economic Papers, 7(1): 1-30, 2008.
  • K.Kalirajan, “Gravity Model Specification and Estimation: Revisited”,Applied Economics Letters, 15(13): 1037-39, 2008.
  • K.P. Kalirajan and Shashanka Bhide, “Sources of Growth in the Indian Food Processing Sector: A Frontier Production Function Approach”, Indian Economic Journal, 55(2): 76-95, 2007.
  • K. Singh and K.P. Kalirajan, “Inflation and Output Gap Nexus: The Case of India”, The Journal of World Economics Review, 2007.
  • S. Bhide and K.P. Kalirajan, “Incorporating Regional Variations in a Macroeconometric Model for India: A Production Frontier Approach”, The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 1(2): 167-213.
  • K. Kalirajan, “Regional Cooperation and Bilateral Trade Flows: An Empirical Measurement of Resistance”, The International Trade Journal, 21(2): 85-107, 2007
  • M.J. Bhende and K.P. Kalirajan, “Technical Efficiency of Major Food and Cash Crops in Karnataka (India)”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62(2): 176-192, 2007.
  • K. Singh and K.P. Kalirajan, “Monetary Transmission in the post-reform India: An Evaluation”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 12(2): 158-187, 2007.
  • K. Singh and K. Kalirajan, “ Monetary Policy in India: Objectives, Reaction Function and Policy Effectiveness”, Review of Applied Economics, 2(2), 2006.
  • K. Kalirajan and S. Bhide, “Bias Free Measurement of Technical Efficiency”, Journal of Applied Statistics, 33(5): 523-533, 2006.
  • Otsuka, K. and K. Kalirajan, “Rice Green Revolution in Asia and its Transferability to Africa: An Introduction”, Developing Economies, XLIV-2: 107-122, 2006.
  • Thanh, N.N. and K. Kalirajan, “Can Devaluation be Effective in Improving the Balance of Payments in Vietnam?”, Journal of Policy Modeling, 28: 467-476, 2006.
  • S. Bhide, R. Chadha and K. Kalirajan, “ Growth Interdependence Among Indian States: An Exploration”, Asia Pacific Development Journal, 2005, 12(2), 59-80.
  • Otsuka, K. and K. Kalirajan, “An Exploration in to the Possibility of a Green Revolution in Sub-Sahara Africa: An Introduction”, electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2005, 2(1), 1-6.
  • Chia-Hung Sun and K.P. Kalirajan, “Gauging the Sources of Growth of High-tech and Low-tech Industries: The Case of Korean Manufacturing”, Australian Economic Papers, 2005, 44(2), 170-185.
  • Thanh, N.N. and K.Kalirajan, “The Importance of Exchange Rate Policy in Promoting Vietnam’s Exports”, Oxford Development Studies, 2005, 33(3), 51-60.

Recent books

  • Agriculture in Developing Countries: Technology Issues, (jointly edited with K. Otsuka), Sage Publications, 2008.
  • Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues (jointly edited with K. Otsuka), Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
  • A Disequilibrium Macroeconometric Model for India (jointly with S. Bhide), Ashgate, U.K., 2003.
  • Economic Reforms and the Liberalisation of the Indian Economy (jointly edited with Sankar), Edward Elgar, U.K., 2003.
  • Accelerating Growth Through Globalization of Indian Agriculture (jointly with Mythili and Sankar), Macmillan, New Delhi, 2001.

Recent chapters in a book

  • “Technology Issues in Developing Countries’ Agriculture”, in K. Otsuka and K. Kalirajan (eds.) Agriculture in Developing
  • “Introduction: the 26th Conference of the IAAE”, in K. Otsuka and K. Kalirajan (eds.) Contribution of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues, Blackwell, London, pp. v-xii, 2008.
  • “On Measuring Efficiency Using Stochastic Frontier Production Function”, in Ranjan Ghosh & Chiranjib Neogi (eds.) Theory & Application of Productivity and Efficiency : Econometric and DEA approach, Macmillan, New Delhi, pp. 67-78, 2005.
  • “A Review of India’s Recent Trade Policy Reforms”, in G. Mythili and R. Hema (ed.) Topics in Applied Economics: Tools, Issues and Institutions, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, pp.261-288, 2005.
  • “The Impact of a Decade of India’s Trade Reforms”, in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
  • “An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission in India” (jointly with K. Singh), in Kaliappa Kalirajan and Ulaganathan Sankar (eds.) Economic Reforms and the Liberalisation of the Indian Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 275-308.
  • “Income Inequality and Convergence of Income across Indian States” (jointly with Takahiro Akita), in Kaliappa Kalirajan and Ulaganathan Sankar (eds.) Economic Reforms and the Liberalisation of the Indian Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003, pp.163-184.
  • “Impact of Sector-specific and Macro level Reforms on Agriculture: Simulations of a Macroeconometric Model” (jointly with S. Bhide), in Kaliappa Kalirajan and Ulaganathan Sankar (eds.) Economic Reforms and the Liberalisation of the Indian Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003, pp.104-146.

Contact Email

kaliappa.kalirajan@anu.edu.au

Contact Phone

+61 2 6125 8258