Parag Waknis parag.waknis@umassd.edu 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 LARTS 378 Phone: 508-999-8453 Education: PhD (Macroeconomics) 2006-11, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Dissertation Title: Essays on Economics of Leviathan Monetary and Fiscal Policies. MPhil (Economics) 1996-98 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India MA (Economics) 1994-96 University of Pune, Pune, India BCom (Cost and Financial Accounting) 1991-94 University of Pune, Pune, India Interests: Monetary Policy and Money Search Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Responses Pedagogy of Undergraduate Macroeconomics Positions: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA Since September 1, 2011 Instructor,, University of Connecticut, CT Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 2011, Storrs Government and Industry, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Storrs Principles of Microeconomics, Spring 2010, Stamford Principles of Macroeconomics, Fall 2010, Waterbury Money & Banking, Summer 2009, Stamford Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2009, Storrs Principles of Microeconomics, Summer 2008, Waterbury Teaching Assistant,, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT: Fall 2006 Fall 2008 Assistant Professor of Economics & International Trade, Kohinoor Business School Khandala, India for B.Com India Program, Carleton University, Canada: June 2003 - July 2006 Principles of Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Waknis, p2 Visiting Lecturer,, University of Pune, Pune, India: July 2002 - April 2003 Macroeconomics (Masters level). Lecturer, SBB alias Appasaheb Jedhe College, Pune, India: August 2000 - April 2003 Principles of Economics, Money and Banking. Research: Working Papers Endogenous Monetary Policy: A Leviathan Central Bank in a Lagos- Wright Economy, Working papers 2011-20, University of Connecticut,, 2011. Monetary Policy under Leviathan Currency Competition, Working papers 2011-21, University of Connecticut,, 2011. Equilibrium Voting and Government Spending: A Political Economy of Government Spending in India, MPRA Archive Paper. The Deadweight Loss of Diwali, Working Paper No. 3, Kohinoor Business School, February 2006. Presentations: (Forthcoming) Monetary Policy under Leviathan Currency Competition, Royal Economic Society Meetings, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 2012. (Forthcoming) Monetary Policy under Leviathan Currency Competition, Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Boston, MA, March 2012. Endogenous Monetary Policy, Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Washington DC., November 2012 Economics of Leviathan Monetary Policy, T2M Conference, HEC Montreal, May 2011. Economics of Leviathan Monetary Policy, Mid West Macroeconomics Meetings 2011, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 2011. A Leviathan Central Bank in a Lagos-Wright Economy, UConn- Brownbag, Fall 2010. Endogenous Money in a Lagos-Wright Economy, UConn-Brownbag, Spring 2010. Getting the Central Bank to Commit-An Experiment in Search Theory of Money, UConn-Macro Workshop, Fall 2009, UConn-Brownbag, Spring 2009. Learning LaTeX, Graduate Students Seminar Series, Spring 2008. Government Spending and Economic Growth: A Political Economy Perspective, UConn, Macro Workshop, Spring 2008.
Waknis, p3 Discussions: Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 2102. Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies Sessions, American Economic Association Meetings, Chicago, January 2012. Eastern Economic Association Meetings, Boston, March 2012. Research Experience: Research Assistant,, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Summer 2007 Provided research support for a paper titled `Church & State' (http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jcecon/v37y2009i3p402-416.html). Junior Economist, Shrama Seva Nyas- A Labor Welfare Trust, Pune, India June 1999 - August 2000 Research and Editorial Assistance Publications: Periodicals/Newspaper Publications Regulation of Higher Education Sector: Issues in Incentive Design, Spectrum, November-December, 2005. Globalization & Caste, Spectrum, October, 2005. Review of Jagdish Bhagwati's, Free Trade Today, OUP 2002, published in the Maharashtra Times (The Times of India Group Publication), August 25, 2002. Editor Impact of New Economic Policies on Indian Economy, National Centre for Holistic Studies, Pune, 1999. Grants and Fellowships: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Summer 2011. Graduate Assistantship,, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Fall 2006 Spring 2011. Predoctoral Fellowship,, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Fall 2006-Fall 2009.
Waknis, p4 Other Professional Activities: Faculty Liaison, Association of Graduate Economics Students, University of Connecticut, CT, Fall 2007-Spring 2008. Computing Skills: Proficient in: MS-Office, STATA, SPSS, LaTeX. Working Knowledge of: MATLAB, Mathematica. Professional Memberships: American Economic Association Canadian Economics Association Royal Economics Society Southern Economics Association
Waknis, p5 References Robert Jones Professor and Chair University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 Email: rjones@umassd.edu Christian Zimmermann Assistant Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis P. O. Box 442 St. Louis MO 63166-0442 Email: zimmermann@stlouisfed.org Ricardo Lagos Professor New York University 19 W. 4th. Street New York, NY 10012 Email: ricardo.lagos@nyu.edu Vicki Knoblauch Professor University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 Email: vicki.knoblauch@uconn.edu