Phillips School of Business, High Point University, 833 Montlieu Avenue, High Point, NC 27262. SURYADIPTA ROY Tel: 336-841-9163 (Office) Email: sroy@highpoint.edu Education Ph.D. in Economics, West Virginia University, August 2005. M.A. in Economics, West Virginia University, August 2003. M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India, May 1995. B.Sc. in Economics, Calcutta University, India, May 1992. Areas of Specialization Primary field: International Trade Secondary fields: Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics. Refereed Journal Publications Interaction between corruption and the GATT-WTO trade effect: a panel data analysis Forthcoming in the Economics Bulletin. Trade openness, corruption, and factor abundance: evidence from a dynamic panel, with Sugata Marjit, and Biswajit Mandal, Review of Development Economics, 18(1), pp. 45-58, 2014. Do Business Procedures Corrupt? An empirical investigation, Trade and Development Review (Lead article), 6(2), pp. 1-11, 2013. Political asymmetry and common external tariff in a customs union, with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Sajal Lahiri, Economics and Politics, 23(1), pp. 88-106, 2011. Political economy determinants of non-agricultural trade policy, with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, St. Louis Federal Reserve Review, 93(2), pp. 89-104, 2011. Is corruption anti labor? Applied Economics Letters, 17(4), pp. 329-333, 2010. Enlargement and common external tariff in a political-economic model of customs union, with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Sajal Lahiri, Arthaniti, 8(1-2), pp. 1-12, 2009. - 1 -
Corruption and trade protection: evidence from panel data, with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, International Journal of Economic Research, Lead article, Special Issue in Honor of Murray Kemp, 4(2), pp. 123-134, 2007. Also, available as the St. Louis Federal Reserve Working Paper # 2007-022A. Also available as St. Louis Federal Reserve Working paper # Working Paper 2007-022A here http://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2007/2007-022.pdf Are illegal drugs inferior goods in the US? Atlantic Economic Journal, 35(3), pp. 303-314, 2007. Work in Progress Heterogeneity in GATT interventions: a gravity model approach Endogenous effect of Preferential/ Regional Trading Agreements: an application to the North American Free Trading Agreement (NAFTA) Other Publications Kinks in the supply chains and what to do about them? The Home Front, Fall Market 2011, bi-annual research newsletter published by the Home Furnishings department, High Point University. US furniture trade: some observations, The Home Front, Spring Market 2011, bi-annual research newsletter published by the Home Furnishings department, High Point University. The global supply chain and the North Carolina furniture industry, The Home Front 1(1), Spring Market 2009, bi-annual research newsletter published by the Home Furnishings department, High Point University. Current Position/Affiliations and Previous Affiliations Assistant Professor, Economics Department, High Point University, 2008 - till date. Visiting Scholar, Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, July 2007. Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Lawrence University, 2006-2008. Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Redlands, 2005-2006. Teaching Instructor, Economics Department, West Virginia University, 2002-2005. Commercial Tax Officer, West Bengal Civil Service, India, 1997-2000. Research Associate, Indian Chamber of Commerce, India, 1996-1997. - 2 -
Research Associate, Business Economics, Calcutta-based weekly news magazine, 1996-1997. Other Contributions Member-Heterogeneity and the Common External Tariff in a Customs Union, with Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Sajal Lahiri, World Trade Report 2011 Discussion Forum, July 2011, WTO. (http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr11_forum_e/wtr11_18july11_a_e.htm) Undergraduate courses taught (multiple sections) International Economics Intermediate Microeconomics First Year Seminar on China-India-US: a new world order? First Year Seminar on Globalization: is the world flat? Development Economics Econometrics Global Political Economy Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics MBA program courses taught Managerial Economics Conference Presentations Institutional heterogeneity in GATT interventions: a panel data analysis Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2013. Do business procedures corrupt: an empirical investigation Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2013. Is there a corruption Kuznets curve? Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, 2013. Institutions and trade in services Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2011. - 3 -
Re-estimating ethnic networks and US exports linkage Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, 2009. Corruption and trade protection: role of factor abundance Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, 2007. Endogenous tariff setting in preferential trading agreements Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Business Economics Association, 2005. Is there a case of income inferiority in illegal drugs consumption? Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 2004. A simple model of enforcement on illegal drugs trade Presented at the Spring 2004 Midwest International Economics Conference at Indiana University (IUPUI), 2004. Controlling illegal trade in drugs: internal enforcement, border enforcement or foreign aid? Presented at the International Economics and Finance Society (IEFS) Workshop at Central Michigan University, 2003. Refereeing Service Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics and Politics, Review of International Economics, Review of Development Economics, Economics Bulletin, Eastern European Economics, Journal of Economic Integration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Grants awarded Faculty Cultural Enrichment Mini-Grant ($500) awarded by the Cultural Programs Committee, High Point University Honors and Prizes Vickers Doctoral Student Best Research Paper Award, Division of Economics and Finance, College of Business & Economics, West Virginia University, 2004. Southern Economic Association Graduate Student Award, awarded by the Southern Economic Association to present a paper at the 2004 annual meetings. Dadisman Scholarship, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, 2002-04. First Prize in the national essay contest conducted by the Competition Success Review Magazine on the topic Economic Reforms: Too Little, Too Slow. - 4 -
National Scholarship in the Secondary Examination, Govt. of West Bengal, India. Software Fluency STATA, LIMDEP, GAMS, MS Office. Professional Affiliation American Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Association of Indian Economic Studies. References Available on request. - 5 -