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  • Full Name : Prof Vivek Moorthy

  • Highest Education Degree : University of California Los Angeles (PhD)

  • Department : Economics

  • Designation : Distinguished Professor (current)

  • Institutional Email Address : ep.vivek.moorthy@sjim.edu.in

  • LinkedIn Profile Link : https://in.linkedin.com/in/vivek-moorthy-733b9a1aa

  • Courses Taught : Financial Macroeconomics, Global Financial Macroeconomics and Markets, Introductory Macroeconomics.

  • Vivek Moorthy who was earlier Professor, IIM Bangalore and prior to that Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York joined SJIM in 2023 as Distinguished Professor. He obtained his PhD from University of California, Los Angeles. Further details of his publications, professional experience and ongoing academic and policy agendas are available on his two websites economicsperiscope.com and financialmacroeconomics.com

Education
Level (PhD, Master's, Bachelor's) Name of Degree Year of Completion Name of Degree Awarding Institute or University Specialization Details of any award related to the degree
PhD Doctorate 1986 University of California, Los Angeles Macroeconomics, Intl. Econ. & Finance Cambridge University Press had offered to publish my thesis as a book. Also Departmental Fellowship
M.A. Masters 1978 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Post Keynesian macroecon. & planning models First Rank. Merit Scholarship for performance in B.A. degree.
BA. (Hons) Bachelors 1976 Elphinstone College, Mumbai Univ. Econ. with Statistics Minor First Class
Journal Publications
Sl. No. Name of Authors Year of Publication Title of Article Journal Name Volume and Issue Number
1 Vivek Moorthy 1989-90 Unemployment in Canada and the United States: The Role of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Federal Bank of New York Quarterly Review Vol 14 No 4 pp. 48-61
2 Vivek Moorthy 1990 Targeting Nominal GNP (with Spence R. Hilton) in IntermediateTtargets and indicators for monetary policy. Special Volume Fed Reserve Bank of New York Staff Studies pp. 232-273
3 Vivek Moorthy 1995 Efficiency Aspects of Exchange Rate Response to News: Evidence from U.S. Employment Data Journal of International Financial Institutions, Markets and Money Vol 5(1)1995, pp. 1-17
4 Vivek Moorthy 1996 Predicable & Profitable Price Patterns : Evidence from U.S. Interest Rates Economics Letters Vol. 51, April, pp. 101-107
5 Vivek Moorthy 1998 From East Asian Miracle to Debacle : Bad Banking & Moral Hazard Vikalpa Vol 23 No 4, pp.11 -21
6 Vivek Moorthy 1999 Capital Account of Convertibility : How Should We Proceed? Macmillan pp.304-315
7 Vivek Moorthy 2000 Bond Financing & Debt Stability: Theoretical Issues & Empirical Analysis for India coauthored with Sarat Dhal & Bhupal Singh Res. Bank of India Development Research Group pp.1-78
8 Vivek Moorthy 2001 Setting Small Saving & Provident Fund Rates Economics and Political weekly EPWXXXVI No.41 pp.3941-3950
9 Vivek Moorthy 2004 Assessing India's Primary Deficit and Interest Payments Burden, Economics and Political weekly EPW Vol XXXIX No 26, pp.2711-2717
10 Vivek Moorthy 2007 Rule based Intervention to reduce rupee Volatility ICRIER-Inwent Conference Volume pp. 43-53
11 Vivek Moorthy and Shrikant Kolhar 2011 Rising food inflation and India's monetary policy. Indian Growth and Development Review Vol. 4 Iss: 1, pp.73 – 94
12 Vivek Moorthy 2016 Selective Memoirs: RBI has more Autonomy than Scrutiny- A Review Essay of who moved my Interest Rate by Duvvuri Subbarao Economics and Political weekly Vol LI No 40, pp.33-39
Books or Book Chapters
Sl. No. Name of Authors Year of Publication Title of Book (if it is book chapter, then include the title of the book and its editors) Publisher Name Place of Publication
1 Vivek Moorthy 1999 Capital Account Convertibility : How Should We Proceed? In Management Perspectives ed. N. Balasubramanian, IIMB 25th Yr Anniversary Issue, pp. 304-315 MacMillan New Delhi
2 Vivek Moorthy 2014 Understanding Stagflation: Past and Present (Only in e-book format. ISBN 978-93-392-0334-4) McGraw Hill India Pvt Ltd New Delhi
3 Vivek Moorthy 2017 Reprint 2019 Applied Macroeconomics: Employment, Growth & Inflation ISBN: 978-93-85909-04-7 I.K . International Pvt Ltd New Delhi
4 Vivek Moorthy and Nitya Srinath 2022 "Abhivruddhi-Making India a Five Trillion Dollar Economy": Assessing the target dates for India’s goal of $5 trillion GDP Chap. 9 pp.111-126 IMDR Deccan Education Soceity Pune
Papers Presented at Conferences
Sl. No. Name of Authors Year of Conference Title of Paper Presented Conference Name Conference Location
1 Vivek Moorthy 2012 Comments on Rhee-Veron Paper: Inst. Growth Economics/Asian Development Bank Conference IGE/ADB Conference Seoul
Work Experience (academic and industry)
Title or Position Name of Organization Duration (in years) Details of experience
Lecturer St Stephens College, Delhi 1 year
Instructor/Asst. Professor Penn State University 3 years
Economist S. P. Jain School of Global Management, Dubai 1 year
Economist Federal Reserve Bank of New York 5 Years Combined (GDP and Inflation) Projections, Domestic Research Division
Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of New York Foreign Exchange Function
Professor IIM Bangalore 28 Financial Maroeconomics and Global Financial Markets courses
Consulting / Projects / Management Development
Organization it was undertaken for Year Details