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 | ||
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