Somnath Sen

Somnath Sen

The Department of Economics
Emeritus Professor of Development Economics

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 6741
Fax
+44 (0) 121 414 7377
Email
s.sen@bham.ac.uk
Address
Department of Economics
University of Birmingham
University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Research interest: Macroeconomic Policy, Development Economics, Defence Economics

Qualifications

PhD in Economics, University of Warwick

MSocSc, University of Birmingham

MA (Econ), University of Calcutta

BA (Econ, Hons), Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Postgraduate supervision

PhD Students and completion dates:

  • Hemkamon, Kanwana (2007) 'Determinants of trade and investment in Southeast Asia : an application of the gravity trade model'.

  • Sun, Puyang (2009) 'Economic development with finance: studies of emerging economies'.

  • Kokores, Ioanna (2009) 'The conduct of monetary policy under risks to financial stability: A Game - Theoretic approach'.

  • Pupongsak, Suparerk (2010) 'The effect of trade liberalization on taxation and government revenue'.

  • Hou, Na (2010)  Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.   Arms Race, Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in India.

  • Liu, Xiaoyu (2010)  Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.  Essays on public pension systems, with special reference to China.

  • Hou, Liyan (2010) ‘Explaining trade flows and determinants of bilateral trade’

  •  Wei, Hongxu (2010) ‘Foreign direct investment and economic development in China and East Asia’.

  •  Lam, Kwok Ying (2011) ‘Institutions and economic development’.

     

Research

RESEARCH GROUP:

Macroeconomics; Political Economy and Economic Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Macroeconomic Policy, Development Economics, Defence Economics

Publications

AN Bende, JL Ford, S Sen. 2002. "Productivity analysis in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Region: A Multi-Country Translog Comparative Analysis", Economics Bulletin, 15 

AN Bende, JL Ford, S Sen. 2002. "Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends and Determinants", Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, 6, 1 

S Sen, JL Ford, A Bende-Nabede. 2003. "The Interaction Between FDI, Output and Spillover Variables: Cointegration and VAR Analysis for APEC", Applied Economics Letters, 8 

Puyang Sun, Somnath Sen and  Jiadong Tong,  (2011) "Size Effects on the Transmission Mechanism from Finance to Development: A Study of Large Emerging Economies", The World Economy, 34, pp. 778-791.
 
Lixin Sun and  Somnath Sen, (2011) "Monetary Policy Rules and Business Cycle in China: Bayesian DSGE Model Simulation" (April 9, 2011). Social Science Research Network