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Kala Krishna
BornNovember 26, 1956
NationalityUnited States
Alma materPrinceton University (PhD 1984)

Delhi School of Economics (MA 1978)

Lady Shriram College at Delhi University (BA 1976)
OccupationLiberal Arts Research Professor of Economics
Employer(s)Pennsylvania State University (1993-present)

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1991-1993)

Harvard University (1984-1991)
Known forEconomic research in International Trade, Economics of Education, Development Economics, Industrial Organization
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/kalakrishnapsu/

Kala Krishna (economist)

Kala Krishna (born November 26, 1956 New Delhi, India) is an Indian American economist, currently a Liberal Arts Research Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University.[1], an NBER Research Associate[2] and a CESifo Research Network Fellow[3]. Her research contributes to the fields of International Trade, Economics of Education, Development Economics and Industrial Organization[4]. As of October 2019, the RePEc ranking of authors of Economics research papers lists Kala Krishna among the top 5% of economists[5]

Biography

Kala Krishna was born on  November 26, 1956 in New Delhi, India.[4] She holds B.A. in Economics (1976) from Lady Shriram College at Delhi University and M.A. (1978) in Economics from Delhi School of Economics.[4][6] Kala Krishna received her Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1984.[4]

Kala Krishna’s academic career started as an Assistant Professor (1984-1988) and then an Associate Professor (1988-1991) at Harvard University.[4][6] In 1991-1993, she became a William L Clayton Professor of Economics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[4][6] Since 1993, Kala Krishna is a Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University.[4][6]

Selected Publications

Most cited journal articles

Krishna, K., Lychagin, S., & Frisancho, V. (2018). Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?. International Economic Review, 59(2), 449-477.

Krishna, K., & Sheveleva, Y. (2017). Wheat or strawberries? Intermediated trade with limited contracting. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 9(3), 28-62.

Kee, H. L., & Krishna, K. (2008). Firm-level heterogeneous productivity and demand shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh. The American Economic Review, 98(2), 457-62.

Imai, S., & Krishna, K. (2004). Employment, deterrence, and crime in a dynamic model. International Economic Review, 45(3), 845-872.

Krishna, K., & Winston, T. (2003). If at First You Don't Succeed…: Profits, Prices, and Market Structure in a Model of Quality with Unknowable Consumer Heterogeneity. International Economic Review, 44(2), 573-597.

Krishna, K., & Tan, L. H. (1999). Transferable licenses versus nontransferable licenses: what is the difference?. International Economic Review, 40(3), 785-800.

Krishna, K. (1993). Auctions with endogenous valuations: the persistence of monopoly revisited. The American Economic Review, 147-160.

Krishna, K. (1990). The Case of the Vanishing Revenues: Auction Quotas with Monopoly. The American Economic Review, 80(4), 828-836. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 578 times. [7] ]

Krishna, K. (1989). Trade restrictions as facilitating practices. Journal of International Economics, 26(3-4), 251-270.

Books

Krishna, K., & Tan, L. H. (1998). Rags and riches: Implementing apparel quotas under the multi-fibre arrangement. University of Michigan Press.

Kala Krishna, biography page at the Pennsylvania State University [1]

Kala Krishna, publications indexed by Google Scholar[8]

Kala Krishna, personal website[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kala Krishna, Department of Economics, PennState". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Kala Krishna, the National Bureau of Economic Research". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Kala Krishna, CESifo Network". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Kala Krishna's CV". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "RePEc IDEAS Top 10% Authors, as of October 2019". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b c d "Kala Krishna, Voxeu". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Gogole Scholar author listing [1]
  8. ^ "Kala Krishna, Google Scholar". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Kala Krishna, personal website". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)