Areendam Chanda

Distinctions

Thomas Singletary Distinguished Professor of Business Administration

Education

PhD Economics, Brown University, 2001

MA Economics, Brown University, 1997

MA Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 1996

BA Economics (Honours), University of Delhi, 1994

I am a professor of economics at the E. J. Ourso College of Business, LSU. My current research concentrates on topics such as long-term economic growth and productivity, regional economic growth, consumption and savings, and economic growth in India. Some selected publications and recent research are highlighted below. My research on foreign direct investment and economic growth has received more than 5000 citations, while my work on historical state capacity and economic growth was cited more than 1000 times. A complete collection of research papers, both published and ongoing, can be viewed at the research link above.

I also serve as a general co-editor of Economic Inquiry, the flagship journal of the Western Economic Association International which has published papers by more than 20 Nobel laureates, and have previously served as an associate editor for Economic Modelling, Indian Growth and Development Review, and the Southern Economic Journal.

I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in economic growth and macroeconomics and was the recipient of the 2022 E. J. Ourso College of Business Outstanding Teacher Award for Tenured Faculty.