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 Prof. Vijay K. Bhasin  

 

Name: 
Prof. Vijay K. Bhasin
Address:
Department of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Phone:   
00233-42-31349 (office)
00233-244-364881 (Cellular)
E-mail: vbhasin96@yahoo.com
FAX:  
00233-42-37018

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Micro-finance, Macroeconomic Policies, Adoption and Transfer of Technology,
Agricultural Productivity and Efficiency, Trade Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation
Exchange Rate Regimes and Growth, Labour Market Issues and Health Economics
ICT and Productivity, Financial CGE and Poverty.

TEACHING INTERESTS:
 Macroeconomic Theory, International Trade and Finance.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  1. Member, African Technology Policy Studies Network, Ghana Chapter.
  2. Member, African Econometric Society.
  3. Member, Global Development Network.
  4. Member, PEP Network.
  5. Member, ECOMOD Network.
  6. Member, Editorial Board, Ghana Policy Journal.
  7. External Examiner, University of Ghana.

PAPERS PUBLISHED:

    1. Economics of Transfer of Technology through Multinational Corporations and the Problem of Factor Proportions in Developing Countries, Review of Commerce Studies, Vols. 5 & 6, March 1977.
    2. Estimation of Production functions for Indian Manufacturing Sector: Pooling of Cross-section and Time-series Data, Artha Vijnana, Vol. 19, June 1977.
    3. Economics of Non-production Workers in Indian Manufacturing Industries, Review of Commerce Studies, Vol. 7, March 1978.
    4. Uncertainty and the Theory of Price Discrimination, The Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 59, July 1978.
    5. Estimation of Production Functions for Indian Manufacturing Industries, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 15, January 1980.
    6. Non-production Workers, Technological Change, and Factor Substitution: A Case study of Indian Manufacturing Industries, The Indian Economic Journal,  Vol. 28, December 1980.
    7. A Simple Model of Money and Growth with Imported Inputs, Economie Applique, No. 3-4, December 1980.
    8. Demand for Money, Foreign Aid, and the Non-neutrality of Money, The Indian  Economic Journal, Vol. 36, July-September 1988.
    9. Supply of Money, Non-neutrality, and the Comparative Dynamics, Keio Economic Studies, Vol. 25, November 1988.
    10. Variable Labor Force Growth and Neo-classical Models of Growth, Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 13, No. 2, Spring 1991.
    11.  Endogenous Money Supply and the Comparative Dynamics in a Neo-classical Growth Model, The Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 71, January 1991.
    12.  Endogenous Money Supply and the Long-run Stability of a Neo-classical Growth Model, Greek Economic Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, Autumn 1991.
    13. Balanced and Unbalanced Economic Growth in an Open Economy, Frederick  Journal of Technology, Vol. 1, No. 1, August 1995.
    14. Exports and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ghana, African Journal of Economic Policy, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1999.
    15. Military Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Ghana, Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. 81, No.321, October 2000.
    16. Impact of Micro-finance Enterprises on the Efficiency of Micro-enterprises in Cape Coast, IFLIP Research Paper, No. 5, November 2001.
    17. Reaction Functions of the Bank of Ghana: A Dynamic Approach, EcoMod 2002 CD-Rom,Free University of Brussels, Belgium/www.ecomod.net/conferences/ ecomod 2002/papers/bhasin.pdf.
    18. Monetary Policy and the Foreign Exchange Market in Ghana, 8th Annual Conference in Econometric Modeling for Africa, 1-4 July 2003, Stellenbosch, SouthAfrica/ www.academic.sun.ac.za/econ/cnference/programme.html.
    19. Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency, and Soil Fertility in Ghana, 9th Annual Conference on Econometric Modeling in Africa, 30 June-2 July, 2004, Cape  Town,SouthAfrica/www.commerce.uct.ac.za/economics/conferences/2004/ AES2004conference.
    20. Dynamic-Interlinks Between the Exchange Rate, Price Level and Terms of Trade in a Managed Floating Exchange Rate System: The Case of Ghana, AERC Research Paper, No. 141, July 2004, Nairobi, Kenya (www.aercafrica.org/publications/all.asp).
    21. Impact of Elimination of Trade Taxes on Poverty and Income Distribution in Ghana, Macroeconomic Policy Challenges in Low Income Countries, February 15-16, 2005, Paper presented at IMF Headquarters, Washington, DC./  www.gdnet.org/activities/global_research_projects/macroeconomic_ policy_ challenges.
    22. Trade Liberalization, Remittances, Poverty and Income Distributions of  Households in Ghana. In Judith Shaw (Ed): Remittances, Microfinance and Development: Building the Links. Volume 1: A Global View, The Foundation for Development Co-operation, Brisbane, Australia, 2005, 33-45. (ISBN 0-9586728-7-3).
    23. 23. Globalization, Technology, Poverty and Income Distributions of Households in Ghana in World Association for Sustainable Development: World Sustainable Development Outlook 2005 Global Competitiveness: a common goal in a digital society, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (ISBN: 1-903721-00-8).
    24. Trade Liberalization, Foreign Borrowing, Poverty and Income Distributions of Households in Ghana, ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, July 2006, Vol 5, No. 4, 38-53.
    25. Trade Liberalization, Foreign Aid, Poverty and Income Distributions of Households in Ghana, Ghana Policy Journal, March 2007, Vol. 1, No. 1, 5-22.
    26. Profitability, Bank Services, and Use of Computer Technology by Deposit Money Banks in Ghana, Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences, August 2007, 88-113.
    27. Disparities of Education and Poverty among Households in Ghana, ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, November 2007, Vol. 6, No. 6, 77-93.

     

    RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED:

    1. Impact of Micro-finance Enterprises on the Efficiency of Micro-enterprises in  Cape Coast, FSL Research Programme (ILO), Final Report, 1999-2000.
    2. Dynamic Inter-links between the Exchange Rate and Prices of Tradables and  Non-tradables in a Managed Floating Exchange Rate System: The Case of  Ghana (AERC PROJECT), 1999-2000.
    3.  Beneficiary Assessment of ICP Farmer Groups, Adoption Rates, and  Acceptance: A Study of Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana (GTZ PROJECT), 2001.
    4. Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency, and Soil Fertility Management Practices of Vegetable Growers in the Upper East Region of Ghana, SADAOC Foundation Project, 2001-2002.
    5. Technology and Efficiency of Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Food- Processing Sub-sector of Cape Coast, ATPS Project, 2001-2002.
    6. Profitability, banking services and the use of computer technology by Deposit  Money Banks of Ghana, Bank of Ghana Project, 2003-2004.
    7. Impact of Elimination of Trade Taxes on Poverty and Income Distribution in Ghana, GDN Project, 2004-2005.
    8. Trade Liberalization, Foreign Capital Inflows, Poverty and Income Distributions of Households in Ghana, AERC Project, 2006-2007


    WORK IN PROGRESS:

    1. Determinants of Fertility in Ghana, AERC Collaborative Research Project on
      Reproductive Health, 2007-2008.

     

     

     
(2008) Economics Department University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana