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Dr Shrabani Saha

Dr Shrabani Saha

Dr Shrabani Saha

Lecturer

Telephone:  
Email: s.saha@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.378  

 

Availability

By appointment

Current teaching

  • ECF1110 Economics I
  • ECF2211 National Economy II
  • MBA5718 Business Economics

Background

My research areas include political economy, economic growth, development economics and international trade issues. The main areas of research focus on causes and effects of corruption across nations and corruption’s relations with democracy and economic freedom. I have been also engaged in research involving political instability and its effects on tourism demands and economic growth. My current research projects include a comparative study of the impact of exchange rate movements on inflation with respect to Australia, China and India.

Staff qualifications

  • BSc.(Hons.)
  • MSc.
  • MEC.
  • PhD.

Professional memberships

  • American Economic Association

Awards and recognition

  • 2011 - ECU, School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Early Career Researcher Award.
  • 2010 – ECU, Faculty of Business and Law, Dean's Award for the completion of a PhD. 
  • 2008 - New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) Education Trust Graduate Study Award.
  • 2006-2008 - Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Massey University, New Zealand.

Research

Research interest

  • Development economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • International trade

Current research area

  • Economics of corruption
  • Political instability tourism
  • International trade
Current research grants

Recent publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Saha, S., & Zhang, Z. (2012). "Do Exchange Rates Affect Consumer Prices? A Comparative Analysis for Australia, China and India". Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, (forthcoming). 
  • Saha, S., & Gounder, R. (2012). Corruption and Economic Development Nexus: Variations Across Income Levels in a Non-Linear Framework. Economic Modelling, (forthcoming).
  • Saha, S. & Su, J. J. (2012). Investigating the Interaction Effect of Democracy and Economic Freedom on Corruption: A Cross-Country Quantile Regression Analysis. Economic Analysis and Policy Journal. (forthcoming).
  • Saha, S., Gounder, R., and Su, J.J. (2012). Is there a "Consensus" Towards Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index? International Journal of Business Studies, (forthcoming).
  • Campbell, N. & Saha, S. (2012). "Corruption, Democracy and Asia-Pacific Countries". Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, (forthcoming). 
  • Saha, S., Gounder R. and Su, J.J. (2009). "The Interaction Effect of Economic Freedom and Democracy on Corruption: A Panel Cross-Country Analysis". Economics Letters, 105(2), 173-176.

Discussion paper

  • Gounder, R. & Saha, S. (2007). “Economic Volatility, Economic Vulnerability and Foreign Aid: Empirical Results for the South Pacific Island Nations.” Discussion Paper No. 07.02, Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University, New Zealand.

Conference proceedings

  • Saha, S. & Zhang, Z. (2012). The Impact Of The Interaction Between Economic Growth And Democracy On Human Development: Cross-National Analysis. The Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA 2012) International Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 5-7, 2012. 

  • Saha, S. & Mallik, G. (2012). Is Corruption Always Growth-Inhibitory? A Cross-National Study in Non-Linear Frame Work, The 41st Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, Australia, July 8-11, 2012.

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R. (2012). Effect of Economic Development on Corruption: Cross-country and Regional Results, Association of Allied Science (ASSA) American Economic Association Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, January 6-7, 2012.

  • Saha, S. & Su, J.J. (2011). Do Existing Levels of Economic Freedom and Democracy Matter in Controlling Corruption? A Cross-Country Quantile Regression Analysis, 21st Annual Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 20-21 December, 2011.

  • Saha, S. & Zhang, Z.Y. (2011). Modelling Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Australia, China and India, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Perth Convention Centre, Perth, Australia, 12-16 December, 2011.

  • Yap, G. & Saha, S. (2011). The Impact of Political Instability and Corruption on Tourism Development:  Cross-Country Panel Estimates, First World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, Hong Kong, 10-13 December, 2011.

  • Campbell, N. & Saha, S. (2011). Corruption, democracy and Asia-Pacific countries, First Annual Workshop on Economic and Policy Developments in East Asia, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 13-14 October, 2011.

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R. (2011). Does Higher Levels of Democracy and Economic Freedom Reduce Corruption: Some Cross-National and Regional Evidence, Seventh Australasian Development Economics Workshop, University of Western Australia, 9-10 June, 2011. 

  • Saha, S., Gounder R., Campbell, N. & Su, J.J. (2010). Does Democracy Reduce Corruption? 7th IIDS-IIMS international conference on development, Kolkata, India, December 13-18, 2010. 

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R. (2009). Estimating the Causes of Economic Corruption, paper presented at the 3rd All China Economics International Conference, 14-16 December 2009, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R. (2009). Corruption and Economic Development Nexus: Variation Across Regions and Income Levels, paper presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, 1-3 July 2009, Wellington, New Zealand. 

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R (2008). Causes Of Economic Corruption , Implication for India. 18th Annual Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 19 - 20 December 2008.

  • Saha, S. (2008). Democracy and Corruption: An Empirical Analysis in a Cross-Country Framework, paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists and the Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESAM08), 9-11 July 2008, Wellington, New Zealand.

  • Saha, S. & Campbell, N. (2007). Studies of the Effect of Democracy on Corruption, paper presented upon receiving guest speaker invitation from the 36th Australian Conference of Economics, for the special session on Corruption, held between 24-26 September 2007, at Hobart in Tasmania, Australia.

  • Saha, S. & Gounder, R. (2007). Causes of Corruption: A Cross-Country Analysis Evaluation, paper presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, 27-29 June 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand. 

  • Saha, S. (2006). The impact of Economic corruption on Growth: Empirical Investigation presented at PhD Colloquium, Network-Asia Pacific School and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) Conference, 3-6 December 2006, The University of Sydney, Australia.