Adam Smith Business School

Dr Arjunan Subramanian

Dr Arjunan Subramanian
  • Lecturer (Economics)

telephone: +44(0)1413307304
email: Arjunan.Subramanian@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

Applied microeconomics; Development economics; Economics of climate change; Agricultural economics

Project funded by ESRC-DFID under the DFID/ESRC Growth Programme May 2011
Title: Information, market creation and agricultural growth
Start date: November 2012 End date: October 2015

Three year study funded by ESRC and Department for International Development: Rural Development and IT Access

Biography

Arjunan Subramanian joined Economics in the Business School at the University of Glasgow in January 2011 having previously been based at the University of Warwick. Previously he held positions at the University of Gottingen, at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn and at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, India. He attained his PhD at the University of Hohenheim, Germany in July 2007 having previously studied at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Madras University in India.

List all by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2003 | 2000
Number of items: 12.

2011

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2011) Interlocked village markets and trader idiosyncrasy in rural india. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62 (3). pp. 690-709. ISSN 0021-857X (doi:10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00309.x)

2010

Subramanian, A., Kirwan, K., and Pink, D. (2010) Food security: perception failure. Science, 328 (5975). p. 173. ISSN 0036-8075 (doi:10.1126/science.328.5975.173-b)

Qaim, M., and Subramanian, A. (2010) Benefits of transgenic plants: a socioeconomic perspective. In: Kempken, F. and Jung, C. (eds.) Genetic Modification of Plants: Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. Series: Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry (64). Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 615-628. ISBN 9783642023903

Sadashivappa, P., Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2010) Socioeconomic impacts of Bt cotton. In: Zehr, U.B. (ed.) Cotton: biotechnological advances. Series: Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry (65). Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 221-240. ISBN 9783642047954

Subramanian, A., Kirwan, K., Pink, D., and Qaim, M. (2010) GM crops and gender issues. Nature Biotechnology, 28 (5). pp. 404-406. ISSN 1087-0156 (doi:10.1038/nbt0510-404)

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2010) The impact of Bt cotton on poor households in rural India. Journal of Development Studies, 46 (2). pp. 295-311. ISSN 0022-0388 (doi:10.1080/00220380903002954 )

2009

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2009) Village-wide effects of agricultural biotechnology: the case of Bt Cotton in India. World Development, 37 (1). pp. 256-267. ISSN 0305-750X (doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.010)

Subramanian, A., Sadashivappa, P., and Qaim, M. (2009) Commercialized GM crops and yield. Nature Biotechnology, 27 (9). pp. 803-804. ISSN 1087-0156 (doi:10.1038/nbt0909-803b)

2007

Subramanian, A. (2007) Distributional Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology in a Village Economy: The Case of Cotton in India. Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen, Germany. ISBN 9783867273190

2006

Qaim, M., Subramanian, A., Naik, G., and Zilberman, D. (2006) Adoption of Bt cotton and impact variability: insights from India. Review of Agricultural Economics, 28 (1). pp. 48-58. ISSN 2040-5790 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00272.x)

2003

Pradhan, B.K., and Subramanian, A. (2003) On the stability of demand for money in a developing economy: some empirical issues. Journal of Development Economics, 72 (1). pp. 335-351. ISSN 0304-3878 (doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00080-4)

2000

Subramanian, A. (2000) Inter-sectoral terms of trade revisited. In: Roy, J. and Gupta, M.R. (eds.) Themes on Development Economics. Allied Publishers, Calcutta, India. ISBN 9788177640403

This list was generated on Sun May 19 22:21:36 2013 BST.
Jump to: Article | Book | Book Section
Number of items: 12.

Article

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2011) Interlocked village markets and trader idiosyncrasy in rural india. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62 (3). pp. 690-709. ISSN 0021-857X (doi:10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00309.x)

Subramanian, A., Kirwan, K., and Pink, D. (2010) Food security: perception failure. Science, 328 (5975). p. 173. ISSN 0036-8075 (doi:10.1126/science.328.5975.173-b)

Subramanian, A., Kirwan, K., Pink, D., and Qaim, M. (2010) GM crops and gender issues. Nature Biotechnology, 28 (5). pp. 404-406. ISSN 1087-0156 (doi:10.1038/nbt0510-404)

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2010) The impact of Bt cotton on poor households in rural India. Journal of Development Studies, 46 (2). pp. 295-311. ISSN 0022-0388 (doi:10.1080/00220380903002954 )

Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2009) Village-wide effects of agricultural biotechnology: the case of Bt Cotton in India. World Development, 37 (1). pp. 256-267. ISSN 0305-750X (doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.010)

Subramanian, A., Sadashivappa, P., and Qaim, M. (2009) Commercialized GM crops and yield. Nature Biotechnology, 27 (9). pp. 803-804. ISSN 1087-0156 (doi:10.1038/nbt0909-803b)

Qaim, M., Subramanian, A., Naik, G., and Zilberman, D. (2006) Adoption of Bt cotton and impact variability: insights from India. Review of Agricultural Economics, 28 (1). pp. 48-58. ISSN 2040-5790 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00272.x)

Pradhan, B.K., and Subramanian, A. (2003) On the stability of demand for money in a developing economy: some empirical issues. Journal of Development Economics, 72 (1). pp. 335-351. ISSN 0304-3878 (doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00080-4)

Book

Subramanian, A. (2007) Distributional Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology in a Village Economy: The Case of Cotton in India. Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen, Germany. ISBN 9783867273190

Book Section

Qaim, M., and Subramanian, A. (2010) Benefits of transgenic plants: a socioeconomic perspective. In: Kempken, F. and Jung, C. (eds.) Genetic Modification of Plants: Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. Series: Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry (64). Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 615-628. ISBN 9783642023903

Sadashivappa, P., Subramanian, A., and Qaim, M. (2010) Socioeconomic impacts of Bt cotton. In: Zehr, U.B. (ed.) Cotton: biotechnological advances. Series: Biotechnology in agriculture and forestry (65). Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 221-240. ISBN 9783642047954

Subramanian, A. (2000) Inter-sectoral terms of trade revisited. In: Roy, J. and Gupta, M.R. (eds.) Themes on Development Economics. Allied Publishers, Calcutta, India. ISBN 9788177640403

This list was generated on Sun May 19 22:21:36 2013 BST.

Current PhD students

Oluwadamilola Agbato

Thesis title: Mental accounting, proportionality and frame dependence: an evaluation in relation to price perception.
Co-supervisor: Dr Alexander Kovalenkov 

Hikojiro Fujiwara

Thesis title: The role of culture in economics.
Co-supervisor: Dr Alexander Kovalenkov

Celine Guimas

Thesis title: Microfinance and the agricultural sector of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Co-supervisor: Dr Alexander Kovalenkov 

Istepanian Harootyun

Thesis title: Reform of electricity sector in post conflict states - Iraq case study.
Co-supervisor: Dr James Wilson 

 

Undergraduate: Microeconomics

Postgraduate: Development Policy; Policies for Sustainability and Development; Theory and Principles of Sustainability

Distinctions and scholarships

  • Research Medal for outstanding research on development 2001, Global Development Network, World Bank, New Delhi.
  • Award for outstanding Journal article in Review of Agricultural Economics 2007, American Agricultural Economics Association.

Conferences, workshops and presentations

Conferences

  • 2010: 12th International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) Conference on 'Bioeconomy Governance: Policy, Environmental and Health Regulations, and Public Investments in Research', Ravello, Italy, June.
  • 2008: 12th International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) Conference on 'The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology: Creative Destruction, Adoption, or Irrelevance?', Ravello, Italy, June.
  • 2006: International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, August.
  • 2001: 24th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Conference, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil, August.
  • 1998: Conference on 'Money and Finance in the Indian Economy', Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, December.
  • 1997: Conference on 'Economic Theory and Policy', Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, January.
  • 1997: VI Annual Conference on 'Contemporary Issues in Development Economics', Jadavpur University, Calcutta, December.

Workshops

  • 2002: Modelling workshop on 'CGE, Micro simulation and Double Calibration' at the University of Laval, Quebec, Canada, June. This event was supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
  • 2002: CGE Modelling Workshop jointly organised by CREFA of the University of Laval, Quebec and the CREA of the University Cheick Anta Doap, supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada which was in Dakar, Senegal in May.
  • 2002: Workshop on 'Public Expenditure and Poverty Reduction', supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada and organised jointly with Institut National de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée (INSEA), Rabat-Morocco, January-February.

 Presentations and competitions

  • 2008: Invited presentation at United Nations University of Maastricht - UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands, September.
  • 2001: Global Development Network second annual awards competition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December.