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Ashok Bardhan

bardhan@haas.berkeley.edu

 FISHER CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE & URBAN ECONOMICS

 

Education:      

                            PhD (Economics), UC,  Berkeley, USA

                           M.Phil. (International Relations), J.N.U., New Delhi, India        

                           M.S. (Physics/Math), P.F.U., Moscow, Russia

Selected Papers and Publications:

BOOK

 

Bardhan, Ashok, Dwight Jaffee and Cynthia Kroll, Globalization and a High Tech Economy: California, the US and Beyond”  (Springer)                                                                                                                       2004

 

EDITED BOOK

Bardhan, Ashok, Robert Edelstein and Cynthia Kroll, eds., Global Housing Markets: Crises, Policies, and Institutions – Essays from Around the World,” John Wiley & Sons,                                                  2011

 

EDITED BOOK (Forthcoming)

Bardhan, Ashok, Dwight Jaffee and Cynthia Kroll, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Global Employment and Offshoring,” Oxford University Press,                                                                                                  2011

 

 ARTICLES, PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS:  

           A Comparative Context for US Housing Policy: Housing Markets and the Financial Crisis in Europe, Asia and Beyond”  Paper prepared for the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington DC. Together with R.Edelstein and C. Kroll.            2012

          “How Responsive is Higher Education? The Linkages between Higher Education and the Labor Market   Together with Dan Hicks and Dwight Jaffee; Forthcoming in Applied Economics,                                                           2011

           “Green Buildings in Green Cities” Together with Cynthia Kroll. Working Paper.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2011

           "What Kind of Job is Safer? A Note on Occupational Vulnerability," (Together with John Tang; The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Topics), Article 1.                                                                         2010

            “ California Shrugged: The Fountainhead of the Great Recession” (Together with Richard Walker; Forthcoming in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society)                                                                                  2011

             “The Past as Prologue? Business Cycles and Forecasting since the 1960s.”  Forthcoming in the Wharton Real Estate Review.

           Housing and the Financial Crisis in the US : Cause or Symptom?” (Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Vol. 34, No.3, 2009)

            “Subprimes and Sundry Symptoms : The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis” in “Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Our Economic Future” (Edited by Robert Kolb), John Wiley & Sons,         2010.

           “Offshoring of Innovation: Causes and Policy Implications” in “Global Outsourcing and Offshoring: An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy (Edited by Farok Contractor, Vikas Kumar, Sumit Kundu and Torben Pedersen),  Cambridge University Press. Together with Dwight Jaffee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2010       

            “Global Tourism and Real Estate,” (Industry Studies Working Paper, 2008; with J. Begley, C.Kroll)

           “The Housing Problem and the Economic Crisis: Evaluating Policy Prescriptions,” ( with Robert Edelstein and Cynthia Kroll), Homer Hoyt Institute,                                                                                                                                2009

            “The Twin Excesses and the Economic Crisis: The Quadrilemma of the Global Economy” (YaleGlobal Online, May, 2009)

            “A Note on Real Estate Through the Ages: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable” (Together with R.H. Edelstein; in Diebold, Doherty, Herring, eds., The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable in Financial Risk Management. Princeton: Princeton University Press, )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2010

            “A Note on Intra-Firm Trade and Offshoring in Manufacturing and Services” (African Technology Development Forum, June 2009; with Dwight Jaffee)

            “Subversive Subprimes; The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis” (Siliconeer; September, 2008; Longer pdf version here)

            Outsourcing and Offshoring in a Globalizing World:  A Review of Trends and Perspectives” (in Handbook of Technology Management; John Wiley & Sons)

            “Mortgages May Be Toxic, But US Treasuries Appear a Safe Haven” ( YaleGlobal Online, December, 2009)

            “The Yin and Yang of US Debt” (YaleGlobal Online; April, 2008; with Dwight Jaffee)

            “India and China in the Global Economy: A Cooperative, Knowledge-Based Development Strategy (Article; Presentation here)

 ……….”The Impact of Global Capital Flows and Foreign Financing on US Interest Rates “ (Research Institute for Housing America; with Dwight Jaffee)

             “Housing Finance in Emerging Economies: Applying a Benchmark from Developed Countries,” in Danny Ben-Shahar, Seow-Eng Ong and Charles Leung , eds., Mortgage Markets Worldwide, Blackwell Publishing, 2008; Together with R.H. Edelstein)

            ”Globalization and Real Estate: Issues, Implications, Opportunities” (Research Report with. C.Kroll)

           Globalization, Job Creation and Inequality: Challenges and Opportunities on Both Sides of the Offshoring Divide” (for Vatuk Festschrift)

            “Global Economic-Financial Integration and Returns of Publicly Trade Real Estate Firms” , Real Estate Economics, Volume 36, Issue 2, 2008; Together with Robert Edelstein and Desmond Tsang)

……..  “Managing Globalization of R&D: Organizing for Offshoring Innovation ” (Human Systems Management, Volume 25, No. 2, 2006))  

          "Emerging Sector in a Transition Economy; Global Linkages of the Russian Software Industry" ( Industry and Innovation; Volume 13, No. 1, 2006; Together with Cynthia Kroll)

          "Valuing Mortgage Insurance in Developing Countries" ( Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics; Volume 32, No. 1, 2006; Together with Branko Urosevic and Rasa Karapandza)

        "On Intra-Firm Trade and Manufacturing Outsourcing and Offshoring" (Edward Monty Graham. ed., The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations in Economic Development ; Palgrave, 2005; Together with Dwight Jaffee)

         "Innovation, R&D and Offshoring"  (Research Report Fall 2005; Together with Dwight Jaffee)       

         “Services Offshoring and California Employment: Implications for State Policy” (A Policy Report for California Policy Research Center, 2005; Together with Dwight Jaffee and Cynthia Kroll)

 

        "A Note on Globalization and Real Estate: The Impact of Openness on Urban Residential Rents" (“Journal of Urban Economics”; November, 2004, Together with Robert Edelstein and Charles Leung)

         "Global Linkages of Sub-National Regions: US Coastal Exports and International Networks" ( "Contemporary Economic Policy"; April 2004; Together with Subhrajit Guhathakurta). 

          "The New Wave of Outsourcing: BPO, BSO and the US Economy", (FCREUE Quarterly Report; Together with Cynthia Kroll; Fall 2003; (http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/fcreue/reports/ )

         "The Real Estate Industry in India: A Potential Engine of Growth", (India Infrastructure Report 2004; Together with Samir Barua)

         "Home Equity Conversion: The Prospects in India", ( "Economic and Political Weekly", July 26, 2003; Together with Samir Barua). 

          "Lingua Franca or Elite Dominance: A Linguistic Approach to Currency Competition" (Under review)

          "A Tale of Two Sectors: Upward Mobility and Private Housing in Singapore" ( "Journal of Housing Economics", v12, n2, June 2003; Together with Rajarshi Datta, Robert Edelstein and L.S. Kim)

         "Globalization and Restructuring During Downturns: A Case Study of California" in Growth and Change, v32, n2, Spring 2001 (Together with David Howe)

BOOK/ENCYCLOPEDIA CHAPTER:

         "Internet, E-Commerce and the Real Estate Industry" (In "Internet Encyclopedia", ed. Hossein Bidgoli; John Wiley & Sons, November 2003; Together with Dwight Jaffee):

Ongoing Research:

        “ Imported Inputs, Firm Location and Agglomerations: Does Outsourcing Mitigate Clustering?”

        “Public Opinion, Animal Spirits and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Impact of Language and Metaphors on Economic Activity”

        "Housing and Energy Consumption: Value Capture from Energy Efficiency"

         “Housing, Urban Structure, and Commuting Costs”

         “Sustainable Urban Development”      

The Berkeley Blog Link

Assorted Links on Global Economy, Offshoring etc.:

Global Development Network

Economist Magazine’s Special Issue and Recommended Sources on Offshoring

  

RANDOM LINKS: :

Indian Classical Music

Ragas in Indian Classical Music (Chandra and David’s Website)

Interesting Link to Language Families of the World

English Translation of Russian Poetry (Excerpts)

Russian Poetry Page

Ajanta and Ellora Caves: One of the Wonders of the World

The Most Common Chinese characters in order of frequency

 Regional Indian Cuisine I

Regional Indian Cuisine II

 

The Birth Centenary Year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the Great Poet of the Subcontinent