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Kaliappa Kalirajan is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their primary research contributions lie within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, Finance, and Strategy and Management.

The main topics covered in Kaliappa Kalirajan's body of work include:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Global trade and economics
  • Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Indian Economic and Social Development

Kaliappa Kalirajan has published extensively in various journals. Some of the frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Economic Analysis
  • Journal of Social and Economic Development
  • Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
  • Journal of Economic Studies
  • International Journal of Finance & Economics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kaliappa Kalirajan feature research on productivity, economic growth, export potential, and global value chains. Notable recent works include:

  • Sources of Productivity Growth in the Indonesian Manufacturing Industries, 2023, Journal of Economic Analysis
  • Variations in economic growth across states in Malaysia: an exploratory analysis, 2020, Journal of Economic Studies
  • Building innovative, inclusive and resilient global value chains, 2021, Journal of Social and Economic Development
  • Has India achieved its potential in merchandise exports?, 2021, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
  • Exports of Renewable Energy Goods among RCEP members: Potential and Constraints, 2023, Journal of Economic Analysis

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Raghuvir Kelkar
  • Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
  • Yusniliyana Yusof
  • Martha Ranggi Primanthi
  • Yichang Liu

Best Publications

  • A Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity Growth: The Case of Chinese Agricultural Growth before and after Reforms

    K.P. Kalirajan;M.B. Obwona;S. Zhao

  • An Econometric Analysis of Yield Variability in Paddy Production

    K. Kalirajan

  • Convergence Of Incomes Across Indian States: A Divergent View

    Mulpuri V Rao;Rick Shand;Kaliappa Kalirajan

  • Frontier Production Functions and Technical Efficiency Measures

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  • Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis

    Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb;Kaliappa Kalirajan

  • The Measurement Of Farm-Specific Technical Efficiency

    K. P. Kalirajan;J . C. Flinn

  • ON MEASURING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY

    K. P. Kalirajan

  • The importance of efficient use in the adoption of technology: A micro panel data analysis

    K. P. Kalirajan

  • FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION: THE STOCHASTIC COEFFICIENTS APPROACH

    K. P. Kalirajan;M. B. Obwona

  • A generalized measure of technical efficiency

    K. P. Kalirajan;R. T. Shand

  • Regional Cooperation and Bilateral Trade Flows: An Empirical Measurement of Resistance

    Kaliappa Kalirajan

  • RICE GREEN REVOLUTION IN ASIA AND ITS TRANSFERABILITY TO AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTION

    Keijiro Otsuka;Kaliappa P. Kalirajan

  • Small enterprise and firm-level technical efficiency in the Indonesian garment industry

    Hal Hill;K. P. Kalirajan

  • Farm‐Specific Technical Efficiencies and Development Policies

    K. Kalirajan

  • Stochastic varying coefficients gravity model: An application in trade analysis

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  • The inflation-growth nexus in India: an empirical analysis

    Kanhaiya Singh;Kaliappa Kalirajan

  • The Economic Efficiency of Farmers Growing High-Yielding, Irrigated Rice in India

    K. Kalirajan

  • Sources of output growth in Indian agriculture

    K. P. Kalirajan;R. T. Shand

  • Can Chinese state enterprises perform like market entities: Productive efficiency in the Chinese iron and steel industry

    K. P. Kalirajan;Cao Yong

  • A Comparative Analysis of China's and India's Recent Export Performances

    Kaliappa Kalirajan;Kanhaiya Singh

  • The post-reform performance of the manufacturing sector in India

    Kaliappa Kalirajan;Shashanka Bhide

  • China's trade efficiency: measurement and determinants

    Peter Drysdale;Yiping Huang;Kaliappa Kalirajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Keijiro Otsuka
Keijiro Otsuka Kobe University
Nirvikar Singh
Nirvikar Singh University of California, Santa Cruz
Tom Kompas
Tom Kompas University of Melbourne
Ruhul Salim
Ruhul Salim Curtin University
R. Quentin Grafton
R. Quentin Grafton Australian National University

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