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Rati Ram is affiliated with Illinois State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems, Safety Research, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Economic Growth and Development, Economic Growth and Productivity, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Corruption and Economic Development, and Taxation and Compliance Studies.

Recent publications by Rati Ram include the following papers:

  • "Income convergence across the U.S. states: further evidence from new recent data" (2020), published in Journal of Economics and Finance
  • "Attainment of multidimensional poverty target of sustainable development goals: a preliminary study" (2020), published in Applied Economics Letters
  • "International convergence in population happiness: evidence from recent data" (2021), published in Applied Economics

Rati Ram has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Rajeev K. Goel, Ummad Mazhar, Ujjwala Upreti, and Germán Blanco. Rajeev K. Goel is among the most frequent coauthors, appearing on multiple publications.

The scientist's work has appeared in a number of research venues, including:

  • Managerial and Decision Economics
  • Journal of Economics and Finance
  • Applied Economics
  • Applied Economics Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Rati Ram's research contributions often explore economic performance, income convergence, economic development, and multidimensional poverty. The work includes analysis of firm performance and corruption perceptions in emerging economies, although some of these papers were coauthored by colleagues such as Rajeev K. Goel.

Best Publications

  • Government Size and Economic Growth: A New Framework and Some Evidence from Cross-Section and Time-Series Data

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  • Exports and Economic Growth: Some Additional Evidence

    Rati Ram

  • Exports and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from Time-Series and Cross-Section Data

    Rati Ram

  • Military expenditures and economic growth in less developed countries: an augmented model and further evidence

    Basudeb Biswas;Rati Ram

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross‐Country Data for the 1990s*

    Rati Ram;Kevin Honglin Zhang

  • Composite indices of physical quality of life, basic needs fulfilment, and income: A ‘principal component’ representation

    Rati Ram

  • Financial development and economic growth: Additional evidence

    Rati Ram

  • Wagner's Hypothesis in Time-Series and Cross-section Perspectives

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  • Research and Development Expenditures and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study*

    Rajeev K. Goel;Rati Ram

  • Additional Evidence on Causality between Government Revenue and Government Expenditure

    Rati Ram

  • Irreversibility of R&D investment and the adverse effect of uncertainty: Evidence from the OECD countries

    Rajeev K Goel;Rati Ram

  • Life Span, Health, Savings, and Productivity

    Rati Ram;Theodore W. Schultz

  • Defense expenditure and economic growth

    Rati Ram

  • Openness, country size, and government size: Additional evidence from a large cross-country panel

    Rati Ram

  • Social Capital and Happiness: Additional Cross-Country Evidence

    Rati Ram

  • Further examination of the cross-country association between income inequality and population health.

    Rati Ram

  • Roles of Bilateral and Multilateral Aid in Economic Growth of Developing Countries

    Rati Ram

  • Recipient country's ‘policies’ and the effect of foreign aid on economic growth in developing countries: additional evidence

    Rati Ram

  • R&D expenditures and U.S. economic growth: A disaggregated approach

    Rajeev K. Goel;James E. Payne;Rati Ram

  • Population increase, economic growth, educational inequality, and income distribution: Some recent evidence☆

    Rati Ram

  • IQ and economic growth: Further augmentation of Mankiw–Romer–Weil model

    Rati Ram

  • Chapter 10 Defense expenditure and economic growth

    Rati Ram

Frequent Co-Authors

Iftekhar Hasan
Iftekhar Hasan Fordham University
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
James E. Payne
James E. Payne Oklahoma State University

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