Kala Krishna

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Kala Krishna
Born (1956-11-26) November 26, 1956 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
Institutions
  • Pennsylvania State University (1993-present)
  • Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1991–1993)
  • Harvard University (1984–1991)
Alma mater
  • Princeton University (PhD 1984)
  • Delhi School of Economics (MA 1978)
  • Lady Shriram College at Delhi University (BA 1976)
ContributionsEconomic research in International Trade, Economics of Education, Development Economics, Industrial Organization
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Website https://sites.google.com/site/kalakrishnapsu/

Kala Krishna (born November 26, 1956 New Delhi, India) is an Indian -American economist, currently Liberal Arts Research Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University., [1] an NBER Research Associate [2] and a CESifo Research Network Fellow. [3] Her research is in the areas of international trade, economics of education, development economics and industrial organization. [4]

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Biography

Krishna was born on  November 26, 1956 in New Delhi, India. [4] She holds B.A. in economics (1976) from Lady Shriram College at Delhi University and M.A. (1978) in Economics from Delhi School of Economics. [4] [5] Kala Krishna received her Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1984. [4]

Her academic career started as an assistant professor (1984–1988) and then associate professor (1988–1991) at Harvard University. [4] [5] In 1991–1993, she became William L Clayton Professor of Economics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. [4] [5] Since 1993, Kala Krishna is a professor of economics at Pennsylvania State University. [4] [5]

Selected publications

Most cited journal articles

As of October 2019, the RePEc ranking of authors of Economics research papers lists Kala Krishna among the top 5% of economists [6]

Books

Krishna, K., & Tan, L. H. (1998). Rags and riches: Implementing apparel quotas under the multi-fibre arrangement. University of Michigan Press.

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References

  1. "Kala Krishna, Department of Economics, PennState". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  2. "Kala Krishna, the National Bureau of Economic Research". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  3. "Kala Krishna, CESifo Network". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kala Krishna's CV". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Kala Krishna, Voxeu". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  6. "RePEc IDEAS Top 10% Authors, as of October 2019". Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
  7. Gogole Scholar author listing