Subal Kumbhakar

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Binghamton University (SUNY) - Economics

University Distinguished Professor at SUNY Binghamton
Kumbhakar
Subal
Ithaca, New York Area
Note: I don't update or post my papers here. For papers email me at kkar@binghamton.edu. For a recent CV please go to http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~kkar/

I am a University Distinguished Research Professor in Economics at SUNY Binghamton. I also have Professor II positions at the Universisity of Stavanger and NILF, Norway.

My main area of research is applied microeconomics with a focus on estimation of efficiency in production in cross-sectional and panel data. I have formulated a variety of models to measure efficiency, which I have applied to railroads, airlines, agriculture, fisheries, banking, manufacturing, electricity generation and public schools.

My current research is on nonparametric and semiparametric smooth coefficient models, with and without efficiency. I have published more than 175 papers in international journals, and has given keynote addresses in many international conferences.

I am a Fellow of Journal of Econometrics (1998). I hold an Honorary Doctorate degree (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Gothenburg University, Sweden (1997). I am currently a co-editor of Empirical Economics and served as an associate editor of Empirical Economics since 2001, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1997-1999). I am serving as a Board of Editors of Journal of Productivity Analysis since 1998, Technological Forecasting and Social Change: An International Journal since 1991, and International Journal of Business and Economics since 2002 and Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies since 2007. I am guest editors of Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Empirical Economics, and Indian Economic Review.

I am a co-author (with Knox Lovell) of Stochastic Frontier Analysis (2000), and A Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis (with Hung-Jen Wang and A. Horncastle) both published by Cambridge University Press.

Experience

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    Professor

    Subal worked at The University of Texas at Austin as a Professor

Education

  • University of Southern California

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)





  • University of Calcutta

    Master's degree

    Econometrics and Statistics



Publications

  • ENJOYING THE QUIET LIFE UNDER DEREGULATION? NOT QUITE

    Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol 29, pp 333-343

    Most empirical studies in the banking literature assume that the alternative profit function is linearly homogeneous in input prices. We show that such an assumption is theoretically unwarranted and that its use may yield misleading results. We use Koetter et al. (Review of Economics and Statistics 2012; 94(2): 462–480) as a benchmark to showcase how empirical results can be sensitive to the linear homogeneity assumption. Contrary to Koetter et al., we find a positive relation between market power and profit efficiency when this assumption is dropped. This relation is slightly weakened after the wave of intrastate and interstate deregulation but not enough to support the ‘quiet life’ hypothesis.

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