Sunil Kanwar                       [Publications]  [Detailed CV]

Professor
Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Delhi 110007

Phone     : 91-011-27666533,34,35 Extn:146
Fax        : 91-011-27667159
Email     : sunil_kanwar"at"econdse"dot"org

Ph.D.     : Berkeley
Area of Specialization:Development Economics, Intellectual Property, Labour Economics, Agricultural Economics

Research Publications

Books:
  • Wage Labour in Developing Agriculture: Risk, Effort and Economic Development, Ashgate Publishers, Hampshire, 1998.

    (This book was awarded the 'Dr. S.R. Sen Prize' for the best book in agricultural economics by an Indian author, for the calendar years 1997 and 1998).


Refereed Papers:

  • The Location of Overseas R&D and Intellectual Property Protection, Journal of Development Studies, forthcoming 2011
  • On the Strength of Intellectual Property Protection that Nations Provide, (with Robert Evenson), Journal of Development Economics, 90(1), 50-56, 2009.
  • Dynamic Output Response Revisited: The Indian Cash Crops, (with Elisabeth Sadoulet) The Developing Economies, 46(3), 217-241, September 2008.
  • Business Enterprise R&D, Technological Change, and Intellectual Property Protection, Economics Letters, 96(7), 120-127, July 2007.
  • Relative Profitability, Supply Shifters, and Dynamic Output Response: The Indian Foodgrains, Journal of Policy Modeling, 28(1), 67-88, January 2006.
  • Seasonality and wage-responsiveness in a developing agrarian economy, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66(2), 189-204, May 2004.
  • Does Intellectual Property Protection Spur Technological Change?, (with Robert Evenson) Oxford Economic Papers, 55(2), 235-264, April 2003.
  • Does the Dog wag the Tail or the Tail the Dog? Cointegration of Indian Agriculture with Nonagriculture, Journal of Policy Modeling, 22(5), 533-556, December 2000.
  • Does Risk Matter? The Case of Off-Farm Labour Allocation Of Owner-Cultivators, Applied Economics, 31(3), 307-317, March 1999.
  • The Demand for Labour in Risky Agriculture, Oxford Development Studies, 27(1), 129-144, February 1999.
  • Wage responsiveness of labour supply and demand in nonclearing rural markets: The case of Indian agriculture, Economics Letters, 61(3), 395-402, December 1998.
  • Are Production Risk and Labour Market Risk Covariant?, Journal of International Development, 10(1), 129-146, January-February 1998.
  • Do Farm Households Use the Labour Market as a hedge against Revenue Risk? Evidence From Female Labour Supply, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 50(4), 660-669, October- December 1995.
  • On the Strength of Intellectual Property Protection that Nations Provide, (with Robert Evenson), Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming 2009.

Papers in Progress:
  • Intellectual Property Protection and the Licensing of Technology to Developing Countries, CDE Working Paper no. 188, Delhi School of Economics, July 2010
  • Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer: The Case of Overseas R&D, CDE Working Paper no. 166, Delhi School of Economics, updated April 2009; earlier version appeared as Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer: Evidence from US Multinationals, Department of Economics, University of California San Diego, Occasional Paper no. 2007-05, July 2007.
  • Spatial Integration and Price Transmission in the Primary Indian Tea Markets (with Sushmita Chatterjee).
  • Domestic Production, Domestic Consumption, and Exports: The Indian Tea Economy (with Sushmita Chatterjee).
  • Alternative Measures of Innovation: A Firm-Level and Economy-wide Re-Examination.

Articles etc.
  • Globalization and Developing Countries, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 2006.
  • Economic Reforms and the Indian Economy, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, February 2004.
  • Perspectives on Food Security, The Book Review, 27(1), January 2003.
  • Institutions and Development: A Lesson in Red-Tapism, Business Standard, January 30 2003.
  • Economic Reforms and Beyond: Salvation, Serfdom or Business as Usual? The Book Review, January-February 1997.
  • Dynamics of Economic Activity, The Book Review, February-March 1996.
  • Towards a more Global International Economic Order, International Journal of Development Banking, January 1994.
  • Winds of Change in the erstwhile Communist Bloc, Economic and Political Weekly, August 21 1993.
  • Rupee-Rouble Agreement: Was it a sell-out?, Economic and Political Weekly, March 13, 1993.




Others:

  • Draft Report of the Task Force for suggesting Changes Required in the Indian Patents Act 1970, Institute of Intellectual Property Development, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi, November 1999.
  • Rapporteur’s Report, ‘Pre-Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Consultation: Agriculture Negotiation’, UNCTAD, New Delhi, July 19-20, 2005.
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