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Biography |
Parkash Chander, Professor of Economics and Executive Director of Center for
Environmental Economics and Climate Change at Jindal School of Government and
Public Policy, is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an Associate Editor of
Journal of Public Economic Theory, a member of the Advisory Board of Journal of
Economic Surveys, and a member of the International Advisory Board of Singapore
Economic Review. He has previously held professorial positions at Indian
Statistical Institute, Delhi and National University of Singapore (in reverse
order). Also, he served as Head of Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi and as
Head of Department of Economics, National University of Singapore.
After completing his PhD from Indian Statistical Institute, Chander was a post
doc to Professor Leo Hurwicz. He has researched primarily in the areas of public
economics, environmental economics, and game theory and applications. His
publications include articles in Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies,
Journal of Economic Theory and other leading journals in economics. Professor
Chander has held visiting appointments at Johns Hopkins University, California
Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, CORE
(Louvain-la-Neuve), the Autonomous University of Barcelona, International
Monetary Fund, among other institutions. He has organized and participated in
many international conferences. He was a member of program committees of the
World Congress of the Econometric Society and International Economic
Association. |
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