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Resume of Francis Rathinam
April 2012
Personal Information
Name Francis Xavier Rathinam
Address Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India Habitat Centre, Core 6A,
4th floor, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110003, India
Telephone(s) Tel (O): +91-11-43112448
E-mail rfrancisxavier@gmail.com, frathinam@icrier.res.in
Webpage http://www.icrier.org/page.asp?MenuID=3&SubCatId=9&SubSubCatId=204
Education
2004 - 2008 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hyderabad (Law, Finance and Growth: Empirical Evidence from India)
2006 - 2008 Visiting scholar at the Institute for Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany
2002 - 2004 M.Phil. in Applied Economics, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, India
2000 - 2002 M.A. in Economics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
1997 - 2000 B.A. in Economics, St.Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, India
Work Experience
April 2012 - Present
Senior Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India
2009 - 2012 Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India
2006 - 2007 Research Assistant for Prof. Schaefer at the Institute for Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
2005 - 2006 Academic Associate, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
2004 - 2005 Teaching assistant for Prof. N. K. Sharma at IIIT Hyderabad
Areas of
Specialization
Primary
Secondary
: Law and Economics, Financial Regulation
: Development Finance, International Finance, Applied Econometrics
Publications
Book and
Monographs
1. “OTC Derivatives Market in India: Recent Regulatory Initiatives and Open Issues for Market Stability and
Development” Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Routledge, Vol. 4, No. 2,
September 2011, 235–261 (with Dayanand Arora)
2. "Courts as Regulators: Public Interest Litigation in India", Environment and Development Economics,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 16(02), pages 199-219, April 2011 (with Raja A.V)
3. "Law and Availability of Credit: Evidence from India," Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2010: Vol. 1:
Iss. 2, Article 2 (with Raja A.V)
4. “India’s Experience during Current Global Crisis: A Capital Account Perspective”, Public Policy Review, 2010,
Vol.6, No.5, Policy Research Institute, MoF, Japan (with Dayanand Arora & Shuheb Khan)
5. "Stock Market and Shareholder Protection: Are They Important for Economic Growth?" The Law and
Development Review, 2010, Vol. 3 Iss. 2, Art. 10 (with Raja A.V)
6. "Law, Regulation and Institutions for Financial Development: Evidence from India" Emerging Markets
Review, 2010, Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 106-118 (with Raja A.V)
7. “Determinants of Inter-Firm Contractual Relations: A Case of Indian Software Industry,” IUP Journal of
Financial Economics, 2008, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 73-85
1. “The Macroeconomic Impact of the Present Financial Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, India
and Japan”, ICRIER & KAS, New Delhi, 2011 (with Dayanand Arora)
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Papers in Books
Working Papers
1. “Capital Account Liberalization Process: A framework for understanding the Exposure to Global Financial
Crisis” in Arora and Rathinam Eds, “The Macroeconomic Impact of the Present Financial Crisis: A Comparative
Analysis of Germany, India and Japan”, ICRIER & KAS, New Delhi, 2011
2. “Capital Account Management: The Japanese Experience in Managing Global Financial Exposure” in Arora
and Rathinam Eds, “The Macroeconomic Impact of the Present Financial Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of
Germany, India and Japan”, ICRIER & KAS, New Delhi, 2011
3. “India’s Expectations from G20” in Metzgar, M Eds, “Global Financial Stability: A Dialogue on Regulation and
Cooperation” (2011), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Pages 99-116 (with
Parthasarathi Shome)
4. “OTC Derivatives Market in India: Recent Regulatory Initiatives and Open Issues for Market Stability and
Development”, Proceedings of the third ICRIER-INWENT Conference on “South Asian Financial Systems at a
Crossroad: Promoting Stability and Growth”, November 11 & 12, 2009, New Delhi, pp 81-118 (with Dayanand
Arora)
1. "Commodity Market Policy for Food Security – The Road Ahead for G-20" (with Rajesh Chakrabarti and Vijay
Varadi)
Work in Progress 1. Procedural Law, Judicial Efficiency, and Debt Finance in India
2. Law and Regulation: Strengthening Institutions in India
3. Regulating Stock Exchanges in India: Conflicts and Reforms
4. The Impact of Demutualisation and Listing on Exchange Performance
Other Publications 1. “India’s Expectation from the G20” VoxEU.org, February 21, 2011 (with Dr. Shome); also republished in Afro
Asian Business Chronicle, March 16, 2011
2. “A Case for Allowing New Banks” Business Line , Aug 6, 2010 (with Neha Malik)
3. “Fiscal burden in the face of raising interest rates: new banks a solution?” Afro Asian Business Chronicle,
Vol.1, issues 12, July 16-31, 2010 (with A. Soumya)
4. “The recent surge in capital inflows and policy options for India” VoxEU.org, July 3, 2010 (with Dayanand Arora
& Shuheb Khan)
5. "Capital inflows and policy options", Business Line, June 23, 2010 (with Dayanand Arora & Shuheb Khan)
6. "OTC derivatives market in India" Financial Express, May 14, 2010 (with Dayanand Arora)
7. "Over-the-counter derivatives regulation in India", VoxEU.org, May 11, 2010 (with Dayanand Arora)
8. “It’s not the fact but type of regulation that matters!”, ICRIER Think Ink, December 15, 2009
Invited Lectures 1. "Global Cooperation for Sustainable Growth and Development: Views from G20 Countries" September 13-14,
2011, New Delhi.
2. “The G20 Process. Perceptions and Perspectives for Global Governance” Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), May
26 - 27, 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
3. “G20 and Global Economic Governance: The Prospect of the Cannes Summit and Beyond”, Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung (FES) and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, May 19-20, 2011, Shanghai.
4. "Stock Exchanges as Public Good: Issues in Policy Regulation", 3 rd South Asian Capital Markets Conference,
April 22-25, 2010, Mauritius.
Conference Papers 1. 12 th Global Development Network Conference, 2011, Bogota, Columbia
2. KAS - ICRIER Workshop 2010, New Delhi
3. PRI - ICRIER Workshop 2010, New Delhi
4. 3 rd ICRIER - INWENT Conference 2009, New Delhi
5. JNU-CIGI-NIPFP Conference 2008, NIPFP, New Delhi
6. 10 th Annual Conference on Money and Finance in the Indian Economy, 2008, IGIDR, Mumbai
7. 3 rd Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Law & Economics, 2007, Milan, Italy
8. 43 rd Annual Conference of the Indian Econometrics Society, 2006, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
9. 2 nd Annual Conference of the Asian Law and Economics Association, 2006, NLS, Bangalore
10. 42 nd Annual Conference of the Indian Econometrics Society, 2006, Amritsar, India
11. 1 st Annual Conference of the Asian Law and Economics Association, 2005, Seoul, South Korea.
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Workshops Attended
Honours &
Scholarships
Other Professional
Activities
1. JPAL course on “Evaluating Social Programs” July, 2009 at IFMR, Chennai.
2. Workshop on Econometric Estimation of Frontier Functions and Economic Efficiency by Prof. William Greene
(Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University) on February 15th and 16th, 2007 at IFS, London
3. Course on Panel Econometrics by Prof. Badi H. Baltagi (Syracuse University, USA) on March 16th and 17th,
2007 at University of Coimbra, Portugal
4. Workshop on Time Series Econometrics by Prof. Walter Beckert (University College of London) on March 29th
and 30th, 2007at IFS, London
1. Finalist at 12 th Global Development Awards and Medals Competition 2010 under the theme “Domestic
Resource Mobilization and Financial Sector Development”
2. Visiting fellowship at the Institute for Law and Economics, Hamburg 2006-2008
1. Referee for
a. European Journal of Law and Economics
b. Journal of Financial Economic Policy
2. Membership of Associations & Academic Societies
a. Member of Asian Law and Economics Association since July 2005
3. Conference / Seminar / workshop Organized / Coordinated:
Senior Scholars Workshop in Law and Economics at University of Hyderabad 2008 (Student Member); ICRIER
- INWENT workshop 2009, New Delhi, India (Principal coordinator); ICRIER - MCX Stock Exchange
conference 2009, New Delhi, India (Principal coordinator); ICRIER - INWENT Conference 2009, New Delhi,
India (Principal coordinator); ICRIER – INWENT-DIE Conference 2010, Mumbai, India (Principal coordinator);
ICRIER G20 Conference 2011, New Delhi (Principal coordinator).
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