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Prof. Vikas KAKKAR (郭偉傑教授)

PhD - Economics (University of Rochester)
MA - Economics (University of Rochester)
BStat - Statistics (Indian Statistical Institute)

Associate Professor

Contact Information

E-mail:
Address:	9-249, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building City University of Hong Kong
Phone:	+852 34429707
efvikas@cityu.edu.hk

Research Areas

International Finance
Macroeconomics
Behavioral Economics

Dr. Vikas Kakkar obtained his B.Stat. from Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta, M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Rochester. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. His main fields of research are Open Economy Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics. In particular, his current research focuses on explaining persistent movements in real exchange rates based on different trends in productivities in traded and nontraded goods sectors. He is also interested in Equity Valuation and Applied Game Theory.

Selected Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Habyarimana, Jean Baptiste; Kakkar, Vikas / Externally funded trade policy reforms and firm productivity: Evidence from a world database of reforms funded by foreign aid agencies. May 2023; In: Kyklos. Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 196-222 Habyarimana, Jean Baptiste; Kakkar, Vikas / Financial Literacy, the risk-as-feelings hypothesis, and passive income generation. December 2022; In: Financial Planning Review. Vol. 5, No. 4 Sekita, Shizuka; Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Wealth, Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases in Japan: the Effects of Various Types of Financial Literacy. June 2022; In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. Vol. 64 Kakkar, Vikas; Li, King King / Cash or card? Impression management and restaurant tipping behavior. April 2022; In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Vol. 97 Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel / Real Exchange Rates and Productivity: Evidence from Asia. March 2012; In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Vol. 44, No. 2-4, pp. 301-322 Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel K.M. / Sectoral capital-labor ratios and total factor productivity: Evidence from Asia. September 2011; In: Review of International Economics. Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 674-684 Bae, Youngsoo; Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Money demand in Japan and nonlinear cointegration. September 2006; In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 1659-1667 Fisher, Eric O.N.; Kakkar, Vikas / On the evolution of comparative advantage in matching models. October 2004; In: Journal of International Economics. Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 169-193 Kakkar, Vikas / The relative price of nontraded goods and sectoral total factor productivity: An empirical investigation. May 2003; In: Review of Economics and Statistics. Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 444-452 Kakkar, Vikas / Capital-labor ratios and total factor productivity in the Baassa-Samuelson model. 2002; In: Review of International Economics. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 166-176 Kakkar, Vikas / Long run real exchange rates: Evidence from Mexico. July 2001; In: Economics Letters. Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 79-85 Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Real exchange rates and nontradables: A relative price approach. April 1999; In: Journal of Empirical Finance. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 193-215

Journal Publications and Reviews

Habyarimana, Jean Baptiste; Kakkar, Vikas / Externally funded trade policy reforms and firm productivity: Evidence from a world database of reforms funded by foreign aid agencies. May 2023; In: Kyklos. Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 196-222
Habyarimana, Jean Baptiste; Kakkar, Vikas / Financial Literacy, the risk-as-feelings hypothesis, and passive income generation. December 2022; In: Financial Planning Review. Vol. 5, No. 4
Sekita, Shizuka; Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Wealth, Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases in Japan: the Effects of Various Types of Financial Literacy. June 2022; In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. Vol. 64
Kakkar, Vikas; Li, King King / Cash or card? Impression management and restaurant tipping behavior. April 2022; In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. Vol. 97
Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel / Real Exchange Rates and Productivity: Evidence from Asia. March 2012; In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Vol. 44, No. 2-4, pp. 301-322
Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel K.M. / Sectoral capital-labor ratios and total factor productivity: Evidence from Asia. September 2011; In: Review of International Economics. Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 674-684
Bae, Youngsoo; Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Money demand in Japan and nonlinear cointegration. September 2006; In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 1659-1667
Fisher, Eric O.N.; Kakkar, Vikas / On the evolution of comparative advantage in matching models. October 2004; In: Journal of International Economics. Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 169-193
Kakkar, Vikas / The relative price of nontraded goods and sectoral total factor productivity: An empirical investigation. May 2003; In: Review of Economics and Statistics. Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 444-452
Kakkar, Vikas / Capital-labor ratios and total factor productivity in the Baassa-Samuelson model. 2002; In: Review of International Economics. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 166-176
Kakkar, Vikas / Long run real exchange rates: Evidence from Mexico. July 2001; In: Economics Letters. Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 79-85
Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Real exchange rates and nontradables: A relative price approach. April 1999; In: Journal of Empirical Finance. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 193-215

Conference Papers
Asaana, Clement A.; Kakkar, Vikas / Macro Drivers of Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Cross-Country Perspective. March 2024; 88th Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association, 22/03/2024 - 24/03/2024, Chicago, United States. Asaana, Clement A; Kakkar, Vikas / Macro Drivers of Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Cross-Country Perspective. December 2023; 2023 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2023), 14/12/2023 - 15/12/2023, , Singapore. Kakkar, Vikas; Ruiz, Elisabet / Determinants of Financial Literacy: Evidence from Spain. November 2016; 1st Conference on Behavioral Economics and Financial Literacy, 28/11/2016 - 29/11/2016, Barcelona, Spain. KAKKAR, Vikas; YAN, Kit Ming Isabel / Renminbi Misalignment: A Productivity Perspective. May 2015; First Conference on Economic Linkages through International Trade, Investment, Migration and Tourism, 29/05/2015 - 01/06/2015, Hong Kong, China. KAKKAR, Vikas / Does Mr. Okun Go to Emerging Countries?. January 2015; ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS, 03/01/2015 - 05/01/2015, Boston, United States.

Conference Papers

Asaana, Clement A.; Kakkar, Vikas / Macro Drivers of Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Cross-Country Perspective. March 2024; 88th Annual Meetings of the Midwest Economics Association, 22/03/2024 - 24/03/2024, Chicago, United States.
Asaana, Clement A; Kakkar, Vikas / Macro Drivers of Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Cross-Country Perspective. December 2023; 2023 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2023), 14/12/2023 - 15/12/2023, , Singapore.
Kakkar, Vikas; Ruiz, Elisabet / Determinants of Financial Literacy: Evidence from Spain. November 2016; 1st Conference on Behavioral Economics and Financial Literacy, 28/11/2016 - 29/11/2016, Barcelona, Spain.
KAKKAR, Vikas; YAN, Kit Ming Isabel / Renminbi Misalignment: A Productivity Perspective. May 2015; First Conference on Economic Linkages through International Trade, Investment, Migration and Tourism, 29/05/2015 - 01/06/2015, Hong Kong, China.
KAKKAR, Vikas / Does Mr. Okun Go to Emerging Countries?. January 2015; ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS, 03/01/2015 - 05/01/2015, Boston, United States.

Working Papers
Sekita, Shizuka; Kakkar, Vikas; Ogaki, Masao / Wealth, Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases in Japan: the Effects of various Types of Financial Literacy. March 2021; Rochester Center for Economic Research Working Paper. pp. 1-28

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Kakkar, Vikas / Long run real exchange rate overvaluation: Evidence from Asia. January 2011; Economic, Political and Social Issues of Asia. pp. 1-28 Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel; Yip, Vincent / The equilibrium real exchange rate of China: A productivity approach. January 2011; China and Asia in the Global Economy. pp. 123-154 Cheung, Yin-Wong; Kakkar, Vikas; Ma, Guonan / Introduction: The evolving role of Asia in global finance. 2011; The Evolving Role of Asia in Global Finance. Vol. 9, pp. xxi-xxviii

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Kakkar, Vikas / Long run real exchange rate overvaluation: Evidence from Asia. January 2011; Economic, Political and Social Issues of Asia. pp. 1-28
Kakkar, Vikas; Yan, Isabel; Yip, Vincent / The equilibrium real exchange rate of China: A productivity approach. January 2011; China and Asia in the Global Economy. pp. 123-154
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Kakkar, Vikas; Ma, Guonan / Introduction: The evolving role of Asia in global finance. 2011; The Evolving Role of Asia in Global Finance. Vol. 9, pp. xxi-xxviii

Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies
KAKKAR, Vikas; CHEUNG, Y W; MA, G N / The evolving role of Asia in global finance. 2011;