Studies in International Economics and Finance

A New Keynesian AD-AS Model for India, Incorporating the effect of Covid-19 Pandemic.- Indian Economics: Tragedy of a Forsaken Legacy.- Changing Contours of Union-State Relations.- Disinvestment and Privatisation of Central Public Sector Enterprises in India: Need And Progress.- Fiscal Stimulus and the Ghost of Keynes: An Evolutionary Chronicle.- The Global Financial Crisis and Discontent in Macroeconomics: A Revisit by a Pedestrian Keynesian.- Trade, Unemployment and Inequality in Product Variety Models - An Analytical Survey.- Evolution of Debt and Deficit in BRICS countries: Covid-19 shock and post-Covid prospects.- Do Absorptive Capacities matter for FPI-Growth Nexus?  Evidence from Cross-country Analysis.- Corruption and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from BRICS Nations.

Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino is Professor Emeritus at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan and from 2014 until 2020 he was Dean & CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). He obtained his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (United States) in 1979 where his thesis supervisor was Sir Alan Walters, economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Dr. Yoshino has been a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) and a visiting professor at various universities including the University of New South Wales (Australia), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (France), and University of Gothenburg (Sweden). He has also been an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an economics professor at Keio University (1990-2014). Dr. Yoshino's professional career includes membership in numerous government committees. He was named Director of the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) Financial Research Center (FSA Institute) in 2004 and is now Chief Advisor. He was appointed as Chair of the Financial Planning Standards Board in 2007. He served as Chairperson of the Japanese Ministry of Finance's Council on Foreign Exchange as well as its Fiscal System Council (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Section). Additionally, he was a Board Member of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan and President of the Financial System Council of the Government of Japan. He was nominated for inclusion in Who's Who in the World for 2009, 2013 and 2020. He obtained honorary doctorates from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2004 and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) in 2013. He also received the Fukuzawa Award in 2013 for his contribution to research on economic policy. He served as the T20 Japan, Lead-chair during Japan's Presidency of the 2019 G20 meetings. He was also the Lead Co-chair of the T20 Infrastructure and Financing Task Force and advising on the handover to Saudi