Final Placement 
Vaseem Akram
Qualification Assistant Professor,
Economics & Business Environment
E-mail: vakram[at]iimj[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Vaseem Akram is an Assistant Professor in Economics & Business Environment Area at Indian Institute of Management Jammu. He has received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
He has published numerous papers in internationally refereed journals including Economic Modelling, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Utilities Policy, Economic Analysis and Policy, Applied Economics Letter, Journal of Economic Studies, International Economics and Economic Policy, and Global Economy Journal.
Dr. Akram also received academic and research excellence awards from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
Ph.D. (Economics), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2020
M.Phil. (Economics), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2017
M.A. (Economics), School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, 2014
B.A. (Hons-Economics), Aligarh Muslim University, 2012
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- Akram, V., Rath, B. N. & Sahoo, P. K. (2020). Stochastic conditional convergence in per capita energy consumption in India. Economic Analysis and Policy, 65, 224-240. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2020.01.006
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2020). Optimum government size and economic growth in case of Indian states: Evidence from panel threshold model. Economic Modelling, 88, 151-162. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.09.015
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2020). What do we know about fiscal sustainability across Indian states? . Economic Modelling, 87, 307-321. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.08.005
- Akram, V., Sahoo, P. K. & Rath, B. N. (2020). A sector level analysis of output club convergence in case of global economy. Journal of Economic Studies, 47(4), 747-767. (ABDC), DOI : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JES-03-2019-0103/full/html
- Usmani, G., Akram, V. & Praveen, B. (2020). Tourist arrivals, international tourist expenditure, and economic growth in BRIC countries. Journal of Public Affairs, (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2202
- Jangam, B. P., Akram, V. & Sahoo, P. K. (2020). Price dispersion across Indian states: A club convergence analysis. Journal of Public Affairs, (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2134
- Akram, V., Jangam, B. P. & Rath, B. N. (2020). Examining the linkage between human capital and energy consumption. OPEC Energy Review, 44(1), 3-26. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12167
- Rath, B. N. & Akram, V. (2019). A reassessment of total factor productivity convergence: Evidence from cross-country analysis. Economic Modelling, 82, 87-98. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.08.002
- Rath, B. N., Akram, V., Bal, D. P. & Mahalik, M.K. (2019). Do fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption affect total factor productivity growth?. Energy Policy, 127, 186-199. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.014
- Akram, V., Sahoo, P. K. & Jangam , B. P. (2019). Do shocks to electricity consumption revert to its equilibrium? evidence from across Indian states. Utilities Policy, 61, (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2019.100977
- Haider, S. & Akram, V. (2019). Club convergence of per capita carbon emission: global insight from disaggregated level data. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, 11074-11086. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04573-9
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2019). Does debt convergence hold in case of India? . Journal of Economic Studies, 46(4), 858-871. (ABDC), DOI : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JES-02-2018-0064/full/html
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2019). Fiscal sustainability in India: evidence from Markov switching and threshold regression. Studies in Economics and Finance, (ABDC), DOI : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SEF-09-2018-0281/full/html
- Haider, S. & Akram, V. (2019). Club convergence analysis of ecological and carbon footprint: Evidence from cross-country analysis. Carbon Management, 10(5), 451-463. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2019.1640135
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2019). Is there any evidence of tax-and-spend, spend-and-tax, or fiscal synchronization from panel of Indian state? . Applied Economics Letters, 26(18), 1544-1547. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2019.1584363
- Jangam, B. P., Sahoo, P. K. & Akram, V. (2019). Convergence in electricity consumption across Indian states: A disaggregated analysis. Journal of Energy Sector Management, 14(3), 624-637. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJESM-03-2019-0009/full/html
- Akram, V., Jangam, B. P. & Rath, B. N. (2019). Does human capital matter for reduction in energy consumption in India? . International Journal of Energy Sector Management , 13(2), 359-376. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-07-2018-0009
- Jangam, B. P. & Akram, V. (2019). Does participation in global value chain foster export concentration? . Economics Bulletin, 39(4), 2913-2920. (ABDC), DOI : http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2019/Volume39/EB-19-V39-I4-P270.pdf
- Girish, G., Rath, B. N. & Akram, V. (2018). Spot electricity price discovery in Indian electricity market. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82(1), 73-79. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.009
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2018). Exchange rate misalignment and total factor productivity growth in case of emerging market economies. International Economics and Economic Policy, 15, 547-564. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-017-0374-6
- Akram, V. (2018). Does export diversification converge? Evidence from cross-country analysis. Economics Bulletin, 38(4), 2141-2151. (ABDC), DOI : http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2018/Volume38/EB-18-V38-I4-P197.pdf
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2017). Export diversification and sources of growth in emerging market economies. Global Economy Journal, 17(3), 1-13. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1515/gej-2017-0018
- Akram, V. & Rath, B. N. (2017). Exchange rate misalignment and economic growth in India. Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 19(4), (ABDC), DOI : https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JFEP-12-2016-0093/full/html
- Rath, B. N. & Akram, V. (2017). Export diversification and total factor productivity growth in case of south Asian region. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 19, 195-210. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-017-0037-z
Managerial Economics
Current Issues on Indian Economy
Basic Econometrics and Business Forecasting
Public Economics
Microeconomics
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Received Academic Excellence Award from IIT Hyderabad (2016)
Received Research Excellence Award from IIT Hyderabad (2018)
Referee of Following International Journals:
- Economic Modelling
- Technovation
- Applied Economics
- Journal of Economic Studies
- Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy
- Journal of Public Affairs
- Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences
- Journal of Financial Economic Policy
- International Journal of Energy Sector Management
- International Journal of Emerging Markets
- Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
- Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking
- SN Business & Economics
- Energy Efficiency
- IEEE Access