Vita
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Address: Department of Economics
Appalachian State University
Box 32051
Boone, NC 28608
Telephone: 828.262.6242
Fax: 828.262.6105
Email: royj@appstate.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/appstate.edu/jayjit-roy/home
Education
2010 Ph.D., Economics, S.M.U., Dallas, TX
Dissertation Title: “Empirical Essays in International Trade”
Dissertation Committee: Daniel Millimet (chair), Kamal Saggi, Thomas Fomby
2006 M.A., Economics, S.M.U., Dallas, TX
2004 M.A., Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
2002 B.S., Economics, Presidency College, Kolkata, India
Employment
2016 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University
2010 - 2016, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University
Journal Publications
“Exporting and Pollution Abatement Expenditure: Evidence from Firm-Level Data,” with Soumendra Banerjee and Mahmut Yasar. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (forthcoming).
“The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation on International Trade.” Economic Modelling, 2021, 94, 221-234.
"On the Environmental Consequences of Intra-Industry Trade.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 83, 50-67.
“Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis When Environmental Regulation is Endogenous,” with Daniel Millimet. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31, 652-677.
“Energy Efficiency and Exporting: Evidence from Firm-Level Data,” with Mahmut Yasar. Energy Economics, 2015, 152, 127-135.
“Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the WTO,” with Daniel Millimet. Economics Letters, 2015, 134, 20-23.
“On the Robustness of the Trade-Inducing Effects of Trade Agreements and Currency Unions,” Empirical Economics, 2014, 47, 253-304.
“Is the WTO Mystery Really Solved?” Economics Letters, 2011, 113, 127-130.
“Do Customs Union Members Engage In More Bilateral Trade Than Free Trade Agreement Members?” Review of International Economics, 2010, 18, 663-681.
Book Chapters & Other Publications
“The Pollution Haven Hypothesis: A Select Review of the Empirical Literature,” in Mariana Spatareanu (ed.) Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise, Volume 3 of Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz (ed.) Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2018.
“International Trade,” with Daniel Millimet, in Timothy Haab and John Whitehead (eds.), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2014.
“Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence From Plant-Level Data,” with Mahmut Yasar, in Enzo Guillon and Lucas Chauvet (eds.), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Policies, Economic Impacts and Global Perspectives, Nova Science Publishers, 2013.
Research in Progress
“The Effect of Environmental Regulation on Foreign Direct Investment: A Select Review,” with Mariana Spatareanu
Presentations
Holshouser Ethics Lunch, Appalachian State University, January 2020
Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, November 2018
Southern Economic Association 88th Annual Meetings - Washington, DC, November 2018
Dean’s Club Research Poster Session, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, October 2018
Department of Economics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, April 2018
Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference - Dallas, TX, November 2017
12th Annual Appalachian Spring Conference in World History and Economics - Boone, NC, April 2017 (discussant)
Southern Economic Association 86th Annual Meetings - Washington, DC, November 2016 (presenter, discussant)
Experimental & Environmental Economics Workshop (Appalachian State University) - Boone, NC, April 2016
11th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (Indian Statistical Institute) - New Delhi, India, December 2015
Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, December 2015
Southern Economic Association 85th Annual Meetings - New Orleans, LA, November 2015 (presenter, session chair, discussant)
Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference - Columbus, OH, April 2015
Appalachian Research in Business Symposium - Asheville, NC, March 2015
Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, April 2014
Macro/International Seminar, North Carolina State University, April 2014
Southern Economic Association 83rd Annual Meetings - Tampa, FL, November 2013 (presenter, discussant)
Department of Economics, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, NC, November 2013
Southern Economic Association 82nd Annual Meetings - New Orleans, LA, November 2012 (presenter, discussant)
Western Economic Association International 86th Annual Conference - San Diego, CA, July 2011 (presenter, discussant)
Southern Economic Association 80th Annual Meetings - Atlanta, GA, November 2010 (presenter, discussant)
10th Annual Missouri Economics Conference - Columbia, MO, March 2010
Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, February 2010
Southern Economic Association 79th Annual Meetings - San Antonio, TX, November 2009
Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, November 2009
Southern Economic Association 78th Annual Meetings - Washington, DC, November 2008
Conference on Regional Trade Agreements, Migration, and Remittances (Sam Houston State University) - Huntsville, TX, April 2008
Graduate Student Research Day, Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX, February 2008
Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX, November 2007
Teaching Experience
• Appalachian State University
Applied Econometrics, Business and Economic Statistics, Econometrics, International Economic Policy, International Economics, International Trade
• Southern Methodist University
Price Theory, International Trade
University Service
• Walker College MBA Director Recruiting Committee, Appalachian State University, 2020
• Awards Committee, Appalachian State University, 2018 – 2021
• Walker College Graduate Curriculum Committee, Appalachian State University, 2018 – 2021
• Recruiting Committee, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, 2010 – 2011, 2017 – 2018
• Dean of Libraries Recruiting Committee, Appalachian State University, 2016 – 2017
• Faculty Development Committee, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, 2016 – 2017
• Walker College Director of MS in Applied Analytics Recruiting Committee, Appalachian State University, 2016 – 2017
• Library Services Committee, Appalachian State University, 2015 – 2018
• Walker College International Programs Committee, Appalachian State University, 2014 – 2017
• Walker College International Business Steering Committee, Appalachian State University, 2014 – present
• Walker College Scholarship Committee, Appalachian State University, 2013 – 2014
• Brashear Prize Committee, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, 2011 – 2014
• Personnel Committee, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, 2010 – 2012, 2013 – 2014, 2015 – 2016
• President, Graduate Economics Club, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, 2007 – 2008
Honors & Awards
• Walker College of Business Dean’s Club Research Grant, Appalachian State University, 2020
• Walker College of Business Dean’s Club Research Grant, Appalachian State University, 2017
• Instructional Innovation Grant, Appalachian State University, 2015
• Summer Research Grant, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University, 2014
• Dissertation Fellowship, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2009 – 2010
• Member of the winning team of the 2008 Data Mining Shootout, a national competition sponsored by the SAS Institute, the Dow Chemical Company, and the Central Michigan University Research Corporation
• Teaching Fellowship, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
• Full Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2007
• Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society for Economics, 2005
• Ford Foundation Fellowship, 2002
Professional Experience
• Referee for: The Annals of Regional Science, Bulletin of Economic Research, Canadian Journal of Economics, China Economic Review, Climate Policy, Economic Modelling, Economics Letters, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Environmental Practice, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics; International Economic Journal, Journal of African Business, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Public Economics, Resource and Energy Economics, Review of International Economics, Review of International Organizations, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Sustainability
• Reviewer for: 2014 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting
• Research Assistant for: Daniel Millimet, Southern Methodist University, Spring 2008
Professional Memberships
• American Economic Association; Association of Environmental and Resource Economists; Canadian Economics Association; Family Tree of Trade Economists; Forum for Research in Empirical International Trade; Institutions, Trade & Economic Development; Southern Economic Association
Computer Skills
• STATA, SAS, EVIEWS, Scientific Workplace, SAS Enterprise Miner, XL Miner, MS Office