Publications

Journal Publications

• Renjith Raj and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2024). “An enquiry into rehabilitation as a climate change adaptation policy: the case of the Western Ghats of Kerala, India” GeoJournal, 89, 201.

• Renjith Raj and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2023). “Does climate change leads to severe household-level vulnerability? Evidence from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India” Land Use Policy, Vol. 130, July, 106655.

• M. Y.  Bhat, Laraib A., Arfat Ahmad Sofi, Rupesh K. (2022) “Valuation and Effective Management of the Dal Lake’s Diverse Ecosystem using Choice Experiment Method” Ecohydrology. (Forthcoming)

• Vedant Khandelwal and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2022). “Profitability of Pairs Trading Strategy in Stock Markets: Empirical Evidence from the Indian Stock Exchange.” Empirical Economics Letters. (Forthcoming)

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi, M. Y. Bhat, Laraib A., Ruhi R. A. and Aswani R. S. (2022). “Renewable energy and transitioning towards sustainable tourism: Inferences from kernel density and nonparametric approach.” Renewable Energy. (Forthcoming).

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and M. Y. Bhat (2022). “Does Biofuel Consumption Improve Environmental Quality? An Econometric Analysis.” International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. (Forthcoming).

• M. Y. Bhat, Arfat Ahmad Sofi, and Shambhu Sajith (2022). "Domino-effect of Energy Consumption and Economic Growth on Environmental Quality: Role of Green Energy in G20 Countries" Management of Environmental Quality. (Forthcoming).

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi, Subash S. and M.Y. Bhat (2022). “Economic Growth and Club Convergence: Is there a neighbor's effect?” International Journal of Finance and Economics. (Early View).

• M. Y. Bhat, Arfat Ahmad Sofi, and Shambhu Sajith (2021). "Exploring Environment-Energy- Growth Nexus in OECD Countries: A Non-parametric Approach" Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. (Early cite)

• M. Y Bhat and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2021). "Willingness to pay for Biodiversity Conservation in Dachigam National Park, India" Journal for Nature Conservation. Vol. 62.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi, M. Y. Bhat and Aswini Kumar Mishra (2021). "Testing Spatial Interactions in Kaldor’s Growth Laws: A Cross-Country Analysis." Journal of Public Affairs (Early View).

• M. Y Bhat, Arfat Ahmad Sofi and Aswani R. S. (2021). “Sustainability of Biofuels: The dynamic nexus between CO2 emissions and bioenergy consumption in OECD countries” in Kaushik et. al. (eds). Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability Approaches - Global Lessons and local Challenges.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and Subash S. (2020). “FDI, Labour Market and Welfare: How Inequality Navigates Welfare Loss?” in Siddharthan and Narayan Eds. FDI, Technology and Innovation, Springer, PP. 223-243.

• M. Y. Bhat, M.S. Bhatt and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2020). "Valuing Biodiversity Attributes: A Choice Experiment Design" Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Vol. 192, Article No. 499.

• M. Y. Bhat, M.S. Bhatt and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2020). "Valuing Biodiversity of Dachigam National Park: A Choice Experiment Application” Management of Environmental Quality. Vol. 31(6), PP. 1569-1585.

• M. Y. Bhat and Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2020). “Economics of Bioenergy in India" in M. Y. Bhat et. al. Eds. Energy Economics and the Environment: Preservation, Conservation and Sustainability, Sage.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and Subash S. (2018). “Do Indian States Mimic, Compete or Interact in Local Public Spending? A Spatial Econometric Analysis” Asian Economic Journal. Vol. 32(2), PP. 187 – 213.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2017).  “Income Convergence in India: Evidence from Nonparametric Panel Data” Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 44 (3), PP. 400-411.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2016). “Income Convergence in India: A Nonparametric Approach” Economic Change and Restructuring. Vol. 49 (1), PP. 23-40.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2015) “Club convergence across Indian states: an empirical analysis” Journal of Economic Development. Vol. 40 (4), PP. 107-124.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2015). “Income Disparities across Indian States: Evidence from Kuznets Curve and Shift Analysis” International Journal of Development Issues. Vol. 14 (2), PP. 171 - 187.

• Arfat Ahmad Sofi (2015). “Sectoral Analysis of Income Convergence: Evidence from India” Indian Journal of Economics and Development. Vol. 11 (3), PP. 649-659.

International/National Projects and Monographs

• India Youth Development Report and Index – 2017 published by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Tamil Nadu, India.