Refereed Journal Publications

• “Hungry no More? The Joint Impact of Minimum Wages and the Earned Income Tax Credit on Food Insecurity,” (Otto Lenhart and Kalyan Chakraborty) Health Economics, 2025, Vol-34(9): 1509-1517.
• “Quality of Education and Economic Growth,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Atlantic Economic Journal, 2025, July 20.
• “Income Assistance Program and Population Health – The Dual Impact of Minimum Wages and the Earned Income Tax Credit,” (Otto Lenhart and Kalyan Chakraborty) Economics Letters, 2024, Vol-234: 11508
• “Does Insurance Activities Promote Economic Growth – An Application of Dynamic Panel Data,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Spring Summer 2021, XIVIII, Vol-1, 11-26.
• “Development of Financial Market Activities and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Evidence,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Applied Econometrics, Dec 2020, Vol-60: 26-47.
• "Financial Development and Economic Growth” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research, Dec 2019, Vol-9(4): 212-226.
• “Economic Benefits from Biking Trails and Greenways.” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Business and Economic Research, June 2019, Vol-9(2): 199-206.
• “Best Article Award: Chakraborty and Harper.” (Editor’s Note: Katherine S. Virgo), Atlantic Economic Journal, March 2019, Vol-47(1): 35-36.
• “Impact of Hurricanes on Tourism Based Economies – A Review.” (Kalyan Chakraborty), International Journal of Business and Economics, October 2018, Vol-18(3): 85-92.
• “Economics of Immigration – A Case for the United States” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Socioeconomica, October 2017, Vol-6(11): 1-20.
• “Dynamic Productivity Analysis and the Effect of Firm-Specific and Macroeconomic Characteristics on Productivity: An Application to Insurance Industry” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Richard Harper), International Journal of Applied Economics, September 2017, Vol 14(2): 37-55.
• “Measuring the Impact of Socio-economic Factors on School Efficiency in Australia” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Richard Harper), Atlantic Economic Journal, June 2017, Vol 45(2):163-179.
• “Economics of Affordable Housing – Reexamined” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Journal of International Business and Economics, October 2017, Vol-17(3): 73-80.
• “Determinants of Economic Performance of Non-life Insurance Industry” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Joy Chakraborty, and Partha P. Sengupta). Journal of International Business and Economics, 2016, Vol-16(1): 7-16.
• “Determinants of Fertilizer Demand: A Case for India” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, June 2016, Vol-13(1).
• “Assessing the Economic Impact of a Regional University,” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston), Journal of International Business and Economics, 2014, Vol-14(1):7-31.
• “Efficiency and Equity in School Funding for Public Schools in Australia,” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Vincent Blackburn) Australian Economic Papers, 2013, Vol-3-4:127-201.
• “Efficiency and Productivity of Indian Life Insurance Industry” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Partha Pratim Sengupta, and Anirban Dutta) Asia Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2013, Vol-7(1).
• “Quality of Education and Human Capital in Economic Growth: An International Perspective” (Kalyan Chakraborty) International Journal of Economics and Business. November, 2012, Vol-2(1).
• “Estimation of Minimum Market Threshold for Retail Commercial Sector: An application of hurdle and zero-inflated models” (Kalyan Chakraborty) International Advances in Economic Research, August 2012, Vol-18(3):271-286.
• “Surviving the Global Recession and the Future of Auto Industry – A Case for Ford Motor Company,” (Norikatsu Hiraide and Kalyan Chakraborty), International Journal of Economics and Finance. May 2012, Vol-4(5):85-93.
• Analyzing Firm Performance in Non-life Insurance Industry – Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Partha Pratim Sengupta, and Anirban Dutta), Indian Journal of Economics and Business, March-2012, Vol-11(1): 1-23.
• “Consumers’ Attitude and Product Labeling for Genetically Modified Food in China and Hormone Induced Milk in the United States.” (Kalyan Chakraborty) International Journal of Economics and Finance, May 2011, Vol-2(3): 3-11.
• “Economics of Bt-Cotton Production in India – A Meta-Analysis,” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Indian Journal of Economics and Business, December, 2010, Vol-9(4): 647-663.
• “Hormone Induced Milk and Product Labeling – Empirical Evidence from Kansas” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Southwest Business and Economics Journal, Vol-18: 29-38, 2010.
• “Inefficiencies in Public Education – A Value Added Approach,” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Southern Business and Economic Journal, Winter/Spring 2010, 32(1&2): 35-52.
• “Impact of University Budget Cuts on the Local Economy: Case for a Regional University” (Kalyan Chakraborty) American Journal of Economics and Business Administration. Dec 2009, 1(2): 177-181, internet journal http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/ajeba/ajeba12177-181.pdf
• “Efficiency in Public Education – The Role of Socio-economic Variables” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Research in Applied Economics Vol-1(1), Sept-2009 internet journal
• “Offshore Outsourcing and the Recent Evidences from the U.S. Economy.” (Kalyan Chakraborty), Indian Journal of Economics and Business, June 2008, 7(1): 49-65.
• “Efficiency and Equity in School Funding: A Case for Kansas.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and John Poggio), International Advances in Economic Research, May 2008, 14: 228-241.
• “Integrated Water Resources Management: Global Theory, Emerging Practices, and Local Needs,” Book Review. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90(3), 856-857.
• “Hispanic Population and Its Economic Impacts.” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics, August 2007, 8: 38-58. Internet Journal
• “Product Labeling and Economic Value of Milk Market Segmentation,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) International Journal of Food and Agribusiness Marketing, August 2006, 18(1&2): 9-27.
• “Economic Impact of Regional University Revisited.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston) Journal of Kansas Policy Review, October 2006, 28(2): 1-13.
• “Impact of Offshore Outsourcing of IT Services on the US Economy,” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Bill Remington). Southwestern Economic Review, Spring 2006, 33(1): 73-94.
• “Consumers’ Attitude Toward Hormone-free Milk: What Have We Learned?” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Applied Economics Letters, August 2005, 12(10): 633-637.
• “Offshoring of IT Services: The Impact on the US Economy.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and William Remington) The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 2005, 20(4): 112-125.
• “The Economic Impact of University and Financial Consequences of Budget Cut on the Local and State Economy.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston) Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics 2003(4), Internet Journal
• “Measuring Productive Efficiency and Cost of Public Education.” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Southwestern Economic Review, Spring 2003, 30(1): 23-34.
• "Measuring Technical Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity: An Application to Cotton Production.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Sukant Misra, and Phil Johnson) Regional Business Review, 2003(22): 11-27.
• "Cotton Farmers’ Technical Efficiency: An Application to Stochastic and Non-stochastic
• Production Function Approaches." (Kalyan Chakraborty, Sukant Misra, and Phil Johnson) Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2002, 31(2): 211-220.
• “Measuring Technical Efficiency in Public Education: A Stochastic and Non-stochastic Frontier Production Function Approach.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Basudeb Biswas, and W. Cris Lewis) Southern Economic Journal 2001, 67(1): 889-905.
• “Estimating Recreation Demand and Economic Value of Mountain Biking in Moab, UT: An Application of Count Data Models.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and John Keith) Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2000, 43(4): 461-469.
• “Economies of Scale in Public Education: An Econometric Analysis.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Basudeb Biswas and W. Cris Lewis) Contemporary Economic Policy, 2000, 18(2): 238-247.
• “Valuing the Impacts of Forest Fires on Backcountry Forest Recreation,” (Jeffrey Englin, Peter C. Boxall, Kalyan Chakraborty, and David O. Watson) Forest Science, 1996, 42(3): 450-455.
• “Application of Count Data Procedure to Estimate Threshold for Rural Commercial Sector,” (Thomas R. Harris, Kalyan Chakraborty, Lijuan Xhio, and Rangesan Narayanan) Review of Regional Studies, 1996(26): 75-88.
• “Scale Economics in Public Education,” (W. Cris Lewis and Kalyan Chakraborty) The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 1996(26): 23-35.

Book Publishing

Member Editorial Team: Emerging Issues on Trade & Development – Edited by Partha Sengupta and Anil Bhuimali. Book, June 2025 (ISBN 978-1-68576-573-6, Interactive International Publishers: Paisley Circle, Novi Michigan, USA)

Member Editorial Advisory Board: Contemporary Issues on Globalization and Sustainable Development- Edited by Partha P. Sengupta, Book, May 2018 (ISBN 978-93-86611338- Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India).

Book Chapter

• “Investing in Early Childhood Education – A Review,” Forthcoming, in Contemporary Issues in Humanities and Social Sciences: Problems and Solutions. Edited by Prof. J. Sarkhel, Economics and Commerce Department, University of Burdwan, India, 2025.

• “Assessing Relative Efficiency of Agricultural Production Units of Southern High Plains, Texas,” Chapter 17, pp 277-289. Theory and Applications of Productivity and Efficiency: Econometric and DEA Approach Edited by C. Neogi and R. Ghosh, Macmillan India Ltd. 2005.

Articles and Proceedings

• “Estimating and Analyzing the Effect of Firm-Specific Characteristics on Dynamic Productivity of Insurance Firms”, Kalyan Chakraborty and Rick Harper. Proceedings at the IRES Conference, Dec 19-20, 2016 Beijing, China.
• “Estimating the Demand for Fertilizer and the Productivity of Fertilizer Firms in India,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Proceedings at the 2015 Academic OASIS/IAABR – Key West International Multidisciplinary Academic Conference, Florida, pp 31-41, Mar 15-17, 2015.
• “Efficiency and Equity in School Funding for Public Schools in Australia,” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Vincent Blackburn) Proceedings at the World Finance Conference and Banking Symposium, Shanghai, China, Dec 17-18, 2012.
• “Efficiency and Productivity of Indian Life Insurance Industry after Deregulation” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Partha Pratim Sengupta, and Anirban Dutta), Proceedings of the Global Conference on Business and Finance (GCBF), pp 77-89, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2-5, 2011.
• “Schooling Quality and Economic Growth: An International Perspective,” (Kalyan Chakraborty) Proceedings of the Seventh AIMS International Conference on Management, Bangalore, India, Dec 20-23, 2009.
• “The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on the Measure of Productive Efficiency in Public Schools in Kansas,” (Kalyan Chakraborty). Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Applied-Oriented Undergraduate Education, Page 26-47, 2008.
• “Impact of Offshore Outsourcing of IT Services on the US Economy” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Bill Remington). Proceedings of the Second AIMS International Conference on Management, Page 51-63. Vol. 2, 2005.
• “Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1998-99.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Kavin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra, and Don Ethridge). Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences, National Cotton Council, Vol. 1, 329-332.
• “How Different Quality Attributes Contribute to the Price of Cotton.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Don Ethridge, and Sukant Misra). Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences, National Cotton Council, Vol. 1, 374-377.
• “An Estimated 1999 Crop Pre-Season Price Schedule for the Texas-Oklahoma Cotton Markets.” (Kavin Hoelscher, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Sukant Misra). Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences, National Cotton Council, Vol. 1, 377-379.
• “Cotton Quality Price Differentials From The Textile Mills' Perspective: An Update,” (Don Ethridge, Shauna Swink, and Kalyan Chakraborty). Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences, National Cotton Council, Vol. 1, 382-385.
• “An Overview of the Cotton and Textile Industries in India,” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Darren Hudson, Don Ethridge, Sukant Misra, and G. C. Kar) Report of USDA/CSRS Research Project, CER-99-55. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 51³Ô¹ÏProTech University, Lubbock TX, September 1999.
• “Cotton Quality Price Differentials From The Textile Mill An Update,” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Don Ethridge) Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, National Cotton Council.Vol.1, 256-259.
• “The Economic Value of Canoeing in Nopiming Park in Relation to Forest Management,” (David O. Watson, L. Peter, P. C. Boxall, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Jeffrey Englin) Report of the 1993 Field Season. Northern Forestry Center, Manitoba, Canada, January 1994.

Monographs

• “Economic Impact of University of West Florida on the Local and State Economy” – April 2017
• “Economic Impact of Regional University on the Local and State Economy – A Comprehensive Study,” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston), Nov 2012.
• “Economic Impact of Budget Cuts.” (Kalyan Chakraborty), June 2009, Department of AIS, School of Business, Emporia, KS 66801.
• “Economic Impact of Hispanic Population on the Regional Economy.” (Kalyan Chakraborty), September 2005, Department of ACIS, School of Business, Emporia, KS 66801.
• “Economic Impact of Emporia State University on the Local and State Economy of Kansas.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston) September 2005, Department of ACIS, School of Business, Emporia, KS 66801.
• “Impact of the Hispanic Community on the Local Economy - A Preliminary Report” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Elizabeth E. Grandon, and Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas) May 2005. Graduate Studies and Research, School of Business, College of LA & S, and Emporia Public School District 253.
• “Economic Impact of Emporia State University on the Local and State Economy of Kansas.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston), August 2001, Department of ACIS, School of Business, Emporia, KS 66801.

Working Papers

• "Cottonseed Price Forecasting: A Time-series Analysis." (Kalyan Chakraborty and Sukant Misra) College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Publication No: T-1-505 (2000). 51³Ô¹ÏProTech University, Lubbock, TX.
• “The Economic Value of rBST and non-rBST Produced Milk: A Market Segmentation Approach.” (Blake Bennett, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Sukant Misra). College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Publication No: T-1-449 (1999). 51³Ô¹ÏProTech University, Lubbock, TX.
• “Dynamic Productivity, Efficiency, and Technical Innovation in Education: A Mathematical Programming Approach Using Data Envelopment Analysis.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Sandeep Mohapatra) Economic Research Institute Study Paper, ERI #97-08, Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan UT.
• “Measuring Technical Efficiency in Public Education: A Stochastic Frontier Production Function Approach.” (Kalyan Chakraborty, Basudeb Biswas, and W. Cris Lewis) Economic Research Institute Study Paper, ERI #96-37, Department of Economics, Utah State University, Logan UT.

Other Publications

• “Economics of Immigration” – Invited Seminar arranged by Pensacola Bay Area League of Women Voters, April 8, 2017. Available at http://www.lwvpba.org/
• “Bike paths, greenways can improve region’s economy, health” – Kalyan Chakraborty, Hass Center, CREO, University of West Florida, News Letter, Oct-12, 2016 https://creo.uwf.edu/trails-greenways-offer-economic-health-benefits-communities/
• “Impact of Pre-K on Florida children on UWF researcher’s mind” – Interview with Shannon Nickinson, Sauder Community Institute, Sep-30, 2016. http://studeri.org/2016/09/impact-pre-k-florida-children-uwf-researchers-mind/
• “The Global Economic Outlook and Challenges for the Indian Economy,” Kalyan Chakraborty, AIEFS Newsletter, Vol, 7(1): page 1-6, Mar-2014.
• “Economic Impact of Emporia State University on the Local and State Economy of Kansas (with Dean Edmiston),” Department of AICS, School of Business KS, Emporia, KS, Sept-2006.
• “Hispanic Portrait.” The Emporia Gazette, May 18, 2005, Front Page. (News from the study titled Impact of the Hispanic Community on the Local Economy – A Preliminary Report, May 2005. By Elizabeth Grandon, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas).
• “Information Rolls In: Hispanic surveys reaping a bumper crop of statistics.” The Emporia Gazette, February 4, 2005, Front Page (Elizabeth Grandon, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas)
• “Questions for a Cause: Survey Attempts to measure Hispanic impact.” The Bulletin, October 14, 2004, Front Page. (Elizabeth Grandon, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas).
• “Gauging the Impact of Change: Group studies impact of demographic shift,” The Emporia Gazette, September 7, 2004, Frontpage. (Elizabeth Grandon, Kalyan Chakraborty, and Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas).
• “Economic Impact of Budget Cuts in ESU,” News Update on Council of Faculty Senate Presidents (COFSP), October 2003.
• “Study says college earns city million,” The Emporia Gazette, October 27, 2001, page 2. Highlights from “Economic Impact of Emporia State University on the Local and State Economy of Kansas.” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston).
• “Schallenkamp: University vital to strong economy,” Emporia State University Bulletin October 29, 2001, page 5. Highlights from the study titled “Economic Impact of Emporia State University on the Local and State Economy of Kansas” (Kalyan Chakraborty and Dean Edmiston).
• “Functional Forms and Welfare Estimation in Recreational Fishing”. Working Paper, Utah State University, Logan, UT 1997.

Peer Reviewed Presentations

• “Improving Productive Efficiency of Public Schools in 51³Ô¹ÏPro– A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis,” To be presented at the International Conference on Indian Academic Issues, Dec 21-22, 2026, Pune, India
• “Hungry no More? The Joint Impact of Minimum Wages and the Earned Income Tax Credit on Food Insecurity,” (Otto Lenhart and Kalyan Chakraborty), Presented at the 100^th Annual Meeting of Western Economic Association, San Francisco, CA, June 22-25, 2025.
• Invited Speaker, “Economic Benefits of Greenways and Trails” - National Institute of Technology, Jan 3, 2024, Durgapur, India.
• Invited Seminar, “Quality of Education and Economic Growth” – Indian Institute of Technology, Dec 13, 2023, New Delhi, India,
• “Quality of Education and Economic Growth – A case for India,” presented at the International Conference on Indian Academic Issues, Dec 21-22, 2023, Surat, India.
• “Income Assistance Program and Population Health – The Dual Impact of Minimum Wages and Earned Income Tax Credit,” Presented at the Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, July 2-6, 2023, San Diego, CA.
• Invited Keynote Speaker, “Empowering Women and Economic Development,” at the Workshop on Women Empowerment in India: Challenging Obstacles and Creating Opportunities, Jan 6-10, 2020, NIT, Durgapur, India.
• “Development of Insurance Activities and Economic Growth: The G-20 Experience.” – (Kalyan Chakraborty). Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Impact of Current Events on the Future of Business (VIJAM), Jan 2-4, 2020, Hyderabad, India.
• Invited Plenary Speaker, “Economics of Early Childhood Education – Recent Developments.” Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Operations Research and Business Studies (FORBS 2019), Dec 27-28, 2019, Calcutta Business School, India.
• “Global Economic Outlook and Trends for Insurance Industry with reference to China.” Presented at the 26th Annual Conference CEIBE, Jinan University, Oct 7-9, 2019, Jinan, China.
• “Impact of Hurricanes on Tourism Based Economies – A Review.”- (Kalyan Chakraborty) Presented at the International Academy of Business and Economics Conference, Oct 11-13th, 2018 School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, NY.
• “Economic Benefits from Biking Trails and Greenways,” – Presented at the 25th Annual Conference CEIBE, NSU, Oct 3-5, 2018, Rapid City, SD.
• Invited Paper Presentation “Trails and Greenways: Sustainable Tourism, Business attractions, and Economic Development a Methodology.” Shanghai University 2018 International Forum for Young Scholars – Sub-Forum for Business Studies. April 27-28, Shanghai, China.
• Invited Keynote Speaker “Global Economic Outlook and Trends for Insurance Industry: Influence of Macroeconomic Factors on Insurance Growth in India.” at the 2nd International Conference on Management and Business Practices – Organized by Aliah University, Kolkata, India, Jan 11-12, 2018 

Peer Reviewed and other Presentations

• Cost of Improving Students Achievement Scores in Public Schools in 51³Ô¹ÏPro– Panel Data Analysis 2025-25.
  
• Value Added Approach to Measure Student Learning Outcome – Panel Data Analysis, 2025-26.
  
• Economic Impact of Power Plan Investment by Entergy in Southeast 51³Ô¹ÏPro2025-26