Niraj Poudyal, PhD (Virginia Tech, USA)
Assistant Professor (Econometrics)
Program Coordinator
Bachelor in Economics (BECON)
Kathmandu University School of Arts (KUSOA)
Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal
Education
Doctorate:
University: Virginia Tech, USA
Year: 2013
Dissertation: Confronting Theory with Data: the Case of DSGE Modeling
Study Area: Econometrics and Macroeconomics
Supervisor: Aris Spanos
Masters 2:
University: Virginia Tech, USA
Year: 2010
Study Area: Econometrics and Macroeconomics
Masters 1:
University: Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Year: 2004
Study Area: Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
Bachelor:
University: Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Year: 2002
Study Area: Mathematics and Economics
Area of Interest
Statisticalmodels using the non-Normal distributions
Identification through simulation
Modeling heterogeneity and dependence
Misspecification testing and statistical adequacy
Macroeconomic, financial and trade models
CGE and Gravity models
Philosophy of empirical modeling
Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models (DSGE)
Bernoulli, Negative Binomial and Student’s t VAR Modeliing