Creighton University

 
Professor of Economics
Eppley Building BA 417
Work Phone: (402)280-2112
Fax: (402)280-5565
Email Address: vmurthy@creighton.edu

Publications

• "The Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Latin American and Caribbean Countries:  A Panel Cointegration Analysis," Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008 forthcoming.
• "Are Physicians and non-Physician Providers of Outpatient Mental Healthcare Substitutes or Complements?  A conceptual clarification", (with Albert Okunade), in Health Care Management Science, 2008, forthcoming.
• "Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Evidence from Likelihood-Based Cointegration Tests in Heterogeneous Panels," International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 11, 2007.
• "An Overview of Factors Influencing Global Diffusion of the Internet", (with Ravi Nath) in Encyclopedia of Information Sciences and Technology, forthcoming, Second Edition, 2007.
• "Income Distribution and Health Status: Econometric Evidence from OECD Countries", American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 4, Feb. 2007.
•  "Panel Cointegration Analysis: An Empirical Example", an invited paper in B. Bhaskara Rao (ed.)  Cointegration for the Applied Economist, Second Edition, Basingstoke (UK), Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007.
• "Health Status and Income Inequality Evidence from OECD Countries", in Anthology section of the Atlantic Economic Journal, June 2006, Vol. 34, No 2.
• "Capital Mobility in African Countries: Evidence from Panel Data Cointegration Tests, Indian Journal of Economics and Business  Vol 4, No. 2, December 2005. 
• "Computerization and Income Inequality in the United States: Evidence from Cointegration Tests (with Dr. Ravi Nath) in International Journal of Economic Research, Vol 2, No. 1, January 2005.
• "The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle: New Evidence for the United States," in ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, January 2005.
• "Health Care Expenditure in Africa: An Econometric Analysis," in Anthology section of the Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4, December 2004.
• "A Study of the Relationship Between Internet Diffusion and Culture," (with Dr. Ravi Nath) in Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2004.
• "Internet Diffusion: An Econometric Analysis," Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, June 2004 .
• "Does Government Spending Crowd Out Private Investment? Some Econometric Evidence from the Indian Economy," Issues in Financial Development, edited by Dr. Sham Bhat of Pondicherry University, India, 2004.
• "An Examination of the Relationship between Digital Divide and Economic Freedom," (with Dr. Ravi Nath) in Journal of International Technology and Information Management, December 2003.
• "Investment in Information Technology Capital and Income Inequality in the United States: An Empirical Analysis," (with Dr. Ravi Nath) in Indian Journal of Economics and Business, December 2003.
• "Macroeconomy and the Well-being of Low Income African American Families," Journal of Economics and Finance, (2002), Vol. 26, pp. 327-333.
• "Technology as a ’Major Driver’ of Health Care Costs: A Cointegration Analysis of the Newhouse Conjecture," (with Dr. Albert Okunade), Journal of Health Economics, (2002), Vol. 21, pp. 147-159.
• "Managed Care, Deficit Financing, and Aggregate Health Care Expenditure in the United States: A Cointegration Analysis," (with Dr. Albert Okunade), Health Care Management Science, (2000), pp. 279-285.

Presentations

• "The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle in Latin American Countries: Evidence from Likelihood-Based Cointegration Tests in Heterogeneous Panels", at the Annual Meeting, Academy of Economics and Finance, Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 15, 2007. "Income Distribution and Health Status: Evidence from OECD Countries", at the Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, Feb 9, 2006.
• "Is Health Care a Luxury Good in African Countries?: What Does Econometric Evidence Show", at the Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb 10, 2005.
• "Is Digital Access Related to Economics Freedom and Income Inequality? An Empirical Analysis as the Southwestern Society of Economists Annual Meeting Dallas, Texas, March 3, 2005.
• "Culture and Internet Diffusion: Is There A Relationship?," (with Dr. Ravi Nath) at the Decision Sciences Institute Southwest Region Meeting in Orlando, FL, March 4, 2004.
• "The Impact of Investment in Information Technology Capital on Income Inequality in the United States: An Empirical Investigation," (with Dr. Ravi Nath) at the Southwestern Society of Economists Meeting, Houston, TX, March 6, 2003
• "Internet Diffusion: A Cross-Country Analysis," at Academy of Economics and Finance Meeting, Savannah, GA, February 13, 2003.
• "Macroeconomic Performance and Income Inequality in the United States: A Cointegration Analysis," at the Southwestern Society of Economists Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 7, 2002.
• "Macroeconomic Performance and African-American Poverty: Evidence from Cointegration Tests," at the Southwestern Society of Economists Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1, 2001.
• Gave a lecture/seminar on the "Empiricis of Economic Growth," at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India, during March 27 - April 1, 2000.
• Presented a tentative version of my sabbatical work entitled, "Time Series Properties of Some Key Macroeconomic Series in India," at The Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India during March 27 - April 1, 2000.
• Presented a tentatiave version of my sabbatical work entitled, "Sectoral Cointegration in the Indian Economy: Some Empirical Notes," at The Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India during April 2000.