Mr. Basanta R. Dhungana

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Research AssistantAppointed: 2000

Mailing Address

1301 West Gregory Drive
416 Mumford Hall (MC710)
Urbana, Illinois 61801
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (217) 333-7761
Fax: (217) 333-5538
Mobile: (510) 290-5838
dhungana@uiuc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, 2006.
M.Agr.Sc (First Div Honors), Lincoln University, Agricultural Economics, 2000.
B.Sc.Ag., Tribhuvan University, Agricultural Economics, 1992.

Expertise and Research Interests

1. Applied Microeconomics
1. Applied Econometrics
2. Spatial Econometrics
3. Operation reseach methods
4. Professional Software: Stata, LIMDEP, MatLab, SAS, R, Shazam, GAMS, ArcGIS

Other Expertise

Spatial Analysis and GIS applications

Future Research

1. Applied microeconomics and quantitative economic modeling

Industrial Relevance

1. Business / Finance
2. Electric utility and energy sector
3. Agriculture / Environment

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Agricultural Economics, Climate Change, Computer Software, Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Production Economics and Management (Agriculture).

Additional Terms:

Applied microeconomics/ Business / Finance, Climate Change / Carbon sequestration / Bioenergy, Conservation / landuse modeling, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Econometrics / Spatial Econometrics/ Applied Statistics, GIS, Land Use Modeling, Quantitative Modeling, Stata/LIMDEP/SAS/MATLAB/R/GAMS.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Nepali: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Agricultural Economics Association
American Economic Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Honors and Awards

2004, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, The Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma Delta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter
2004, Travel Grant, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002-2003, Environmental and Resource Economics Fellow, Program in Environmental and Resource Economics (pERE), University of Illinois, pERE Fellowship
1998-1999, Ian-Blair Memorial Prize Lincoln University, Outstanding first year graduate student award in 'Natural Resource' field
1998-2000, Master's degree Competitive Fellowship Grant Lincoln University
1997-2000, MFAT fellowship for graduate study, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand, Lincoln University

Previous Positions

1998-2000, Lincoln University, Agricultural Science (Agricultural Economics), Applied Management and Computing
1994-1997, Agri-Economist, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Kathmandu, Agricultural Economics, Planning
1993-1994, Assistant Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Ministry of Agriculture/His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Agriculture, District Agricultural Development Office, Dang
1992-1993, Bank Assistant, Customer Service, Nepal Grindlay's (ANZ) Bank Limited, Customer Service

Funding Received

  • Lincoln University: Survey Research Travel Grant, NZ$1500, 1999 to .

Publications

  • Dhungana, B.R., Nuthall, P.L., and Nartea, G, Explaining Economic Inefficiency of Nepalese Rice Farms: A Data Envelopment Analysis, AJARE, 48(2), 347-369, June 2004

Profile Details

Last Updated: 7/1/2006

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