Emeritus Professor Prasada Rao
Emeritus Professor
+61 7 336 56424
Room 539, Level 5, Colin Clark Building (#39)
| Featured projects | Duration |
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Econometric Estimation and Analysis of Country, Regional and Global Income Distributions ARC Discovery Project |
2010–2012 |
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Modelling Income Distributions over Space and Time: 1985-2010 ARC Discovery Project |
2014–2016 |
Publications
Books
Fleming, Euan, Rao, D.S. Prasada and Fleming, Pauline (2006). Declining Agricultural Commodity Prices: Productivity Gain or Immiserising Growth?. Economic paper; 74. ed. London, England: Commonwealth Secretariat.
Coelli, T. J., Rao, D. S. P., O'Donnell, C. J. and Battese, G. E. (2005). An introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis. 2nd ed. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/b136381
Coelli, Tim, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Battese, George E. (1998). An introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Szirmai, A., Shepherd, W. F., Rao, D. S. Prasada and de Jong, Gjalt (1995). Manufacturing sector output and productivity in Indonesia: an Australian comparative perspective, 1975-1990. Brisbane, Australia: Griffith University.
Selvanathan, E. A. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (1994). Index numbers: a stochastic approach. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Rao, Prasada, D. S (1993). Inter-Country Comparisons of Agricultural Output and Productivity. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organisation Publications.
Pilat, Dirk, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Shepherd, William F. (1993). Australia and United States manufacturing: A comparison of real output, productivity levels and purchasing power, 1970-1989. Brisbane, Australia: Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations.
Rao, D. S. Prasada (1986). Intercountry comparisons of agricultural production aggregates. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organisation Publications.
Book Chapters
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2022). Index numbers and productivity measurement. Handbook of production economics. (pp. 755-819) edited by Subhash C. Ray, Robert G. Chambers and Subal C. Kumbhakar. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-3455-8_8
Rao, D.S. Prasada (2016). Welfare comparisons with heterogeneous prices, consumption and preferences. The Oxford handbook of well-being and public policy. (pp. 785-820) edited by Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Rao, D.S. Prasada and van Ark, Bart (2013). Introduction. World economics performance: Past, present and future. (pp. 1-6) edited by Rao, D.S. Prasada and van Ark, Bart. Cheltenham, Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781781953556
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2013). Computation of basic heading PPPs for comparisons within and between regions. Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program—ICP. (pp. 93-120) Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. doi: 10.1596/9780821397282_CH04
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2013). The framework of the International Comparison Program. Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program—ICP. (pp. 13-45) Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. doi: 10.1596/9780821397282_CH01
Nghiem, Hong Son, Coelli, Tim and Rao, Prasada (2013). Microfinance in Vietnam. Social entrepreneurship and microfinance. (pp. 188-213) edited by Jonathan H. Westover. Champaign, IL, United States: Common Ground Publishing.
Rao, D.S. Prasada and van Ark, Bart (2013). Introduction. World economic performance: past, present and future: essays in celebration of the life and work of Angus Maddison. (pp. 1-6) edited by D.S.P. Rao and Bart van Ark. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781781953556.00006
Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Ganegodage, K. Renuka (2010). Modelling spatially correlated error structures in the time-space extrapolation of purchasing power parities. Price indexes in time and space. (pp. 63-96) edited by Luigi Biggeri and Guido Ferrari. Heidelberg, Germany: Physica Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2140-6_4
Dwyer, Larry, Forsyth, Peter and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2009). PPPs and the price competitiveness of international tourism destinations. Purchasing power parities of currencies: Recent advances in methods and applications. (pp. 367-389) edited by Rao, D.S. Prasada. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Sakuma, Itsuo, Rao, D.S. Prasada and Kurabayashi, Yoshimasa (2009). Additivity, matrix consistency and a new method for international comparisons of real income and purchasing power parities. Purchasing power parities of currencies : Recent advances in methods and applications. (pp. 142-160) edited by D S Prasada Rao. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Rao, D.S. Prasada (2009). Generalised Elteto-Koves-Szulc (EKS) and Country-Product-Dummy (CPD) methods for international comparisons. Purchasing power parities of currencies: Recent advances in methods and applications. (pp. 86-121) edited by Rao, D.S. Prasada. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Rao, D.S. Prasada (2009). Introduction. Purchasing power parities of currency: Recent advances in methods and applications. (pp. 3-7) edited by Rao, D.S. Prasada. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
Tang, K. K. and Rao, D. S. P. (2007). Measuring social disadvantage with avoidable mortality risks. Poverty, poverty alleviation and social disadvantage: Analysis, case studies and policies. (pp. 117-131) edited by C. A. Tisdell. New Delhi: Serials Publications.
Rao, D S P, Headey, D D and Shepherd, W.F. (2006). Inequality in a Globalised World: Issues and Measurement. Leading Economic and Managerial Issues Involving Globalisation. (pp. 229-250) edited by J.M. Aurifeille, S. Svizzero and C. Tisdell. NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers.
Rao, D. S. P. (2004). Spatial comparisons of consumer prices, purchasing power parities and the International Comparison Program. Consumer price index manual: Theory and practice. (pp. 495-506) edited by A. S. Young and et. al.. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Prasado Rao, D. S. and Coelli, T. (2002). Economic performance of selected Asian countries in an international perspective: Economic growth, productivity and inequality. Economic efficiency and productivity growth in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 100-137) edited by Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang and C.A. Knox Lovell. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
Rao, D. S. P., Maddison, A. and Lee, B. (2002). International Comparison of Farm Sector Performance: Methodological Options and empirical findings for Asia-Pacific Economies, 1900-94. The Asian economies in the twentieth century. (pp. 27-52) edited by Angus Maddison, D. S. Prasada Rao and William F. Shepherd.. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Shepherd, W. F. and Rao, Dodla S. P. (2002). A Comparison of Real Output and Productivity Levels in Australian and United States Manufacturing, 1970-95. The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century. (pp. 53-81) edited by Angus Maddison, D. S. Prasada Rao and William F. Shepherd. Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA: E. Elgar.
Ball, V. Eldon, O'Donnell, Christopher J. and Rao, Prasada D. S. (2002). Transitive Multilateral Comparisons of Output, Input and Productivity: A Nonparametric Approach. Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth. (pp. 85-116) Boston, MA, U.S.A: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Shepherd, William, Lee, Boon Lait and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2001). Manufacturing sector output and productivity in Korea: An Australian perspective, 1975 to 1997. Korea's economic prospects: From financial crisis to prosperity. (pp. 162-187) edited by William Shepherd and O. Yul Kwong. Northhampton, MA, United States: Edward Elgar.
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Shepherd, W. F. and Sharma, K. C. (1998). Cross-Country Comparison of Consumption Expenditure Patterns. Quantitative Economics: Theory and Practice. (pp. 82-118) edited by Chakraborty, S., Condoo, D. and Mukherjee, R.. Mumbai, India: Allied Publishers.
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Shepherd, W. F. and Sharma, K. C. (1997). A Reassessment of Agricultural Price Policy in Developing Countries. Price policies and economic growth. (pp. 137-155) edited by Salazar-Carrillo, J. and Jorge, A.. Westport, CT: Greenwood-Praeger Company.
Rao, D. S. Prasada and Salazar-Carrillo, Jorge (1996). A reconsideration of log-change index numbers for international comparisons. International comparisons of prices, output and productivity. (pp. 227-236) edited by D. S. Prasada Rao and J. Salazar-Carrillo. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier ; Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1108/S0573-8555(1996)0000231016
Rao, D. S. Prasada and Selvanathan, E. A. (1996). Stochastic approach to international comparisons of prices and real income. International comparisons of prices, output and productivity. (pp. 195-216) edited by D. S. Prasada Rao and J. Salazar-Carrillo. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1108/S0573-8555(1996)0000231014
Rao, D.S. Prasada (1990). A System of Log-change index Numbers for Multilateral Comparisons. Comparisons of Prices and Real Products in Latin America. (pp. 105-120) Netherlands: North-Holland.
Journal Articles
Rao, Dimmiti Srinivasa and Emerson, Ajith Jubilson (2023). Cyberattack defense mechanism using deep learning techniques in software-defined networks. International Journal of Information Security, 23 (2), 1279-1291. doi: 10.1007/s10207-023-00785-w
D'Ambrosio, Conchita and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2023). Review of income and wealth report of the editors 2022-2023. Review of Income and Wealth, 69 (4), 1136-1146. doi: 10.1111/roiw.12667
Rohde, Nicholas, Trivedi, Pravin, Tang, K.K. and Rao, Prasada (2023). Cognitive and non-cognitive traits and the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic inequality. Journal of Economic Psychology, 97 102635, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2023.102635
Abe, Naohito and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2022). The fixed basket multilateral Walsh index for international price and real expenditure comparisons. Economics Letters, 220 110857, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110857
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki, D'Ambrosio, Conchita, Osberg, Lars and Rao, Prasada (2020). Welfare-based income insecurity in the us and germany: evidence from harmonized panel data. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 176, 226-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.04.023
Balk, Bert M., Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2020). Macro-economic measures for a globalized world: global growth and inflation. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 26 (2), 314-360. doi: 10.1017/S1365100520000152
Chen, Menggen, Wang, Yan and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2020). Measuring the spatial price differences in China with regional price parity methods. World Economy, 43 (4) twec.12899, 1103-1146. doi: 10.1111/twec.12899
Abe, Naohito and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2019). Multilateral Sato–Vartia index for international comparisons of prices and real expenditures. Economics Letters, 183 108535, 108535. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108535
Hajargasht, Gholamreza and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2019). Multilateral index number systems for international price comparisons: properties, existence and uniqueness. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 83, 36-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2019.02.004
Hajargasht, Gholamreza, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Valadkhani, Abbas (2019). Reliability of basic heading PPPs. Economics Letters, 180, 102-107. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.02.023
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Griffiths, William E., Hajargasht, Gholamreza, Karunarathne, Wasana and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2018). Using the GB2 income distribution. Econometrics, 6 (2) 21, 21. doi: 10.3390/econometrics6020021
Laureti, Tiziana and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2018). Measuring spatial price level differences within a country: current status and future developments. Estudios De Economia Aplicada, 36 (1), 119-148.
Maitra, Chandana and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2018). An empirical investigation into measurement and determinants of food security. Journal of Development Studies, 54 (6), 1060-1081. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1324144
Biggeri, Luigi and Prasada Rao, D. S. (2017). Income, poverty and prices: comparisons at national and sub-national level: editors’ introduction. Social Indicators Research, 131 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s11205-017-1578-4
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki, Osberg, Lars and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2017). Is it vulnerability or economic insecurity that matters for health?. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 134, 307-319. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2016.12.010
Inklaar, Robert and Rao, D.S Prasada (2017). Cross-country income levels over time: did the developing world suddenly become much richer?. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9 (1), 265-290. doi: 10.1257/mac.20150155
Carrington, Roger, O'Donnell, Chris and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2016). Australian university productivity growth and public funding revisited. Studies in Higher Education, 43 (8), 1417-1438. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1259306
Rao, D. S. Prasada and Hajargasht, Gholamreza (2016). Stochastic approach to computation of purchasing power parities in the International Comparison Program (ICP). Journal of Econometrics, 191 (2), 414-425. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2015.12.012
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, K. K., Osberg, Lars and Rao, Prasada (2016). The effect of economic insecurity on mental health: recent evidence from Australian panel data. Social Science and Medicine, 151, 250-258. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.014
Wu, Dongjie and Rao, Prasada (2016). Urbanization and income inequality in China: an empirical investigation at provincial level. Social Indicator Research, 131 (1), 189-214. doi: 10.1007/s11205-016-1229-1
Ganegodage, K. Renuka, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Tang, Kam K. (2015). A New Multidimensional Measure of Development: The Role of Technology and Institutions. Social Indicators Research, 131 (1), 65-92. doi: 10.1007/s11205-015-1139-7
Maitra, Chandana and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2015). Poverty-food security nexus: evidence from a survey of urban slum dwellers in Kolkata. World Development, 72, 308-325. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.03.006
Rohde, Nicholas, D'Ambrosio, Conchita, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, Prasada (2015). Estimating the mental health effects of social isolation. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11 (3), 853-869. doi: 10.1007/s11482-015-9401-3
Warner, David, Rao, D. S. Prasada, Griffiths, William E. and Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (2014). Global inequality; levels and trends, 1993-2005: how sensitive are these to the choice of PPPs and real income measures?. Review of Income and Wealth, 60 (S2), S281-S304. doi: 10.1111/roiw.12144
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki, Osberg, Lars and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2014). Economic insecurity in Australia: who is feeling the pinch and how?. Economic Record, 91 (292), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12141
Petrie, Dennis, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2014). Measuring Health Inequality with Realization of Conditional Potential Life Years (RCPLY). Social Indicators Research, 122 (1), 21-44. doi: 10.1007/s11205-014-0677-8
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2014). Distributional characteristics of income insecurity in the U.S., Germany, and Britain. Review of Income and Wealth, 60 (S1), S159-S176. doi: 10.1111/roiw.12089
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Griffiths, William, Karunarathne, Wasana and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2013). Calculating poverty measures from the generalised beta income distribution. Economic Record, 89 (Supplement S1), 48-66. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12031
Feenstra, Robert C., Ma, Hong, Neary, J. Peter and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2013). Who shrunk China? Puzzles in the measurement of real GDP. Economic Journal, 123 (573), 1100-1129. doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12021
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Griffiths, William E., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Valencia, Vicar (2012). Global income distributions and inequality, 1993 and 2000: incorporating country-level inequality modeled with beta distributions. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 94 (1), 52-73. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00145
Hajargasht, Gholamreza, Griffiths, William E., Brice, Joseph, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (2012). Inference for income distributions using grouped data. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 30 (4), 563-575. doi: 10.1080/07350015.2012.707590
Nghiem, Son, Coelli, Tim and Rao, Prasada (2012). Assessing the welfare effects of microfinance in Vietnam: Empirical results from a quasi-experimental survey. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (5), 619-632. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2011.638051
Hodge, Andrew, Shankar, Sriram, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Duhs, Alan (2011). Exploring the links between corruption and growth. Review of Development Economics, 15 (3), 474-490. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00621.x
Carrington, Roger, Coelli, Tim and Rao, Prasada (2011). Australian private health insurance productivity growth: Is there scope to limit premium increases?. The Economic Record, 87 (276), 125-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00684.x
Hoang, Viet-Ngu and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2010). Measuring and decomposing sustainable efficiency in agricultural production: A cumulative exergy balance approach. Ecological Economics, 69 (9), 1765-1776. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.014
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Rambaldi, Alicia and Doran, Howard (2010). Extrapolation of purchasing power parities using multiple benchmarks and auxiliary information: A new approach. Review of Income and Wealth, 56 (Suppl 1), S59-S98. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00386.x
Hajargasht, Gholamreza and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2010). Stochastic approach to index numbers for multilateral price comparisons and their standard errors. Review of Income and Wealth, 56 (Suppl 1), S32-S58. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00387.x
Headey, Derek, Alauddin, Mohammad and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2010). Explaining agricultural productivity growth: an international perspective. Agricultural Economics, 41 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00420.x
Tang, Kam Ki, Petrie, Dennis and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). The income-climate trap of health development: A comparative analysis of African and non-African countries. Social Science & Medicine, 69 (7), 1099-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.016
Feenstra, Robert C., Ma, Hong and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2009). Consistent comparisons of real incomes across time and space. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13 (S2), 169-193. doi: 10.1017/S1365100509090221
Tang, Kam Ki, Petrie, Dennis and Prasada Rao, D.S. (2009). Measuring health inequality with realization of potential life years (RePLY). Health Economics, 18 (Supp.1), S55-S75. doi: 10.1002/hec.1461
Hajargasht, Gholamreza, Coelli, Tim and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2008). A dual measure of economies of scope. Economic Letters, 100 (2), 185-188. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.01.004
O'Donnell, C. J., Rao, D. S. P. and Battese, G. E. (2008). Metafrontier frameworks for the study of firm level efficiencies & technology ratios. Empirical Economics, 34 (2), 231-255. doi: 10.1007/s00181-007-0119-4
Tang, K. K., Chin, J. T. C. and Rao, D. S. P. (2008). Avoidable mortality risks and measurement of wellbeing and inequality. Journal of Health Economics, 27 (3), 624-641. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.003
Lee, B. L., Rao, D. S. P. and Shepherd, W. (2007). Comparisons of real output and productivity of Chinese and Indian manufacturing. Journal of Development Economics, 84 (1), 378-416. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.11.005
Tang, K. K., Petrie, D. and Rao, D. S. P. (2007). Measuring health inequalities between genders and age groups with realization of potential life years (RePLY). Bulletin of The World Health Organization, 85 (9), 681-687. doi: 10.2471/BLT.06.037382
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Tang, Kam Ki (2007). Estimating income inequality in China using grouped data and the generalized beta distribution. Review of Income and Wealth, 53 (1), 127-147. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00220.x
Chotikapanich, D., Griffiths, W. E. and Rao, D. S. P. (2007). Estimating and combining national income distributions using limited data. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 25 (1), 97-109. doi: 10.1198/073500106000000224
Nghiem, H., Coelli, T. and Rao, D. S. P. (2006). The efficiency of microfinance in Vietnam: Evidence from NGO schemes in the north and the central regions. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2 (5), 71-78.
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2005). On the equivalence of weighted Country-Product-Dummy (CPD) Method and the Rao-System for multilateral price comparisons. Review of Income and Wealth, 51 (4), 571-580. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00169.x
Coelli, T. J. and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2005). Total factor productivity growth in global agriculture: A Malmquist Index analysis of 93 countries, 1980-2000. Agricultural Economics, 31 (1), 115-134. doi: 10.1111/j.0169-5150.2004.00018.x
Griffiths, W.E., Chotikapanich, D. and Rao, D.S.P. (2005). Averaging Income Distributions. Bulletin of Economic Research, 57 (4), 347-367. doi: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2005.00226.x
Carrington, R., Coelli, T. and Rao, D.S.P. (2005). The Performance of Australian Universities: Conceptual Issues and Preliminary Results. Economic Papers, 24 (2), 145-163. doi: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2005.tb01001.x
Battese, George E., Rao, D. S. Prasada and O'Donnell, Christopher J. (2004). A metafrontier production function for estimation of technical efficiencies and technology gaps for firms operating under different technologies. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 21 (1), 91-103. doi: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000012454.06094.29
Rao, D.S.P. and Coelli, T. (2004). Catch-up and Convergence in Global Agricultural Productivity, 1980-1995. Indian Economic Review, 39 (1), 123-148.
Rao, D. S. P. and Timmer, M. P. (2003). Purchasing Power Parities for Industry Comparisons Using Weighted Elteto-Koves-Szulc (EKS) Methods. Review of Income and Wealth, 49 (4), 491-512. doi: 10.1111/j.0034-6586.2003.00101.x
Rao, D.S.P., Doran, H.E. and Selvanathan, E.A. (2003). Estimation of General and Commodity-Specific Inflation Rates Using Linear Time-Varying Constraints. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 35 (2003), 67-74.
Woodbury, K., Dollery, B. and Rao, D. S. P. (2003). Is local government efficiency measurement in Australia adequate? An analysis of the evidence. Public Performance and Management Review, 27 (2), 77-91.
Battese, G. E. and Prasada Rao, D. S. (2002). Technology gap, efficiency and a stochastic metafrontier function. International Journal of Business and Economics, 1 (2), 87-93.
Kasipillai, Jeyapalan, Baldry, Jonathan and Prasada Rao, ds (2000). Estimating the Size and Determinants of Hidden Income and Tax Evasion in Malaysia. Asian Review of Accounting, 8 (2), 25-42. doi: 10.1108/eb060727
Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, Valenzuela, Rebecca and Rao, D. S. Prasada (1997). Global and regional inequality in the distribution of income: Estimation with limited and incomplete data. Empirical Economics, 22 (4), 533-546. doi: 10.1007/BF01205778
Conference Papers
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Balk, Bert M. (2014). Purchasing power parities, price levels and measures of regional and global inflation. International Workshop on Inter-Country and Intra-Country Comparisons of Prices and Standards of Living, Arezzo, Italy, 1-3 September, 2014. Arezzo, Italy: Polo Universitario Aretino.
Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Huynh, Linh Tu (2014). A new approach to inter-country comparisons of real income and expenditures: the UQICD Panel of PPPs. International Workshop on Inter-Country and Intra-Country Comparisons of Prices and Standards of Living, Arezzo, Italy, 1-3 September, 2014. Arezzo, Italy: Polo Universitario Aretino.
Huynh, L. T., Rambaldi, A. N. and Rao, D. S. P. (2014). Econometric estimation and aggregation of PPP panels for components of GDP. IARIW 33rd General Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24-30 August 2014. Ontario, Canada: IARIW.
Rao, D. S. Prasada and Rambaldi, Alicia N. (2013). A State-space and Constrained GEKS Approach to the Construction of Panels of Real Incomes at Current and Constant Prices. Princeton Conference on ICP/PPP, Princeton, NJ, United States of America, 23 - 24 May 2013. Princeton, NJ United States: Princeton Campus Club.
Bechtel, Lucy, Lordan, Grace and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2012). Income inequality and mental health-empirical evidence from Australia. West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/hec.2814
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Rambaldi, Alicia and Doran, Howard (2010). An econometric approach to the construction of complete panels of purchasing power parities: Analytical properties and empirical results. Econometric Society 10th World Congress (ESWC 2010), Shangai, China, 17-21 August 2010. New York, U.S.A.: The Econometric Society.
Rhode, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2010). Measuring income insecurity: Analysis of income data from the United States, Britain and Germany. 31st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), St. Gallen, Switzerland, 22-28 August 2010. Ottawa, Canada: International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.
Rambaldi, Alicia and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2010). The effect of hedonic modeling and index weights on hedonic imputation indexes. 31st General Conference of The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 22-28 August, 2010.
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Shankar, Sriram and Hajarghasht, Golamreza (2010). A minimum distance and the generalised EKS approaches to multilateral comparisons of prices and real incomes. International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity Conference, University of Oxford, U.K., 8-9 April, 2010.
Doran, H. E., Rambaldi, Alicia and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). An econometric approach to construct world tables of purchasing power parities and real incomes: Analytical properties and tables for 1970 - 2005. 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 1-6 August 2009. Washington D.C., U.S.A: JSM.
O'Donnell, Chris and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). Estimating posterior probability density functions or exact index numbers. International Conference on Frontiers of Interface between Statistics and Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, India, 30 December 2009 - 2 January 2010. Hyderabad, India:
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). Stochastic approach to multilateral index numbers of international comparisons of prices and real incomes. International Conference on Frontiers of Interface between Statistics and Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, India, 30 December 2009 - 2 January 2010. Hyderabad, India: University of Hyderabad.
Hajargasht, G. and Rao, D.S.P. (2008). System of Index Numbers for International Price Comparisons Based on the Stochastic Approach. 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations, NZ, 12-17 May 2008. NZ: Economic Society of Australia, NZ Association of Economists.
O'Donnell, C. and Rao, P. (2008). Estimating probability density functions for exact index numbers. ESAM08 Markets and Models: Policy frontiers in the AWH Phillips Tradition, Wellington, New Zealand, 9 - 11 July, 2008. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association of Economists.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2008). Estimating probability density functions for exact index numbers. International Society for Bayesian Analysis 9th World Meeting, Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia, 21 - 25 July 2008. Queensland: ISBA.
Rao, D.S.P., Rambaldi, A. and Doran, H. (2008). Construction of world tables of purchasing power parities and real incomes based on multiple benchmarks and auxilliary information: A state space approach. 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations, Wellington NZ, 12-17 May 2008. NZ: Economic Society of Australia, NZ Association of Economists.
Cominos, H.T., Rambaldi, A.N. and Rao, D.S.P. (2007). Hedonic Imputed House Price Indices from a Model with Dynamic Shadow Prices Incorporating Nearest Neighbour Information. ESAM07 Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Brisbane, Australia, 3-6 July 2007. Brisbane, Australia: Econometric Society.
Rambaldi, A.N., Rao, D.S.P. and Dolan, D. (2007). Measuring productivity growth performance using metafrontiers with applications to regional productivity growth analysis in a global context. ESAM07, Brisbane, 3-6 July 2007. Australia: The University of Queensland.
Rao, D.S.P. (2006). Purchasing Power Parities (PPP). A State-Space Approach. EMG Workshop '05, Coogee Bay Hotel Conference Function Centre, Sydney, 12-13 December 2005. Australia: Faculty of Commerce and Economics, University of NSW.
Hajargasht, G. and Rao, D. S. P. (2006). A New Class of Index Numbers for International Price Comparisons. ESAM06, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 4-7 July 2006. Canberra, ACT: The Econometric Society.
Rao, D.S.P. (2005). Purchasing Power Parity. Fourteenth conference of commonwealth statisticians 2005 Mille, South Africa, 5 - 9 September 2005. SA: Statistics South Africa.
Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Doran, Howard E. (2005). Constructing internationally comparable real income aggregates by combining sparse benchmark data with annual national accounts data: A state-space approach. Workshop on Frontiers in Benchmarking Techniques and Their Application to Official Statistics, Luxembourg, Belgium, 7-8 April 2005. Luxembourg, Belgium: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Coelli, Tim J. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2005). Total factor productivity growth in agriculture: A Malmquist index analysis of 93 countries, 1980-2000. Twenty-Fifth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South Africa, 16 - 22 August 2003. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.0169-5150.2004.00018.x
Rambaldi, A. N., Rao, D. S. P. and Doran, H. E. (2004). A Constrained State-Space Approach to the Prediction of Comparable Real Income Across Countries. ESAM04 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Melbourne, Australia, 7-9 July, 2004. Online: Econometric Society.
Allan-Greer, Briege, Rao, D. S. Prasada and O'Donnell, Christopher (2004). Constructing Divisia Indexes from Retail Scanner Data using Wavelet Methods. SSHRC International Conference on Index Number Theory and the Measurement of Prices and Productivity, Vancouver, June 30 - July 3, 2004.
Coelli, T.J., Prasada Rao, D. S. and Soriano, F. (2003). Aggregation of Farrell efficiencies with possible reallocation of inputs. VIII European Workshop of Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (8EWEPA), Oviedo, Spain, 25-27 Sep 2003.
Soriano, Franklin A., Prasada Rao, D. S. and Coelli, Tim (2003). On aggregation of total factor productivity measures. Economic Measurement Group Workshop 2003, Sydney, Australia, 11-12 December, 2003. Centre for Applied Economic Research.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2003). Metafrontier Functions for the Study of Interregional Productivity Differences. Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Sydney, Australia, 2003.
Hajargasht, G., O'Donnell, C. J. and Rao, D. S. P. (2003). Semiparametric estimation of stochastic frontiers. 2003 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Sydney, 9-11 July, 2003.
Allan-Greer, B., Rao, D. S. P. and O'Donnell , C. J. (2003). Using Wavelet Methods to Construct Divisia Price Index Numbers Based on Retail Scanner Data. Economic Measurement Group (EMG) Workshop, The University of New South Wales, 11-12 December, 2003.
Working Papers
Rao, D. S. Prasada, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Ganegodage, K. Renuka, Huynh, L. T. and Doran, Howard E. (2014). UQICD v2 User Guide. Discussion Paper. No. 534. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Maitra, Chandana and Rao, Prasada (2014). An Empirical Investigation into Measurement and Determinants of Food Security in Slums of Kolkata. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 531. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Maitra, Chandana and Rao, D.S. Prasada (2014). Poverty-Food Security Nexus: Evidences from a Survey of Urban Slum Dwellers in Kolkata. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 512. School of Economics, Universtiy of Queensland.
Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2013). Econometric Modeling and Estimation of Theoretically Consistent Housing Price Indexes. Working Paper. WP04/2013. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Grace Lordan, Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada and Lucy Bechtel (2012). Income Inequality and Mental Health. Working Paper. No. 456. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Warner, David, Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada, Griffiths, William E. and Chotikapanich, Duangkamon (2011). Global Inequality: Levels and Trends, 1993-2005. Discussion Paper. No. 436. School of Economics, Universtiy of Queensland.
Rambaldi, Alicia N. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2011). Hedonic Predicted House Price Indices Using Time-Varying Hedonic Models with Spatial Autocorrelation. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 432. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rohde, Nicholas C., Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2011). Income volatility and insecurity in the U.S., Germany and Britain. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 434. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rohde, Nicholas C., Tang, Kam K. and Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2010). Income Inequality, Mobility And Economic Insecurity In Australia. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 407. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rambaldi, Alicia, Rao, D.S. Prasada and Ganegodage, K. Renuka (2009). Spatial autocorrelation and extrapolation of purchasing power parities. Modelling and sensitivity analysis. CEPA Working Paper Series. WP01/2009. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Hodge, Andrew, Shankar, Sriram, Rao, D. S. Prasada and Duhs, Alan (2009). Exploring the links between corruption and growth. 392. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Petrie, Dennis, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). A value-added based measure of health system output and estimating the efficiency of OECD health systems. 393. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Petriea, Dennis, Tang, Kam Ki and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2009). Measuring avoidable health inequality with Realization of Conditional Potential Life Years (RCPLY). 395. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada and Rambaldi, Alicia N. (2008). A Method to Construct World Tables of Purchasing Power Parities and Real Incomes Based on Multiple Benchmarks and Auxiliary Information: Analytical and Empirical Results. Working Paper. WP05/2008. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Carrington, Roger, Coelli, Tim and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2008). Regulation of private health insurance premiums: Can performance assessment play a greater role?. Working Paper. WP04/2008. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2007). Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers for Multilateral Price Comparisons and their Standard Errors. Working Paper. WP06/2008. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Cominos, Harry, Rambaldi, Alicia and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2007). Hedonic imputed housing price indices from a model with dynamic shadow prices incorporating nearest neighbour information. Working Paper. WP01/2007. School of Economics, Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis.
Ganegodage, K. Renuka, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D. S. Prasada and Tang, Kam Ki (2006). Analysis of Development Performance Using a Development Index Based on Factor Analysis (Old Title: Constructing Multideminsional Indexes of Economic Structure and Development). Working Paper. WP05/2006. Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA), School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada and Hajargasht, Gholamreza (2006). A Dual Measure of Economies of Scope. Working Paper. WP03/2006. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Ganegodage, K. Renuka, Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, Dodla S. P. and Tang, Kam K. (2006). Constructing multidimensional indexes of economic structure and development. WP05/2006. Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA), The University of Queensland.
Headey, Derek D., Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada and Alauddin, Mohammad (2005). Explaining Agricultural Productivity Levels and Growth: An International Perspective. Working Paper. WP02/2005. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rambaldi, Alicia N., Rao, D.S. Prasada and Howard E. Doran (2005). Constructing internationally comparable real income aggregates by combining sparse benchmark data with annual national accounts data: A state-space approach. CEPA Working Paper Series. WP03/2005. Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Headey, Derek D., O`Donnell, Christopher, Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada and Duhs, L. Alan (2004). All the Conditions of Effective Foreign Aid. Working Paper. WP08/2004. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada, Headey, Derek D. and Duhs, L. Alan (2004). All the Conditions of Effective Foreign Aid. Working Paper. WP04/2004. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Rao, Dodla Sai Prasada (2004). The Country-Product-Dummy Method: A Stochastic Approach to the Computation of Purchasing Power Parities in the ICP. Working Paper. WP03/2004. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Rao, D. S. P., O'Donnell, C. J. and Peyrache, A. (2012). Efficiency analysis of public hospital acute admitted services: critique of draft report. UniQuest Project No: C00009 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
O'Donnell, C. J., Rao, D. S. P. and Nguyen, K. (2011). Efficiency analysis of public hospital acute admitted services: variable selection and cleaning. UniQuest Project No: C00009 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
O’Donnell, C. J., Rao, D. S. P., Nguyen, K. and Peyrache, A. (2011). Efficiency analysis of public hospital acute admitted services: project plan (final). UniQuest Project No: C00009 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
Chotikapanich, D., Rao, D. S. P. and Tang, K. K. (2006). Estimating Income Inequality in China Using Grouped Data and the Generalized Beta Distribution. NY, USA: UNU-Wider.
Rao, D. S. Prasada (2004). Agricultural productivity growth, employment and poverty in developing countries, 1970-2000. Genève, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
Rao, Prasada, Coelli, Timothy J. and Alauddin, Mohammad (2004). Agricultural productivity growth, employment and poverty in developing countries, 1970-2000. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
Department Technical Reports
Coelli, Tim J. and Rao, D. S. Prasada (2003). Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture: A Malmquist Index Analysis of 93 Countries, 1980-2000. Working Paper no. 02/2003. Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Rao, D. S. Prasada, O'Donnell, Christopher J. and Battese, George E. (2003). Metafrontier Functions for the Study of Inter-Regional Productivity Differences. Working Paper No.WP01/2003. Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.