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Author: Blessy Augustine

Dr. Blessy Augustine

Dr. Blessy Augustine

Assistant Professor

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Education:
Ph.D. in Economics – Finance (2023): Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai
MSc Economics (5 Year Integrated) (2016): Pondicherry University

Work Experience:
Since July 2023: Assistant Professor, MSE

July 2021 – May 2023: Assistant Professor, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Augustine, B., & Durai, S. R. S. (2025). Efficiency Decomposition of Public Expenditure—Evidence from Indian States. In India's Public Finance and Policy Challenges in the 2020s (pp. 105-120). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Augustine, B., & Rafi, O. M. (2025). Role of Macroeconomic Channels in the Debt-Growth Nexus: Evidence of Non-linearity. In India's Public Finance and Policy Challenges in the 2020s (pp. 331-350). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Augustine, B., & Rafi, O. M. (2023). Public debt-economic growth nexus in emerging and developing economies: Exploring nonlinearity. Finance Research Letters, 52, 103540.

Augustine, B., & Kumar, L. (2020). Original sin, currency depreciation, and external debt burden: Evidence from India. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 10(3), 58.
Mathematical Methods, Public Economics, Financial Management
Open-economy Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Development Economics