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Swapnika Rachapalli is an Assistant Professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business specializing in Strategy and Business Economics. She holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include International Trade, Innovation, and Growth & Development. She has contributed to numerous publications in esteemed journals, with notable works such as 'Misallocation in Indian Agriculture,' which will be featured in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and 'Vertical Spillovers in Global Value Chains' in the American Economic Association Papers Proceedings. Rachapalli's empirical analysis spans topics like Trade Diffusion and the implications of Stigma in women's decisions to work amidst sexual violence. Her academic contributions are aimed at enhancing the understanding of economic dynamics that influence policy and practice.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.