Biography
Shania Bhalotia is a PhD student in the Department of Economics, LSE. She holds an MSc in Economics from LSE and a BA in Economics from University of Delhi (St. Stephen’s College). Her research interests lie at the intersection of international trade and macroeconomics. Her work focuses on understanding how trade facilitates technology improvement in firms and transfer of ideas across countries, and the consequent impact on growth. She also has projects on the impact of non-tariff barriers on services trade, focusing on the UK.
Current areas of research include:
- Trade and technology: The effect of trade liberalisation on technology adoption, innovation and growth
- Trade in services and non-tariff barriers: The effect of non-tariff barriers on trade in services of the UK; Change in trade in banking services of the UK since Brexit
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