Dr Lakshmi Aerath

Personal Statement

Lakshmi is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School. She received her Ph.D. from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in Mumbai, India. She is an applied economist with research interests in international trade, productivity, industrial and regional economics. Her papers on India’s export performance vis-à-vis China have featured in the Economic Survey 2019-2020 released by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. She is a recipient of the Pacific Trade and Development Fellowship for Young Scholars.