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Dr. Vishal Dagar

Dr. Vishal Dagar

Assistant Professor

Area: Economics

Email: [email protected]

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Dr. Vishal Dagar joined the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, in December 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Economics. He has more than five years of teaching and research experience. He also worked as a Junior Economist with the World Bank, as a Research Fellow at the Agricultural Economics Research Centre at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and as a Data Scientist with AbsolutData Analytics Pvt. Ltd., an Infogain company. Dr. Dagar is listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to Elsevier and Standford University's composite research score for 2023. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Amity University, a Masters in Economics from the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, and a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Delhi. He is also a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ryerson University in Canada.

He specializes in predicting technical efficiency and productivity estimates with stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelope analysis (DEA) models. His research interests include agricultural economics, energy economics, environmental economics, applied economics, and finance. He had delivered sessions by invitation on innovative approaches that are employed in economic research at many business schools across the globe, i.e., the Koppleman School of Business at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York, London School of Economics, the Leeds University Business School, the Paris School of Business, IPAG Business School, Paris, France, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, KAPSARC Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Economics at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA.

He has published more than 50 SSCI/SCI research papers in more than 25 different leading journals (FT 50, ABDC A*, A, B, and C), including the Journal of Business Ethics, Energy Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, the Journal of Cleaner Production, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Finance Research Letters, the European Management Journal, Management Decision, Resources Policy, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Sustainable Development, etc. He has reviewed more than 1000 research papers for over 200 verified leading and reputed journals from Publons (the Web of Science).

Journal Editorship and Editorial Roles

  • Appointed as Associate Editor of the Economics and Management section in the journal SN Business & Economics on July 26, 2022. [Editorial Board]

Popular Press

Journal Articles

  • Vishal Dagar, "Renewable and non-renewable energy consumption driven sustainable development in ASEAN countries: do financial development and institutional quality matter?" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-18488-x
  • Vishal Dagar, "The asymmetric nexus between air pollution and COVID-19: Evidence from a non-linear panel autoregressive distributed lag model" published in Environmental Research Web of Science - SCIE & SCI - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512200175X
  • Vishal Dagar, "Prioritizing and overcoming biomass energy barriers: Application of AHP and G-TOPSIS approaches" published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change - ABDC A Category, (2022), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162522000567
  • Vishal Dagar, "World energy trilemma and transformative energy developments as determinants of economic growth amid environmental sustainability" published in Energy Economics - ABDC A* Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105884
  • Vishal Dagar, "Testing the impact of fiscal policies for economic recovery: does monetary policy act as catalytic tool for economic Survival" published in Economic Change and Restructuring - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10644-022-09383-7
  • Vishal Dagar, "Smart IoT and Machine Learning-based Framework for Water Quality Assessment and Device Component Monitoring" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19014-3
  • Vishal Dagar, "Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital Revolution" published in Frontiers in Psychology - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.837042/full
  • Vishal Dagar, "Environmental impact of information and communication technology: Unveiling the role of education in developing countries" published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change - ABDC A Category, (2022), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162522001020
  • Vishal Dagar, "A study of trilemma energy balance, clean energy transitions, and economic expansion in the midst of environmental sustainability: New insights from three trilemma leadership" published in Energy - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123619
  • Vishal Dagar, "Natural resources and financial development: Role of business regulations in testing the resource-curse hypothesis in ASEAN countries" published in Resources Policy - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102612
  • Vishal Dagar, "Environmental Benefits From Carbon Tax in the Chinese Carbon Market: A Roadmap to Energy Efficiency in the Post-COVID-19 Era" published in Frontiers in Energy Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.832578
  • Vishal Dagar, "Recent Trends, Challenges, and Future Aspects of P2P Energy Trading Platforms in Electrical-Based Networks Considering Blockchain Technology: A Roadmap Toward Environmental Sustainability" published in Frontiers in Energy Research - ABDC B Category, (2022)
  • Vishal Dagar, "Exploring the role of Export Product quality and Economic complexity for Economic Progress of developed economies: Does Institutional Quality matter?" published in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.04.003
  • Vishal Dagar, "Forest and mineral volatility and economic performance: Evidence from frequency domain causality approach for global data" published in Resources Policy - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102685
  • Vishal Dagar, "Globalization toward environmental sustainability and electricity consumption to environmental degradation: does EKC inverted U-shaped hypothesis exist between squared economic growth and CO2 emissions in top globalized economies" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20192-3
  • Vishal Dagar, "Biocapacity convergence clubs in Latin America: an analysis of their determining factors using quantile regressions" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-20567-6
  • Vishal Dagar, "Foreign Direct Investments and Environmental Deterioration to Total Energy Consumption: Evidence from Pollution Haven Hypotheses" published in Energies (MDPI) - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/en15114046
  • Vishal Dagar, "Dirty versus Clean Fuel for Cooking in Pakistan: Regional Mapping and Correlates" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23757-4
  • Vishal Dagar, "Can clean energy adoption and international trade contribute to the achievement of India’s carbon neutrality agenda? Evidence using quantile ARDL" published in International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2139780
  • Vishal Dagar, "Do international resources configure SMEs' sustainable performance in the digital era? Evidence from Pakistan" published in Resources Policy (Elsevier) - ABDC B Category, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103169
  • Vishal Dagar, "Cross-level effect of resonant leadership on remote engagement: A moderated mediation analysis in the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis" published in European Management Journal (Elsevier) - ABDC B Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2023.01.004
  • Vishal Dagar, "Towards the dream of go green: An empirical importance of green innovation and financial depth for environmental neutrality in world's top 10 greenest economies" published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change - ABDC A Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122370
  • Vishal Dagar, "Nexus between macroeconomic uncertainty, oil prices, and exports: evidence from quantile-on-quantile regression approach" published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research - ABDC B Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25574-9
  • Vishal Dagar, "Assessing the feasibility of Hyperlocal Delivery Model as an effective distribution channel" published in Management Decision-Emerald - ABDC B Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-03-2022-0407
  • Vishal Dagar, "A Contribution to Sustainable Human Resource Development in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic" published in JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS (SPRINGER) - FT50 Category, (2023), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-023-05456-3
  • Vishal Dagar, "Good for the Planet, Good for the Wallet: The ESG Impact on Financial Performance in India" published in Finance Research Letters -Elsevier - ABDC A Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104093
  • Vishal Dagar, "Unleashing the asymmetric effect of natural resources abundance on carbon emissions in regional comprehensive economic partnership: What role do economic globalization and disaggregating energy play?" published in Resources Policy (Elsevier) - ABDC B Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103914
  • Vishal Dagar, "Sustainable energy development through non-residential rooftop solar photovoltaic adoption: Empirical evidence from India" published in Sustainable Development - ABDC C Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2644
  • Vishal Dagar, "Attaining environmental sustainability amidst the interacting forces of natural resource rent and foreign direct investment: Is Norway any different?" published in OPEC Energy Reviews (Wiley) - ABDC C Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12292
  • Vishal Dagar, "Coping with public-private partnership issues: A path forward to sustainable agriculture" published in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences -Elsevier - ABDC C Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101703
  • Vishal Dagar, "Novel evidence from APEC countries on stock market integration and volatility spillover: A Diebold and Yilmaz approach" published in Cogent Economics and Finance (Taylor and Francis) - ABDC B Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2254560
  • Vishal Dagar, "The crisis effect in TPB as a moderator for post-pandemic entrepreneurial intentions among higher education students: PLS-SEM and ANN approach" published in The International Journal of Management Education (Eslevier) - ABDC C Category, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100878
  • Vishal Dagar, "Impact of carbon emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on inbound cross-border mergers and acquisition’s investment inflow" published in Environment, Development and Sustainability - Indian Publication indexed in Scopus and/or WoS Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04511-x
  • Vishal Dagar, "An empirical investigation on awareness regarding cryptocurrencies among investors under different market regimes" published in Vision (Sage publications) - ABDC C Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1177/09722629241228965
  • Vishal Dagar, "Economic Policy Uncertainty: Global Energy Security with Diversification" published in Economic Analysis and Policy by Elsevier - ABDC B Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.03.008
  • Vishal Dagar, "Employees’ eco-friendly innovative behaviors: Examining the role of individual and situational factors" published in European Management Journal - ABDC B Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.04.005
  • Vishal Dagar, "Geopolitics, Uncertainty and Cryptocurrency: A love triangle gone wrong" published in Applied Finance Letters - ABDC B Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.24135/afl.v13i.699
  • Vishal Dagar, with Nadia Doytch, "Curbing environmental degradation to balance sustainable development: Evidence from China" published in Environmental and Sustainability Indicator (Elsevier) - Indian Publication indexed in Scopus and/or WoS Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100465
  • Vishal Dagar, "Climate change dynamics for global energy security and equity: Evidence from policy stringency drivers" published in Journal of Environmental Management (JEMA) - ABDC A Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122484
  • Vishal Dagar, "Agricultural productivity and rural poverty in China: The impact of land reforms" published in the Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLP). - ABDC A Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143723
  • Vishal Dagar, "Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Examining Stimulus—Organism—Response to the Nexus of Environment, Education, and Motivation" published in Management Decision (MD) - ABDC B Category, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-04-2024-0845
  • Vishal Dagar, "Sustainability with environmental policy stringency and financial development for green technological innovations: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa" published in Journal of Environmental Management - ABDC A Category, (2024)
  • Vishal Dagar, "Corporate SDG adoption, share price synchronicity, and the role of incentive compatible contracts in India" published in Finance Research Letters - ABDC A Category, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.106739
  • Chahal, J., Dagar, V. and Shoukat, M.H. (2024), "Sustainable entrepreneurship: examining stimulus-organism-response to the nexus of environment, education and motivation", Management Decision, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-04-2024-0845
  • Dagar, V., Dagher, L., Rao, A., Doytch, N., & Kagzi, M. (2024). Economic policy uncertainty: Global energy security with diversification. Economic Analysis and Policy, 82, 248-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.03.008
  • Dagar, V., Rao, A., Dagher, L., & Doytch, N. (2024). Climate change dynamics for global energy security and equity: Evidence from policy stringency drivers. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122484
  • Kagzi, M., Dagar, V., Doytch, N., Krishnan, D., & Raj, M. (2024). Curbing environmental degradation to balance sustainable development: Evidence from China. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 24, 100465. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.INDIC.2024.100465
  • Lund, I. H., Shaikh, F., Harijan, K., Kumar, L., & Dagar, V. (2023). Prospects of natural gas consumption in Pakistan: based on the LMDI-STIRPAT PLSR framework. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(2), 2090–2103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31274-1
  • Piwowar-Sulej, K., Iqbal, Q., Dagar, V., & Singh, S. (2024). Employees’ eco-friendly innovative behaviors: Examining the role of individual and situational factors. European Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.04.005
  • Raghavendra, C., Mahesh, R., Khan, M. K., Dagar, V., Singh, S., & Alvarado, R. (2024). Impact of carbon emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on inbound cross-border mergers and acquisition’s investment inflow. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04511-x
  • Ullah, I., Dagar, V., Tanin, T. I., Rehman, A., & Zeeshan, M. (2024). Agricultural productivity and rural poverty in China: The impact of land reforms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 475, 143723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143723
  • "A Contribution to Sustainable Human Resource Development in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic,”, in the 'Journal of Business Ethics' (Springer), June 05, 2023. [FT - 50, ABS - 3, ABDC-A, Scopus - Q1, WoS - SSCI, JSTOR and Impact Factor – 6.331] - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05456-3
  • “Good for the Planet, Good for the Wallet: The ESG impact on financial performance in India”, in the journal “Finance Research Letters” (Elsevier), June 2023, [ABS - 2, ABDC-A, Scopus - Q1, WoS – SSCI, and Impact Factor – 9.846] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104093
  • 'World energy trilemma and transformative energy developments as determinants of economic growth amid environmental sustainability', in the journal 'Energy Economics' (Elsevier), February 2022. [ABS-3, ABDC-A*, Scopus - Q1, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 9.252] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105884
  • "Towards the Dream of Go Green: An Empirical Importance of Green Innovation and Financial Depth for Environmental Neutrality in World's Top 10 Greenest Economies", in the journal “Technological Forecasting and Social Change” (Elsevier), January, 2023. [ABS-3, ABDC-A, Scopus – Q1 (97th percentile), WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor: 10.884, Scopus Cite Score- 16.6] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122370
  • "Economic Policy Uncertainty: Global energy security with diversification" in the journal Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier 2024 [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1, WoS-SSCI, Impact Factor-6.5] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.03.008
  • 'Environmental impact of information and communication technology: Unveiling the role of education in developing countries', in the journal ‘Technological Forecasting and Social Change’ (Elsevier), February 2022. [ABS-3, ABDC-A, Scopus - Q1, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor - 10.884]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121570
  • 'Prioritizing and overcoming biomass energy barriers: Application of AHP and G-TOPSIS approaches', in the journal ‘Technological Forecasting and Social Change’ (Elsevier), January 2022. [ABS-3, ABDC-A, Scopus - Q1, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor -10.884] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121524
  • 'Variations in technical efficiency of farmers with distinct land size across agro-climatic zones: Evidence from India’ in the ‘Journal of Cleaner Production' (Elsevier), 315, 128109. June 2021 [ABDC-A, ABS-2, SCOPUS Q1, WOS - SCI, Impact Factor 11.072] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128109
  • 'Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions’ in the ‘Journal of Cleaner Production' (Elsevier), (2021) [ABDC-A, ABS-2, SCOPUS Q1, WOS - SCI, Impact Factor 11.072] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128585
  • “Unleashing the asymmetric effect of natural resources abundance on carbon emissions in regional comprehensive economic partnership: What role do economic globalization and disaggregating energy play?” in the journal 'Resources Policy' (Elsevier), (2023) [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1 –, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 10.2] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103914
  • 'Cross-level effect of resonant leadership on remote engagement: A moderated mediation analysis in the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis' in the 'European Management Journal' (2023) [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 6.11] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2023.01.004
  • 'Natural resources and financial development: Role of business regulations in testing the resource-curse hypothesis in ASEAN countries' in the Journal 'Resources Policy' (Elsevier) (2022) [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1 –, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 8.222] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102612
  • 'Testing the Impact of Fiscal Policies for Economic Recovery: Does Monetary Policy Act as Catalytic Tool for Economic Survival', in the journal of 'Economic Change and Restructuring' (Springer). [ABS-1, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1 –, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 1.708]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-022-09383-7
  • 'Nexus between macroeconomic uncertainty, oil prices, and exports: evidence from quantile-on-quantile regression approach' in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), (2023) [Scopus Q1; WoS SCIE; JCR Impact Factor 5.190] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25574-9
  • 'Forest and mineral volatility and economic performance: Evidence from frequency domain causality approach for global data' in the Journal 'Resources Policy' (Elsevier) (2022) [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1 –, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 8.222] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102685
  • 'Exploring the role of Export Product quality and Economic complexity for Economic Progress of developed economies: Does Institutional Quality matter?' in the journal ‘Structural Change and Economic Dynamics’ (Elsevier) (2022) [ABS-2, ABDC-B, Scopus - Q1 –, WoS – SSCI, Impact Factor – 5.059] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.04.003

Conference Proceedings

  • Vishal Dagar, "Socio-Economic and Technological Forces for Sustainable Development: Evidence from Ecological Footprints in Emerging Economies" published in Winter School 2024 by The Econometric Society (2024)
  • Vishal Dagar, "Towards Sustainable Development Goal 13: The Impact Of Key Factors On Environmental Degradation In China" published in 21st International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, Miami (2025)
  • Presented paper and chaired a Session at the 7th Edition of Ethical Finance and Sustainability Conference: EFS-2024 Organised by Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, (United Kingdom), EDC Paris Business School, OCRE Lab, Paris (France) and CY Cergy Paris University, THEMA Laboratory, Paris (France) on 15th-16th May 2024, Leeds University Business School Campus, United Kingdom.
  • Presented paper and chaired a Session at the 9th International Symposium on Environment and Energy Finance Issues (ISEFI-2023) co-organized by the IPAG Center for Energy Economics and Environment (IPAG Business School), the Climate Economics Chair (Paris Dauphine University – PSL) and the Joint International Research Unit Sustainability and Resilience - Umi Source (University of Paris- Saclay) in Paris, France [May 25-26, 2023]
  • Session Chair at the 44th International Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) and Saudi Association of Energy Economics (SAEE) organized by KAPSARC for IAEE MENA Chapter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [February 4-9, 2023]
  • Discussant (Session Chair) for Track 4 of Future of Employment: Challenges and Opportunities (FECO 2023): Labour Market Practices, Policies and Reforms at International Conference, at the Symbiosis School of Economics, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India [January 18-19, 2023]
  • Presented paper and chaired a Session at the XIV International Conference “Russian Region in the Focus of Changes” focused on “Mineral Markets and Global Energy Transition” Graduate School of Economics and Management of Ural Federal University Ekaterinburg, Russia [November 18-19, 2022]
  • Session Chair at the Amity International Public Policy Conference 2023 & International Young Researchers’ Conference sponsored by Amity Institute of Public Policy in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru University [April 12, 2023]
  • Chaired a Session on Sustainability at an International Conference of Jamia Hamdard University [September 28-29, 2022]
  • 12th Doctoral Thesis Conference at IBS Hyderabad with IGIDR on April 18-19, 2019.
  • Presented at IIM – A at CMA for AERC – Delhi, MOAFW on Jan 09-10, 2019.
  • Presented at INCBM at DSM of DTU New Delhi on March 29-30, 2019
  • Presented at INC on SDG and World Economy at JDMC, DU, New Delhi, Feb 04-05, 2019.

Books

FDPs/ MDPs

  • Conducted a Faculty Induction Programme on “How to prepare the empirical papers and how to get them placed in the appropriate journal” at Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre, Hansraj College, University of Delhi (19th - 20th June, 2023)
  • Conducted a two-week Faculty Development Program on "How to publish articles in reputed journals and productivity analysis" at the MDU Centre for Professional and Allied Studies at Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak (2023)

Associations

  • IIT Stuart School of Business
  • BABSON
  • BAUER
  • University of Bordeaux
  • HKUST
  • UMKC
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