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Modelling the Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Australia, Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2012)

This paper examines the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis in Australia using the ARDL cointegration framework. Evidence was...

 

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Response : Board Composition and Firm Performance : Evidence from Bangladesh – A Sceptical View, Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2012)

I have read the above paper with keen interest. The key finding of this paper...

 
An analysis of the world's environment and population dynamics with varying carrying capacity, concerns and skepticism (with Amnon Livermore and Peter Berck), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)

Because of the open-access nature of the environment we consider an ad hoc adjustment of...

 
Modelling the dynamics, structural breaks and the determinants of the real exchange rate of Australia, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)

This paper examines the dynamics, structural breaks and determinants of the real exchange rate (RER)...

 
The real exchange rate and the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis in SAARC countries: an appraisal, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)

This paper empirically tests the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) productivity bias hypothesis in seven South Asian countries....

 
Capital structure and firm performance in emerging economies: an empirical analysis of Sri Lankan firms (with Anura De Zoysa, Palli Mulla K A Chandrakumara, and Athula S. Manawaduge), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)

This paper offers an empirical analysis of the impact of capital structure on firm performance...

 
Firm-specific factors contributing to the technical inefficiency of Thai manufacturing SMEs: evidence from industrial censuses in 1997 and 2007 (with Charles Harvie and Teerawat Charoenrat), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)

Thai SMEs are recognized as a core element to foster economic growth, employment and business...

 
International emission inequality and per capita abatement schemes (with Amnon Livermore and Jonathan Livermore), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)

Carbon dioxide emission inequalities between and within five income groups of countries are computed. The...

 
Pairwise output convergence in selected countries of East Asia and the Pacific: an application of Stochastic Unit Root test (with Girijasankar Mallik), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)

This paper examines time series cross-country output convergence in eleven counties of East Asia and...

 

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An analysis of the world’s environment and population dynamics with varying carrying capacity, concerns and skepticism (with Peter Berck and Amnon Levy), Faculty of Commerce - Economics Working Papers (2010)

Due to the open-access nature of the environment we consider an ad hoc adjustment of...

 

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Mean reversion and structural breaks in the Australian dollar real exchange rate, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2010)

This paper examines mean reversion in the real exchange rate index of Australia in the...

 

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An analysis of the world’s environment and population with varying carrying capacity and concerns (with Amono Levy and Peter Berck), Faculty of Commerce - Economics Working Papers (2009)

Due to the open-access nature of the environment we consider an ad hoc adjustment of...

 

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International emission inequality: abatement on a per capita basis with rewards (with Amnon Levy and Jonathan Livermore), Faculty of Commerce - Economics Working Papers (2009)

Greenhouse gas emission inequalities between and within five income groups of countries are computed. The...

 
Belassa-Samuelson Effect Approaching Fifty Years: Is it Retiring Early in Australia?, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
 
Testing the Keynesian Proposition of Twin Deficits in the Presence of Trade Liberalisation: Evidence from Sri Lanka (with Ali S. Saleh), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
 
Are the Real Exchange Rate Indices of Australia Non-Stationary in the Presence of Structural Break?, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)

This paper examines the time series properties of real exchange rate indices of Australia in...

 
Family Values and Cultural Continuity among the Displaced East Bengal Hindus in Kolkata (with Golam Sarwar Khan), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)

In the process of resettlement in Kolkata, the East Bengal (EB) Hindu refugee-migrants initiated some...

 
Impact of Financial Liberalization on Welfare: Evidence from Nepal (with Min B Shrestha), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)

This study aims at examining the impact of financial liberalization on welfare and presents the...

 

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Testing financial liberalization hypothesis with ARDL modelling approach (with Min B Shrestha), Applied Financial Economics (2007)

It is a stylised fact that financial 'repression' retards economic growth. Hence, financial liberalization is...

 
Testing financial liberalization hypothesis with ARDL modelling approach (with Min B Shrestha), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)

It is a stylised fact that financial 'repression' retards economic growth. Hence, financial liberalization is...

 
A Sequential Procedure for Testing Unit Roots in the Presence of Structural Break in Time Series Data: An application to Quarterly Data in Nepal, 1970-2003 (with Min B Shrestha), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2005)
 

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Convergence of Per Capita GDP in South Asia, International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research (2005)

In this paper we have examined the issue of convergence of per capita GDP across...

 
Deficit Financing in LCDS: Evidence from South Asia, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2005)
 
What's happening to Per Capita GDP in the Asean Countries? An Analysis of Convergence, 1960-2001, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2005)
 

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Australia's External Debt: Is it a Symptom or a Cause of Economic Slowdown?, Journal of Economic and Social Policy (2000)
 

Contributions to Books

Estimating the determinants, dynamics and structural breaks in the real exchange rate of Libya (with Issa Ali), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)

This paper examines the determinants of real exchange rate (RER) of Libya utilising annual data...