Department of Economics & Statistics

Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

Dr. ADHK Kankanamge

Senior Lecturer

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About Me

Dr. Anuruddha Kankanamge serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Statistics. He also serves as the present Postgraduate Programme Coordinator in Economics. He holds a B.Sc. (Agriculture) from the University of Peradeniya and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma, U.S.A. He teaches Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Research Methods in Economics and Energy Economics. His research interests are economic regulation, government procurement auctions and energy market analysis. Prior to joining the Department, he has also served as an Assistant Agricultural Economist at the Coconut Cultivation Board of Sri Lanka and a Research Officer at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo.

Education

Ph.D.

University of Oklahoma, USA

2005

B.Sc. (Agric.)

University of Peradeniya

1992

Current Positions

Senior Lecturer I - Department of Economics & Statistics Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka

Coordinator - Postgraduate degree programmes (Economics)

2018 - To Present

Positions Held

Department Internship Coordinator - Department of Economics, UOP

2009-2019

Departmental Session Coordinator - Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts, URCFA

2016

Coordinator - Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium (PERS)

2015

Co-Coordinator PERS - Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium

2013-2014

Co-Editor - Modern Sri Lanka Studies (Volumes VI, No. 1 & 2, 2016, Vol. VII, No. 1)

2015

Memberships

Life Member - Sri Lankan Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Practice and Reflection on the People-to-People Dialogues between China and Sri Lanka in Lion Dragon Dance: Eds: Hao Ni, Sirimal Abeyratne, Luxman Siriwardena, Guping Zhou, pp. 11-25, 2021, Zhejiang University and Pathfinder Foundation.

https://pathfinderfoundation.org/publications#

“Sustaining More than Seven percent Rate of Growth in the Next Decade?”, co-authored with O.G. Dayaratna-Banda, Economic and Social Development under a Market Economy Regime in Sri Lanka, Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume 1, edited by Saman Kelegama and Dileni Gunawardhana, 2011, pp. 107-131, Vijithayapa Publications, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

“Industrial Diversification in Sri Lanka, An Analysis of Recent Trends,” in Sri Lankan Economy-Liberalization and Development, edited by O.G. Dayaratne-Banda, Ananda Jayawickrama, Anoma Abhayaratne and Malaka Ranathilaka, 2008, published by the Pathfinder Foundation of Sri Lanka (in Sinhala)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in the Presence of Structural Breaks: Evidence From Sri Lanka, Journal of Smart Economic Growth 6 (1), 1-17, 2021, Co-authored with Y.A. Hassan

https://jseg.ro/index.php/jseg/article/view/135

Climate Change and Human Development: Extending the Vision of Dr. Mahbub ul Haq co-authored with Sumanasiri Liyanage, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 59(1), 2017, University of Karachchi, Pakistan

“Factors Affecting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Sri Lanka”, co- authored with G.G.S.N. Gamage, Modern Sri Lanka Studies, A Journal of the Social Sciences, Volume IV, No. 1, 2013, pp. 1-20, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

“Chlorpyrifos Contamination of Fresh Water in a Commercial Vegetable Cultivation in Sri Lanka and Factors Affecting Contamination,” co-authored with A.M.W. Menike, R. Shanthini, C.S. Kalpage and D.G.G.P. Karunaratne, published in the Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, Volume 40 (4), 2012, pp. 333-344

“Evaluation of Agrochemical Use Patterns of Vegetable Farmers in Matale District”, co-authored with P.G.B.S. Dharmakeerthi and H.K. Kadupitiya, published in the Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture (ASDA), Volume 13, 2011, pp. 189-194.

“The Impact of Public Information on Bidding in Highway Procurement Auctions, co-authored with, Dakshina De Silva, Timothy Dunne and Georgia Kosmopoulou – published in European Economic Review, Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2008, pp. 150-181.

“The Impact of a Change in the Auction Format on Bidding Behavior”, co-authored with, Dakshina De Silva, and Georgia Kosmopoulou – published in Economics Letters, Volume 95(1), April 2007, pp. 60-65

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in the Presence of Structural Break: Evidence from Sri Lanka” Y. A. Hassan and A. Kankanamge, Peradeniya International Economics Research Symposium, 2018 (PEIRS), Proceedings, Volume VI, pp 108-111, presented by Y. A. Hassan

Effect of Price Change and Electricity Conservation - an Empirical Study, A.H.M.N.D.Aberathna and Anuruddha Kankanamge, Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium, 2016 (PERS), Proceedings, Volume IV presented by A.H.M.N.D.Aberathna

“The Effect of Exchange Rates on Industrial Exports”, E.M.G.P. Ekanayake and Anuruddha Kankanamge, Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium, 2015 (PERS), Proceedings, Volume III, presented by E.M.G.P. Ekanayake

Factors Affecting the Price of Coal, Imported to Sri Lanka, Sammani Tilakaratne and Anuruddha Kankanamge, Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium, 2015 (PERS), Proceedings, Volume III, presented by Sammani Tilakaratne

“Economic Regulation of the Milk Powder Market in Sri Lanka”, NadeekaPremachandra and Anuruddha Kankanamge, Peradeniya Economics Research Symposium, 2013 (PERS), Proceedings, Volume 1, paper presented by Nadeeka Premachandra

“The Relationship among Inflation, Exchange Rates and Sectoral Stock Price Indexes, in Sri Lanka”, U.P.G. Lakmali, A.D.H.K. Kankanamge, K. Perera, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, (PURSE-2012), Proceedings, Volume 17. Paper presented by U.P.G.Lakmali

“Forecasting All Share Price Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange”, Co-authored with J.M.W.K. Jayasinghe, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, (PURSE-2011), Proceedings, Volume 16. Paper presented by Anuruddha Kankanamge

Specialization

Economics

Research Interests

Economic Regulation

Other Academic Contributions

Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A., 2002-2004

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A., 1999-2002

Assistant Agricultural Economist, Coconut Cultivation Board, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1996 - 1998

Research Officer, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka, 1994-1995

Tutor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, 1993-1994



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