Doctor of Philosophy
National University of Singapore
December, 2006
Thesis: Master of Arts
Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
May, 1999
BA (Hons.) Economics
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
April, 1995
National University of Singapore
December, 2006
Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
May, 1999
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
April, 1995
Acting Head - Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya
2021 - To Present
Professor in Economics - Department of Economics & Statistics University of Peradeniya
2014 - To Present
Postgraduate Programme Coordinator - Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Peradeniya
2008 - 2013
Chairman - Faculty Higher Degrees Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya
2013-2015
Founding Director - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya
2015 -2021
Visiting Lecturer - Department of Social Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2014-2015
Project Director - Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (SCAPE), National University of Singapore
2006-2007
Senior Lecturer - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya.
2002 - 2014
Lecturer - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
1999-2002
Development Economist - International Labour Office, Bangkok, Thailand.
1999-1999
Assistant Lecturer - Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Peradeniya
1995-1997
Hiran Tillekeratne Research Fund Award for Outstanding Postgraduate Research in Economics for PhD thesis on “Essays on fiscal sustainability and tax smoothing, and fiscal policy simulation experiments for Sri Lanka” - University Grants Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2008
NUS Research Scholarship- Ph. D. Degree Programme - National University of Singapore
2002- 2006
Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Programme (ADB-JSP) Research Scholarship - M.A. Degree Programme - Thammasat University Bangkok, Thailand
1997-1999
P. D. Khan Gold Medal for Economics, B. A. Degree - UOP, Sri Lanka
1995
K. Kanaganayagam Prize for Best Student in Economics, B. A. Degree - UOP, Sri Lanka
1995
University Scholarship for First Class Honours in Economics, B. A. Degree - UOP, Sri Lanka
1995
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. & Abeysinghe, T. (2013) “A segmented trend model to assess fiscal sustainability: The US experience 1929-2009”). Empirical Economics 44(3), pp. 1129-1141.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2013) “The experience of some OECD countries on tax smoothing” (with Tilak Abeysinghe) Applied Economics, Vol. 45. No. 16 (June) pp. 2305-2313.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2012.663472
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2010), “Trade linkages between China, India and Singapore: changing comparative advantage of industrial products” (with Shandre Thangavelu), Journal of Economic Studies 37(3): pp. 248-266.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0144-3585&volume=37&issue=3
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2009), “Modelling trade sector and trade shocks in a small open economy”. South Asia Economic Journal 10(1): pp. 81-104.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2008). “Singapore’s recurrent budget surplus: The role of conservative growth forecasts” (with Tilak Abeysinghe). Journal of Asian Economics 19(2) April: pp.117-124.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049007808000031
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2008) “An examination of the resilience of Sri Lanka’s tax system”. South Asia Economic Journal 9(2):351-374.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2012), “Singapore’s direct investment links with Sri Lanka: past experience and future prospects” (with Tilak Abeysinghe)In R.B. Rana (ed.) Renaissance of Asia: Evolving economic relations between South Asia and East Asia. World Scientific.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2012). “Textile and clothing industry in Sri Lanka” (with Shandre Thangavelu) In Christopher Findlay (ed.) ASEAN +1 FTAs and global value chain in East Asia. (Research Report). Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia-ERIA.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2012), “Post-reform public finance management of Sri Lanka: Problems and prospects” In Saman Kelegama and Dileni Gunewardena (eds.) Economic and social development under a market economy regime in Sri Lanka: Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume I. Colombo. Vijitha Yapa Publications.pp. 395-428.
http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/72113985X.pdf . http://www.arts.pdn.ac.lk/econ/EconWorkingPapers.html
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2008) “Sense and nonsense of rice price controls in Sri Lanka” (with O.G. Dayaratna-Banda, M.B. Ranathilaka), The Peradeniya Journal of Economics 2 (1&2): pp. 61-88.
Jayawickreme, J.M.A. (2008). “Macroeconomic modelling: Past experience and future prospects” The Peradeniya Journal of Economics 1(1&2):pp.75-103.
Economics
Macro-econometric Modelling, Macroeconomic Policy Evaluation, Optimal Fiscal Policy, Taxation and Tax Policies, Role of Government in the Economy, Unconventional Monetary Policies, Time Series Econometrics, Applied Economic Issues, Political Economics and Public Policy Issues
Researcher, National Language Policy Project, National Language Foundation-PGIHS, From March 2022
Consultant, Project to Prepare Vocational Education and Training Plan for the Central Province of Sri Lanka, Commissioned Project by Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission, Ministry of Skills Development and Youth Affairs, Sri Lanka: Period May 2013 to Feb. 2014
Statistical Consultant. The Project on Subaltern Perspectives on State Reforms to solve Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2009-2010
Leading Researcher. The Project on ASEAN +1 FTAs and global value chain in East Asia: Textile and clothing industry in Sri Lanka. Funded by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia and Adelaide Research Institute, Australia. 2010-2011
Leading Researcher: The Project on the Development of Labour Market Indicators for South Asian and East Asian Countries, funded by International Labour Office, Bangkok, Thailand. 1999
Leading Researcher. The Project on Singapore FDI industries in Sri Lanka: Contribution of output, employment and skills transfer. Funded by National University of Singapore 2006.
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