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Winston Moore – Academic CV
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown
BB11000, Barbados. Phone: 246-4174275, Fax: 246-4174260, E-mail:
[email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial Economics; Tourism Economics, and; International Macroeconomics
TEACHING
Microeconomic Analysis (Graduate); International Business Economics (Graduate); Industrial
Economics (Undergraduate); Intermediate Macroeconomics I (Undergraduate); Introduction to
Microeconomics (Undergraduate).
EDUCATION:
Degree
Ph.D.
Field
Economics
M.Sc.
Economics (Merit)
B.Sc.
Economics (First
Class Honours)
Institution
University of Surrey,
Guildford, UK
University
of
Warwick, Coventry,
UK
University of the West
Indies, Cave Hill
Campus, Barbados
Year
2009
2003
1999
EXPERIENCE
2006 – Present: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Campus, Barbados
2003 – 2006: Senior Economist, Research Department, Central Bank of Barbados, Bridgetown,
Barbados
2001 – 2003: Economist, Research Department, Central Bank of Barbados, Bridgetown,
Barbados
1999 – 2001: Research Officer, Research Department, Central Bank of Barbados, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Winston Moore – Academic CV
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Proceedings of the Conference on “Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector, 2003,
Central Bank of Barbados and the Barbados Institute of Banking and Finance, (co-editors
Xiomara Archibald and Kevin Greenidge), available at
www.centralbank.org.bb/Publications/CGC_Final.pdf.
Papers
1. “Economic Volatility and Remittances,” forthcoming in International Journal of
Development Issues, (co-authors Roland Craigwell and Mahalia Jackman).
2. “The Impact of Climate Change on Caribbean Tourism Demand,” accepted and forthcoming
in Current Issues in Tourism.
3. “Why do Some Countries have a Long-Term Dependence on Food Aid?” accepted and
forthcoming in Journal of Economic Studies, (with Sunielle Stanford).
4. “Spillover Effects from London and Frankfurt to Central and Eastern European Stock
Markets,” accepted and forthcoming in Applied Financial Economics, (with Barry
Harrison).
5. “Financial Sector Development and Growth in Small Open Economies,” accepted and
forthcoming in Applied Economics, (co-author Osaretin Iyare).
6. “The Potential Impact of a Minimum Wage on Poverty and Income Distribution in
Barbados,” in Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Vol. 34(1): 19-40 (with Rudolph
Browne and Shernel Thompson).
7. “Individual Risk Propensity and Risk Background,” in Journal of Gambling Business and
Economics, Vol. 2(3): 53-70 (co-authors April Bernard and Osaretin Iyare).
8. “Economic Volatility and Remittances: Evidence from SIDS,” Journal of Economic Studies,
Vol. 36(2), pp. 135-146 (co-authors Roland Craigwell and Mahalia Jackman).
9. “Economic Policy Convergence in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Journal of Policy
Modeling, 2008, Vol. 31(3), pp. 446-462 (co-author Mahalia Jackman).
10. “Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism in SIDS: Evidence from Panel Causality Tests,”
Tourism Analysis, 2009, Vol. 13(4), pp. 427-432 (co-author Roland Craigwell).
11. “Do International Monetary Fund Programs Impact on the Sacrifice Ratio,” Developing
Economies, 2009, Vol. 47(2), pp. 202-219
12. “The Impact of Cross-Border Mergers on Investment,” Applied Economics Letters, 2008,
Vol. 15, (10-12), pp. 981-984.
13. “Co-movement in Tourist Arrivals to the Caribbean,” Tourism Economics, 2008, Vol. 14
(3), pp. 631-644 (co-author Troy Lorde).
14. “Modelling and Forecasting the Volatility of Long-Stay Tourist Arrivals to Barbados,”
2008, Tourism Analysis, Vol. 13 (1), (co-author Troy Lorde), pp. 43-51.
15. “Evidence on the Sectoral Monetary Transmission Process under a Fixed Exchange Rate
Regime,” International Economic Journal, 2008, Vol. 22(3), pp. 387-398 (co-author Marlon
Williams).
16. “Co-Movements between Foreign and Domestic Interest Rates in a Fixed Exchange Rate
Regime: The Case of the ECCU and the US,” Applied Econometrics and International
Development, 2008, Vol. 8(1), pp. 119-130, (co-author Kari Grenade).
17. “Labour Market Flexibility in Small Island Developing States,” Money Affairs, 2008, Vol.
21 (1) (co-authors Xiomara Archibald and Denny-Lewis Bynoe).
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18. “The Impact of Aging on Private Savings in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union,”
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2007, Vol. 32(3), pp. 52-69.
19. “Does the Exchange Rate Regime Influence the Relationship between the Output Gap and
the Current Account,” 2007, Applied Economics, Vol. 39 (15), pp. 1955-1960 (co-author
Darrin Downes).
20. “Forecasting Domestic Liquidity during a Crisis: What Works Best?” 2007, Journal of
Forecasting, Vol. 26 (6), pp. 445-455.
21. “Price Cap Regulation of Telecoms in Barbados: A Preliminary Investigation,” Journal of
Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2007, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 1-22 (co-author Hallam Hope).
22. “Commercial Banks’ Demand for Excess Liquid Assets,” 2006, Money Affairs, Vol. 19 (1),
pp. 79-93, (co-author Tracy Maynard).
23. “Technology Adoption and its Impact on Output, Employment and Wages,” Journal of
Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2007, Vol. 32 (2), pp. 73-81 (co-author Roland Craigwell).
24. “A Graduate in Every Household: The Potential Impact of a Rise in the Number of
University Graduates on Output in Barbados,” Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2006,
Vol. 31 (3), pp. 27-38.
25. “Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Growth in ECOWAS,” Asian-African Journal of
Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 6 (2006), (co-author Osaretin Iyare).
26. “Financial Liberalization and the Stationarity of the Money Multiplier,” International
Economic Journal, 2006, Vol. 20 (2), June, pp. 227-240 (co-authors Darrin Downes and
Dwayne Jackson).
27. “Trends in Credit Card Debt in Barbados,” Central Bank of Barbados’ Economic Review,
2006, Vol. 33, Nos. 2, pp. 25-32.
28. “Quantitative Assessment of the Financial System – The Barbados Case”, Social and
Economic Studies, 2006, Vol. 55 (3), pp. 49-68.
29. “The Economic Effects of Tax Incentives on the Mutual Fund Industry in Barbados,”
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2006, Vol. 31 (2), pp. 25-44 (co-author Kerry-Ann
Alleyne).
30. “Structural and Institutional Factors that Influence the Export Decision,” International
Journal of Development Issues, 2006, Vol. 5(2), pp. 43-64.
31. “Trends and Prospects for the Debit Card Industry in Barbados,”2006, IN Aspects of
Financial Liberalisation and Capital Market Development in the Caribbean, Roland
Craigwell, Kevin Greenidge and Marion Williams (eds.), Central Bank of Barbados,
Bridgetown, Barbados, pp. 171-187.
32. “Commercial Banks and Credit Unions in Barbados: An Empirical Investigation,” 2006, IN
Finance and Real Development in the Caribbean, Anthony Birchwood and Dave Seerattan
(eds), Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine,
pp. 223-236 (coauthors Anton Belgrave and Roland Craigwell).
33. “Estimates of the Long-Run Equilibrium Exchange Rate in Selected Caribbean Countries,”
2006, IN Finance and Real Development in the Caribbean, Anthony Birchwood and Dave
Seerattan (eds), Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine, pp. 417-433 (coauthors Ryan Skeete and Kevin Greenidge).
34. “The Tourist Area Lifecycle and Regime Switching Models,” Annals of Tourism Research,
2005, Vol. 32 (1), pp. 112-126, (co-author Peter Whitehall).
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35. “Extrapolating the Discontinued Wages Index Using Data on Collective Wage Bargaining
Agreements,” Central Bank of Barbados’ Economic Review, 2005, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 29-38
(co-author Tracy Maynard).
36. “Financial Innovation and Efficiency in the Barbadian Banking Industry,” Money Affairs,
2005, Vol. 18 (2), pp. 83-100 (co-authors Roland Craigwell and Kim Coppin).
37. “Barriers to Starting a Business in Barbados,” Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2005,
Vol. 30 (3), pp. 1-27 (co-authors Xiomara Archibald and Denny Lewis-Bynoe).
38. “Is Efficiency Imperative for the Growth of the Barbadian Credit Union Industry,” Journal
of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2005, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 28-43.
39. “Quantitative Assessment of the Financial System – Barbados,” IMF Working Paper No.
05/76, 2005, (co-authors Karen Chase, Kevin Greenidge and DeLisle Worrell).
40. “Financing Preferences and Firm Growth,” Savings and Development, 2005 (1), (co-authors
Chanelle Maxwell and Roland Craigwell).
41. “External Price Competitiveness and Trade in the Caribbean,” Money Affairs, 2004, Vol. 17
(2), pp. 137-153, (co-author Chanelle Maxwell).
42. “An Assessment of the Growth-Enhancing Size of Government in the Caribbean,” Applied
Econometrics and International Development, 2004, Vol. 4 (3), pp. 77-94, (co-authors
Kerry-Ann Alleyne and Denny Lewis-Bynoe).
43. “Estimates of the Long Run Equilibrium Exchange Rate in Three Caribbean Countries,”
Central Bank of Barbados’ Economic Review, December 2004, Vol. 31 (3), pp. 28-38, (coauthors Kevin Greenidge and Ryan Skeete).
44. “The Relationship between Commercial Banks’ Interest Rates and Loan Sizes: Evidence
from the Small Open Economy,” Applied Financial Economics, 2003, Vol. 13, pp. 257-267
(co-authors Roland Craigwell).
45. “Market Power and Interest Rate Spreads in the Caribbean,” International Review of Applied
Economics, 2003, Vol. 16, pp 391-405 (co-author Roland Craigwell).
46. “The Determinants of Credit Union Efficiency in Barbados,” Journal of Eastern Caribbean
Studies, 2003, Vol. 28 (3), pp. 41-55.
47. “ATM Usage and Productivity in the Barbadian Banking Industry,” Central Bank of
Barbados’ Economic Review, 2003, Vol. 30 (1), pp. 17-22, (co-authors Roland Craigwell
and Kim Coppin).
48. “Will the Poultry Industry in Barbados Wither as a Result of Trade Liberalisation,” Journal
of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 2003, Vol. 28, pp. 67-70 (co-author Roland Craigwell).
49. “The Impact of WTO Agreements on Meat Demand in the Caribbean,” IN Facing
Globalisation: Impact and Challenges for Barbados and the Caribbean (eds) Codrington,
H., Craigwell, R. and D. Downes, 2003, pp. 25-52 (co-authors Tessa Francillette and Roland
Craigwell).
50. “Trade Liberalisation and the Manufacturing Sector: The Case of a Small Developing
Country,” Contemporary Economic Policy, 2002, Vol. 20, pp. 272-287, (co-authors Denny
Lewis-Bynoe and Jennifer Griffith).
51. “Central Banking in a Small Open Economy: Policy Evaluation and Challenges,” Social and
Economic Studies, 2001, Vol. 50, pp. 109-126 (co-author Daniel Boamah).
52. “Financing the Small and Micro Business Sector in Barbados,” Central Bank of Barbados’
Economic Review, December 2000, Vol. 27, pp. 21-33, (co-author Peter Whitehall).
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53. “The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Specific Sectors of the Barbados Economy and
Consumers,” Central Bank of Barbados’ Economic Review, June 2000, Vol. 27, pp. 21-30,
(co-authors Denny Lewis-Bynoe and Jennifer S. Griffith).
NON-REFEREED SCHOLARLY OUTPUT
54. “Why do Some Countries Have a Long-term Dependence on Food Aid?” submitted to
Agriculture Economics, 2007, (co-author Sunielle Stanford).
55. “The Impact of Diversification on the Banking Industry: A Non-Stationary Panel Approach
in the Presence of Cross-Section Dependence,” (co-authors Roland Craigwell, Chanelle
Maxwell and Sophia Terrelonge), submitted to International Economic Journal.
56. “IMF Stabilisation Programmes and the Trade-Off between Inflation and Output”, paper
presented during the 2006 SALISES Seminar Series, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, submitted to
Journal of International Development.
57. “Regulation and the Location Decision of the Offshore Firm,” paper presented during the
2006 Central Bank of Barbados’ Review Seminar, Bridgetown, Barbados.
58. “Real Exchange Rate Convergence: Evidence from the OECD Group of Countries,”
Submitted to Economic Issues and Presented at the Money Investment and Risk Conference
held at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham UK in 2006, (co-author Osaretin Iyare).
59. “Modelling the Volatility of Long-Stay Tourist Arrivals to Barbados,” submitted to
forthcoming Central Bank of Barbados’ Book on Tourism, 2006, (co-author Troy Lorde).
60. “Benchmarking the Caribbean Tourist Industry,” submitted to forthcoming Central Bank of
Barbados’ Book on Tourism, 2006.
61. “How do Financial Crises Affect Commercial Bank Liquidity? Evidence from Latin
America and the Caribbean,” submitted to Money Affairs.
62. “Labour Market Flexibility in Barbados,” submitted to Social and Economic Studies, 2005,
(co-authors Xiomara Archibald and Denny Lewis-Bynoe).
63. “A Note on Cross-Border Mergers and Investment: A Panel Causality Approach,” (coauthor Jeremy Stephen).
Popular Publications
64. “Can’t Afford to Subsidise,” published in Business Authority, April 7th 2008, pp. 16.
65. “Case for Controls on Minimum Rate,” published in Business Authority, September 24th
2007, pp. 16.
66. “Impact on Small Business Lending,” published in Business Authority, May 28th 2007, pp.
17.
67. “Identifying the Winners and Losers – Commentary on the 2007 Statement of Economic and
Financial Policies”, published in Business Authority, 19th March 2007, pp. 27.
68. “Commentary on the 2007 Statement of Economic and Financial Policies,” published in the
Business Monday, 19th March 2007, pp. 12.
69. “Bill ‘Average’ For Region,” published in the Nation’s Sunday Sun, 11th February 2007, pp.
21A.
70. “VAT – Ten Years On,” published in the Business Monday, January 1st 2007, pp. 19.
71. “Credit Controls are Unlikely to Work,” Business Authority, 18th December 2006, pp. 17.
72. “Fix Non-Tax Costs of Doing Business”, published in the Business Authority, 20th
November 2006, pp. 17.
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73.
“Fund Will Lead to Deeper Integration,” published in Business Authority, 13th February
2006, pp. 16.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
74. “Telecommunications in the Caribbean,” Draft Book.
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND CONSULTANCIES
75. “Preferential Taxation of Productivity-Based and Bonus Payments to Workers,” Barbados
National Productivity Council, September-October 2008.
76. “Economic Impact and Review of Climate Change on Tourism,” Centre for Resource
Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), May-September 2008.
77. “Development and Construction of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce Import Price
Index,” Barbados Chamber of Commerce, July-October 2007.
78. “Report on the National Survey of Productivity,” Barbados National Productivity Council,
June-September 2007.
79. Associate Consultant, Barbados National Productivity Council, 2007-present.
ACADEMIC GRANTS
80. “Internet Banking in the Caribbean: An Exploratory Analysis”, sponsored by First
Caribbean International Bank, 2008.
81. “The Management Practices of Mutual Fund Managers”, sponsored by First Caribbean
International Bank, 2008.
82. “Individual Risk Propensity and Risk Background”, Sponsored by School of Graduate
Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, January
2007.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
Seminars
2008: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2007: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2006: SALISES Seminar Series, UWI Cave Hill; University of Surrey, UK; Central Bank of
Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2005: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2004: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2003: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2001: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
2000: Central Bank of Barbados’ Annual Review Seminar
International Conferences
2009: Tenth Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies Conference,,
Barbados, March 25-27.
2007: Annual Monetary Studies Conference, Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, Central
Bank of Belize, Belize City, Belize
2006: Fifth International Conference on Money Investment and Risk, Nottingham Trent
University, UK
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2004: Computing in Economics and Finance 2004, Society for Computational Economics,
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2001: CCMS Monetary Studies Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.
REFEREE ACTIVITY
Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, International Review of Applied Economics,
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Social and Economic Studies
ASSOCIATIONS
Barbados Economic Society, Royal Economic Society, American Economic Association,
Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (Associate)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
 Academic Advisor for new graduate and undergraduate students (2007 – present)
 Coordinator of the MSc Financial and Business Economics Programme (2007 – present)
 Economics Department liaison with the Young Economists Association (2007-present)
 Acting Head of the Department of the Department on various occasions
 Committee to plan the first Social Science Review Seminar (2006/2007)
 Organised first research methods workshop for MSc Students
DISSERTATIONS – MAIN ADVISOR
1.
Derek Leith, 2008, MSc Financial and Business Economic Research Paper, “An
Explanatory Investigation in the Willingness to Pay for the Services Provided by the
Barbados Transport Board”.
2.
Denisa Applewhaite, 2007, BSc Banking and Finance Supervised Research Project, “The
Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Banking Industry in Barbados”.
3.
Kerry-Ann Alleyne, 2007, MSc Banking and Finance, “The Demand for Internet Banking
Services in Barbados”.
REFERENCES
Dr. Daniel Boamah
Research Department
Central Bank of Barbados
Tom Adams Financial Centre
P.O. Box 1016 Bridgetown,
Barbados, W.I.
Tel.: (246) 436-6870
Fax: (246) 427-1431
[email protected]
Prof. Osaretin Iyare
Department of Economics
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Bridgetown BB11000
Barbados, W.I.
Tel.: (246) 417-4279
Fax: (246) 417-4270
[email protected]
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Prof. Michael Howard
Department of Economics
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Bridgetown BB11000
Barbados, W.I.
Tel.: (246) 417-4279
Fax: (246) 4174270
[email protected]