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University of the West Indies → Department of Economics

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Working papers

2021

  1. Khadan, Jeetendra & Spencer, Nekeisha & Strobl, Eric & Bose-Duker, Theophiline, 2021, "Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Being Overweight or Obese in Suriname," IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank, number 11345, Jun, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003348.
  2. Spencer, Nekeisha. & Urquhart, Mikhail-Ann., 2021, "The impact of extreme weather on temporary work absence," ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization, number 995126293202676.

2019

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & E. Strobl, 2019, "The future of economic welfare," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02463338, Oct.

2017

  1. Nadine McCloud & Christopher F. Parmeter, 2017, "Calculating Degrees of Freedom in Multivariate Local Polynomial Regression," Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics, number 2017-14, Nov.

2016

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart, 2016, "Hurricanes? Let's Make a Move," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 6081.
  2. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016, "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-01446220, Nov, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2494-7.
  3. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon & Strobl, Eric, 2016, "How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10169, Aug.

2015

  1. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015, "Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9439, Oct.

2007

  1. Desmond Thomas & Max Berre, 2007, "Debt Sustainability in the Caribbean," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04368353, Jul.

2006

  1. Edward Ghartey, 2006, "Exchange Pressure, Sterilized Intervention and Monetary Policy in Ghana," EcoMod2006, EcoMod, number 272100031, Jun.
  2. Edward Ghartey, 2006, "The Mid 1990s Peso Crisis in Mexico: a Re-examination," EcoMod2006, EcoMod, number 272100032, Jun.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2025, "Modeling the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Household Welfare: An Empirical Framework," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 88, issue 4, pages 921-964, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-025-00955-5.

2024

  1. Nadine McCloud & Michael S. Delgado & Man Jin, 2024, "Foreign capital inflows, exchange rates, and government stability," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 66, issue 3, pages 945-977, March, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-023-02490-y.
  2. Tennant, David & Davies, Stuart & Tennant, Sandria, 2024, "Determinants of access to climate finance: Nuanced insights for SIDS and other vulnerable economies," World Development, Elsevier, volume 180, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106623.

2022

  1. Nadine McCloud, 2022, "Does domestic investment respond to inflation targeting? A synthetic control investigation," International Economics, CEPII research center, issue 169, pages 98-134.
  2. Nadine McCloud & Ajornie Taylor, 2022, "Does inflation targeting matter for international trade? A synthetic control analysis," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 63, issue 5, pages 2427-2478, November, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-022-02221-9.
  3. Nadine McCloud & Michael S. Delgado, 2022, "Domestic interest rate, foreign direct investment, and corruption," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), volume 158, issue 2, pages 467-491, May, DOI: 10.1007/s10290-021-00435-0.
  4. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2022, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), volume 47, issue 1, pages 141-157, March, DOI: 10.1057/s10713-021-00063-6.

2020

  1. McCloud, Nadine & Parmeter, Christopher F., 2020, "Determining the Number of Effective Parameters in Kernel Density Estimation," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, volume 143, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2019.106843.
  2. Michael Henry & Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020, "The Impact of Tropical Storms on Households: Evidence from Panel Data on Consumption," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, volume 82, issue 1, pages 1-22, February, DOI: 10.1111/obes.12328.
  3. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart & Patrice Whitely, 2020, "Class Discrimination? Evidence from Jamaica: A Racially Homogeneous Labor Market," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, volume 52, issue 1, pages 77-95, March, DOI: 10.1177/0486613419832674.
  4. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020, "Hurricanes, climate change, and social welfare: evidence from the Caribbean," Climatic Change, Springer, volume 163, issue 1, pages 337-357, November, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02810-6.
  5. Tennant, David F. & Tracey, Marlon R. & King, Damien W., 2020, "Sovereign credit rating: Evidence of bias against poor countries," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 51, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2018.11.006.

2019

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Zhonghui Liu, 2019, "Victimization and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a High Crime Country," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, volume 144, issue 1, pages 475-495, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-018-2042-9.
  2. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2019, "Crime Watch: Hurricanes and Illegal Activities," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, volume 86, issue 1, pages 318-338, July, DOI: 10.1002/soej.12376.

2018

  1. McCloud Nadine & Delgado Michael S. & Kumbhakar Subal C., 2018, "Foreign Direct Investment and Growth Symbiosis: A Semiparametric System of Simultaneous Equations Analysis," Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter, volume 7, issue 1, pages 1-31, January, DOI: 10.1515/jem-2016-0008.
  2. McCloud, Nadine & Delgado, Michael S. & Holmes, Chanit'a, 2018, "Does a stronger system of law and order constrain the effects of foreign direct investment on government size?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 55, issue C, pages 258-283, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.01.004.

2017

  1. Michael S. Delgado & Nadine McCloud, 2017, "Foreign direct investment and the domestic capital stock: the good–bad role of higher institutional quality," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 53, issue 4, pages 1587-1637, December, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1173-6.

2016

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016, "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, volume 84, issue 2, pages 1437-1462, November, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2494-7.

2015

  1. Edward E GHARTEY, 2015, "Causal Relationship Between Financial Development And Economic Growth In South Africa," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, volume 15, issue 1, pages 125-142.
  2. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015, "Hurricane watch: Battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 120, issue C, pages 234-240, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.006.

2014

  1. Delgado, Michael S. & McCloud, Nadine & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2014, "A generalized empirical model of corruption, foreign direct investment, and growth," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, volume 42, issue C, pages 298-316, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2014.09.007.
  2. Tennant, David & Sutherland, Richard, 2014, "What types of banks profit most from fees charged? A cross-country examination of bank-specific and country-level determinants," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, volume 49, issue C, pages 178-190, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.08.023.
  3. David F. Tennant & Marlon R. Tracey, 2014, "Financial intermediation and stock market volatility in a small bank-dominated economy," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, volume 48, issue 4, pages 73-95, October-D.

2013

  1. Edward E. Ghartey & Tom M. Amonde, 2013, "Stabilization Effects of Narrative-based Monetary Policy in Jamaica," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 27, issue 3, pages 463-486, September, DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2012.676059.
  2. Andre Yone Haughton & Emma M. Iglesias, 2013, "Assessing Long‐Run Money Neutrality In Monetary Unions," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 18, issue 1, pages 25-50, January.
  3. Emma M. Iglesias & Andre Yone Haughton, 2013, "Interaction between monetary policy and stock prices: a comparison between the Caribbean and the US," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 23, issue 6, pages 515-534, March, DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2012.730131.
  4. David Tennant & Marlon Tracey, 2013, "Explaining related party transactions in commercial banking: looted lending and information-based investments," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 23, issue 19, pages 1509-1530, October, DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2013.835476.

2012

  1. Haughton, Andre Yone & Iglesias, Emma M., 2012, "Interest rate volatility, asymmetric interest rate pass through and the monetary transmission mechanism in the Caribbean compared to US and Asia," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 29, issue 6, pages 2071-2089, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.034.
  2. Nadine McCloud & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2012, "Institutions, foreign direct investment and growth: a hierarchical Bayesian approach," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, volume 175, issue 1, pages 83-105, January, DOI: j.1467-985X.2011.00710.x.

2011

  1. Nadine McCloud & Yongmiao Hong, 2011, "Testing The Structure Of Conditional Correlations In Multivariate Garch Models: A Generalized Cross‐Spectrum Approach," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, volume 52, issue 4, pages 991-1037, November, DOI: j.1468-2354.2011.00657.x.
  2. Tennant, David, 2011, "Why do people risk exposure to Ponzi schemes? Econometric evidence from Jamaica," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, volume 21, issue 3, pages 328-346, July.
  3. Tennant, David, 2011, "Factors impacting on whether and how businesses respond to early warning signs of financial and economic turmoil: Jamaican firms in the global crisis," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, volume 63, issue 5, pages 472-491, September.
  4. David Tennant & Claremont Kirton & Abdullahi Abdulkadri, 2011, "Modelling the effects of financial sector functions on economic growth in a developing country: a cointegration and error correction approach," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, volume 44, issue 2, pages 183-206, January-M.

2010

  1. GHARTEY, Edward E., 2010, "Government Expenditures And Revenues Causation: Some Caribbean Empirical Evidence," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, volume 10, issue 2.
  2. Edward Ghartey, 2010, "Cointegration and Causal Relationship between Taxes and Spending for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 24, issue 2, pages 267-282, DOI: 10.1080/10168730903510674.
  3. David Tennant & Abdullahi Abdulkadri, 2010, "Empirical exercises in estimating the effects of different types of financial institutions' functioning on economic growth," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 42, issue 30, pages 3913-3924, DOI: 10.1080/00036840802360252.

2009

  1. Edward E. Ghartey, 2009, "The Mid 1990s Peso Crisis in Mexico: An Application of the Girton-Roper Model," Frontiers in Finance and Economics, SKEMA Business School, volume 6, issue 1, pages 73-92, April.
  2. David Tennant & Abiodun Folawewo, 2009, "Macroeconomic and market determinants of interest rate spreads in low- and middle-income countries," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 19, issue 6, pages 489-507, DOI: 10.1080/09603100701857930.

2008

  1. Ghartey, E.E., 2008, "Is the Caribbean Community an Optimum Currency Area?," Estudios Economicos de Desarrollo Internacional, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, volume 8, issue 1, pages 5-36.
  2. Ghartey, Edward E., 2008, "The budgetary process and economic growth: Empirical evidence of the Jamaican economy," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 25, issue 6, pages 1128-1136, November.

2007

  1. David Tennant & Claremont Kirton, 2007, "The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Crises and Organizational Culture on Managers’ Views as to the Finance-Growth Nexus," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 3, pages 625-660, September, DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2007.11507053.

2004

  1. Edward E. Ghartey, 2004, "Random Walk as a Universal Test of Weak-Form Foreign Exchange Market Efficiency : A Proof," Frontiers in Finance and Economics, SKEMA Business School, volume 1, issue 1, pages 37-45, June.

2003

  1. Edward E. Ghartey, 2003, "Monetary Policy And Deficits Financing In Jamaica," Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics, volume 28, issue 1, pages 81-99, June.

2002

  1. Kirkpatrick, Colin & Tennant, David, 2002, "Responding to Financial Crisis: The Case of Jamaica," World Development, Elsevier, volume 30, issue 11, pages 1933-1950, November.

2001

  1. Ghartey, Edward E., 2001, "Macroeconomic instability and inflationary financing in Ghana," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 18, issue 3, pages 415-433, August.

1999

  1. David M.A. Green & Karl J. Petrick, 1999, "The Eastward Expansion of the European Union and the Transformation of the Financial System," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, volume 31, issue 3, pages 78-90, September.

1998

  1. Ghartey, Edward E., 1998, "Money demand in Jamaica: Evidence from cointegration, error correction modelling, and exogeneity," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 9, issue 1, pages 33-43.
  2. Ghartey, Edward E., 1998, "Monetary dynamics in Ghana: evidence from cointegration, error correction modelling, and exogeneity," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 57, issue 2, pages 473-486.

1990

  1. Ghartey, Edward E. & Rao, U. L. G., 1990, "A short-run forecasting model of Ghana," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 7, issue 3, pages 291-308, July.

Books

2024

  1. Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow & Tarron Khemraj & Desmond Thomas (ed.), 2024, "Economic Challenges in Early 21st Century Guyana," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-031-75019-9, ISBN: ARRAY(0x6e263bb0), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75019-9.

2016

  1. David F. Tennant & Marlon R. Tracey, 2016, "Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-39150-6, ISBN: ARRAY(0xa47ec438), April, DOI: 10.1057/9781137391506.

2014

  1. Damien King & David F. Tennant, 2014, "Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-39278-7, ISBN: ARRAY(0xa44f0730), April, DOI: 10.1057/9781137392787.

2006

  1. Rojas-Suárez, Liliana & Poon, Auliana & Thomas, Desmond & Vignoles, Christopher & Thomas, Clive Y. & Downes, Andrew S. & Jessen, Anneke, 2006, "Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 277, ISBN: ARRAY(0xaae15f28).

2004

  1. Artana, Daniel & Osambela Zavala, Emilio & Thomas, Desmond & Zahler, Roberto & Downes, Andrew S. & Paredes Molina, Ricardo D. & Naranjos Lander, Martin & Handa, Ashu, 2004, "Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 275, ISBN: ARRAY(0xaa98f5c8).

2002

  1. David Green & Karl Petrick (ed.), 2002, "Banking and Financial Stability in Central Europe," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2176, ISBN: ARRAY(0x95b53038).

Chapters

2024

  1. Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow & Tarron Khemraj & Desmond Thomas, 2024, "General Introduction," Springer Books, Springer, chapter 0, in: Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow & Tarron Khemraj & Desmond Thomas, "Economic Challenges in Early 21st Century Guyana", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75019-9_1.
  2. Desmond Thomas, 2024, "Macroeconomic Management Issues in Oil-Producing Guyana," Springer Books, Springer, chapter 0, in: Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow & Tarron Khemraj & Desmond Thomas, "Economic Challenges in Early 21st Century Guyana", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75019-9_9.

2014

  1. David F. Tennant, 2014, "Debt and Development in SIDS: An Urgent Call for Action," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 0, "Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States", DOI: 10.1057/9781137392787_1.
  2. David F. Tennant, 2014, "The Debt-Development Dilemma: Challenges, Channels, and Complexities," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 0, "Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States", DOI: 10.1057/9781137392787_2.
  3. David F. Tennant & Kario-Paul Brown, 2014, "Prospects for the Growth of Debt in Selected SIDS," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 0, "Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States", DOI: 10.1057/9781137392787_6.

2008

  1. Nadine McCloud & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2008, "Do subsidies drive productivity? A cross-country analysis of Nordic dairy farms," Advances in Econometrics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Bayesian Econometrics", DOI: 10.1016/S0731-9053(08)23008-2.

2007

  1. Barry E. Jones & Nadine McCloud & David L. Edgerton, 2007, "Nonparametric Tests of the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Separability," International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Functional Structure Inference", DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0386(07)18003-0.

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