Dr. Navaratnam Ravinthirakumaran
Dr. Navaratnam Ravinthirakumaran
Title: "Determinants of Private Investment in Sri Lanka", Co-author: Eliyathamby A Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan, South Asia Economic Journal, Year: 2025
Title: "The Nexus Between External Public Debt and Economic Growth of Sri Lanka": Co-author: Anton Manikkarasa, Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 21(2), 18-35, Year: 2024
Title: "The Impact of Personal Remittance on Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound Test": Co-author: M. Subapriya, Journal Colombo Economic Journal, 2(2), 107-126, Year: 2024:
Title: “Examining the relationship between tourism and CO2 emissions: evidence from APEC region ”, Co-author: Kalaichelvi Ravinthirakumaran, Journal: Anatolia, DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2021.2021430, Year: 2022
Title: “Impact of macroeconomics variables on stock prices in Sri Lanka” Co-authors: SJ Francis and M. Ganeshamoorthy, Journal: International Journal of Accounting and Business Finance.7, pp.68–91. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/ijabf.v7i0.108 Year: 2021
Title: “Is the financial-led growth hypothesis valid for Sri Lanka? The ARDL bounds test approach”, Co-author: Wijithapura Wimalaratene and Kalaichelvi Ravinthirakumaran, Journal: the IUP Journal of Applied Finance, 25(2), 5-24, Year: 2019
Title: “The impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: a panel ARDL approach for APEC developing economies”, Co-author: Kalaichelvi Ravinthirakumaran, Journal: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 25(1), 57-84, Year: 2018.
Title: “The Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Effect: Empirical Evidence of SAARC region”, Co-authors: S.B.S. Muhammed and Faridul Islam, Journal: Empirical Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-018-1579-4, Year: 2018.
Title: “Causal nexus between Fiscal deficit and Economic growth: Empirical evidence from South Asia”, Co-author: M. Kesavarajah, Journal: International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 4(8), 1-19, Year: 2016.
Title: “Do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Enjoy Export-Led Growth? A Comparison of Two Small South Asian Economies”, Co-author: S.B.S. Muhammed, Journal: South Asia Economic Journal, 17(1), 114-132, Year: 2016. https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561415621825
Title: “The Twin Deficits Hypothesis in the SAARC Countries: An Empirical Investigation”, Co-authors: S. Selvanathan and E.A Selvanathan, Journal: Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 21(1) 77-90, Year: 2016. https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2015.1053592
Title: “Applicability of Openness-Led Growth Hypothesis in Sri Lanka”, Journal: South Asia Economic Journal, 15 (2), 241-263, Year: 2014. https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561414548951.
Title: “Twin Deficits Hypothesis in Sri Lanka: An Econometric Analysis”, Co-authors: S.P. Premaratne and M.Kesavarajah, Journal: Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 12 (1 & 2), 31-63, Year: 2011.
Title: “The Relationship between Defense Expenditure and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka”, Co-authors: J. Suresh, Journal: Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 10 (2), 1-24, Year: 2009.
Title: “Openness, Good Governance and Ethnic Peace”, Journal: Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol, 1(2), Year: 2009.
Title: “Microeconomics: Consumer and Producer Behavior”, Co-author: R.Kalaichelvi, Publication: Kumaran Book House, Colombo – Chennai, Year: 2013.
Title: “Production Theory”, Co-author: S. P. Premaratne, Publication: Kumaran Book House, Colombo – Chennai, Year: 2013 and 2019.
Book Chapters
Ravinthirakumaran, N. and Kalaichelvi, R. (2014), Towards the Improvement of Microfinance in Post-Conflict Area – Northern Province of Sri Lanka in Economic Issues in Sri Lanka, edited by Vijekumar.S, Guru Printers, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Ravinthirakumaran, N. (2008), The Influence of Economic Factors on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Sri Lanka in Path to Economic Development: An Inquiry Based on Sri Lanka’s Experience, edited by Ravinthirakumaran, N and Ganeshamoorthy, M, Kumaran Book House, Colombo – Chennai.
Ravinthirakumaran, N and Ganeshamoorthy, M. (1008), Path to Economic Development: An Inquiry Based on Sri Lanka’s Experience, Kumaran Book House, Colombo – Chennai, Year: 2008.
Working Paper
Ravinthirakumaran, N, and Abeysinghe, T. (2008), Economic Openness, Disciplined Government and Ethnic Peace, SCAPE working paper 2008/3, http://nt2.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pub/wp-scape/0803.pdf.
Title: “Do APEC economies enjoy energy-led growth? Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Data Approach”, Co-author: Kalaichelvi Ravinthirakumaran, Status: Paper presented in the Second Canadian International Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences at University of Toronto, Canada, Year: 2019.
Title: “The Twin Deficit Hypothesis in the SAARC Countries: An Empirical Investigation”, Coauthors: S.Selvanathan and E.A.Selvanathan, Status: Paper presented at the Economics and Policy Analysis Program Presents A ‘BROWN BAG’ Event, Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, Australia, Year: 2014.
Title: “The Impacts of Government Expenditure on Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: An Econometrics Analysis”, Co-author: M. Kesavarajah, Status: Paper presented 8th International Conference on Business Management, and published conference proceedings, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka: 163-168, Year: 2011.
Title: “Causality Between Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: A Disaggregated Analysis”, Co-author: M. Kesavarajah, Status: Paper Presented at the National Conference on Regional Development, Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Year: 2011.
Title: “Exports and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: A Co-integration analysis and Causality Testing”, Co-author: M. Kesavarajah, Status: Paper P r e s e n t e d at the National Conference on Regional Development, Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Year: 2011.
Title: “The Degree of Economic Openness and Sustaining Ethnic Peace in Sri Lanka”, Status: Paper Presented at the National Conference on Regional Development, Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Year: 2011.
Title: “Where Sri Lanka Stands on Poverty Alleviation: The case of Samurdhi Program”, Co-author: M. Kesavarajah, Status: Paper P r e s e n t e d at the International Symposium, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Year: 2011.
Title: “The Openness, Good Governance and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka”, Status: Paper Presented at the Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Year: 2008.
Title: “Openness, Good Governance and Ethnic Peace”, Status: Paper Presented at the Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences in Sri Lanka, National Center for Advance studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (NCAS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, Year: 2008.
Title: “ Degree of Economic Openness and Ethnic Peace: A Comparison of Sri Lanka and Malaysia”, Status: Paper Presented at the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, Taiwan, Taipei, Year: 2006.