Mahinda Siriwardana
Professor, Faculty of The Professions, UNE Business School
Qualifications
BA, BPhil (Colombo), MA (Manitoba), PhD (La Trobe), GradDipPopStud (Sri Jayawardanapura), GradDipStats (Colombo)
Contact
| Email: | asiriwar@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Economic Studies 1 (W39) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2501 (or +61 2 6773 2501 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3280 |
Areas of Teaching
Intermediate Microeconomics; Advanced Microeconomics; International Trade and Payments; Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling
Research interests
Professor Mahinda Siriwardana is an internationally recognised researcher in economics, especially in the fields of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, trade policy analysis and carbon tax impact modelling. Mahinda has developed several CGE models during his career and they include models for Victoria, Australia, China, and Singapore. In addition he has associated with his PhD students to develop models for Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia, Western Samoa, Iran, Sri Lanka and Australia. Some of Mahinda’s recent work has adopted the multi-country CGE framework using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model. One of his PhD students has developed a global CGE model with special reference to South Asia using the GTAP modelling framework to analyse the trade policy impact in the region.
Supervision Topic Areas
I am prepared to supervise in the following topic areas:
- Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling and its application to economic policy analysis (any country)
- Trade policy analysis using the CGE modelling approach (any country)
- Economic integration with special reference to FTAs
- Modelling of environmental policies and carbon pricing (tax) using CGE
- Trade policies and economic development in South Asian economies
Selected Publications
Books
Stenberg, L. and Siriwardana, M. (2009), A Computable General Equilibrium Model for Environmental Policy Analysis: The Case of Deforestation in the Philippines, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA (ISBN 978-1-60692-250-7).
Siriwardana, M. (2008), Towards Free Trade in South Asia: The Impact of Regional Trade Policies, ICFAI University Press. Hyderabad, India (ISBN 978-81-314-1601-3).
Yang, J. and Siriwardana, M. (2007), Economic Effects of an Australia-China FTA: Challenges and Opportunities for Bilateral Trade Policy, ICFAI University Press. Hyderabad, India (ISBN 81-314-1168-5).
Do Rego, A., and Siriwardana, M. (2006), Trade Protection in the Rice Industry: Implications of Tariffs on Rice Imports in Timor Leste (East Timor), ICFAI University Press. Hyderabad, India (ISBN 81-314-0383-1).
Nahar, B. and Siriwardana, M. (2006), The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on the Rice Sector in SAARC Countries: The Case of Bangladesh, ICFAI University Press. Hyderabad, India (ISBN 81-7881-712-8).
Karingi, S. N., Siriwardana, M., Ronge, E., and Mpande-Chuulu, C. (2002), Implications of the COMESA Free Trade Area and Proposed Custom Union: Empirical Evidence from Five Member Countries Using GTAP Model and Database: A Policy Brief, New Horizon Printing Press, Lusaka, Zambia. (ISBN 9982260170).
Karingi, S. N., Siriwardana, M., and Ronge, E. (2002), Implications of the COMESA Free Trade Area and Proposed Custom Union: Empirical Evidence from Five Member Countries Using GTAP Model and Database, New Horizon Printing Press, Lusaka, Zambia. (ISBN 9982260103).
Book Chapters
Siriwardana, M. (2009), “A Quantitative Assessment of the Inter-War Australian Trade Policies”, in W. R. Stevens (ed), Trade and Development: Focus on Free Trade Agreements, New York, Nova Science Publishers.
Karingi, S., Siriwardana, M., Ronge, E. (2009), “Implications of the COMESA Free Trade Area and the Proposed Customs Union”, in W. R. Stevens (ed), Trade and Development: Focus on Free Trade Agreements, New York, Nova Science Publishers.
Siriwardana, M. (2009), “Economic Structure and Pattern of Trade Flows in South Asia”, in I. Mukherjee (ed), Impact of Global Imports on International Trade, Hyderabad, ICFAI University Press, pp.87-109.
Siriwardana, M. (2009), “Trade Links between Australia, India, and South Africa: Prospects for Trade Liberalisation”, in I. Mukherjee (ed), Impact of Global Imports on International Trade, Hyderabad, ICFAI University Press, pp.110-136.
Stenberg, L.C. and Siriwardana, M. (2008), “Deforestation in the Philippines: An Economic Assessment of Government Policy Responses using a CGE Model”, in I. B. Sanchez and C. L. Alonso (eds), Deforestation Research Progress, New York, Nova Science Publishers: pp.175-202.
Siriwardana, M. (2006), “Trade Liberalisation between Australia, India and South Africa”, in V.V. Ramani and A Bellur (eds), India’s Global Trade Relations, Hyderabad, ICFAI University Press: pp.315-333.
Book Reviews
Siriwardana, M. (2001), Regional Inequality and Structural Changes: Lessons from the Brazillian Experience, by Eduarado A. Haddad (Aldershot, Ashgate, 1999, xx+209 pp., ISBN: 0 7546 1126 4), Journal of Economic System Research, Vol. 13, pp.129-130.
Refereed Journal Articles
Nahar, B. and Siriwardana, M. (forthcoming, 2010), “Impact on Poverty of Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh: A Quantitative Assessment”, South Asia Economic Journal.
Yang, J. and Siriwardana, M. (2009), “Bilateral Economic Relations between Australia and China: A Robust and Growing Trend”, Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Vol. 5, pp.23-38.
Siriwardan, M. and Yang, J. (2008), “The Australia-China Free Trade Agreement: Do Benefits Exist?”, Asian Profile, Vol.36., pp.435-451.
Yang, J. and Siriwardana, M. (2008), “The Australia-China Economics Relationship and Prospects for an FTA”, Current Politics and Economic in Asia, Vol.17, pp.51-78.
Siriwardana, M. (2008), “ The Sensitivity of the Agricultural Trade in the proposed FTA between Australia and Japan: A Quantitative Assessment”, ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.5, pp.35-53.
Siriwardana, M. and Yang, J. (2008), “GTAP Model Analysis of the Economic Effects of an Australia-China FTA: Welfare and Sectoral Aspects”, Global Economic Review, Vol.37, pp.341-362.
Stenberg, L.C. and Siriwardana, M. (2008), “Deforestation in the Philippines: An Economic Assessment of Government Policy Responses”, Environment Research Journal, Vol.2, pp.335-377.
Siriwardana, M. (2008), “The Proposed Australia-China Free Trade Agreement: Global and Country-Specific Effects”, International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, Vol.1, pp.392-408.
Sukiyono, K. and Siriwardana, M. (2007), “Short Run Impacts of Trade Liberalisation on the Regional Economy in Indonesia”, The Australian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol.13, pp.45-64.
Siriwardana, M. and Yang, J., (2007), “Effects of Proposed Free Trade Agreement between India and Bangladesh”, South Asia Economic Journal, Vol.8, pp.21-38.
Karingi, S. N. and Siriwardana, M., (2007) “Sensitivity to Key Parameters of Short Run Simulation Results of Terms of Trade Shocks in a Kenyan CGE Model”, The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Vol.VI, pp.43-67.
Rajapakse, S. and Siriwardana, M., (2007), “Over Optimism bias in Market Analysts forecasts: The case of Australian Dollar”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Vol.12, pp.103-113.
Stenberg, L.C. and Siriwardana, M. (2007), “Forest Conservation in the Philippines: An Economic Assessment of Selected Policy Responses Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model”, Forest Policy and Economics, Vol.9, pp.671-693.
Siriwardana, M., (2007) “Assessing the Impact of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement”, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol.18, pp.117-133.
Stenberg, M.L. and Siriwardana, M. (2006), "Analysing the Causes of Deforestation in a CGE Framework: The Case of the Philippines”, The ICFAI Journal of Environmental Economics, Vol. IV: pp.7- 34.
Siriwardana, M. (2006), “Australia's involvement in free trade agreements: An economic evaluation”, Global Economic Review, Vol.35, pp.3-20.
Stenberg, M.L. and Siriwardana, M., (2006) “The Steady State Treatment of Forestry in CGE Models”, International Journal of Agricultural Resource, Governance and Ecology, Vol.5, pp.1-17.
Wijeweera, A. and Siriwardana, M. (2005), “The Impact of Corporate Income Tax Rate on Foreign Direct Investment in Australia and Implications for Technology Transfer”, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, Vol.1, pp.451-461.
Siriwardana, M., (2005),“Trade Liberalisation Between Australia, India and South Africa: Prospects for a Dynamic Growth Triangle”, The ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Vol.4: pp.20-35.
Stenberg, M.L. and Siriwardana, M., (2005), “The Appropriateness of Computable General equilibrium Modeliing in Analysing the Problem of Deforestation in the Philippines”, Management of Environmental Quality: International Journal, Vol.16: pp.407-420.
Siriwardana, M., (2004), “An Analysis of the Impact of Indo-Lanka free Trade agreement on the Sri Lankan Economy and Its Implications for Free Trade in South Asia”, Journal of Economic Integration, Vol.19: pp. 568-589.
Siriwardana, M. and Dollery, B., (2004) “An Empirical Analysis of the Proposed Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement”, Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, Vol.9: pp.1-21.
Siriwardana, M., (2003), “Trade Liberalisation in South Asia: Free Trade Area or Customs Union”, Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.26: pp.309-329.
Siriwardana, M. (2003), “Effects of the Asian Economic Crisis on Singapore and her Policy Responses”, UNEAC Asian Papers. Issue no. 6.
Karingi, S. N. and Siriwardana, M. (2003), “A CGE Model Analysis of Effects of Adjustment to Terms of Trade Shocks on Agriculture and Income Distribution In Kenya, Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 37, pp.87-108.
Siriwardana, M. and Dollery, B. (2002), “The Impact of the Asian Economic Crisis on the South African Economy”, African Development Review. Vol.14, pp.276-297.
Stenberg, M. L. and Siriwardana, M. (2002), “Deforestation in the Philippines: A Different Perspective”, International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 5, pp.415-432.
Liew, L. and Siriwardana, M. (2002), “Impact of Trade Liberalisation on a Multi-Region Economy within an Inter-Regional Game Theoretic Framework”, Economics of Planning, Vol. 35, pp.1-18.
Siriwardana, M. and Rajapakse, S. (2001), “The Impact of the Asian Economic Crisis on South Asia”, Journal of Social and Management Science, Vol.30, pp.125-148.
Siriwardana, M. (2001), “Some Trade Policy Options for Sri Lanka: Looking Beyond SAARC”, Asian Studies Review, Vol 25, pp.453-478.
Karingi, S.N. and Siriwardana, M. (2001), “Structural Adjustment Policies and the Kenyan Economy: A CGE Model Analysis”, African Development Review.Vol. 13, pp. 24-45.
Siriwardana, M. and Schulze, D. (2000), “Singapore and the Asian Economic Crisis: An Assessment of Policy Responses”, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol.17, pp. 233-256.
Siriwardana, M. (2000), “A general Equilibrium Explanation of the Growth in Singapore’s Exports: A Paradoxical Outcome?”, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, Vol. 5, pp.303-335.
Siriwardana, M. (1998), "Can Policy Makers Learn from History? A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Recovery Policies of the 1930s Great Depression in Australia", Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 20, pp.361-392.
Siriwardana, M. (1997), “Exchange rate Policy and Market Power: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Singapore”, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol. 14, pp.57-79.
Siriwardana, M. (1996), "The Economic Impact of Tariffs of the 1930s Australia: The Brigden Report Re-Examined", Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 35, 370-89.
Siriwardana, M. (1995), "The Causes of the Depression in Australia in the 1930s : A General Equilibrium Evaluation", Explorations in Economic History, Vol.32, pp.51-81.
Hargreaves, C., Harrington, J. and Siriwardana, M. (1993), "Measuring Australia's Competitiveness and the Trade Performance of the Manufacturing Sector", Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (Review of World Economics), Vol. 129, pp.172-182.
Siriwardana, M., and Jayalath, B.A. (1993), "Female Male Wage Discrimination in the Early Period of National Wage Fixation in Australia", Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 19, pp.56-72.
Siriwardana, M. (1991), "The Impact of Tariff Protection in the Colony of Victoria in the Late Nineteenth Century : A General Equilibrium Analysis", Australian Economic History Review, Vol.XXXI, pp.45-65.
Siriwardana, M. (1990), "Intra-Industry Trade: A Note on New Evidence from Australia, 1968-1982", Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (Review of World Economics), Vol. 126, pp.165-172.
Nguyen, D.T., and Siriwardana, M. (1988), "The Relationship Between Output Growth and Unemployment: A Reexamination of Okun's Law in Australia", Australian Economic Review, 1st Quarter, pp.16-27.
Siriwardana, M. (1987), "An Input Output Table for the Colony of Victoria in 1880", Australian Economic History Review, Vol. XXVII, pp.61-85.