PROCEEDINGS
DAY ONE- OCTOBER 6, 2011
Feature Presenter
Feature Address to COTE- Sir Dwight Venner
Panel 1: Economic Situation & Projections
Macroeconomic Stability and Growth - Dr. Gene Leon
Regional Economic Performance - Mr. Shelton Nicholls
Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC - Mr. Willard Phillips
Panel 2: Macroeconomic Panel
Cotton Buoyancy and Elasticity - Mr. Joseph Jason
An Empirical Investigation of the Neo-Classical Growth Theory - Mr. Nyron Mohammed
Operational Realities of the Monetary System of Trinidad and Tobago - Mr. Clive Matthew
The Deficit In Industrial Policy In Guyana - Ms. Jocelyn Williams
Panel 3: Issues in financial Economics
The interaction between Monetary Policy and Stock Prices: A comparisson between the Caribbean and the US - Dr Andre YoneHaughton
An assessment of Financial Stability in Trinidad & Tobago using micro and macroprudential indicators - Ms. Varuna Ramlal (PhD. Candidate)
Testing some dominant assumptions in behavioural finance - Ms. Marla Dukharan
Panel 4: Energy Challenges
Estimating local content in the Energy Sector in Trinidad and Tobago - Ms. Nazera Haqq
What to do with the Petroleum Fuel Subsidy - Kyren Greigg
Localized economic development in areas with extractive industries - Dr. Roger Hosein
Panel 5: Trade & ICT Opportunities
The Proposed CARICOM-Canada FTA: What is in it for CARICOM states? - Jeetendra Khadan
Microfinance and Innovation - Incorporating Microenterprises in the Proposed National Innovation System of Trinidad and Tobago - MS. Nicole Chaitan-Kissoon
DAY TWO - OCTOBER 7, 2011
Panel 6: Social Economic Challenges
An analysis of the impact of climate variables on selected diseases in Trinidad and Tobago, with economic implications - Professor Karl Theodore
Panel 7: Resource & environmental Economic Issues
Sustainable Livelihoods: Towards the Identification of a Caribbean Definition - Ms. Corine Gregoire
Quantifying Climate Impacts on Sustainable Livelihoods in Coastal Caribbean Communities: The Development of a Vulnerability Index - Sherry Ann Ganase, Sandra Sookram, Sonja Teelucksingh and Patrick Watson
Natural Resources Economics in the Caribbean - Naresh C Singh Ph.D.
Panel 8: Agriculture Opportunities and Challenges
Determination of the Income of Boat Owner’s in southeast Trinidad -
Ms. Rebecca Gookool
An investigation into the effect of seasonal variation on the price of four vegetable crops in Trinidad and Tobago - Donald Palmer (Ph.D. Candidate)
Guyana’s Pre-EPA Rough Rice Supply Response Function: Post-EPA Implications - Mr. Omardath Maharaj
Building a competitive Agribusiness sector - Mr. Vassel Stewart
Trinidad and Tobago Agribusiness Association Highlights - Mr. Vassel Stewart
Panel 9: Cultural Challenges and Opportunities
A Sense of Place The Case of the Woodbrook Carnival Cluster - Dr. Suzanne Burke
Forging a sustainable creative economy - Dr. Jo-anne Tull
Trinidad and Tobago Film Company Limited
Panel 10: Tourism and Aviation Challenges
Opportunities and Challenges of Airport Privatization in the Caribbean Region - Ms. Wendy Francette-Williams
Challenges & Opportunities - Déjà vu.... all over again - Mr. Ian Bertrand
Panel 11: Issues in Labour Economics
Gender Inequality and the Working Poor in Trinidad and Tobago - Ms. Kayelle Clarke
Appropriate Wage Policies for a Volatile Economic Environment – Sharing the Burden of Adjustment - Ms. Rosa-Mae Whittier
Wages, Inflation and Growth in a Small Open Economy - Ms. Kara Brown
Free movement of skilled labor within the Caricom SME - drs .Zsa-Zsa Lenting
SUMMARY
COTE 2011: The Rappoteurs Report
