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THE
INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS,
BANKING AND FINANCE
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME |
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DAY
3 |
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
WORKSHOP |
10:00
– 10:15 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:15
– 11:45 a.m.
Sessions 22 – 24
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Session
Twenty-Three
Foreign Banks and Foreign Exchange |
Chair: Elinda K. Fishman “Valuation
of Commodity Assets and the Option to Invest
in the Presence of Stochastic Prices and Incomplete
Information,” Mondher Bellalah. 
“The
Political Economy of Foreign Retail Banks in
Developing Countries in the 1990s and 2000s,”
Diana Thorburn.
“Emerging
Issues Related to EU/US Money Laundering Initiatives,”
John Wrieden.
Discussants:
Elinda K. Fishman
Roopnarine Oumadesingh
Taan Maraj
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Session
Twenty-Four
Selected Topics on Business |
Chair: Rajendra
Ramlogan “The
Characteristics of Turnaround Leaders: A Gender
Perspective,” Rolph Balgobin.
“Environmental
Administration in Brazilian Organizations: Cost
or Investment?” Daniela Zago de Lemos,
Fernando Santello Bertaco and Antonio Barbosa
Lemes Junior.
“European
Union Trading Bloc: The Effect of Integration
on Economic and Socioeconomic Factors,”
Beth Mariotz and Davinder K. Malhotra.
Discussants:
Moolchand Raghunandan
Rajendra Ramlogan
Suchismita Mishra
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Session
Twenty-Five
Pragmatic Issues in Financial Practice |
Chair: Acolla
Lewis “Double
or Nothing: Patterns of Equity Fund Holdings
and Transactions,” Stephen Brown, David
R. Gallagher, Onno W. Steenbeck and Peter L.
Swan.
“Payment
Systems: Online vis a vis Legacy,” Manuchehr
Shahrokhi.
“The
Stability of Monetary Aggregates in Japan: An
Econometric Investigation,” Berch Haroian
and Elias C. Grivoyannis.
Discussants:
Arnold Cowan
Krishnan Dandapani
Surendra Arjoon
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| 12:00
– 1:45 p.m.
LUNCH
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Sessions 25 – 27
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Session
Twenty-Six
Issues in the Markets for Securities |
Chair: Ephraim
Clark “From
the Second Board to the Main Board: Does Transfer
of Listing Matter?” Zamri Ahmad and Zarina
Md. Nor.
“The
correlation of stock and bond returns: A comparison
of U.S. and Australia,” Victor Fang and
Yee Choon Lim.
“Economies
and Securities Markets: Linkage and Leakage
in the Caribbean and Latin America,” Dilip
Ghosh.
Discussants:
Richard Ajayi
Wayne Dass
Rand Martin
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Session
Twenty-Seven
Foreign Exchange and Equilibrium in International
Finance |
Chair: Lloyd
P. Blenman “Purchasing
Power Parity in Developing Countries: Evidence
from Fractional Integration Tests,” Augustine
Arize and John Malindretos.
“Exchange
Rate Pass-Through in the Caribbean: A Study
of Trinidad and Tobago,” C.S. Bhatnagar
and Dyal Bhatnagar.
“Measuring
Extreme Cross-Market Dependence for Risk Management:
The Case of Jamaican Equity and Foreign Exchange
Markets,” Brian R. Langrin.
Discussants:
Abraham Mulugetta
Lloyd P. Blenman
John Malindretos
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Session
Twenty-Eight
Credit and Innovation Financing |
Chair: Davinder K. Malhotra
“The
Importance of Being Known: Relationship Banking
and Credit Limits,” Atreya Chakraborty,
Cresanta Fernando and Rajiv Mallick.-
“The
SME Innovation Financing: A Pilot Research in
the II Religion of Chile,” Gianni Romani
Chocce.
“Economies
of Scale in the Management of Closed-End Funds,”
Davinder K. Malhotra and Rand Martin.
Discussants:
Elind K. Fishman
Anthony Bowrin
Chandra Shekhar Bhatnagar
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3:30
– 3:45 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
3:45
– 5:15 p.m.
Sessions 28 - 30
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Session
Twenty-Nine
Financial Accounting Issues and Financial Reporting |
Chair: Abraham Mulugetta
“Changes
in US Derivatives Accounting on Equity Returns,”
Lloyd P. Blenman and Leo Bin.
“Does
International Financial Reporting Harmonization
Equal Domestic Financial Reporting Diversity
for Developing States: The Case of Trinidad
and Tobago,” Anthony Bowrin.
“Strategy
of Internal Controls in Accounting of Banks:
A Point of Confluence Between Management and
Accounting,” Eslei Jose de Morais and
Antonio Barbosa lemes Jr.
Discussants:
Rashmi Malhotra
Anthony Bowrin
David Raggay
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Session
Thirty
Value and Performance |
Chair: Rolph
Balgobin “Using
Extreme Value Theory to Value Stock Market Returns,”
Arun J. Prakash and Therese Pactwa.
“Explaining
Differences in Economic Performance in Caribbean
Economies,” Ronald Ramkissoon.
“Non-Performing
Loans and the Japanese Banking Crisis,”
Elias C. Grivoyannis.
Discussants:
Elias C. Grivoyannis
A. Douglas Harris
Chandra Shekhar Bhatnagar
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Session
Thirty-One
Resource Allocation and Funds Management |
Chair: Elias
C. Griyovannis “Some
Thoughts on Long-Term Resource Allocation Rules
for Mutually Exclusive Projects with Unequal
Lives,” Arun J. Prakash. Chun Hao Chang
and Dipasri Ghosh.
“What
were the Factors that Influenced Mutual Fund
Growth in Trinidad and Tobago over the Period
1997-2002?” Tymone Roberts.
“GATS:
Indian Services Sector and Trade,” Seema
Joshi
Discussants:
Ephraim Clark
Davinder Malhotra
Dennis Gayle
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6:00
– 9:00 p.m.
COCKTAILS, DINNER & VOTE OF THANKS
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