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144 SOCIAL SCIENCES Professor of Applied Economics Director Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social Economic Studies Tel 868 662 6965 Fax 868 645 6329 E-mail patrick.watsonsta.uwi.edu PROF. PATRICK KENT WATSON Patrick K Watson is Professor of Applied Economics and Director at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies of The University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus. He holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from the Universit de Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne and a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Accounting as a princi- pal subjectfrom the University of Leeds. Professor Watson has been at The UWI since 1980 during which time he has been assistant lecturer lecturer senior lecturer and now professorHe has also been deputy dean and dean of the Faculty and visiting fellow at Cambridge University and the Universities of Warwick and Leicester. While Dean of the Faculty Professor Watson introduced the Distance Education programme with B.Sc. Management Studies introduced executive training programmes conducted through- out the Caribbean improved access to computer training for the wider public including courses in computer repair A MCSE and others reformed the degree programmes computerized the Faculty and modernised teaching methods. He specializes and is widely published in empirical studies related to the Caribbean Economyin particular in the areas of economic modellingmoney and finance and climate change. Using mainly econometric techniques he has worked in areas such as the balance of payments monetary and fiscal policy savings the measurement of capital stock stock market efficiency and the informal sector. His work has been published in journals including Applied Economics International Economic Journal The Journal of Develop- ment Studies Journal of Economic Studies Journal of Applied Financial Economics and Social and Economic Studies. He has also published chapters in edited books. Over the years Professor Watson has authored or co-authored a number of technical reports for organizations such as the European Union the Inter- American Development Bank CARICOM UNECLAC and First Caribbean International Bank among others. In addition to his teaching and research Professor Watson has supervised and continues to supervise a number of PhD MPhil and MSc theses and projects. In recent yearsProfessor Watson applied for and was awarded a number of research grants from external agencies including several concerned with climate change in the regioncompetitive- ness and growth in Trinidad and Tobagoand others. He has been consultant to the Caribbean Development Bank Republic Bank Ltd the Ministry of Social Development Central Bank of Aruba Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago First Caribbean International Bank among others. He has also been a senator in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and a director of the Central Bank. He currently serves as Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission and as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Organi- zation of Securities Commissions. Selected Publications Sookram Sandra and Patrick Kent Watson. Small business partici- pation in the informal sector of an emerging economy. Journal of Development Studies200844101554-1576. Patrick Kent Watson. The efficiency of the stock market in the CARICOM sub-region An empirical study. Applied Financial Economics200919231915-1924 Sonja S. Teelucksingh and Patrick Kent Watson. Linking tourism flows and biological biodiversity in Small Island Developing States SIDS evidence from panel data. Environment and Development Economics 2013 18 4 392-404. Available at httpdx.doi.org10.1017S1355770X13000120