• Ph.D in Industrial Economics, Wuhan University of Technology, PR China • MBA in Finance, University of Colombo • B.Sc. in Human Resource Management (Special), University of Sri Jayewardenepura • Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of United Kingdom (CIMA –UK) • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ACA) • Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
Accounting and Finance
Faculty of Management Studies
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Senior Lecturer
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Dr. Senarathne is a Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Accounting and Finance. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, he has worked in the stockbroking and margin trading industry in Sri Lanka for seven (07) years. Additionally, he has more than ten (10) years of experience in the accounting and financial services sector, which includes handling correspondence with courts for the liquidation of companies and working in the auditing services industry in Sri Lanka.
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Research interests:• Financial econometrics
• Financial economics
• Energy economics
• Finance
• Capital markets
• Blockchain Technology
• Crypto currency
• Management
• Psychology
• AFC 2308 Introduction to Economics
• AFU 3402 Microeconomics
• AFU 4402 Macroeconomics
• AFU 5507 Managerial Economics
• AFU 6423 Financial Econometrics
Selected publications:
1. Senarathne, C. W., & Jianguo, W. (2020). Testing for heteroskedastic mixture of ordinary least squares errors. Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 23(2), 73-91. (SSCI)
2. Senarathne, C. W., & Wei, J. (2021). Does crude oil price respond to US oil and gas industry value chain economics. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 27(4), 434-456. (SCIE)
3. Senarathne, C. W., & Jayasinghe, P. (2021). The impact of energy consumption and merchandise exports on CO2 emission in the United Nations geoscheme regions. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 15(6), 1181-1198. (EI Compendex)
4. Senarathne, C. W., & Jianguo, W. (2020). Herd behaviour in the cryptocurrency market: Fundamental vs. spurious herding. The European Journal of Applied Economics, 17(1), 20-36.
5. Senarathne, C. W. (2019). The leverage effect and information flow interpretation for speculative bitcoin prices: Bitcoin volume vs ARCH effect. European Journal of Economic Studies, 8(1), 77-84