Microecon

Varian, Hal R. 1992. Microeconomic Analysis. 3rd Ed. W. W. Norton and Company.
Varian, Hal R. 2006. Intermediate Microeconomics. A Modern Approach 7th Ed. W. W.
Norton and Company.
Howard, Michael, Althea La Foucade and Ewan Scott, 2009. Public Sector Economics
for Developing Countries. 2nd Ed. University of the West Indies Press.
Jehle, Goeffrey A. and Philip J. Reny. 1998. Advanced Microeconomic Theory.
Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Mas-Colell, Andreu, Michael D. Whinston and Jerry R. Green. 1995. Microeconomic
Theory. Oxford University Press.
Macroecon
Romer, David (2011). Advanced Macroeconomics, McGrow Hill.
Branson, William (1997). Macroeconomics : Theory and Policy, Addison Wesley.

Methods of Economic Investigation

Abdulah, Norma (1986), Designing Social Surveys in the Caribbean, Institute of
Social and Economic Research, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine,
Trinidad.
Anderson, David R., Sweeny, Dennis J., and Williams, Thomas A (1981), Statistics
for Business and Economics, West Publishing Company.
Babbie, Earl (2000), The Practice of Social Rsearch, 11 (eds), Wadsworth Publishing
Company.
Bernard, Russell H. (2000), Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative
Approaches, Sage Publications Inc.
Berg, Bruce (1998), Quantitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, 3rd
(eds), Allyn and Bacon Press.
Bryman, Alan (1998), Quantity and Quality in Social Research, Routledge Press
Bohrnstedt, Georgeb W. and Knoke, David (1994), Statistics for Social Data Analysis,
3rd (eds), F.E Peacock Publishers, Inc. Illinois.

Beckford, George and Girvan, Norman (1989), Development in Suspense: Selected

Papers of the First Conference of Caribbean Economists, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and
ACE, Kingston, Jamaica. Lalta, Stanley, Freckleton,
Marie (1993), Caribbean Economic Development, The First Generation, Ian Randle
Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica. Survey Methodology A Journal of Statistics Canada,
Ottawa Dorfman,
A.H, Lent, J., Leaver S.G. and Wegman, E., (2006) On Sample Survey Design for
Consumer Price Indexes, vol. 32 (2).
Longford, Nicholas T. (2006) Sample Size Calculation for Small Areas Estimation,
vol. 12 (1).
Hidiroglou M.A. and Sarndal, C.E. (1998) Use of Auxiliary Information for Two phase
Sampling, vol. 24 (1).
Treatment of Data from Sample Surveys
Byrne, Babara M. (2010) Structural Equation Modelling with Amos, basic concepts,
application programme, 2nd (ed.), Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York,
London.
Skrondal, Anders and Rabe-Hesketh (2004), Generalized Latent Variable Modelling,
Multilevel, Longitudinal and Structural Equation Models, Chapman and Hall.

CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, (online) at www.crcpress.com

Bell, (2011), Economic Time Series
Cunningham, (2011), Experimental Designs
Leekley, (2010), Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
Lesik, (2009) Applied Statistics Inference with MINITAB
Myers, (2010), Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Panter, (2011), Handbook of Ethics in Quantitative Methodology
Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org
Frees, Longitudinal and Panel Data
Couper, Mick Designing Effective Web Surveys
Coleman, Statistical Practice in Business and Industry

Fuller, Wayne, (2009), Measurement Error Models

Fuller, Wayne, (2009), Sample Statistics
Groves, (2009), 2nd (ed.), Survey Methodology
Hahn, (2009), The Role of Statistics in Business and Industry John Wiley and Sons,
Inc. www.wiley.com
Aday, (2006), Designing and Conducting Health Surveys: A comprehensive guide
(3rd) (ed.)
Bethlehem Handbook of Web Surveys
Biemer, Measurement Errors in Surveys
Biemer, Introduction to Survey Quality
Lepkowski, (2007), Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology
Lynn, Peter (2009), Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys
Wallgren, (2007), Register-based Statistics: Administration Data for Statistical
Purposes

Green, William H., (1997), Econometric Analysis. 3rd (ed.). Upper Saddle River,
Princeton HallInc.
Maddala, G., (1983), Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics.
New York, Cambridge University Press.
Amemiya, Takeshi, (1985), Advanced Econometrics. Cambridge, Harvard University
Press.

Deaton, Angus. Demand Analysis in Handbook of Econometrics, vol. 3. In

Griliches, Z. and Intriligator (eds.). Amsterdam, North-Holland, 1986.
Deaton, A. and Muellbauer, J., (1980), An Almost Ideal Demand System. American
Economic Review, vol. 70.
Buse, A., (1994), Evaluating the Linearized Almost Ideal Deman System. American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 76: 781-793.
Hahn, W., (1994), Elasticities in AIDS Models: A comment. American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, vol. 76: 972-997.

Ching, C.T.K. and John F. Y., (1985), Production Economics: Mathematical

Development and Applications, Transaction Books, Inc. New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Fuss, M and McFadden, (1979), Production Economics: A Dual Approach to Theory
and Applications. Vol. 1, North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam.

Research Methodology and Development Economics

Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. 2001. The Colonial
Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation. American
Economic Review, 91 (5): 1369-1401.
Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. 2002. Reversal of
Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income
Distribution. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 217: 1231-1294.
Blaug, Mark. 1992. The Methodology of Economics or How Economists Explain.
United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition. Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 12,
15, 16.
Henry Peter B and Miller, Conrad. 2009. Institutions versus Policies: A Tale of Two
Islands. American Economic Review, 99 (2): 261-267.
Lalta, Stanley and Marie Freckleton. 1993. Caribbean Economic Development: The
First Generation. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers. Chapters 1, 15 and 24.
Lewis, William Arthur. 1954. Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of
Labour. The Manchester School 22 (2): 139 191.
Jones, Patricia. 2013. History Matters: New evidence on the long run impact of
colonial rule on institutions. Journal of Comparative Economics, 41: 181-200.
Popper, Karl. 2002. Conjectures and Refutations. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Chapters 1 8.
Theodore, Karl. 2010. Income Deficiency, Transfers and Development: A
Microeconomic Perspective. Current Research Journal of Economic Theory 2(2): 87
101.
Thomas, Clive Yolande. 1988. The Poor and the Powerless: Economic Policy and
Change in the Caribbean. Monthly Review Press. Introduction, Chapters 2, 4, 9, 14,
15.

Econometrics
Charemza, Wojciech W. and Derek F. Deadman (1999). New Directions in
Econometric Practice: General to Specific Cointegration and Vector Autoregression.
UK Edward Edgar Publishing Ltd.
Hill, Carter, William E. Griffiths and Quay C. Lim (2011). Principles of Econometrics.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Woolridge, M. Jeffrey (2013). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach. 4th
Edition. South Western.
Greene, H. William (2008), Econometric Analysis, Prentice Hall, 6th Edition o Note
that the 5th Edition can be downloaded at http://bib.tiera.ru/DVD010/Greene_W.H._Econometric_analysis_(2002)(5th_ed.)(en)(983s).pdf
Enders, W. (2009) Applied Econometric Time Series, 2nd Edition, Wiley.
Maddala, G.S. (1986) Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variable in Econometrics,
Econometric Society Monographs. 5.2 Recommended (Online and print)
Charemza W. Wojciech and Deadman F. Derek (1997). New Directions in
Econometric Practice: General to Specific Modelling, Cointegration, and Vector
Autoregression. 2nd Edition

Trade
i. UNECLAC (2009), Preliminary Overview of Caribbean Economies
ii. Lall (2008) IMF Predicts Major Global Slowdown Amid Financial Crisis. World
Economic Outlook. Available at http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so /
2008/RES100808A.htm
iii. Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (2008) Speech by the Governor of the
Central Bank, The Impact of Global Events of Caribbean Economies. Available at:
http://www.centralbank.org.tt/news/speeches/2008/sp080630.pd f iv. CMMB:
Emerging Markets Weekly (2009): A Reversal of
iv. CMMB: Emerging Markets Weekly (2009): A Reversal of Luck for Trinidad and
Tobago in 2009?

Trade policy in the Caribbean. Study done on behalf of the Caribbean Development
Bank

i. Chapter 11-15: Trade Text Manuscript: International Trade Theory, with Application
to the Caribbean.
ii. Vamvakidis, A., (1998), Regional Integration and Economic Growth. The World
Bank Economic Review, vol.12, no.2 pp.251-270.
iii. Tewarie B. and Hosein R, (2007), Trade Investment and Development in the
Contemporary Caribbean, Ian Randle. Chapter 3.
iv. Viner, J., (1950), The customs union issue. Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, New York, NY, USA; Stevens and Sons, London, UK.
v. Hosein, R and Khadan, J (forthcoming)

Hydrocarbon Exports and Food Insecurity in a Small Petroleum Rich Economy

i. Greenaway D., and Milner C., (2003), A Grim REPA. GEP Research Paper 03/30
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/lev erhulme/research_papers/03_30.pdf
ii. Nicholls, S., Christopher-Nicholls J., and Colthrust P., (2000c), Evaluating the
Fiscal Impact of a Regional Partnership Agreement between the European Union and
CARICOM.
iii. Bhagwati, J., Greenaway D., and Panagariya, A., (1998), Trading Preferentially:
Theory and Policy. Economic Journal 108(449), 1128-1148.
iv. Arora, V., and Vamvakidis, A., (2004), How much do trading partners matter for
economic growth. IMF Paper, WP/04/26. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/200
4/wp0426.pdf.
v. Hosein R., (2008) CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: the Welfare
Impact and implications for policy in T&T, Journal of Business, Finance and
Economics in Emerging Economies.
Informal Commercial Importers in the Caribbean: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
and Guyana.
An investigation of the Real Natural Trading Partner of Trinidad and Tobago