Dr. E.A.C.Priyankara

Degree

• Ph.D. in Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Hubei, Wuhan, P.R. China
• MA - Economics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• BA (Hons) - Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

• Google scholar
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• Orcid
  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9371-4882

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Hewavitharana, S. D., Kuruppu, I. V., & Priyankara, E. A. C. (2022). Assessment of Sri Lankan Cinnamon Export Competitiveness in the Global Market. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, 23(1).
2. Priyankara, E. A. C. (2018). Services exports and economic growth in Sri Lanka: Does the export-led growth hypothesis hold for services exports?. Journal of Service Science and Management, 11(04), 479.
3. Priyankara, E. A. C. (2018). Services Exports and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: An Anatomy of GDP Components. Global Journal of Economics and Business–Vol, 5(1), 96-108.
4. Priyankara, E. (2018). The long-run effect of services exports on total factor productivity growth in Sri Lanka: based on ARDL, FMOLS, CCR, and DOLS approaches. Int. J. Acad. Res. Bus. Soc. Sci, 8(6).
5. Priyankara, E. A. C. (2014). Direct marketing of vegetable in Sri Lanka: Possibilities for women participation as an income diversification strategy. Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 28(3), 90-98.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1. Priyankara, E. A. C., Upathissa, G. K. K. S. Y., & Wimalarathana, W. (2022). Determinants of Sri Lanka’s Food Inflation: A Quantile Regression Analysis.
2. Hewavitharana, S. D., Kuruppu, I. V., & Priyankara, E. A. C. (2022). Export competitiveness of Sri Lankan cinnamon in the global market. Proceedings of FARS2022, 03 Nov 2022, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Vavuniya.
3. Priyankara, E. A. C., & Li, Z. H. (2018, May). Asymmetric Cointegration between Services Exports and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: Based on Nonlinear ARDL Model. In 4th Annual International Conference on Management, Economics and Social Development (ICMESD 2018) (pp. 874-879). Atlantis Press.
4. Priyankara, E.A.C. (2013).The Role of Farmer Organization as a Community Governance Model in Addressing Agriculture Marketing Issues in Sri Lanka, International Symposium on Community Governance Practice 13’, CARE International, Practical Action and Department of Economics – University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka .
5. Priyankara, E.A.C. (2013).Consumer Behavior and Agriculture Marketing: The Space of Analyzing Vegetable Consumption Pattern in Acquiring Required Nutrition Level, International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences: Reshaping the Arena of Knowledge, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. 
6. Priyankara, E.A.C. (2013).Direct Marketing of Vegetable in Sri Lanka: Possibilities for Women Participation as an Income Diversification Strategy, 28th National Conference on Agricultural Marketing, Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing -Hyderabad, Sardar Pattel University – Vallabhvidyanagar Anand and Anand Agricultural University on 4th,5th and 6th December 2014.          

Books

1. Priyankara, E. A. C., Samantha, N. P. G., & Kuruppu, V. (2022). Comparative Advantage of Fruit Exports in Sri Lanka. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.
2. Vidhanapathirana, R., Rambukwella, R., & Priyankara, E. A. C. (2017). Consumer Buying Behaviour and Preference for Liquid and Powdered Milk. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.
3. Rambukwella, R., & Priyankara, E. A. C. (2016). Production and marketing of traditional rice varieties in selected districts in Sri Lanka: Present status and future prospects. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.
4. Priyankara, E. A. C. (2016). Present Status of Vegetable Direct Marketing in Selected Districts in Sri Lanka. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.

Working Papers 

1. Samantha, N. P. G., & Priyankara, E. A. C. (2021). OFCs in the Intermediate Season, Working Paper No.15. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute.

Other Publications 

1. Monthly Food Information Bulletin. Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute

• International Services Trade
• Economic Growth
• Macroeconomic Analysis

• International Trade
• Transportation Economics
• Contemporary Issues in Business Economics

• Chinese Government Scholarship Awards for Ph.D. (2015)