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    Impact of domestic debt on economic growth: an empirical investigation of Sri Lanka from 1960-2014
    (University of Peradeniya, 2016-11-05) Selvamalai, T.; Abhayaratne, A.S.P.
    The main objective of the study is to identify the effects of domestic debt on economic growth in the short-run and the long-run in Sri Lanka. The study has used annual time series data for the period from 1960-2014 which were gathered from the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 2014. To analyze the data, the study used the time series econometric techniques of co-integration, distributed lag model, and Granger causality test. The study found that (i) there is no long-run equilibrium relationship between domestic debt and real value of GDP, (ii) in the short-run, domestic debt as a percentage of GDP has had a negative and significant effect on the economic growth(iii), in the long-run, domestic debt as a percentage of GDP does not have any significant impact on economic growth, (iv) there is no causal relationship between domestic debt as a percentage of GDP and economic growth in Sri Lanka between 1960 and 2014.
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    Technical efficiency of commercials banks in Sri Lanka 2003 - 2014: a data envelopment analysis
    (University of Peradeniya, 2016-11-05) Selvamalai, T.; Abhayaratne, A.S.P.
    The main objective of the study is to measure the technical efficiency of commercial banks of Sri Lanka between 2003 and 2014 by using basic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).The data was gathered from various Annual Reports of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The study mainly used input oriented Charnes and Cooper and Rhodes (CCR) model of basic DEA to measure the technical efficiency of commercial banks. For the analysis, the study used one output variable (profits of commercial banks) and two inputs variables (total assets and shareholders’ funds) between 2003 and 2014. The study found that average technical efficiency score is 0.788 as a ten years average between 2003 and 2014. In 2012, there is no technical inefficiency in commercial banks in Sri Lanka. In other periods, there is technical inefficiency in activities of commercial banks in Sri Lanka, and in 2009, technical efficiency score is very low. In other words, among these study periods, the inefficient of use of inputs was very high in 2009 but the efficient of use of inputs was in2012 compared to other periods.