Research
Recent Publications
- Samarakoon, Lalith, 2024. “What Broke the Pearl of the Indian Ocean? The Causes of the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis and its Policy Implications,” Journal of Financial Stability, 70:1-18
- Fonseka, M.M., Samarakoon, Lalith, Tian, Gao-Liang, and Seng, Ratney, 2021. “The Impact of Social Trust and State Ownership on Investment Efficiency of Chinese Firms,” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 24.
- Samarakoon, Lalith, and Tanweer Hasan. 2021. “Methods for Portfolio Performance Evaluation.” In The Encyclopedia of Finance, ed. C. F. Lee, Springer.
- Samarakoon, Lalith. 2017. “Contagion of the Eurozone Debt Crisis.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 49:115-128.
- Samarakoon, Lalith, and Palani-Rajan Kadapakkam, 2014, “Two-tier Board System and Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Austria,” Corporate Ownership and Control, 12: 352-362.
- Fonseka, M.M., Samarakoon, Lalith, and Tian, Gao-Liang. 2012. “Equity Financing Capacity and Stock Returns: Evidence from China,” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 22:1277-1291.
- Samarakoon, Lalith. 2011. “Stock Market Interdependence, Contagion, and the U.S. Financial Crisis: The Case of Emerging and Frontier Markets.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 21: 724-742.
- Samarakoon, Lalith. 2010. “The Short-Run Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings in the Sri Lankan Stock Market.” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 20: 197-213.
- Samarakoon, Lalith. 2010. “Asymmetric Investor Behavior between Buyside and Sellside: Evidence from Investor Classes in the Sri Lankan Stock Market.” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 20: 93-113.
- Samarakoon, Lalith. 2009. “The Relation between Trades of Domestic and Foreign Investors and Stock Returns in Sri Lanka.” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 19: 850-861.
- Jaleel, Fazeel, and Lalith Samarakoon. 2009. “Stock Market Liberalization and Return Volatility: Evidence from the Emerging Market of Sri Lanka.” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 19: 409-423.
Current Research
- Margin Trading, Stock Index Futures Regulations and the Variation of Stock Returns: Evidence from China (Working Paper)
- Impact of Climate Risk on Corporate Irregularities: Evidence from China (Working Paper)
- Environmental Information Disclosure and Cost of Equity: Evidence from Real Estate Firms in China (Working Paper)
- Is This Time Different? The Global Financial Contagion During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Monetary Policy Model with Asset-Price Bubbles
Selected Presentations
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: Lessons and Policy Implications
Keynote at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka Annual Research Symposium 2023, January 19, 2024.
The Sri Lankan Crisis: Lessons for Developing Countries
Keynote Address at Webinar at University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, August 10, 2023.
Debt Crisis and Sustainability of Public Finance in Sri Lanka
Keynote Address at the Emerging Financial Markets and Policy Conference 2023, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2023.
What Broke the Pearl of the Indian Ocean? Causes of the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis and Policy Implications
Annual Research Forum, Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, March 17, 2023.
Is This Time Different? The Global Financial Contagion During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Opus College of Business Annual Research Forum, University of St. Thomas, March 2022.
Perspectives on Sri Lanka’s Debt Burden & Policy Options
Keynote Address, Annual Research Symposium of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, December 15, 2021.
A Blueprint for Developing the Sri Lankan Capital Market
International Conference on Sustainable Development and Macroeconomic Policies in a Changing Global and Domestic Environment, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, December 2016.
Contagion of the Eurozone Debt Crisis
European Financial Management Association, Rome, Italy, June 2014.
Eurozone Crisis: Policy Responses and Solutions
Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, November 2012.
Equity Financing Capacity and Stock Returns: Evidence from China
Financial Management Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2012.
Equity Financing Capacity and Stock Returns: Evidence from China
Global Finance Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 2012.