Tennant, David

Email

david.tennant@uwimona.edu.jm

Office

E205

Telephone

876 512 3010

Nationality

Jamaican

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Qualifications:

B.Sc. (UWI, Mona), MA(Econ) (University of Manchester), Ph.D. (University of Manchester)

Publications:

Tennant, Sandria and Tennant, David.  2007. The Efficiency of Tax Administration in Jamaica: An Introspective Assessment. Social and Economic Studies 56(3): 71-100

Tennant, David and Kirton, Claremont. 2007. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Crises and Organizational Culture on Managers’ Views as to the Finance-Growth Nexus.  Journal of Economic Issues. 41(3): 625-660.

Tennant, David.  2007. A Comparison of the Mobilization and Use of Savings Across Types of Financial Intermediaries in the Jamaican Economy.  Savings and Development.  31(1): 45-68.

Tennant, David and Kirton, Claremont.  2007. Can the Financial Sector Realistically be Expected to Foster Economic Growth? An Analysis of Jamaican Stakeholders’ Views.  Global Development Studies. 4(3-4): 251-290

Tennant, David.  2007. Investigating the Performance of Caribbean Commercial Banks in their Mobilization and Use of Savings.  Iberoamericana Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 37(2): 55-88.

Tennant, David. 2006. Are Interest Rate Spreads in Jamaica too Large? Views from within the Financial Sector.  Social and Economic Studies 55(3): 88-111
 
Tennant, David. 2006. Lessons Learnt by the Survivors of Jamaica’s Financial Sector Crisis. Savings and Development 30(1): 5-22.

Tennant, David and Kirton, Claremont.  2006. Assessing the Impact of Financial Instability: The Jamaican Case Study.  Iberoamericana Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 36(1):9-36.
 
Kirkpatrick, Colin and Tennant, David. 2002. Responding to Financial Crisis: The Case of Jamaica. World Development 30(11): 1933-1950.

Tennant, David and Folawewo, Abiodun. Macroeconomic and Market Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Low and Middle Income Countries.  Applied Financial Economics. Accepted – Forthcoming

Tennant, David, Kirton, Claremont and Abdulkadri, Abdullahi.  Modelling the Relative Effects of Financial Sector Functions on Economic Growth in a Developing Country Context Using Cointegration and Error Correction Methods.  Journal of Developing Areas. Accepted – Forthcoming

Tennant, David and Abdulkadri, Abdullahi. Exercises in Estimating the Relative Effects of Different Types of Financial Institutions on Economic Growth. Applied Economics. . Accepted – Forthcoming


Research Interests:

Financing Development; Financial Crises; Microfinance; Poverty; Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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