Professor Preeya S. Mohan

Senior Fellow

Focus:

Development Economics, Diversification, Natural disasters, Innovation and Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship

Email:

Preeya.Mohan@sta.uwi.edu

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Bio

Professor Preeya Mohan is a Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. As a graduate of the SALISES, St Augustine with a PhD in Economic Development Policy (high commendation), she is an applied economist skilled in the use of sophisticated econometric methods, and in data analysis more generally. She has conducted research on and is widely published in a range of topics focused around Caribbean growth and development, including diversification, natural disasters, extractive industries, firm competitiveness and innovation and entrepreneurship. Food Policy, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Ecological Economics, The World Economy, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance and Weather, Climate and Society are some of the international peer reviewed journals Dr Mohan has published in.

As a recipient of several research grants Dr Mohan has worked on various research projects funded by international bodies including the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Development Research Centre and the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada, and regional bodies including Compete Caribbean and The South American Network on Applied Economics. Other scholarly activities include serving as a guest editor to the SALISES journal Social and Economic Studies.

As part of her teaching philosophy, Dr Mohan feels that it is part of her responsibility to give back to students what she has been taught. She teaches in the graduate course Specialized Research Methods to MPhil/PhD students. Given her background in applied Economics and Econometrics Dr Mohan supervises MPhil/PhD students in a diverse range of topics and research methodologies.
Given the importance of academic outreach and advocacy Dr Mohan has presented and participated in several policy debates in the region and internationally. She sees it as paramount to Caribbean growth and development to make public reasoned arguments that are supported by research and academic expertise. She has also served as a member of the steering committee of the Women’s Health Survey conducted by the Office of the Prime Minister and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Dr Mohan has received several academic awards including the Inter-American Development Bank and the South American Network on Applied Economics Young Economist Award, the University of the West Indies’ Eric Williams Memorial Scholarship (PhD studies), the De La Rue Scholarship (MSc studies) from the De La Rue Company and the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, and a Government National Scholarship (BSc studies).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economic Development & Policy, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine High commendation

Publications

Publications:

1. Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobl. 2024. Tourism and marine crises: The impact of Sargassum invasion on Caribbean small island developing sates. Ocean & Coastal Management 251: https://107091 doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107091

2. Brei, Michael, Preeya Mohan, Agustin Perez Barahona, Eric Strobl. 2024. “Transmission of natural disasters to the banking sector: Evidence from thirty years of tropical storms in the Caribbean.” Journal of International Money and Finance Volume 141: 103008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2023.103008

3. Fernández, A., Franchini, M., Aragão, L. Luiz Aragão, Lindsey Carte, Diego Pacheco, Leticia M. Ochoa Ochoa, Preeya Mohan, Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha and Marisol Yglesias-González. 2023. “Facing climate change across Latin America and the Caribbean.” Nature Climate Change 13: 1014–1019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01820-3

4. Ramsawak, Richard, Preeya Mohan and Gerard Hutchinson. 2023. “Understanding mental health conditions and key coping strategies utilized during major lockdowns in the Caribbean based on Google trends searches.” Heliyon, 2023; 9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19843

Impact factor (Clarivate analytics): 4

5. Mohan, Preeya. 2023. “Implementing nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement: An assessment of ocean-based climate action in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Marine Policy 155(2023): 105787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105787

6. Mohan, Preeya. 2023. “The Impact of Tropical Storms on International Trade: Evidence from Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Economics of Disasters Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-023-00128-y

7. Mohan, Preeya. 2023. “Disasters, disaster preparedness and post disaster recovery: Evidence from Caribbean firms.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 92:103731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103731

8. Mohan, Preeya. 2023. “Financing needs to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 28(26). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10062-9

9. Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2023. “Tourism and tax revenue: evidence from stay-over tourists in the Eastern Caribbean.” Current Issues in Tourism. DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2023.2202307

10. Mohan, Preeya. 2023. Financing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Caribbean SIDS. PLOS Climate 2(3): e0000167. (3 pages) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000167

11. Fuchs, Anita., Mohan, Preeya, and Eric Strobl. 2023. “Climate change awareness and mitigation practices in small and medium-sized enterprises: Evidence from Swiss firms.” Business and Society Review 128(1): 169– 191. doi.org/10.1111/basr.12303

12. Mohan, Preeya, Toshihiro Okubo and Eric Strobl. 2022. “Natural disasters and regional industrial production efficiency: evidence from pre-war Japan.” Regional Studies (20 pages) doi: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2137485.

13. Mohan, Preeya. 2022. “An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11(60) (21 pages). doi.org/10.1186/s13731-022-00253-0

14. Mohan, Preeya. 2022. “National REDD+ initiatives in Caribbean SIDS to enhance NDC implementation.” Forest Policy and Economics 144: 102844 (10 pages).

15. Mohan, Preeya. 2022. “Climate finance to support Caribbean Small Island Developing States efforts in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions in the energy sector.” Energy Policy 169 (2022):113208 (8 pages).

16. Mohan, Preeya. 2022. “Implementing nationally determined contributions under the Paris agreement: an assessment of climate finance in Caribbean small island developing states.” Climate Policy 22(9-10): 1281-1289. doi: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2101978

17. Mohan, Preeya. 2021. “Sustainable tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals in sub-national island jurisdictions: The case of Tobago.” Island Studies Journal 17(2) (24 pages).

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

Chanfón, Carballo, Preeya Mohan, Eric Strobl, and Thomas Tveit. 2021. “The impact of hurricane strikes on cruise ship and airplane tourist arrivals in the Caribbean.” Tourism Economics doi:10.1177/13548166211037406
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl and Patrick Watson. 2021. “Innovation, market failures and policy implications of KIBS firms: The case of Trinidad and Tobago’s oil and gas sector.” Energy Policy 153(2021) (12 pages).
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2021. “The impact of tropical storms on tax revenue.” Journal of International Development 33(3): 472-489.
Mohan, Preeya. 2021. “Violent Crime and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Caribbean.” International Journal of the Economics of Business (20 pages) doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2021.1896926.
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2020. “Climate and the Global Spread and Impact of Bananas’ Black Leaf Sigatoka Disease.” Atmosphere 11(9): 947-966.
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2020. “The Impact of Tropical Storms on the Accumulation and Composition of Government Debt.” International Tax and Public Finance (14 pages) doi.org/10.1007/s10797-020-09622-5<https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-020-09622-5>
Mohan, Preeya. 2020. “Human Capital and Technical Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Caribbean firms.” Journal of Education and Work 33(2): 143-153.
Mohan, Preeya. 2019. “Necessity versus Opportunity Motivation: Nascent Firm Performance in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 24(4) (22 pages) doi.org/10.1142/S1084946719500237
Mohan, Preeya, Nekeisha Spencer and Eric Strobl. 2019. “Natural Hazard-Induced Disasters and Production Efficiency: Moving Closer to or Further from the Frontier?” International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 10(2): 166-178.
Dookeran, Winston and Preeya Mohan. 2019. “Small State Diplomacy and Global Competitiveness.” Small States and Territories forthcoming.
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl and Patrick Watson. 2019. “Nascent Entrepreneurs in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: Opportunity versus Necessity.” Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship forthcoming.
Brei, Michael, Preeya Mohan and Eric Strobl. 2019. “The impact of natural disasters on the banking sector: Evidence from hurricane strikes in the Caribbean.” The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2018.12.004
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl, and Patrick Watson. 2018. “In-Firm Training, Innovation and Productivity: The Case of Caribbean Small Island Developing States.” Entrepreneurship and Regional Development forthcoming.
Mohan, Preeya, Bazoumana Ouattara, and Eric Strobl. 2018. “Decomposing the Macroeconomic Eﬀects of Natural Disasters: A National Income Accounting Perspective.” Ecological Economics 146:1-9.
Bensassi, Sami, Preeya Mohan and Eric Strobl. 2017. “A storm in a teacup? Hurricanes and sugar prices in the first half of the 19th century.” Weather, Climate, and Society 9(4).
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2017. “The Short-Term Economic Impact of Tropical Cyclone Pam: An Analysis using VIIRS Nightlight Satellite Imagery.” International Journal of Remote Sensing 21: 5992-6006.
Mohan, Preeya. 2017. “A Case Study of the Economic Impact of Hurricanes on Bananas in Dominica: Using Synthetic Control Methods.” Food Policy 68: 21-30.
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2017. “A Hurricane Wind Risk and Loss Assessment of Caribbean Agriculture.” Environment and Development Economics 22(1): 84-106.
Mohan, Preeya. 2016. “Diversification and Development in Small Island Developing States.” The World Economy 39(9): 1434-1453.
Mohan, Preeya. 2016. “The Impact of Hurricanes on Agriculture: Evidence from the Caribbean.” Natural Hazards Review 18(3): 1-13.
Bertinellia, Luisito, Preeya Mohan and Eric Strobl. 2016. “Hurricane damage risk assessment in the Caribbean: An analysis using synthetic hurricane events and nightlight imagery.” Ecological Economics 124: 135-144.
Preeya Mohan. 2015. “Energizing Sustainable Development: A Global Value Chain Analysis of the Caribbean Bioenergy Sector.” Integration and Trade 19(39): 235-234.
Mohan, Preeya and Patrick Watson. 2014. “CARICOM Foreign Direct Investment Inflows.” Social and Economic Studies 63(3&4): 281-306.
Mohan, Preeya and Eric Strobl. 2013. “The Economic Impact of Hurricanes in History: Evidence from Sugar Exports in the Caribbean from 1700 to 1960.” Weather, Climate and Society 5(1): 5-13.
Journal editor
Editor of special conference issue in journal Social and Economic Studies- Small Nations, Dislocations, Transformations (2018)
Book Chapters Accepted for Publication
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl and Patrick Watson. 2017. “Barriers to Innovation and Firm Productivity in the Caribbean.” In Exploring Firm Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States, edited by Gustavo Crespi Sylvia Dohnert and Alessandro Maffioli, 9-28 Washington: Inter-American Development Bank.
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl and Patrick Watson. 2017. “Foreign Direct Investment and Firm Innovative Activity and Productivity in the Caribbean.” In Exploring Firm Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States, edited by Gustavo Crespi Sylvia Dohnert and Alessandro Maffioli, 63-84, Washington: Inter-American Development Bank.
Mohan, Preeya, Eric Strobl and Patrick Watson. 2016. “Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits, and Obstacles.” In Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin American and Caribbean The Engine of Economic Development. Edited by Matteo Grazzi and Carlo Pietrobelli, 73-101 Palgrave Macmillan.
Don Charles, Debbie Mohammed and Preeya Mohan. 2016. “The Chaguaramas Ship Repair Cluster: Sustaining Competitiveness and Lessons for Upgrading along the Maritime Value Chain.” In Competitiveness Through Global Value Chains: Selected Industry Case Studies for Caribbean Countries. Compiled by the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness UWI, published by UWI Press.
Dookeran, Winston, Carlos Elias, David Anyanwu and Preeya Mohan. 2016. “Shifting the frontiers: action frameworks for the future of the Caribbean.” Published by Ian Randle Publishers.

Projects

UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability at the University of Prince Edward Island, A research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) 2018- Comparing Small Island States and Subnational Island Jurisdictions: Towards Sustainable Island Futures
The South American Network on Applied Economics/Red Sur funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) 2016- The Future of Extractive Industries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Science Technology and Innovation Challenges and Opportunities
The Inter-American Development Bank 2016- Extractive Industries as a Platform for the Creation of Knowledge Intensive industries: Trinidad and Tobago’s Oil and Gas Service Providers
The Inter-American Development Bank 2015- Knowledge Intensive Business Services in the Oil and Gas Sector in Trinidad and Tobago
Compete Caribbean 2015: Productivity Technology and Innovation in Caribbean Firms 2015-Barriers to Innovation and Firm Productivity in the Caribbean
Compete Caribbean 2015: Productivity Technology and Innovation in Caribbean Firms 2015-Foreign Direct Investment and Firm Innovative Activity and Productivity in the Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank 2015- Private Spending on Skills Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Project of the Latin American and Caribbean Research Network 2015
The Inter-American Development Bank and The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean and The South American Network on Applied Economics/Red Sur: Young Economists Award 2014- Energizing Sustainable Development: A Global Value Chain Analysis of the Caribbean Bioenergy Sector.

Courses Taught

Specialized Research Methods
Graduate course designed to reinforce and enhance students’ capacity to embrace analytical techniques in quantitative, qualitative and mixed method research. Responsibility for quantitative techniques and use of Stata software.

SALI 6022 Quantitative Methods for Economic Decision Making

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