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Dr. Indeewara Perera is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sheffield's School of Economics, specializing in econometrics. He holds a BSc (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Colombo and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on model fitting, estimation, inference, and forecasting in non-linear time series models, particularly in financial data analysis using bootstrap methods and goodness-of-fit tests.
- Academic Background: University of Colombo (BSc), Monash University (PhD)
- Previous Positions: Research Fellow at Monash University, Visiting Research Associate at Michigan State University, Assistant Lecturer at University of Colombo
His research emphasizes statistical analysis of financial data in nonstandard and massive datasets, with contributions to bootstrap-based methods in high-dimensional statistics. Key areas include ARCH/GARCH models, multiplicative error models, and panel data analysis.
Awards include multiple academic medals from the University of Colombo and an Early-Career Development Fellowship from Monash University.
Teaching includes courses such as ECN216 Econometrics and ECN6540 Econometric Methods. He actively supervises PhD students in theoretical/applied econometrics and statistics.
