Chanta Jhantasana
(ฉันธะ จันทะเสนา)
  
Born : March, 1963
  
Offices;
Economics Program, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Pratumtani

e-Mail; cjhantasana@yahoo.com
    
Telephone; 081363042
  
Education;
BA Banking & Finance Ramkhamhang University, Thailand, 1989
CA. Energy Economics Asian Institute of Technology(AIT), Thai
MA. Economics Krirk University, Thailand,1992land 2001
Ph.D. Economics University Utara Malaysia, 2007
Title: The efficiency frontier of Thailand insurance industry
(expected graduate; September ,2007)

Working:
1992-1997; Policy planning analyst, Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of
Commerce
1997-Present; Economics instructor at Valaya alongkorn Rajabhat University(VRU),
Thailand

Teaching: Microeconomics, Business Economics, Econometrics, Research
Methodology, Quantitative Analysis, Business Forecasting
Environmental Economics and Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

Research:
Unpublished:
2001: Econometrics model of demand for oil
2002 : Quantitative analysis in business: excel approach

Published;
Karim, M.Z.A and Jhantasana, Ch (2005). Efficiency and Profitability In Thailand's Life Insurance Industry: A Cost Frontier Function and Hausman test, 1997-2002. International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies,2.

Karim, M.Z.A and Jhantasana, Ch. (2006). Cost Efficiency, Profitability and Firm Size of Thai Insurance Companies . The International Journal of Banking and Finance 3-4(Special Issue):1-14.

Jhantasana, Ch.(2006) The Functional Form of Cost Efficiency of Thailand's Insurance Industry, Kasetsart Journal of Economics , (forth coming) (in Thai)

Jhantasana, Ch..(2007a) The Functional Form of the Profit Efficiency of Thailand's Insurance Industry: The Distribution Free Approach, The Journal of Economics ,Chiang Mai University,(forth coming) (in Thai)

Jhantasana, Ch. (2007b) The Cost, Revenue and Profit Efficiency of Thailand's Insurance Industry: The Distribution Free Approach, The Journal of Economics of NIDA,(forth coming) (in Thai)

Research Interested:
Efficiency Frontier Analysis, Discrete Create Choice Analysis, Panel Data Analysis, Environmental Valuation, Education Economics, Tourism Economics, Bayesian Econometrics, CGE model and Input-Output Analysis, Fish Stock Assessment

Grants awarded:
2000 Funding from VRU for studying at AIT
2001 Funding from VRU to do research on "Econometrics model of demand for oil"
2002 Funding from VRU to do research on "Quantitative analysis in business: excel approach"
2003-present From the Royal Thai government for studying Ph.D. at UUM

Software : LIMDEP, EVIEWS, SPSS, GRETL, R and WinBUG