ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. KWEK KIAN TENG
Dr. Kwek is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics & Administration. She obtained her B.Ec and M.Ec from the University of Malaya, and her Ph.D from the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University, Clayton. Her thesis supervisor was Emeritus Sir John Monash Professor Maxwell King. Her research interests include international finance and monetary economics, economics of open macroeconomics, and financial econometrics. She was the Deputy Dean for Research and Development at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya. She has also served as Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Economic Association (MEA), and Assistant Managing Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies. Currently, she is a member for the Board of Trustees for the Yayasan MEA, and Honorary Auditor to the Malaysian Economic Association. She is also director of the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), a member of the Econometric Society and the Royal Economic Society, and a life member of MEA. She was a member of the Working Group for the Malaysian National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) for the Prime Minister, and a member of the Technical Resource Group for the Third Industrial Master Plan. She has worked with Andrew Sheng on several international projects - the Asian Development Bank project on Strategic Framework for Strengthening National Capital Markets and Enhancing Cooperation among Southeast Asian Equity Markets, and the ADB projection of the financial sector for Asia2050. She was a Fulbright scholar, a fellow of International Monetary Fund Academic Programme, a fellow of Hyman Minsky Summer Seminar, Levy Economics Institute and fellow of the Salzburg Global Programme.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. LIM KIAN PING
Dr. Lim is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He holds a B.B.A. (Hons.) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a M.Sc. (Financial Economics) from Universiti Putra Malaysia. His PhD research (Oct 2005-Sept 2009, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University), under the supervision of Prof. Robert Brooks and Prof. Paul Jae Kim, explores three empirical issues on the information efficiency of stock markets- nonlinearity, relative efficiency and evolving efficiency. A comprehensive review of this emerging strand of research is summarized in his 2011 JES paper. He reckons the 4-year PhD journey is the most productive phase of his academic career, publishing 18 out of 21 papers written during candidature in discipline journals.
As of December 2018, Kian-Ping Lim has published 1 edited book, 71 refereed journal articles (18 WoS, 20 Scopus), 11 chapters in book and 4 articles in professional magazine. Despite not having a first degree in economics, his research is largely published in mainstream economics and finance journals. Among them are Applied Economics Series (Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, Applied Economics Letters and Applied Financial Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis), Economic Modelling (Elsevier), Economics Letters (Elsevier), Journal of Economic Surveys (Wiley-Blackwell), Journal of Emerging Market Finance (Saga), Journal of Empirical Finance (Elsevier), Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (Elsevier), Journal of Policy Modeling (Elsevier), International Review of Financial Analysis (Elsevier), Macroeconomic Dynamics (Cambridge University Press), Manchester School (Wiley-Blackwell), North American Journal of Economics & Finance (Elsevier), Research in International Business & Finance (Elsevier) and Singapore Economic Review (World Scientific). His methodological contributions on nonlinearity were acknowledged by the sciences (specifically econophysics), with two of his papers published in journals indexed by Science Citation Index, namely Physica A (Elsevier), and Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (Elsevier).
Despite his narrow focus on equity market research, the published articles of Kian-Ping Lim are well read by the academic community. His h-index and citations place him as one of the leading financial economists in Malaysia, as recorded by WoS (h=9, citation=388), Scopus (h=14, citation=677) and Google Scholar (h=22, citation=1671). In IDEAS Ranking of Economists in Malaysia, he has been consistently ranked Top 5% for the past decade. His article “Financial crisis and stock market efficiency: empirical evidence from Asian countries” (co-authored with Robert Brooks and Jae Kim) was listed ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles in International Review of Financial Analysis for 35 consecutive quarters since April-June 2007 until its service discontinuation by Elsevier at the end of 2015. Notably, the paper occupied the top spot in Oct-Dec 2008, Jan-Mar 2009, Apr-June 2009 and July-Sept 2009.
In terms of research network, Kian-Ping Lim has collaborated with more than 20 researchers from countries such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the United States. He has the privilege of working with the late Prof. Melvin Hinich since the beginning of his academic career. Prof. Hinich was a world class scholar whose publications traverse four fields: the spatial theory of voting in political science, time series analysis in statistics, political economy and regulatory issues in economics, statistical theory and methods in engineering. Their long distance collaboration on the bispectrum and bicorrelation tests has produced 9 published papers.
Apart from research, Kian-Ping Lim also contributes to the profession, serving mainly as journal reviewers (see Publons). He was the founding managing editor for Labuan Bulletin of International Business & Finance (Oct 2002-June 2005). Currently, he serves as the Managing Editor for Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies (flagship publication of the Malaysian Economic Association), and associate editor for Capital Markets Review (flagship publication of the Malaysian Finance Association) and International Journal of Economics & Management. In terms of administration, he was the Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation) at his previous institution- Labuan School of International Business & Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Jan 2010-Jan 2012). Currently, he serves as the Deputy Dean (Research & Development) at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya (Aug 2016-).
His passion for research and academic achievements attracted the interest of a corporate magazine, Top 10 of Malaysia. The interview was featured in Issue 10 of the magazine. Kian-Ping maintains a personal website at http://www.kianpinglim.com, providing information on his research activities and output.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. LAU WEE YEAP
Dr. Lau joined the Faculty in 2006 upon completing his doctoral studies in Japan. Having served as the Deputy Dean (Higher Degree) for the past one year, he is currently the Head, Department of Applied Statistics. He previously served the same capacity in 2013-14. Before joining academia, Dr Lau worked for several years in financial institutions before being awarded the Monbusho Scholarship by the Japanese Government. He pursued his postgraduate studies in the Graduate School of Economics, where he was supervised by Emeritus Professor Kazuhiko Nishina, former Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Vice President of Osaka University. In addition to presenting his work at Nippon Finance Association Conference in Tokyo (2004 & 2005), he was selected twice for the Asian FA / FMA Doctoral Student award for the Asian Finance Association Conference in Kuala Lumpur (2005) and Auckland (2006).
Apart from lecturing Statistics and Econometrics at FEA, he was also invited to teach International Finance and Financial Econometrics at both the Faculty and Graduate School of Business (GSB), the University of Malaya, between 2009 and 2010. From Sept 2012 to May 2013, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), where he was a member of the research group in credit rating dynamics. He also attended the Executive Education Program in Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation and Behavioral Finance conducted by Emeritus Professor Burton Malkiel, Yacine Ait-Shalia, Harrison Hong and colleagues at the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University in June 2013. He had been invited to contribute to Malaysia's Business Optimism Index (BOI) study by Dun & Bradstreet and authoring a professional text for the Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) in 2014-2015.
He has worked and supervised students in the field of applied finance, economics and econometrics, specifically in the area related to the financial economics and capital market, 9 of his PhD students have passed their viva voce, 47 Master's degree students and nine undergraduate students have completed their research papers. His earlier work confirms the relationship between equity style and fund performance (MF, 2007). His later work establishes economic content and information transmission in equity style indices of which are useful as leading economic indicators (Ekonomie a Mgmt, 2015). His joint work with a co-researcher has new findings for spot-futures relation in Crude Palm Oil Market (Resources Policy, 2017). His recent work explores market participants' trading behaviour in the Japanese Stock Market during QE tapering (APFM, 2019). He has been invited to present his work at BNM Economics Research Workshop, Malaysian Statistics Conference, FAEA Conference, ISI Regional Conference, BMEB Conference by Bank Indonesia Institute, ISBIS Conference in Barcelona, Piraeus and Kuala Lumpur.
He is the Associate Research Fellow of MIER and the Honorary Secretary to the Malaysian Economic Association (MEA). He also actively reviews ISI and Scopus-indexed journals like Applied Economics, Investment Analyst Journal and Singapore Economic Review (Source: https://publons.com/author/1310927/). Beyond academia, he served as Officer Cadet (1992-95) of PALAPES USM and was commissioned by HM The King as Reserve Officer (Lt M.) on 17 June 1995 (Source: http://usmpalapes.blogspot.com/2009/02/pentauliahan-diraja-ke-14-17-jun-1995.html). He has also been associated with the activities of Malaysian Finance Association (MFA), having served as the Honorary Secretary of MFA (2015-2019) and Hon. Auditor (2019-2021). He was a founding member of the Global Association of Risk Professional (GARP) Malaysian chapter in 2008. He is also a life member of Japan Graduates' Association of Malaysia (JAGAM).
DR. ELYA NABILA ABDUL BAHRI
Dr. Elya is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor and Masters Degree in Economics from University of Malaya and subsequently did her Ph.D. in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her areas of expertise included Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics, Financial Economics, International Economics as well as Economic Development and Growth.
DR. GOH LIM THYE
Dr. Goh is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. He obtained his Bachelor, Masters Degree as well as Ph.D. in Economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaya. His areas of expertise included Globalization, Applied Econometrics, International Economics as well as Economic Development and Growth.
DR. SOON SIEW VOON
Dr. Soon is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor, Masters Degree as well as Ph.D. in Economics from Universiti Putra Malaya. Her areas of expertise included Applied Econometrics, Time Series Economics, International Finance as well as Economics Modelling and Forecasting.
DR. TANG TUCK CHEONG
Dr. Tang joined the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya February 17, 2014. Prior to this, he first served the School of Business, Monash University Malaysia as tutor in July 2001, and surrendered his senior lecturer post at February 14, 2014. He taught several undergraduate courses. He received his PhD degree in Economics from Monash University, Australia (supervised by Dietrich Karl Fausten) in 2012 which accompanied by Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal. He recorded an impressive volume of articles published in refereed journals to his credit, and presented his research findings in many conferences around the world. The field of his research is open economy macroeconomics including international trade related topics such as imports demand function, sustainability of balance of payments component, and so on. He involves actively in professional services such as the editorial advisory board of Labuan Bulletin of International Business and Finance, International Journal of Management Studies, and as associate editor for Journal of Economic Development. He is regularly invited internationally recognized journals, as reviewer.
DR. ZARINAH BINTI YUSOF
Dr. Zarinah is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. She obtained her Bachelor and Masters Degree in Economics from University of Malaya, and subsequently obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from Universiti Putra Malaya. Her areas of expertise included Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, International Trade and also Development Economics.
Last Update: 25/05/2022