Tag Archives: Economics

My Say: Widening distrust of globalisation could herald economic fragmentation

It was the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage that provided the rationale for why nations [...]

28
Feb
Lessons learnt and not learnt from the Asian Financial Crisis

Exactly 25 years ago last month, East Asia went through its worst financial crisis. Several [...]

04
Aug
MALAYSIA’S OPR HIKES AND INFLATION

Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia’s Central Bank) has increased the policy rate twice in succession this [...]

13
Jul
Mitigating fatalities and damages due to natural disasters: do human development and corruption matters?

Abstract Studies have shown that natural disasters could pose a spectrum of challenges to human [...]

04
May
Comment on “Protectionism under Trump: the China shock, deplorables, and the first white president”

Abstract The USA under Trump has departed from its long-cherished tradition of being a leading [...]

20
Apr
Damage assessment for Kelantan flooding: does the early warning instrument mitigates the risk? A case of Kuala Krai, Kelantan

Abstract This study will focus on assessing the total amount of damage and losses that [...]

06
Apr
Global imbalances and the dichotomy between Real and Financial Sector Returns

Think Piece By Prof. Dr. Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha Economists divide the macro-economy into two parts [...]

17
Feb
Does heterogeneity in investment horizons affect portfolio diversification? Some insights using M-GARCH-DCC and wavelet correlation analysis

Abstract Recent literature draws attention to the issue of whether heterogeneity in investment horizons has [...]

03
Oct
Why is no financial crisis a dress rehearsal for the next? Exploring contagious heterogeneities across major Asian stock markets

Abstract Our study attempts to discover pure contagion or interdependence amongst the Asian equity markets [...]

22
Aug
Institutional quality and CO2 emission-trade relations: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract This paper examines the roles of trade, institutional quality and their interactions in explaining [...]

10
Jun