Evan Lau
Senior Lecturer/ Managing Editor of IJBS
Department of Economics,
Faculty of Economics and Business,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Tel.: +6082 584368 (O), +6016 8535175(HP) Fax: +6082 583339
Email: lphevan@feb.unimas.my
Homepage: lphevan.blogspot.com
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PROFILE SUMMARY
Evan Lau serves as a senior lecturer associated with the Faculty of Economics and Business of
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He is the Managing Editor of a SCOPUS indexed journal known as International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS). With a total of 7 research grants completed and 5 more on-going he has indeed contributed to society in terms of economic research studies. He writes extensively and has published scholarly works in over 60 journal articles. He also cited by the Research Papers in Economics (REPEC) as the top 8% economists in Malaysia.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Selected Research Grants
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Evan Lau and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, (2003) Sustainability of External Imbalances: The
Case of Malaysia, Singapore Economic Review , Vol. 48 No.1 pp. 61-80, 2003 [ Impact Factor
2010: 0.129
]. [Singapore]
2.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Evan Lau and Stilianos Steve Fountas, (2003) On the
Sustainability of Current Account Deficits: Evidence from Four ASEAN Countries,” Journal of
Asian Economics , Vol. 14, No.3, pp.465-487. [USA]
3.
Evan Lau and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, (2005) Mean-Reverting Behavior of Current
Account in Asian Countries, Economics Letters, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 367-371. [ Impact Factor in 2010: 0.627
] [USA]
4.
Venus Khim−Sen Liew, Kian−Ping Lim, Evan Lau, and Chee−Keong Choong, (2005)
Exchange Rate – Relative Price Nonlinear Cointegration Relationship in Malaysia, Economics
Bulletin , Vol. 6, No. 11 pp. 1−16. [USA]
5.
Evan Lau, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Tze-Haw Chan, (2006) Current Account: Mean-
Reverting or Random Walk Behavior?,” Japan and World Economy , Vol.18, No.1, pp.90-107.
[Impact Factor in 2010: 0.414
] [USA]
6.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Evan Lau and Ahmed M. Khalid, (2006) Testing Twin Deficits
Hypothesis for ASEAN-4: Using VARs and Variance Decomposition,” Journal of Asia
Pacific Economy , Volume 11, No. 3, pp. 331-354[ Impact Factor 2010:0.275
]. [Australia]
7.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Evan Lau (2007) Regime Changes and The Sustainability of Fiscal Imbalance In East Asian Countries, Economic Modeling , Vol. 24, No.6, pp. 878-894.
[ Impact Factor in 2010: 0.723
] [UK]
8.
Tuck-Cheong Tang and Evan Lau (2008) An Empirical Investigation on Sustainability of
Balancing Item in Asian Countries, Applied Economics Letters , Vol. 15. No. 2, pp. 117- 123.
[ Impact Factor in 2010: 0.245
] UK]
9.
T.K. Jayaraman and Evan Lau (2009) Does External Debt lead to Economic Growth in Pacific
Island Countries? An Empirical Study, Journal of Policy Modeling , Vol. 31, No.2, pp. 272 –
288 [ Impact Factor in 2010: 0.796
]. [UK]
10.
Evan Lau and Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah (2009) Assessing The Mean Reversion Behavior of Fiscal Policy: The Perspective of Asian Countries, Applied Economics , Vol. 41, No 15,
1939 – 1949 [ Impact Factor in 2009: 0.424
] [UK]
11.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Evan Lau (2009) Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis: Evidence from East Asian countries, Economics Bulletin , Vol. 29, No. 4, pp.
2521-2528. [USA]
12.
Evan Lau and Tang Tuck Cheong (2009) Twin deficits in Cambodia: An Empirical Study,
Economics Bulletin , Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 2789-2800. [USA]
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13.
W.N.W. Azman-Saini, Evan Lau and Zulkefly Abdul Karim (2010) Hedge funds, exchange rates and causality: Evidence from Thailand and Malaysia, Applied Economics Letters , Vol.
17, No. 4, pp. 393 – 397. [ Impact Factor in 2010: 0.245
] [UK]
14.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Evan Lau and Mudziviri T. Nziramasanga (2010) Purchasing power parity in African countries: Evidence from Panel SURADF test, South African Journal of Economics , Vol 78, No 1, pp. 40 – 56 [ Impact Factor in 2010:0.310
]. [South Africa]
15.
Venus khim-sen Liew and Chin-Hong Puah and Chee-keong Choong and Evan Lau (2010)
Revisiting Purchasing Power Parity for Central Asian Countries Using Threshold
Cointegration Tests', Economics Bulletin , Vol. 30 No.2 pp. 1283-1292.[USA]
16.
Evan Lau, Shazali Abu Mansor and Puah Chin Hong (2010) Revival of the Twin Deficits in
Asian Crisis-affected Countries, Economic Issues , Vol. 15, Part 1, pp. 29 – 53. [UK]
17.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Evan Lau (2010) Mean Reversion of The Fiscal Conduct in
24 Developing Countries, The Manchester School , Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 302 – 325 [ Impact
Factor in 2010: 0.566].
[UK]
18.
Swee-Ling Oh, Evan Lau, Chin-Hong Puah And Shazali Abu Mansor (2010) Volatility Co-
Movement Of Asean-5 Equity Markets, Journal of Advanced Studies in Finance , Vol. 1, No.
1, pp. 23 -30. [Romania]
19.
Tuck-Cheong Tang and Evan Lau (2011) General Equilibrium Perspective on the Twin
Deficits Hypothesis for the U.S.A., Empirical Economics Letters , Vol. 10, No 3, pp. 245 –
251. [Bangladesh]
20.
Evan Lau and Nelson Fu (2011) Financial and Current Account Interrelationship: An
Empirical Test, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences , Vol. VI, No.1, pp. 32 – 42. [Romania]
21.
Chor-Foon Tang and Evan Lau (2011) The Behaviour Of Disaggregated Public Expenditures and Income In Malaysia, Review of Applied Economics , Vol. 7, No 1 – 2, pp. 55 - 67. [New
Zealand]
22.
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah Chan Tze Haw, A. Mansur M Masih and Evan Lau (2011)
Financial Integration of East Asian Economies: Evidence from Real Interest Parity, Applied
Economics , Vol. 43, No. 16, pp. 1979 -1990. [ Impact Factor in 2009: 0.404] . [UK]
23.
T.K. Jayaraman and Evan Lau (2011) Oil Price and Economic Growth in Small Pacific Island
Countries, Modern Economy , Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 153 -161. [USA]
24.
Hui-Siang Jee Brenda, Evan Lau, Chin-Hong Puah, Shazali Abu Mansor (2011) Domestic
Fuel Price and Economic Sectors in Malaysia, Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies ,
Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 28 – 41. [Pakistan]
25.
Siti Nur Zahara Hamzah and Evan Lau (2011) Is Peniaphobia an incentive to crime?, Global
Crime, Vol 12, No. 4, pp. 312 – 326. [UK]
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