Professor Wong Koi Nyen

Professor Wong Koi Nyen

  • Professor
Department of Economics & Finance
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Biography

Koi Nyen’s service as a lecturer in economics with Sunway University (formerly is known as Sunway College) dates to 1996, when it had a twinning arrangement with Monash’s Faculty of Business and Economics offering bachelor's degrees in commerce and Economics. Subsequently (in 1998), he served the School of Business at Monash University Malaysia for 13 years before returning to her sister institution, Sunway University, in 2011. Koi Nyen is a Professor of Economics at Sunway Business School and is attached to the Department of Economics and Finance. His research publications can be found in https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NA-JH-sAAAAJ&hl=en and https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.malaysia.html.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

DBA, Charles Sturt University, (2006)
MEc, Monash University, (1991)
BEc, Monash University, (1989)

Research Interests

  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Economic Development in Asia
  • International Trade and Economic Development

Teaching Areas

  • Economics

Courses Taught

  • Research Methodology
  • Contemporary Regional Issues
  • Political Economy of Southeast Asia and East Asia

Notable Publications

  1. Saffarudin, R.S., Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and Law, C.H. (2024). The impact of social globalization on domestic savings: a long-run macroeconomic analysis of advanced ageing economies in the Asia-Pacific Region (Published online: 20 July 2024).  
  2. Shaik, M.R., Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and Law, C.H. (2024). Does population aging coexist with income inequality in the long run? Evidence from selected Asia-Pacific countries, Economic Systems, 48(1), 101149.
  3. Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and McNown, R. (First published: 29 March 2023). Macroeconomic effects of demographic change: From the perspective of China’s urbanization, The World Economy.  
  4. Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N., McNown, R. and Chen, L.J. (2023). Long-run consequences of Taiwan’s aging labor force: An analysis of policy options, Journal of Policy Modeling, 45(1), 121-138.  
  5. Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N., Ayupp, K., and Lai, Y.W. (2023). Income inequality, income growth and government redistribution in Malaysia: What do we know in the long run? Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 60(1), 69-97.
  6. Wong, K.N., Tan, B.W and Goh, S.K. (2023). A nexus between intra-ASEAN outward FDI, intra-ASEAN exports and economic growth of ASEAN-10: Evidence using panel causality analysis, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 15(4), 489-508.
  7. Rifai, A., Wong, K.N. and Goh, S.K. (2021). Is village-level microfinance beneficial at the community, enterprise and household levels? A case study from Indonesia, International Journal of Business and Society, 22(3), 1508-1524.
  8. Dogan, E. and Wong, K.N. (2020). Sources and channels of international knowledge spillovers in ASEAN-5: The role of institutional quality, Journal of International Development, 32(4), 470-486.
  9. Goh, S.K., McNown, R. and Wong, K.N. (2020). Macroeconomic implications of population aging: Evidence from Japan, Journal of Asian Economics, 68(C), 1011198.  
  10. Rifai, A., Goh, S.K. and Wong, K.N. (2019). Advancing rural microfinance through local government: Social commitment and financial sustainability, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14(6), 117-129.
  11. Tham, S.Y., Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and Fadhli, A. (2018). Bilateral export trade, outward and inward FDI: A dynamic gravity modelling approach using sectoral data from Malaysia, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 54(12), 2718-2735.
  12. Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and Yew, C.L. (2018). Are merchandise exports and FDI inflows an engine of growth for ASEAN-10 countries? New evidence using the pooled mean group estimation method, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 12(4), 414-430.  
  13. Tan, B.W., Wong, K.N. and Goh, S.K. (2018). The surge in intra-ASEAN outward foreign direct investment and its key determinants: Evidence using pooled mean group approach, International Journal of Business and Society, 19(2), 347-362.
  14. Dogan, E., Wong, K.N. and Yap, M.M.C. (2017). Vertical and horizontal spillovers from foreign direct investment: Evidence from Malaysian manufacturing, Asian Economic Papers, 16(3), 158-183.
  15. Tan, B.W., Goh, S.K. and Wong, K.N., (2016). The effects of inward and outward FDI on domestic investment: Evidence using panel data of ASEAN-8 countries, Journal of Business Economics and Management, 17(5), 717-733.     
  16. Wong, K.N., Goh, S.K. and Lean, H.H. (2015), Foreign direct investment, oil prices and global financial crisis: Evidence from Singapore, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, 10, No. 4(34) Summer, 494-504.  
  17. Goh, S.K. and Wong, K.N. (2014). Could inward FDI offset the substitution effect of outward FDI on domestic investment: Evidence from Malaysia, Prague Economic Papers, 2014(4), 413-425.  
  18. Goh, S.K., Wong, K.N. and Tham, S.Y. (2013). Trade linkages of inward and outward FDI: Evidence from Malaysia, Economic Modelling, 35(9), 224-230.
  19. Wong, K.N. and Goh, S.K. (2013). Outward FDI, merchandise and services trade: New evidence from Singapore, Journal of Business Economics and Management, 14(2), 276-291.
  20. Wong, K.N. (2013). Outward FDI and economic growth in Malaysia: An empirical study. International Journal of Business and Society, 14(1), 163-172.  
  21. Dogan, E., Wong, K.N. and Yap, M.M.C. (2013). Turnover, ownership and productivity in Malaysian manufacturing, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 18(1), 26-50.  
  22. Dogan, E., Wong, K.N. and Yap, M.M.C. (2012). Plant size, turnover and productivity in Malaysian manufacturing, The Empirical Economics Letters, 11(9), 917-924.  
  23. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2011). Exchange rate variability and the export demand for Malaysia’s semiconductors: An empirical study, Applied Economics, 43(6), 695-706.  
  24. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2011). Foreign direct investment and employment in manufacturing and services sectors: Fresh empirical evidence from Singapore, Journal of Economic Studies, 38(3), 313-330.  
  25. Dogan, E., Wong, K.N. and Yap, M.M.C. (2011). Does exporter turnover contribute to aggregate productivity growth? Evidence from Malaysian manufacturing, The World Economy, 34(4), 424-443.  
  26. Tang, T.C. and Wong, K.N. (2011). Foreign direct investment, merchandise and services trade in a transition economy: The case of Cambodia, International Economic Journal, 25(2), 251-267.  
  27. Goh, S.K. and Wong, K.N. (2011). Malaysia’s outward FDI: The effects of market size and government policy, Journal of Policy Modeling, 33(3), 497-510.  
  28. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2010). Tourism and openness to trade in Singapore: Evidence using aggregate and country-level data, Tourism Economics, 16(4), 965-980.  
  29. Tang, T.C. and Wong, K.N. (2009). Research note: SARS epidemic and international visitor arrivals to Cambodia: Is the impact permanent or transitory? Tourism Economics, 15(4), 883-890.  
  30. Wong, K.N., Tang, T.C. and Fausten, D.K. (2009). Foreign direct investment and services trade: Evidence from Malaysia and Singapore, Global Economic Review, 38(3), 265-276.  
  31. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2009). New evidence on the causal linkages between foreign direct investment, exports and imports in Malaysia, IUP Journal of Applied Economics, 8(1), 20-25.  
  32. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2008). The effects of exchange rate variability on Malaysia's disaggregated electrical exports, Journal of Economic Studies, 35(2), 154-169.  
  33. Wong, K.N. (2008). Disaggregated export demand of Malaysia: Evidence from the electronics industry, Economics Bulletin, 6(6), 1-14.  
  34. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2008). The causation between foreign direct investment and electronics exports in Malaysia: The role of exchange rate variability, The Empirical Economics Letters, 7(7), 691-698.  
  35. Wong, K.N. and Tang, T.C. (2007). Foreign direct investment and electronics exports: Exploratory empirical evidence from Malaysia's top five electronics exports, Economics Bulletin, 6(14), 1-8.  
  36. Bhattacharya, and Wong, K.N. (2001). Market Performance and the Speed of Invisible Hand: The Case of Malaysian Manufacturing. In C. Nyland, W. Smith, R. Smyth & M. Vicziany (Eds), Business in the New Era. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.
  37. Vicziany, M., Navaratnam, R., Thornton, T. and Wong, K.N. (2001). Australian Business Attitudes to Malaysia. In C. Nyland, W. Smith, R. Smyth & M. Vicziany (Eds), Business in the New Era. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar. 

Achievements & Accolades

2015 -

The Best Professor in Management & Economics, The Golden Globe Tigers Awards – Education Leadership, .

2013 -

The Best Professor in Management & Economics, Asia's Best B-School Awards, in association with the World Education Congress, CMO Asia and the CMO Council.

2009 -

Outstanding Paper Award at the Literati Network Award for Excellence for paper entitled “The effects of exchange rate variability on Malaysia's disaggregated electrical exports”, that was recently published in Journal of Economic Studies.

2008 -

Department of Economics Teaching Award , Monash University, Australia.

2008 -

PVC’s Award for Excellence in Research , Monash University, Malaysia.

Professional Associations

Life Member of Malaysian Economic Association