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Brown Bag Seminar Series

March 24, 2017

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The Kuala Lumpur Half-Baked Seminar Series is hosted by the EAPCE Research Center. Researchers with an interest in economics and public policy are invited to share their current or prospective work as part of the World Bank EAPCE Research Center and Monash University Malaysia Brown Bag Seminar Series. The seminars' goals are to boost the researcher community in Malaysia and EAP region, encourage group discussion of ideas, and to provide presenters feedback for improving their original work or concept.

The objective of the half-baked seminars is to foster the exchange of ideas within the group and to provide feedback to the presenter for further development of the initial work or idea. Organizations are invited to participate, such as Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Asia School of Business (ASB), the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia.


2024 First Half Season

 

DATE

SPEAKER

AFFILIATION

TOPIC

8-Feb-24

Pierre Bachas

ESSEC-Business School and
World Bank Research

Effective Tax Rates, Corporate Taxation and the Global Minimum Tax
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20-Feb-24

Siew Ling Yew

Monash University

Health Externalities to Labor Productivity and Optimal Policies with Endogenous Fertility, Labor and Longevity 
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5-March -24

Aaron Zhong Fu’ Goh & Zi Yun Chow

Bank Negara Malaysia

A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis on Fiscal Fatigue
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26-March-24 Sriram Shankar Monash University Mental Health Effects on Income and Income Inequality
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19-March-24 Yiwei Qian Southwestern University of Finance and Economics The Impact of An Early Childhood Development Program on the Community
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26- March- 24 Teo Wing Leong Nottingham University & BNM Philips Curve Relation in Pre and Post COVID Malaysia
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Previous Seasons

2023 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

18-Jul-23

Awadh Ahmed Mohammed Gamal  

Sultan Idris Education University 

Quantifying the Magnitude of Shadow Economy and Tax Evasion in Malaysia 

25-Jul-23

Lydia Izzati 

Bank Negara Malaysia 

Measuring Financial Market Spillovers 

1-Aug-23

Cheah Pei-Ern 

Bank Negara Malaysia 

The Evolution of the Sacrifice Ratio 

8-Aug-23

Kai Liu 

University of Cambridge 

Returns to Education with Earnings Uncertainty and Employment Risk over the Life Cycle

25-Aug-23

Marlina Asmat 

Bank Negara Malaysia 

Terminal Rate in Malaysia 

12-Sep-23

Nur Ain 

Sunway University 

Dynamic Spectral Analysis of Currency Contagion in Emerging Markets during Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine War

19-Sep-23

Agarwal Sumit 

National University of Singapore 

Sustainability and Household Finance

3-Oct-23

Robert Kaestner

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Evidence and Estimation of Effects of Head Start

10-Oct-23

Chang Liu 

National University of Singapore 

Public Financing Under Balanced Budget Rules 

24-Oct-23

Trang Tran

Monash University Malaysia

Revitalizing the Silk Road: Evidence from Railway Infrastructure Investments in Northwest China

31-Oct-23

Jordan Roulleau-Pasdeloup

National University of Singapore 

Simple analytics of the Government Investment multiplier

7-Nov-23

Lichen Zhang

University of Hong Kong

More Unequal We Stand? Inequality Dynamics in the United States, 1967-2021

14-Nov-23

Rizki Nauli

Universitas Indonesia

Distributional and Productivity Implications of Regulating Casual Labor: Evidence from Ridesharing in Indonesia

21-Nov-23

Yong Chen Chen

Universiti Malaya

The Challenges of Productivity Linked-Wage System Implementation in Malaysia

28-Nov-23

Sascha Becker

Monash University

Forced Migration

2023 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Mar 21, 2023

Framjee Hathy

Monash University Malaysia

Political Protests and Civil War

Apr 11, 2023

Suah Jing Lian

Bank Negara Malaysia

Plucking Model for Output Gap

Apr 18, 2023

Alvaro Pedroza

World Bank

Global Bank Lending under Climate Policy

May 9, 2023

Jolynn Chu

Monash University Malaysia

Does nudging motivate social media usage? Evidence from women micro-entrepreneurs in Malaysia

May 16, 2023

Roy Van Der Weide 

World Bank 

Inequality, economic growth, and intergenerational mobility all around the world 

May 30, 2023

Siddharth George 

National University of Singapore 

What Value Does (Local) Democracy Add?  Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Karnataka, India 

2022 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

 

Sep 20, 2022

Rajesh Ramachandran

Monash University Malaysia

Untouchability and Childhood Stunting

 

Oct 4, 2022

David N. Margolis

CNRS, Paris School of Economics and IZA

Gendered impact of COVID-19 in the Philippine labor market

 

Oct 18, 2022

Pauline Khoo

Monash University Malaysia

If You Extend It, They Will Come: The Effects of the STEM OPT Extension

Nov 1, 2022

Rasyad Parinduri

Nottingham University

Affirmative action policy, economic growth, and inequality: Evidence from Malaysia

 

Nov 15, 2022

Francesca de Nicola & Duong Trung Le

World Bank

Green Transitions

 

Nov 29, 2022

Liew Yit Wey

Monash University Malaysia

Rail Stations to Development: Evidence from Colonial Malaya

 

Dec 13, 2022

Lau Siew Yee

Nottingham University

Education and Entrepreneurial Success: Micro- and Small Firms in Indonesia

 

* These joint seminars are hosted alternately by the World Bank EAPCE Research Center and Monash University Malaysia

2022 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 25, 2022

Daniel Halim, Sean Hambali and Ririn Salwa Purnamasari

World Bank

Assessing the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Indonesia’s Labor Market

2021 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Oct 5, 2021

England Rhys Can (co-authors: Elizaveta Perova and Sarah Reynolds)

World Bank (University of Berkley)

Earning to Yearn: Public Works Programs and Women’s Agency

Dec 7, 2021

Francesca de Nicola (co-authors: Duong Trung Le and Xin Zhang)

World Bank (Beijing Normal University)

Air pollution and child wellbeing: Do policy interventions matter? Evidence from China

Dec 14, 2021

Ergys Islamaj

World Bank

On consumption risk sharing: some evidence from East Asia and the Pacific region

2021 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 26, 2021

Yu Cao and Francesca de Nicola (co-author: Aaditya Mattoo)

World Bank

Innovation at risk of a bamboo curtain

Feb 9, 2021

Shafaat Khan (co-authors: Ergys Islamaj and Aaditya Mattoo)

World Bank

The Long-run Effects of Export Restrictions

Feb 23, 2021

Tobias Pfutze

World Bank

The Effect of Basic Health Insurance for the Poor on Adult Mortality Risks: Mexico's Seguro Popular

Mar 30, 2021

Yu Cao (co-author: Lisa Yao Liu)

World Bank (Columbia Business School, Columbia University)

Trust in Regulators and Product Market Access

Apr 13, 2021

Hillary C. Johnson and Forest Brach Jarvis (with Aries Arugay, Aletheia Donald, and Aletheia Valenciano)

World Bank (University of the Philippines Diliman, World Bank, and University of the Philippines).

Authority by Choice: Unpacking the links between decision-making and autonomy in the rural Philippines

Apr 27, 2021

Jonathan David Timmis and Tim DeStefano

World Bank and Harvard Business School

Firm Digital Adoption during COVID-19

May 11, 2021

Hillary Johnson and Elizaveta Perova (co-authors: Massimiliano Cali and Nabil Rizky Ryandiansyah)

World Bank

The Economic Competitiveness Impacts of Preschools

May 25, 2021

Ergys Islamaj (co-author: Fabiola Saavedra Caballero)

World Bank

An Investigation of Productivity Measures in East Asia

Jun 8, 2021

Young Eun Kim

World Bank

The Potential of Gender Parity in Education and Labor Market Participation for Economic Growth around the World

Oct 5, 2021

England Rhys Can (co-authors: Elizaveta Perova and Sarah Reynolds)

World Bank (University of Berkley)

Earning to Yearn: Public Works Programs and Women’s Agency

Dec 7, 2021

Francesca de Nicola (co-authors: Duong Trung Le and Xin Zhang)

World Bank (Beijing Normal University)

Air pollution and child wellbeing: Do policy interventions matter? Evidence from China

Dec 14, 2021

Ergys Islamaj

World Bank

TBD

2020 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Nov 24, 2020

Duong Trung Le (co-author: Ritam Chaurey)

World Bank (Johns Hopkins SAIS)

Rural Infrastructure Development and Economic Activity

Dec 15, 2020

Elizaveta Perova (co-authors: Ervin Dervisevic and Maria Lo Bue)

World Bank (United Nations University-WIDER)

Maternal Employment and Children’s Outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia

2020 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 21, 2020

Young Eun Kim

World Bank

Impact of the Community-Led Health Project in Nagaland, India: Capacity Building and Result-Based Financing

Jan 29, 2020

Sharmila Devadas,

Sui-Jade Ho

World Bank,

BNM

Augmenting or Undermining? The Impact of Foreign Workers on the Productivity of Malaysian Manufacturing Firms

Feb 4, 2020

Gabriele Ciminelli

ASB

Uncertainty and Foreign Capital Inflows

Feb 11, 2020

Parvin Kaur Sandhu Pirthipal Singh

World Bank

Income Inequality in an Era of Globalization: The Perils of Taking a Global View

Feb 18, 2020

Jared Philip Barton

University of Malaya and California State University Channel Islands

The U.S.-China Trade War: Who Is It Good For?

Feb 25, 2020

Sheue Li Ong

University of Malaya

Driving Forces of International Stock Market Integration: A Bayesian Perspective

Mar 3, 2020

Alvin Camba

Co-author: Janica Magat (Texas A&M University)

Johns Hopkins University

Who Wins in Disputes? Impact of Territorial Disputes on Economic Sectors in the Philippines

May 12, 2020

Mahama Samir Bandaogo

World Bank

Informality and the Incentive to Peg

June 9

Gabriel Demombynes

World Bank

COVID-19 Mortality Rates Rise More Slowly With Age in Lower Income Countries

June 16

Hui Shan Lee

University Tunku Abdul Rahman

The Roles of Country Governance and Financial Development in Economic Growth

June 18

Stewart Nixon

Australian National University & University of Malaya

Global integration more important than ever for developing countries

June 23

Mario Arturo Estrada Ruiz Estrada

University of Malaya

The Application of the 2019-nCoV Global Economic Impact Simulator in China

2019 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Sep 10, 2019

Victoriya Ereshchenko, Varun Eknath

World Bank

Are Domestic Public Procurement Systems More Efficient and Transparent in Economies with International Procurement Commitments?

Sep 17, 2019

Wah Yun Low

University of Malaya

Community-Academic Partnership in Providing Youth-Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Sep 24, 2019

Stefanie Joan Almeida
Co-author: Farina Adam Khong (BNM), Ozer Karagedikli (SEACEN)

BNM

The Impact of House Prices on the Macroeconomy: The Malaysian Experience

Oct 1, 2019

Kar Man Tan

Goethe University Frankfurt

How to Win a Standards War: A Model of Prices and Bundling

Oct 8, 2019

Muhammad Khairul Muizz Abdul Aziz and Mohamad Shahir Shukor

Co-authors: Muhammad Shukri Abdul Rani; Mohammad Ashraf Mohd Rauf

BNM

Developing Malaysia's Financial Stability Risk Monitor (FSRM)

Oct 15, 2019

Achim Daniel Schmillen
Co-author: Philipp vom Berge

World Bank

Effects of Mass Layoffs on Local Employment – Evidence from Geo-Referenced Data

Oct 29, 2019

Arthur Galego Mendes

Co-authors: Norman V. Loayza, Fabian Mendez Ramos, Steven Pennings

World Bank

Assessing the Effects of Natural Resources on Growth: An Extension of the World Bank Long-Term Growth Model

Nov 26, 2019

Kenneth Simler

World Bank

A Better Bantuan Sara Hidup? Ideas for Program Design

Dec 17, 2019

Nur Ain Shahrier, Lay Lian Chuah

Sunway University, World Bank

Do Different Streams of Capital Flows Affect Asset Prices? Empirical Evidence from ASEAN-5

2019 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 22, 2019

Achim Daniel Schmillen

World Bank

Distribution and Determinants of China's Minimum Wage Rates

Mar 5, 2019

Nadia Novik

World Bank

The ABC of Smart Regulations: Is There a Relationship between Education and Business Regulatory Environment

Mar 19, 2019

Geoffrey Williams

HELP University

Responsible Privatization

Mar 26, 2019

Vijayendra Rao

World Bank

The Demand-side of Public Service Delivery and the Strengthening of a New Malaysia

Apr 2, 2019

Melati Nungsari
(co-author: Sam Flanders)

ASB

The Effect of Short-Term Volunteering on Attitudes Towards Refugees: A Textual Analysis

Apr 9, 2019

Young Eun Kim

World Bank

Impact of Result-Based Health Financing on the Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services in Nagaland, India

Apr 30, 2019

Nizam Shah Allabasc

Universiti Tun Abdul Razak

A Robust Comparison between Islamic and Conventional Banks on Operational Risks

May 14, 2019

Guanie Lim

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

(How) Does Chinese Financial Statecraft Work in Southeast Asia? An Analysis of the Automobile and Construction Industries

May 16, 2019

Mala Raghavan

University of Tasmania

The Effects of Changes in Global Oil Market on ASEAN-4

May 21, 2019

Willem Smith

ASB

New & Improved:  Come and See This Totally Revamped Global Branding Measurement based on Social Media Engagement

May 28, 2019

Alyssa Farha Jasmin

Khazanah Research Institute (KRI)

The Effects of China's Trade Policies on Malaysia's Exports

Jun 4, 2019

Geoffrey Williams

HELP University

Private Higher Education Financing in Malaysia

2018 Second Half Season

Date 

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Sep 18, 2018

Kenneth Simler and Wei San Loh

World Bank

Trends in Income Growth and Distribution in Malaysia, 2007-2017

Sep 25, 2018

Chin-Yoong Wong

Universiti of Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Goodbye GST, Hello SST for Malaysia: In Search of Welfare Equivalence

Oct 2, 2018

Hock-Ann Lee

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

U.S. Balance Sheet Policy and International Capital Flows: Preliminary Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economies

Oct 9, 2018

Melati Nungsari and Sam Flanders

ASB

Labor Market Integration of Rohingya Construction Workers in Peninsular Malaysia

Nov 20, 2018

Pablo Egaña del Sol

ASB

The Future of Skills: Automation in Low and Middle-Income Economies

Nov 21, 2018

Wee Yeap Lau

University of Malaya

The Nexus between FDI and the Malaysian Currency: Pre and Post New Foreign Exchange Rule

Dec 11, 2018

Fabian Mendez Ramos

World Bank

Recent Patterns of Structural Change and Uncertainty

2018 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 30, 2018

Mohammad Amin

World Bank

Measuring Productivity in Services Sectors: A Literature Review

Feb 6, 2018

Sean Kidney

Climate
Bonds Initiative

Global Green Bond Market Development and Prospects

Feb 13, 2018

M. Niaz Asadullah

University of Malaya

Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth, and Human Development in Malaysia

Mar 6, 2018

Jose De Luna Martinez

World Bank

Global Survey on Development Banks∞

Mar 13, 2018

Mustafa Aydemir

International
Islamic University Malaysia

Bank Governance (ESG) and Technical Efficiency in Dual-Banking Systems

Mar 20, 2018

Bill Garthwaite

World Bank

Hammers and High Jumps: Exploring the Role of Law in the Pursuit of Water Security

Apr 3, 2018

Kai Liu
(co-authors: Pedro Carneiro, Kjell Salvanes)

University of Cambridge (University College
London, Norwegian School of Economics)

The Supply of Skills and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence from a College Expansion Reform

Apr 11, 2018

Ata Can Bertay (co- authors: Ljubica Djordjevic, Can Sever)

World Bank (Goethe University, University of Maryland)

Gender Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from Industry-Level Data

Apr 24, 2018

Lay Lian Chuah (co-authors:
Norman Loayza and Ha Nguyen)

World Bank
(World Bank)

Decomposing the Productivity of Firms in the Manufacturing Sector: The Dynamic Olley-Pakes Approach∞

May 8, 2018

Bernadette Victorio

AFI

Special Report on Gender Diversity within AFI Member Institutions

May 15, 2018

Melati Nungsari

ASB

Pricing and Incentives in Defined Contribution Retirement Systems

July 3,
2018

Jiaming Soh

BNM

Disentangling the Demand and Supply Factors of Household Credit: Evidence from the Credit Registry Data in Malaysia

2017 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Oct 4, 2017

Donghyun Park and Shu Tian

Asian Development Bank

Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Foreign versus Domestic Investment in Bond Markets

Oct 10, 2017

Fabian Mendez-Ramos

World Bank

Long-Term Growth in Natural Resource Economies

Oct 24, 2017

Melati Nungsari

ASB

Measuring the Impact of Language Interventions on the Economic Outcomes of Refugees in Malaysia

Nov 7, 2017

Pablo Egana del Sol

ASB

Emotional Regulation and After School Programs in Highly Violent Communities: Neuro- Physiological Evidence from El Salvador

Nov 14, 2017

Ole Rummel

SEACEN

How Distinct are Financial Cycles from Business Cycles in Asia?

Nov 21, 2017

Jiaming Soh

BNM

Debt Financing and Survival of Firms in Malaysia

2017 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Jan 24, 2017

Fabian Mendez-Ramos

World Bank

Growth and Poverty Uncertainty: The Natural Resource Curse

Feb 7, 2017

Justin Lim

BNM

Do FTAs Promote Trade? Evidences from ASEAN Countries' Bilateral and Regional FTAs

Feb 14,
2017

Ha Nguyen

World Bank

Are Demand or Supply Shocks Behind the Great Trade Collapse?

Feb 21,
2017

M. Niaz Asadullah

University of Malaya

Schooling without Learning: Evidence from Rural Pakistan

Feb 28,
2017

Laura Sagnori Diniz

World Bank

Access to Finance and the Institutional Framework of Land Administration: Evidence from Cross-Country Micro-Level Data

Mar 21,
2017

Raian Divanbeigi

World Bank

Regulatory Constraints to Agricultural Productivity

Apr 11,
2017

Sergio Campillo Diaz

World Bank

Global Financial Inclusion Performance Index

May 30,
2017

Justin Lim

BNM

Global Value Chains and the Exchange Rate Elasticity of Exports in Malaysia∞ 

Jun 14,
2017

Ha Nguyen

World Bank

The US Kick: Impact of US Market Access on Local Labor Markets in a Developing Country

2016 Second Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Sep 6, 2016

Young Eun Kim

World Bank

Total Factor Productivity Growth and its Decomposition

Sep 15, 2016

Jiaming Soh

BNM

Household Credit, Growth, and Inequality in Malaysia: Does the Type of Credit Matter?

Oct 18, 2016

Hamidi A. Razak

BNM

Credit Risk Modelling for Ethical Financing

Nov 15, 2016

Usman Khalid

University of Nottingham

Catch Up in Institutional Quality: An Empirical Assessment

Nov 22, 2016

Michael Woolcock

World Bank

Back to the Future of Development: Mapping and Navigating a Fragmenting Field

Dec 6, 2016

Kevin Crow

ASB

Should States Bring Claims Too? Asymmetry in the Investment Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Other Free Trade Agreements

2016 First Half Season

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Feb 2, 2016

Raian Divanbeigi

World Bank

Business Regulations and Growth

Feb 16, 2016

Mohammad Amin

World Bank

Does Manager Education Play a Role in the Productivity of Informal Firms in Developing Economies? Evidence from Firm Surveys

Feb 23, 2016

Su Ling Cheah

BNM

Malaysia's House Price Dynamics: The Role of Fundamentals

Mar 15, 2016

Boon Hwa Tng

BNM

The Real Effects of Capital Flows: Evidence from Malaysia

Mar 22, 2016

Juita Mohamad

ISIS

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Informal Sector in Malaysia

Mar 29, 2016

Abigail Tay

ASB

Managing Financial Crises

Apr 12, 2016

Fabian Mendez-Ramos

World Bank

Uncertainty and Evaluation of GDP Growth Projections

Apr 26, 2016

Kue-Peng Chuah

BNM

Terms of Trade Shocks in 2014-2015 for Selected Emerging Market Economies: What, Who, How Much?

May 3, 2016

Nur Ain Shahrier

ADB

Suboptimal Private Savings-Investment in Malaysia: What are the Driving Factors?

May 10, 2016

Jean Arlet

World Bank

Testing the Impact of Power Outages and Electricity Tariffs on Productivity

May 17, 2016

Steven Wong

ISIS

Crisis-Proofing the Malaysian Economy: Policies and Perspectives in the 21st Century

∞World Bank-Bank Negara Malaysia Half-Baked Seminar Series. These joint seminars are hosted alternately by the World Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia.





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