Dr Cheah Siew Pong

Dr Cheah Siew Pong

  • Programme Leader - BSc (Hons) Financial Analysis
  • Lecturer
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Business School
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Cheah Siew Pong joined the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University in 2024. He has taught a variety of finance and economic subjects over the last decade. His research interest lies in financial economics, monetary economics, and issues of income inequality. 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia (2022)
  • Master of Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2014)
  • Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Financial Economics, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia (2013)

Research Interests

  • Financial Economics
  • Economics of Inequality
  • Economics of Biodiversity
  • Monetary Economics

Teaching Areas

  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Business Statistics

Courses Taught

  • Financial Derivatives
  • Portfolio Management
  • International Finance
  • Econometrics

Notable Publications

  1. Cheah, S.P., Lee, C.L., Tan, A.L., Tan, Y.L., & Yiew, T.H. (2025, forthcoming).  The unbreakable trade-off between agricultural development and biodiversity loss: Is there a magical role of artificial intelligence? Politická Ekonomie, 74(Special issue)
     
  2. Cheah, S.P., Liew, F.M., Foo, C.C., Wei, C.Y., Looi, S.Y., Chia, M.S. (2024). Parents’ influence on the Augmented Reality (AR) in Science subject: Pre-school education level. Journal of Economics & Sustainability, 6(2).
     
  3. Cheah, S.P., Lau, L.S., & Choong, C.K. (2022). Income inequality and household debt in Malaysia: Is there an asymmetric relationship?  International Journal of Economics & Management, 16(1), 95-105.
     
  4. Cheah, S.P., Yiew, T.H., Ng, C.F., & Foo, C.C. (2021). Revisiting the relation between stock price and exchange rate: An asymmetric panel ARDL analysis. Economics Bulletin, 41, 2517-2528.
     
  5. Liew, F.M., Ng, C.F., Cheah, S.P., Choong, C.K., Lau, L.S., & Yusof, N. (2021). Belt and Road Initiative: Paving the way to mutual respect, sincerity, and sustainable development: The impact of BRI on the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. UTAR.
     
  6. Choong, C.K., Lau, L.S., Ng, C.F., & Cheah S.P. (2019). Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): A Manual. Academic press, Elsevier (ISBN: 978-0-12-816797-7)
     
  7. Yiew, T.H., Kalimuthu, K.V., Lee, C.Y., Cheah, S.P., & Foo, C.C. (2018). Do natural disasters affect economic growth in Bangladesh? International Journal of Business and Society, 19(3), 781−792.
     
  8. Cheah, S.P., Yiew, T.H., & Ng, C.F. (2017). A nonlinear ARDL analysis on the relation between stock price and exchange rate in Malaysia. Economics Bulletin, 37(1), 336−346.
     
  9. Cheah, S.P., & Law, S.H. (2017). Roles of housing wealth and financial wealth in monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 51(1), 79−88. 

Achievements & Accolades

Best Paper Award, 2017 October. 5th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman