Selected Papers from the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

This book features the best papers presented at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance in 2016. Chapters include research conducted by experts in the field of Economics, Finance and Business from the region. Put together by East Asia Resea

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ected Papers from the AsiaPacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

Selected Papers from the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

Evan Lau Lee-Ming Tan Jing Hee Tan •

Editors

Selected Papers from the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016)

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Editors Evan Lau Faculty of Economics and Business Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Malaysia

Jing Hee Tan East Asia Institute of Management Singapore Singapore

Lee-Ming Tan East Asia Research Pte. Ltd Singapore Singapore

ISBN 978-981-10-3565-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3566-1

ISBN 978-981-10-3566-1

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Preface

The 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016), jointly organized by East Asia Research and East Asia Institute of Management and supported by BEFfore from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, was held on the 27th and 28th July 2016 in Singapore at the EASB campus. The special theme for APEF 2016 was “Will the current oil crisis and China market slowdown result in a global recession more brutal than 2008? What are the current top global economic challenges?” APEF 2016 achieved the objective of bringing together leading scholars, students, and practitioners from overseas to Singapore for an academic exchange. The programme consisted of an opening speech by Dr. Andrew Chua, Principal of East Asia Institute of Management, and two plenary lectures by Dr. Evan Lau, Associate Professor, Director of Centre for Business Economics and Finance Forecasting (