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Dr Maggie Tang May Jean

Head of Department (Business and Management), Lecturer
PhD (Financial Economics) (UNIMAS), MSc (Economics), BEcon (Hons) (International Economics)

Faculty of Business, Design and Arts

Office No:+60 82 260483
Fax No:+60 82 260 815
Room No: B340
Email: [email protected]
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Biography

Dr Maggie Tang May Jean is a lecturer at School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. Prior to joining Swinburne Sarawak, she was a business strategist in an AI start-up company and engaged to several tertiary institutions as a lecturer in teaching business, economics and finance subjects.

Her research interest focuses on the areas of financial and monetary economics, asymmetrical analysis and environmental economics.

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate: Fixed Income and Debt Market; Economics; Financial Information for Decision Making; Financial Statistics

Postgraduate: International Trade and Investment; Economics

Research Interests

  • Financial and Monetary Economics
  • Asymmetrical Analysis
  • Environmental Economics
  • Applied Economics

Professional Memberships

  • Life Member, Malaysian Finance Association
  • Life Member, Malaysian Economic Association

    • Award

    • Most Innovative Research Award (2024), Global Business Leader Forum, Malaysia
    • Special Award (Best of Social Science and Humanities) (2022), UNIMAS Innovation and Technology Exposition 2022 (InTEX22), Malaysia.
    • Gold Award (Social Science and Humanities) (2022), UNIMAS Innovation and Technology Exposition 2022 (InTEX22), Malaysia.
    • Best Paper Award (2021) in 4th International Conference on Management & Entrepreneurship (i-CoME) 2021, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia and Petra Christian University, Indonesia.

    Recent Research Grants

    1. Ministry of Higher Education – Fundamental Research Grant Scheme
      • Project title: “Building Resilience: A Framework for Climate Transition Risks in Macroeconomic Policy” (PI, FRGS 2024)
    2. Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne, Sarawak Campus – Micro Research Grant
      • Project title: “Catalyzing Clean Energy: Exploring the Effect of Monetary Policies on Clean Energy Investment in Malaysia” (PI, 2023)
    3. Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne, Sarawak Campus – Learning and Teaching Grant
      • Project title: “Technology-supported Learning Environment (TSLEs) for Collaborative and Independent Learning in Finance and Economics Units.” (Co-PI, 2024)
      • Project title: “Improving Unit Success Rate in Accounting & Economics Units through Immediate Rehearsal and Real-time Feedback Plus Recall (IRRF)” (Co-PI, 2023)
      • Project title: “Investigating the Effect of Digital Game-based Learning on Student Learning in Accounting and Finance Units” (Co-PI, 2022)

    Research Outputs

    Journal Article: Sia, P.C., Puah, C.H., Leong C.M., Yii, K.J. and Tang, M.M.J. (2025). Does inflation or interest rate matter to Indonesian stock prices? An asymmetric approach. Journal of Economics and Development, 27(1), 72-86.

    Journal Article: Bell, A.A., Ki, Y.P. and Tang, M.M.J. (2024). The impact of green human resource management (GHRM) on employee retention: Mediating role of job satisfaction. International Journal of Service Management and Sustainability, 9(2) 2024, 1-22

    Journal Article: Liew, S.L., Arip, M.A., and Tang, M.M.J. (2023). Determinants of Export Diversification of Agriculture Products in Malaysia. Borneo Management Review, 1(1), 59-78.

    Journal Article: Leong, C.M., Puah, C.H. and Tang, M.M.J. (2021). Symmetric and Asymmetric Approaches to Money Demand Determination in Indonesia: Is Divisia Money Relevant?

    Journal Article: Tang, M.M.J., Puah, C.H. and Purnamawati, T. (2020). Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms in Indonesia: Revisiting The Role of Divisia Money. Economic Annals-XXI ,185 (9-10), 91-98

    Book Chapter: Tang, M.M.J., Puah, C.H. and Affendy, M.A. (2019). On the Long-Run Monetary Neutrality: Evidence from the Philippines. In Naseem, N.A.M., Azman Saini, W.N.W., & Law, S.H. (Eds)., Research in Applied Economics (pp.61-82). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. ISBN 978-967-344-977-4

    Journal Article: Puah, C.H., Liew, V.K.S. and Tang, M.M.J. (2017). The Pass-Through Effect of Interest Rate and Asymmetric Adjustment in Indonesia. Economic Annals-XXI ,166 (7/8), 61-66.

    Journal Article: Tang, M.M.J., Puah, C.H. and Liew, V.K.S. (2015). The Interest Rate Pass-Through in Malaysia: An Analysis on Asymmetric Adjustment. International Journal of Economics and Management, 9(2), 138-149.

    Journal Article: Puah, C.H., Tang, M.M.J., Abu Mansor, S. and Brahmana, R.K. (2015). Does Money Matter in Indonesia? Revisiting Divisia Money. Journal of International Finance and Economics, 15(2), 7-12.

    Journal Article: Tang, M.M.J., Puah, C.H., Affendy, M.A., and Dayang-Affizzah, A.M. (2015) Forecasting Performance of the P-star Model: The case of Indonesia. Journal of International Business and Economics, 15(2), 7-12.

    Journal Article: Tang, M.M.J., Puah, C.H., and Dayang-Affizzah, A.M. (2013). Empirical Evidence on The Long-run Neutrality Hypothesis Using Divisia Money. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 13(4), 153-158.

    Conference: Puah C.H, Tang, M.M.J., & Dayang-Affizzah, A.M. (2013). Empirical Evidence on The Long-Run Neutrality Hypothesis Using Divisia Money. Paper presented at International Academy of Business and Economics Las Vegas- Annual Conference (IABE-2013), organized by International Academy of Business and Economics. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 13-15 October, 2013.

    Conference: Puah, C.H., Tang, M.M.J., & Habibullah, M.S. (2012). Forecasting Inflation with Monetary Aggregates: A P-Star Model. Paper presented at Seminar Hasil Penyelidikan, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (SHP-KPT) BIL. 2/2012. Organized by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Akademi Kepimpinan Pengajian Tinggi (AKEPT), Negeri Sembilan, 8-9 November 2012.

    Conference: Tang, M.M.J. Testing Long-run Monetary Neutrality in Singapore. Paper presented at Postgraduate Conference on Social Science and Humanities (PCSSH) 2012. Organized by Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 9-10 July 2012.

    Conference: Puah, C.H. & Tang, M.M.J. On the Long-run Monetary Neutrality: Evidence from the Philippines. Paper presented at The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS-2012), organized by the International Academic Forum. Osaka, Japan. 3-6, May 2012.