Zulkefly Abdul Karim
* Corresponding Author
Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia

ABDUL KARIM, Zulkefly is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He earned his PhD from University of Southampton, U.K. His research interests are monetary and financial economics, public policy, capital market, banking, and international finance. Some of his works have been published in Journal of Asia Pacific Economy; Global Economic Review, Journal of Asia Pacific Business; Studies in Economics and Finance; Applied Economics Letters; International Journal of Business and Society; International Journal of Management Studies; Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Jurnal Pengurusan and IIUM Journal of Economics and Management.
Author’s contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; e-mail: mz@ukm.my, or mzkarim72@yahoo.com.      

Bakri Abdul Karim
Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Malaysia

ABDUL KARIM, Bakri is a lecturer at the Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He earned his Master of Science in Finance from International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM). His research interests are financial economics, corporate finance, and islamic finance. Some of his works have been published in Journal of Asia Pacific Business, Studies in Economics and Finance, Journal of Risk Finance, Journal of Applied Science, International Journal of Business and Society, and International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management.
    Author’s contact details: Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia; e-mail: akbakri@feb.unimas.my