Mohamed Aseel Shokr
* Corresponding Author
Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia

SHOKR, Mohamed Aseel is a PhD student at the School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, The National University of Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. He is an assistant lecturer at Faculty of Commerce, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. He earned his master degree from Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. His research interests are Monetary and Financial Economics and Banking.
    Author’s contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; E-mail: m_aseel1975@yahoo.com.        

Zulkefly Abdul Karim
Faculty of Commerce, Tanta University, Egypt
Egypt

ABDUL KARIM, Zulkely 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 & Management.
    Author’s contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; E-mail: zak1972@ukm.edu.my or mzkarim72@yahoo.com.      

Mansor Jusoh
Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia

JUSOH, Mansor is a Professor at School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. He earned his PhD from Washington University, USA. His research interests are Monetary Policy, Banking and Econometrics.
    Author’s contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; E-mail: mansor3012@gmail.com.     

Mohd. Azlan Shah Shah Zaidi
Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Malaysia

SHAH ZAIDI, Mohd. Azlan is an Associate Professor at School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He obtained his PhD from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has Master in Economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and BA (Economics) from The University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research interests are in Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics. He has published in several SCOPUS/ISI indexed journals.
    Author’s contact details: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; E-mail: azlan@ukm.edu.my.