Chor Foon TANG
tcfoon@yahoo.com or tcfoon@gmail.com
Biography:
MEc.Mgmt. (USM), BEc.(Hons) (UUM)
Department of Economics
Department of Economics
Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya (UM)
Corresponding Address:
Corresponding Address:
Department of Economics,
Faculty of Economics and Administration,
University of Malaya (UM),
50603 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Alternative Corresponding Address:
675, Mukim 4, Bukit Merah,
13500 Permatang Pauh,
Seberang Perai Tengah,
Penang, Malaysia
tcfoon@yahoo.com or tcfoon@gmail.comBiography:
Chor Foon TANG is currently a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) student in Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya (UM). He earned his Bachelor of Economics (BEc.) with Honours from the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in 2003 and Master of Economic Management (MEc.Mgmt.) from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2007. Prior to his pursuit of the Doctorate degree in Economics at the University of Malaya, he is a tutor and/or lecturer at the UUM College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, KDU College. The courses he taught include undergraduate and postgraduate programmes such as (1) Principles of Economics, (2) Macroeconomics, (3) Microeconomics I, (4) Introductory to Statistics Economics, (5) Applied Statistics and Econometrics, (6) Applied Econometrics (postgraduate programme), and (7) Statistics for Economics and Finance II (Keele University programme).
In addition to his teaching experiences, Mr. Tang started his research activities in 2006 and he has published his research works in major international and local peer-reviewed journals. Moreover, he is also a reviewer and editorial board member for a wide range of international and local scholarly journals. Successfully, his biography was selected to list in the 28th Edition of Who's Who in the World, a compilation of biographies of most accomplished individuals from 215 countries and territories in the World. In light of his excellent academic achievement, he was awarded the Bright Sparks Scholarship in 2010 by the University of Malaya, the Academic Training Fellowship to National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2009, and the USM Fellowship Scheme in 2008 by the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Furthermore, he also won the UM Excellence Award 2012 for PhD Candidate with Highest Impact Publication from the University of Malaya. Since December 2010, he was ranked in the Top 25% Economists in Malaysia as well as in Asia by the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). Moreover, he was also ranked in the Top 100 Young Economists registered with RePEc in June 2011. To date, Mr. Tang has published his research works in the following ISI Web of Science (ISI-WoS), Scopus, EconLit, among other international and local peer-reviewed journals:
In addition to his teaching experiences, Mr. Tang started his research activities in 2006 and he has published his research works in major international and local peer-reviewed journals. Moreover, he is also a reviewer and editorial board member for a wide range of international and local scholarly journals. Successfully, his biography was selected to list in the 28th Edition of Who's Who in the World, a compilation of biographies of most accomplished individuals from 215 countries and territories in the World. In light of his excellent academic achievement, he was awarded the Bright Sparks Scholarship in 2010 by the University of Malaya, the Academic Training Fellowship to National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2009, and the USM Fellowship Scheme in 2008 by the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Furthermore, he also won the UM Excellence Award 2012 for PhD Candidate with Highest Impact Publication from the University of Malaya. Since December 2010, he was ranked in the Top 25% Economists in Malaysia as well as in Asia by the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). Moreover, he was also ranked in the Top 100 Young Economists registered with RePEc in June 2011. To date, Mr. Tang has published his research works in the following ISI Web of Science (ISI-WoS), Scopus, EconLit, among other international and local peer-reviewed journals:
- African Journal of Business Management (Nigeria)
- Applied Economics (UK)
- Applied Energy (UK)
- Arts and Social Sciences Journal (USA)
- Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (Korea)
- Asian Journal of Empirical Research (Pakistan)
- Current Issues in Tourism (UK)
- Economia Politica (Italy)
- Economics Bulletin (USA)
- Economics Letters (
Switzerland - Ekonomska Istrazivanja-Economic Research (Croatia)
- Energy Economics (Netherlands)
- Energy Journal (USA)
- Energy Policy (UK)
- Global Crime (
UK - Global Economic Review (
Korea - Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics (Japan)
- International Journal of Business and Society (Malaysia)
- International Journal of Economics and Management (
Malaysia - International Journal of Management Studies (
Malaysia - International Journal of Social Economics (UK)
- International Journal of Tourism Research (
UK - IUP Journal of Financial Economics (
India - IUP Journal of Monetary Economics (
India - IUP Journal of Public Finance (
India - Journal of Economic Studies (
UK - Journal of Health Management (India)
- Labuan Bulletin of International Business and Finance (
Malaysia) Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies (Malaysia) - Malaysian Management Journal (
Malaysia - Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research (India)
- Quality and Quantity (Netherlands)
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (USA)
- Review of Applied Economics (New Zealand)
- Theoretical and Applied Economics (Romania)
- Tourism Management (UK)
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