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| Qualification: | Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Malaya ( Applied Finance ) Master of Applied Statistics, Universiti Malaya Bachelor of Economics (Hons), Universiti Malaya ( Applied Statistics ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
You-How Go is an Assistant Professor at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He is currently a member of the Department of Economics under the Faculty of Business and Finance. He holds degree of Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and Master of Applied Statistics from the University of Malaya. He also holds PhD in applied finance from the University of Malaya. His thesis places the emphasis on crude palm oil futures trading from the perspectives of informational efficiency and hedging effectiveness. His comprehensive review on informational efficiency has been published in Journal of Economic Surveys (SSCI-Q1, ABDC-A ranked). Furthermore, his findings in the context of crude palm oil trading provide new insights into market efficiency and spot-futures relation. His work has been ranked by ScholarGPS as top 5 percent under Palm Oil research area in 2024. While the prime focus of his research is on crude palm oil trading, he has also performed econometric analyses extensively on issues of environmental economics and commodity markets. His research is largely published in mainstream economics, finance and environment journals. Among them are Resources Policy (SSCI-Q1), Journal of Commodity Markets (SSCI-Q2, ABDC-A ranked), Agricultural Economics (SSCI-Q3), The North American Journal of Economics and Finance (SSCI-Q2), The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development (SSCI-Q3), Environmental Science and Pollution Research (SCI & SCIE-Q2), Energy & Environment (SSCI-Q3), Journal of Futures Markets (SSCI-Q2, ABDC-A ranked), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (SSCI-Q3), and Environment, Development and Sustainability (SCIE-Q2).
He has successfully obtained external grants from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), University of Malaya (UM) and Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia. From 2018 to 2020, he has managed to obtain internal grants from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) with the total amount of RM65,900. He has extensively used statistical packages for the teaching of quantitative research method, quantitative techniques, econometrics and time series analysis. In addition to teaching, he has been invited to conduct the guest lecture on financial econometrics-related courses and quantitative analysis for postgraduate students. Also, he actively serves as the reviewer for both Web of Science and Scopus-indexed journals. Currently, he is the life member of Malaysian Finance Association and Malaysian Economic Association.