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Dr Ghialy Yap

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5749
Email: c.yap@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.453  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-8019

Dr Ghialy Yap is a Lecturer in Commerce in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research Areas

  • Tourism economics and forecasting
  • Climate change and tourism
  • Applied finance

Biography

Ghialy has been working at the School of Business and Law since 2010 as a lecturer and an early career researcher. She has vast experience in tourism and superannuation research and has extensive knowledge in econometrics, financial modelling and forecasting and statistical analysis. She has experience in research supervision for postgraduate students.

ECU Research Themes

Theme Two: Society Culture; Tourism Management, Superannuation, Quantitative Finance and Economics

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2010.
  • Master of Economics, The University of Western Australia, 2005.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Yap, G., Saha, S., Ndubisi, NO., Alsowaidi, SS., Saleh, AS. (2023). Can tourism market diversification mitigate the adverse effects of a blockade on tourism? Evidence from Qatar. Tourism Economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, 29(4), 880-905. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166211070742.
  • Bassil, C., Yap, G. (2023). Can immigration moderate the adverse effects of political instability on international tourism? A case study of Australia. Tourism Economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, 2023(Article in press), 21 pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166231163206.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Yap, G., Saha, S., Alsowaidi, SS. (2022). The Competitiveness of Qatari Tourism: A Comparative and SWOT Analysis. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(7), 187-210. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.97.12536.
  • Saha, S., Yap, G., Kim, YR. (2022). Moderation Effects of Political Instability and Tourism on Economic Growth. Tourism Analysis, 27(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354221X16187814403092.
  • Sun, P., Huang, S., Yap, G. (2022). The Impact of Holiday Tourism Development on Tourism Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from China. Tourism Management Perspectives. Tourism Management Perspectives, 43(July 2022), article number 100993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2022.100993.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Kim, Y., Yap, G., Vertinsky, I. (2021). Can 'too much' trust slow tourism development? An exploratory cross-country analysis. Current Issues in Tourism, 24(13), 1803-1808. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1754353.
  • Saleh, AS., Alsowaidi, S., Saha, S., Yap, G. (2021). Tourism Competitiveness in Qatar: Tourists' Perspectives. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 12(8), 35-51. https://doi.org/10.30845/ijbss.v12n8p4.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Wei, X., Huang, S., Yap, G., Wu, X., Taivan, A. (2018). The influence of national holiday structure on domestic tourism expenditure: Evidence from China. Tourism Economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, 24(7), 781-800. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618778644.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Saha, S., Yap, G. (2015). Corruption and Tourism: An Empirical Investigation in a Non-linear Framework. International Journal of Tourism Research, 17(3), 272-281. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.1985.

2014

Book Chapters

  • Golab, A., Allen, D., Powell, R., Yap, G. (2014). Volatility and Spillover Effects of Central and Eastern Europe: Impact of EU Enlargement. Emerging Markets and the Global Economy: A Handbook (449-482). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-411549-1.00019-3.

Journal Articles

  • Saha, S., Yap, G. (2014). The Moderation Effects of Political Instability and Terrorism on Tourism Development: A Cross-Country Panel Analysis. Journal of Travel Research, 53(4), 509-521. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287513496472.

2013

Journal Articles

  • Yap, G. (2013). The impacts of exchange rates on Australia's domestic and outbound travel markets. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 93(2013), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2012.09.009.
  • Yap, G., Saha, S. (2013). Do political instability, terrorism, and corruption have deterring effects on tourism development even in the presence of unesco heritage? A cross-country panel estimate. Tourism Analysis, 18(5), 587-599. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354213X13782245307911.

Conference Publications

  • Bahn, S., Barratt-Pugh, L., Yap, G. (2013). Workers on temporary 457 visas: Challenges they face when working in the Western Australian resources sector. Proceedings of the 27th AIRAANZ Conference: Work, employment and employment relations in an uneven patchwork world (26-35). Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Yap, G. (2012). An Examination of the Effects of Exchange Rates on Australia's Inbound Tourism Growth: A Multivariate Conditional Volatility Approach. International Journal of Business Studies, 20(1), 111-132.
  • Bahn, S., Barratt-Pugh, L., Yap, G. (2012). The employment of skilled migrants on temporary 457 visas in Australia: Emerging issues. Labour & Industry, 22(4), 379-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2012.10669447.

Conference Publications

  • Allen, D., Golab, A., Powell, R., Yap, G. (2012). The Comovements of Emerging Stock Markets of Central and Eastern Europe: Impact of EU. Proceedings of the International Finance, Banking and Insurance Congress (FIBAC) 2012 (1-17). Istanbul Kultur University.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Yap, G. (2011). A panel cointegration analysis of economic integration and tourism exports in ASEAN countries. International Journal of Business Studies (ECU), 19(1), 91-107.
  • Yap, G., Allen, D. (2011). Investigating other leading indicators influencing Australian domestic tourism demand. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 81(7), 1365-1374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2010.05.005.

Conference Publications

  • Cheung, YH., Yap, G. (2011). Bootstrapping Australian inbound tourism. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1512-1518). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Yap, G. (2011). Modelling the risk of banking system instability in Indonesia using a cross-sectional dependence panel data model. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1498-1504). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Yap, G. (2011). Examining the effects of exchange rates on Australian domestic tourism demand: A panel generalized least squares approach. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1526-1532). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

2010

Conference Publications

  • Yap, G. (2010). Examining the existence of long-run relationships between East Asian economic integration and ASEAN tourism exports. Globalization, Monetary Integration and Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia (22). Edith Cowan University.
  • Gerrans, P., Yap, G. (2010). Retirement savings investment strategy choices: Naive or sophisticated?. FINSIA-Australian Centre for Financial Studies Banking & Finance Conference 2010 (32p.). Social Science Research Network.

2009

Journal Articles

  • Allen, D., Yap, G., Shareef, R. (2009). Modelling interstate tourism demand in Australia: A cointegration approach. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 79(9), 2733-2740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2008.10.006.

Conference Publications

  • Allen, D., Yap, G. (2009). Investigating other leading factors influencing Australian domestic tourism demand. Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1230-1236). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  • Allen, D., Yap, G. (2009). Modelling Australian domestic tourism demand: A panel data approach. Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1237-1243). ModSim Soc. of Aus and NZ.

Research Projects

  • Positioning Qatar as a Preferred International Tourism Destination Unbridled by the Blockade and Strategies for Economic Diversification via Tourism , Qatar National Research Fund, National Priority Research Program - Standard, 2020 ‑ 2022, $47,854.
  • Developing a model that investigates the effects of voluntary superannuation on household consumption before and after a global financial crisis., Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2012 (Round 1), 2012 ‑ 2013, $17,547.
  • 457 visa workers in the Western Australian resources industry: The benefits and costs for business, migrant families, and the community, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2012 (Round 1), 2012 ‑ 2013, $49,090.
  • Modelling the uncertainty in international tourism demand in Australia, CRC Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2009, $34,230.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Financial Impact of the Covid-19 Early Superannuation Release Scheme on Australian Individuals

Completed Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Capital Structure Decisions of ASEAN-6 Family Firms: Implications for Southeast Asia

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An investigation into the volatility and cointegration of emerging european stock markets.
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