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Dr Jaime Yong

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2455
Email: jaime.yong@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.448  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5784-7646

Dr Jaime Yong is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Law.

Biography

With extensive experience teaching subjects across finance, investments, economics and statistics in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, Jaime is passionate in developing capabilities and skills for future finance professionals. She currently teaches units in financial principles, corporate finance and financial modelling.

Jaime was awarded her PhD from ECU for her research on securitised real estate investments and quantitative finance modelling of property valuation methods. She has published papers on real estate investments, asset pricing, risk modelling, financial markets, corporate governance, and financial behaviours in internationally-refereed journals such as Accounting and Finance, Global Finance Journal and The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, among others.

Jaime has previously held director and coordinator roles at the school for finance and banking programs, higher degrees and research, and the MBA program. Prior to academia, she has worked in hospitality, financial consulting and banking in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

She is a member of the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, and the Australian Shareholders’ Association (ASA). Jaime also volunteers as the academic mentor for the annual CFA Research Challenge global competition, and the ECU Finance and Accounting Society’s Student Managed Investment Fund.

Research Areas and Interests
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate finance
  • Financial risk modelling
  • Asset pricing and valuation
  • Financial market integration

Languages spoken
  • English
  • Bahasa Melayu
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Cantonese

ECU Research Themes

Theme Two: Society and Cultures; Individual, economic, organisational, political and social transformation

Theme Three: Natural and Built Environments; Sustainability of energy, water, materials and resources

Awards and recognition

2013 - Faculty of Business and Law Award of Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching

2021 – Mentoring in Teaching and Learning Awards, ECU School of Business and Law

2021 – Accounting and Finance Discipline Awards, ECU School of Business and Law

Professional associations

Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Business Honours, Edith Cowan University, 2003.
  • Bachelor of Business Major in Economics and Finance, Edith Cowan University, 2001.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Shakri, IH., Yong, J., Xiang, E. (2024). Corporate governance and firm performance: Evidence from political instability, political ideology, and corporate governance reforms in Pakistan. Economics and Politics, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12303.
  • Golab, A., Barratt, T., Yong, J., Afroz, T. (2024). Teacher wellbeing and teaching excellence in higher education: Exploring the interplay through the lens of the PERMA framework. Higher Education Quarterly, 2024(Article in press), Article number e12563. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12563.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Powell, R., Do, A., Gengatharen, D., Yong, J., Gengatharen, R. (2023). The Relationship Between Responsible Financial Behaviours And Financial Wellbeing: The Case Of Buy-Now-Pay-Later. Accounting and Finance, 63(December 2023), 4431-4451. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13100.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Shakri, I., Yong, J., Xiang, E. (2022). Does compliance with corporate governance increase profitability? Evidence from an emerging economy: Pakistan. Global Finance Journal, 53(August 2022), article number 100716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2022.100716.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Shakri, I., Yong, J., Xiang, D. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on cryptocurrencies: Evidence on information transmission through economic and financial market sentiments. Applied Finance Letters, 10(2021), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.24135/afl.v10i.429.
  • Choudhury, T., Scagnelli, SD., Yong, J., Zhang, Z. (2021). Non-Traditional Systemic Risk Contagion within the Chinese Banking Industry. Sustainability, 13(14), Article number 7954. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147954.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Do, A., Powell, R., Yong, J., Singh, A. (2020). Time-varying asymmetric volatility spillover between global markets and China’s A, B and H-shares using EGARCH and DCC-EGARCH models. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 54(November 2020), Article number 101096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101096.

2019

Conference Publications

  • Do, A., Powell, R., Singh, A., Yong, J. (2019). When did the Global Financial Crisis start and end?. The proceedings of the 3rd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (21-25). Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/6806.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Ogilvie, M., Ng, D., Xiang, D., Ryan, M., Yong, J. (2018). Using traditional rituals in hospitality to gain value: A study on the impact of Feng Shui. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 72(June), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.12.010.

Conference Publications

  • Do, A., Powell, R., Singh, AK., Yong, J. (2018). Cross-equity linkages between China and the U.S.: An application of GARCH-M-GED. The proceedings of 2nd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (40-48). Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/4972.

2017

Conference Publications

  • Ogilvie, M., Ng, D., Xiang, D., Ryan, M., Djajadikerta, H., Yong, J. (2017). Feng Shui: Traditional Rituals Impacting Business. ANZMAC 2017 Marketing for Impact. Conference Proceedings (1005-1008).
  • Yong, J., Do, A. (2017). Interdependence of REIT market volatility under an E-GARCH-M framework. Proceedings of the 2nd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (64 - 72). Edith Cowan University.
  • Shakri, I., Yong, J., Xiang, D., Djajadikerta, H. (2017). Impact of corporate governance on capital structure of Pakistani firms. The proceedings of 2nd Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Conference (57-63). Edith Cowan University.

2016

Conference Publications

  • Do, A., Powell, R., Singh, AK., Yong, J. (2016). Selection of a Model for Exploring Cross Market Linkages: A Review of E-GARCH, Markov-switching Framework and Structural Break Models. Proceedings of the ECU Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Colloquium (1-11). Edith Cowan University.
  • Shaikh, A., Zhang, Z., Yong, J., Shah, UL. (2016). Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Alleviation in SAARC Countries. Proceedings of the ECU Business Doctoral and Emerging Scholars Colloquium (31 - 37). Edith Cowan University.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Yong, J., Pham, AK. (2015). The long-term linkages between direct and indirect property in Australia. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 33(4), 374 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPIF-01-2015-0005.

2014

Conference Publications

  • Yong, J., Singh, AK. (2014). Interest rate risk of Australian REITs: A panel analysis. Proceedings from the PRRES Conference - 2014 (1 - 11). Pacific Rim Real Estate Society.

2013

Conference Publications

  • Yong, J., Singh, AK. (2013). Interest rate sensitivities of externally and internally managed Australian REITs. 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Proceedings (1319–1325). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

2011

Conference Publications

  • Giles, M., Yong, J., Harris, A. (2011). Can High Fail Rates be Reversed? Attending to Literacy Needs in Foundation Economics. The Quantitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Forum Proceedings (1-14). University of Melbourne.
  • Yong, J., Allen, D., Lim, L. (2011). Evaluating economic relationships of stapled and traditional Australian REITs. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (7p.). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

2010

Conference Publications

  • Yong, J. (2010). Integration of Stapled A-REIT, Stock and Bond Returns. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (26). Social Science Research Network.

2009

Conference Publications

  • Yong, J., Allen, D., Lim, L. (2009). AREIT returns from 1990-2008: A multi-factor approach. Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (1522-1529). Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Research Projects

  • Assessing the riskiness of real estate in an investor’s portfolio by comparisons with other investable assets and economic indicators, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2017, 2017 ‑ 2018, $25,200.
  • An international comparison of the linkages between commercial property indices and Real Estate Investment Trusts, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, AFAANZ - Grant, 2014 ‑ 2015, $10,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Firm-level Determinants of Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Capital Structure Decisions of ASEAN-6 Family Firms: Implications for Southeast Asia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Impact of Corporate Governance Compliance and Capital Structure on Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, New capital structure models: Thai bank evidence
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Modelling cross-market linkages between global markets and China’s A-, B- and H-shares
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