Dr Chew Lian Chua (Michael)

Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Tel. +61 3 8344 2144
Fax. +61 3 8344 2111
Email. mchua@unimelb.edu.au

Michael is a Research Fellow in the Applied Macreconomics group. He holds a PhD in econometrics from the University of New England. Prior to joining the institute, he worked as a Research Assistant in that University from 1998 to 2000.

Michael's research interests focus on empirical macro and Bayesian econometrics.

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Publications

• 'Markov Switching Mean Reversion in Short-term interest rates: Evidence from East Asian Economies', Economic Record,83, 2007 (with S. Suardi).
• 'Airline Code-share Alliances and Costs: Imposing Concavity on Translog Cost Function Estimation,' Review of Industrial Organisation, 26, 461-487, 2005 (with H. Kew and J.S. Yong).
• 'Bayesian Model Averaging in Consumer Demand System with Inequality Constraints,' Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49(3), 267-291, 2001 (with W.E. Griffiths and C.J. O’Donnell).

Other Research papers

• 'Forecasting Australian Macroeconomic Variables Using a Large Dataset,' Melbourne Institute Working Paper 4/08, The University of Melbourne (with S. Tsiaplias).
• 'Can Consumer Sentiment and Its Components Forecast Australian GDP and Consumption?,' Melbourne Institute Working Paper 3/08, The University of Melbourne (with S. Tsiaplias).
• 'What DrivesWorker Flows?,' Melbourne Institute Working Paper 34/07, The University of Melbourne (with R. Dixon and G.C. Lim)
• 'Permanent Structural Change in the US Short-Term and Long-Term Interest Rates,' Melbourne Institute Working Paper 22/07, The University of Melbourne (with C. N. Low).
• 'A Fall in the US Dollar – Hard or Soft Landing for Australia? A Scenario Analysis,' Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends, issue 1, 2005 (with M. Crosby, G.C. Lim, P. Smith and L.L. Song).
• 'Oil Prices and the Economic Outlook for Australia–A Scenario Analysis,' Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends, issue 4, 2004 (with G.C. Lim and L.L. Song).