Curriculum Vitae

Cassey Lee Hong Kim

Contact

School of Economics
Faculty of Commerce
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522, Australia

Tel: +61-2-4221-4026

Fax: +60-2-4221-3725

E-mail 1: casseyl@uow.edu.au

E-mail 2: casseylee@gmail.com

Webpage: http//www.cassey.com

Specialization

Industrial Organization, Economics of Regulation, Competition Policy

Current Research Interests

Competition Policy, Infrastructure Regulation, Economics of Innovation

Education

Ph.D.

Economics, University of California, Irvine, 1999
M.Phil. Economics, University of Cambridge, 1991
B.Econ. Applied Economics (Honours Class I), University of Malaya, 1988

Professional Experience

2010 -

Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong, Australia
2006 - 2010

Associate Professor of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham Malaysia

2000 - 2006

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya

2000 - 2004

Head of Department, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya
1991- 2000 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya
1988-1990 Senior Administrative Officer, Loans Division, Public Finance Berhad

Publications

1. Journal Articles

Lee, Cassey. (2009). “An Institutional Perspective of National Competitiveness,” Singapore Economic Review (accepted, forthcoming)

Lee, Cassey. (2008). “The Relationship Between Innovation, Productivity and Exports: Some Preliminary Evidence from the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector,” Economics Bulletin, Vol.12, No.31, pp.1-13.

Lee, Cassey and Lee, Chew-Ging. (2007). “SME Innovation in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector,” Economics Bulletin, Vol.12, No.30, 1-12.

Lee, Cassey. (2006). “Water Tariffs in Malaysia: Past & Present,” Water Malaysia, Vol.12, January.

Lee, Cassey and Lee, Chew-Ging. (2006). “Encouraging Innovation in Malaysia: Appropriate Sources of Financing,” Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, May-June. (with Lee Chew Ging). Reprinted in CACCI Journal, Vol.1, 2007.

Lee, Cassey. (2006). “Book Review: Economic Globalization in Asia, edited by Partha Gangopadhyay and Manas Chatterji, “ Asia-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol.20, No.1, May, p.73.

Lee, Cassey and Lee, Chew-Ging (2006) "Financing Innovation in Malaysia" Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, May-June

Lee, Cassey (2006) "Water Tariffs in Malaysia: Past and Present," Water Malaysia, Vol.12, January

Lee, Cassey (2005) "Legal Traditions and Competition Policy," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.45, pp.236-257

Lee, Cassey and Lloyd, Peter (2005) "Beauty and the Economist: The Role of Aesthetics in Economic Theory," (with Peter Lloyd) Kyklos, Vol.58, No.1, pp.65-86

Lee, Cassey (2004) "The Determinants of Innovation in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector: An Econometric Analysis at the Firm Level", ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 21:3, pp.319-329

Lee, Cassey (2004) "Emergence and Universal Computation," Metroeconomica, 55:2/3, pp.219-238

Lee, Cassey (2002) "Telecommunications Reforms in Malaysia," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 73:4, pp.493-519

De Vany, Arthur and Lee, Cassey (2001) "Quality Signals in Information Cascades and the Distribution of Motion Picture Box Office Revenues," (with Arthur De Vany) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 25:4, pp.593-694

Lee, Cassey (2000) "The Impact of Globalization and Liberalization on the Financial Services Sector," Banker's Journal Malaysia, September

Lee, Cassey (1998) "Book Review: Paul Krugman's The Self Organizing Economy," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol.22, pp.1606-1612

Lee, Cassey (1993) "Review of Eminent Economists: Their Life Philosophies by Michael Szenberg," in Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Vol.30 No.2

2. Books

Cook, Paul, Raul Fabella and Cassey Lee. (eds.) (2007). Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in Developing Countries. Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey and Cheong, May-Fong (2006), Competition Policy in Asia: Models and Issues. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya

Sieh, Mei Ling, Cassey Lee, Ong Fon Sim, Wan Sabri Wan Husin. (1995) The Finance Company Industry in Malaysia: Current Status and Future Directions. (with Sieh Mei Ling et al) Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya Press. (168pp. + xxiv)

3. Chapter in Books

Lee, Cassey. (2009). “Graph Theory and Networks,” in Famous Figures in Economics, edited by Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd. London: Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey. (2009). “Product Exhaustion Theorem,” in Famous Figures in Economics, edited by Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd. London: Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey. (2008). “Regulatory Reforms in the Malaysian Telecommunications Sector,” in Managing Convergence: Experiences in Malaysia. Cyberjaya: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.

Lee, Cassey. (2008). “Malaysia,” in Social Policies and Private Sector Participation in Water Supply: Beyond Regulation, edited by Naren Prasad. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Lee, Cassey. (2007). “Competition Policy in Malaysia,” in Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in Developing Countries. edited by Paul Cook, Raul Fabella and Cassey Lee. London: Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey. (2007). “Model Competition Laws,” in Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in Developing Countries. edited by Paul Cook, Raul Fabella and Cassey Lee. London: Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey. (2007). “Legal Traditions and Competition Policy,” in Competitive Advantage and Competition Policy in Developing Countries. edited by Paul Cook, Raul Fabella and Cassey Lee. London: Edward Elgar.

Lee, Cassey. (2006). “Model Competition Laws: The World Bank-OECD and UNCTAD Approaches Compared,” in Competition Policy in Asia, edited by Cassey Lee and Cheong May Fong. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya.

Lee, Cassey, Quah Boon Huat and Marc Foo (2006) “A Year of Exogenous Shocks: Southeast Asian Economies in 2005,” in Southeast Asian Affairs 2006, edited by Daljit Singh. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Lee, Cassey (2005) "Malaysia," in Competition Policy and Development in Asia, edited by D.H.Brooks and S.Evenett. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Lee, Cassey (2005) "Emergence and Universal Computation," in Computability, Complexity And Constructivity In Economic Analysis, edited by K.Velupillai. Oxford: Blackwell

Lee, Cassey (2005) "Malaysia: Telecommunications Reforms and beyond," in Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Allan Brown, Moazzem Hossain, and Duc-Tho Nguyen. London: Edward Elgar

Lee, Cassey (2004) "Comments on Privatization and Corporate Governance," in Governance, Regulation and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Lee, Cassey (2004) "Comments on Recent Developments in the Public-Enterprise Sector of Korea," in Governance, Regulation and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Lee, Cassey (2004) "Regulating Competition in Malaysia," in Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development edited by Paul Cook, Colin Kirkpatrick, Martin Minogue and David Parker. London, Edward Elgar

De Vany, Arthur and Lee, Cassey (2003) "Stochastic Market Structure: Concentration Measures and Motion Picture Antitrust," in Hollywood Economics by Arthur De Vany, London, Routledge

Naidu, G. and Lee, Cassey (1997) "The Transition to Privatization: Malaysia," (with G.Naidu) in Infrastructure Strategies in East Asia: The Untold Story, edited by Ashoka Mody. Washington D.C.:World Bank

Chee, Stephen and Lee, Cassey (1994) "Social Costs of Economic Restructuring : The Malaysian Case," (with Stephen Chee) ) in Social Costs of Economic Restructuring in Asia and the Pacific, Development Papers No.15. Bangkok: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Teaching Experience

(a) Undergraduate Level

Principles of Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, History of Economic Thought, World Economic History, Development Economics, Law and Economics, Economics of Regulation, Industrial Organization, Modern Firms as Hierarchies, Economics of Innovation

(b) Graduate Level

Macroeconomics (MBA), Industrial Organization (MEc), Economics of Network Industries (MEc), Economics of Organization (MA/MSc), Managerial Economics (MBA)

 Graduate Thesis / Research Paper Supervision

Consulting Experience

ESCAP, United Nations (1991), Association of Finance Companies of Malaysia (1991), Bintulu Port S/B (1994), World Bank (1994), Asian Development Bank (1995), Ministry of Finance (2000), Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (2000-2003), Ministry of Transport (2000-01), Economic Planning Unit (2002), Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2002-2003), Bahrain's Ministry of Finance (2002-2003), Penang Port S/B (2003-2004), Asian Development Bank (2004), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (2004), SMIDEC (MITI) (2005), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (2005-2006)

Membership of Academic Body

Committee Member, Malaysian Economic Association (1994-96), (2000-02)

Life Member, Malaysian Economic Association

Member, American Economic Association (1996- )