Myint Moe Chit

Contact

• workRoom EB30 Block E
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8725 3589
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8019
• MoeChit.Myint@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Myint Moe Chit is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Economics and Director of Teaching & Learning at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) in the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM). Myint received his doctorate in Financial Economics from Middlesex University Business School, London. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). His research interests include bilateral trade among ASEAN countries, SME development, the role of financial and institutional environment on capital structure of firms in transition economies and debt diversification of MNEs and SMEs. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the World Economy, Empirical Economics, and Global Finance Journal.

Teaching Summary

His teaching interests are in Quantitative Methods, Econometrics and Managerial Economics. Currently, he is teaching Quantitative Methods, Introductory Econometrics, and Marketing Analytics.

Research Summary

Myint's research interests include bilateral trade among ASEAN countries, SME development, the role of financial and institutional environment on capital structure of firms in transition economies… read more

Selected Publications

• CHIT, M. M., 2018. Political openness and the growth of small and medium enterprises: Empirical evidence from transition economies Empirical Economics. 55(2), 781-804
• CHIT, M. M. and JUDGE, A., 2011. Non-linear effect of exchange rate volatility on exports and the role of financial sector development: Evidence from the emerging East Asian economies International Review of Applied Economics. 25(1), 107-119
• CHIT, M. M., RIZOV, M. and WILLENBOCKEL, D., 2010. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: New Empirical Evidence from the Emerging East Asian Economies The World Economy. 33(2), 239-263
• CHIT, M. M., 2008. Exchange rate volatility and exports: evidence from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 6(3), 261-277

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Current Research

Myint's research interests include bilateral trade among ASEAN countries, SME development, the role of financial and institutional environment on capital structure of firms in transition economies and debt diversification of MNEs and SMEs. Current research topics are:

• Stability of Debt Policy: The role of firm-specific and country-specific factors
• Diversification of SME Financing
• Drivers of absorptive capacities for technology acquisitions and successful commercialisation among SMEs in Malaysia (Project funded by MTDC)

Future Research

• The effect of FDI on innovation of domestic SMEs in emerging and developing economies

• SWEE YEW CHOY, MYINT MOE CHIT and WING LEONG TEO, 2020. Sovereign credit ratings: Discovering unorthodox factors and variables Global Finance Journal. (In Press.)
• CHIT, M. M., 2019. Financial information credibility, legal environment and SMEs access to finance International Journal of the Economics of Business. 26(3), 329-354
• CHIT, M. M., 2018. Political openness and the growth of small and medium enterprises: Empirical evidence from transition economies Empirical Economics. 55(2), 781-804
• CHIT M M, 2015. Political openness, firm size and SME growth propensity: Empirical evidence from transition economies In: 4th Asian Management Research and Case Conference (AMRC) 2015: Management Issues in Emerging Markets for Sustainable Business; Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
• CHIT M M, 2015. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Financing Source Diversification: Strategy or Desperation In: The 47th Money, Macro and Finance Group Research Conference, Cardiff University Business School, Cardiff, UK.
• BORSE, G. and CHIT, M. M., 2014. Determinants of Credit Card Fraud: Is Asia different from the other regions? Management Development Journal of Singapore. 19(1), 74-90
• CHIT M M, 2014. Fractional Multi-response Logit Regression Estimation of SMEs’ Financing Decisions In: ISI Regional Statistics Conference 2014: Statistical Science for a Better Tomorrow; Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia.
• CHIT, M. M., 2012. SMEs and Exports: An Empirical Analysis of SMEs in Developing and Emerging Economies Management Development Journal of Singapore. 18(1), 29-47
• CHIT, M. M. and JUDGE, A., 2011. Non-linear effect of exchange rate volatility on exports and the role of financial sector development: Evidence from the emerging East Asian economies International Review of Applied Economics. 25(1), 107-119
• CHIT, M. M., RIZOV, M. and WILLENBOCKEL, D., 2010. Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports: New Empirical Evidence from the Emerging East Asian Economies The World Economy. 33(2), 239-263
• CHIT, M. M., 2008. Exchange rate volatility and exports: evidence from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 6(3), 261-277
• CHIT M M, 2008. The role of financial sector development on the relationship between exchange rate volatility and exports: Empirical evidence from emerging East Asia economies In: The 19th CEA (UK) conference, Cambridge; UK.
• CHIT M M, 2007. Real Exchange Rate Volatility and Macroeconomic Fundamentals: Evidence from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area In: The 18th CEA (UK) Annual Conference on Integrating China into the World Economy, Nottingham; UK.