CHOW Hwee Kwan
Full-time Faculty
Professor of Economics and Statistics (Practice); Academic Director, Global Impact Scholarship Award
School of Economics
SOE
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1990
- MSc (with Distinction), London School of Economics, 1986
- B.Soc.Sc. (1st Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 1985
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Monetary Economics
- International Finance
- Economic Forecasting
HighlightsChow Hwee Kwan is a distinguished Professor of Economics & Statistics (Practice) at Singapore Management University, renowned for her expertise in economic forecasting, empirical international finance, and monetary economics, with extensive academic, policy, and consultancy contributions across Asia.
Bridges rigorous econometric and statistical methodologies with real-world policy applications, influencing monetary and economic policy in Singapore and the region; recognized for leadership in academic programme development, impactful consultancy for multilateral agencies, and advancing best practices in economic forecasting and policy analysis.
Focused research areas include Forecasting and risk assessment in international financial centres; monetary policy frameworks and implementation; exchange rate regimes and policy; financial market integration and volatility spillovers in Asia; robust statistical methods for economic analysis.
Bridges rigorous econometric and statistical methodologies with real-world policy applications, influencing monetary and economic policy in Singapore and the region; recognized for leadership in academic programme development, impactful consultancy for multilateral agencies, and advancing best practices in economic forecasting and policy analysis.
Focused research areas include Forecasting and risk assessment in international financial centres; monetary policy frameworks and implementation; exchange rate regimes and policy; financial market integration and volatility spillovers in Asia; robust statistical methods for economic analysis.
Areas of Expertise
Monetary EconomicsInternational FinanceEconomic Forecasting
Past Awarded Grant
- SMU Research Grants, 2004-2009
- NUS Research Grants, 1999-2000
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Gauging growth risk in an international financial centre: some evidence from Singapore: HK Chow [2025]HK ChowEmpirical Economics 68 (5), 2199-2224, 2025
- HK ChowInflation and deflation in East Asia, 75-87, 2023
- HK Chow, KM ChoyEmpirical Economics 64 (5), 2105-2124, 2023
- Forecasting GDP with many predictors in a small open economy: forecast or information pooling? [2023]HK Chow, Y Fei, D HanEmpirical Economics, 1, 2023
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QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. London School of Economics, 1990
- MSc (with Distinction), London School of Economics, 1986
- B.Soc.Sc. (1st Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 1985
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Monetary Economics
- International Finance
- Economic Forecasting