Dr. Zulkornain Yusop
Dean
Academic Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
University Of Manchester
Master of Science in Economics
University Putra Malaysia
Bachelor Of Science in Economics
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Bachelor Of Arts in Statistics
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Areas of Interest
- President & CEO, Putra Business School, UPM (August 2016 – July 2022)
- Dean, FEP UPM (March 2015 – August 2016)
- Head Department of Economics, FEP UPM (September 2014- March 2015)
- Deputy Dean, FEP (July 2007 – June 2010)
- University Committee for AACSB (Association to Advanced Collegiate School of Business). (2007 – 2009)
- Deputy Director Center of External Education, UPM, since 1st Jan. 2004 – June 2007.
- Deputy Director Center of External Programme, UPM, since 1st September 2003 until Dec 2003
- Committee Member, for Asia Treasury Asia Pacific Business Conference (2002, Kuching, Sarawak
- and 2004, Penang).
- Coordinator (Penyelaras) of UPM programme for Kolej Informasi Teknologi Cosmopect (IDEAL) for January 2002-2004.
- Represented UPM for a special meeting with the Prime Minister on 17th May 2001.
- Member of Faculty Panel for Evaluation IRPA (2001)
- Officer in charge for “Pesta Konvo” UPMFeb 2000
- Member of Faculty Panel for Evaluation (IRPA (2000)
- Committee for Graduate Study Programme, Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM
- Committee for Documentation, ISO 9001, Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM
- MR for ISO 9001:2000, Centre for External Education, UPM
- Moderator/Assessor for Final Exam, Department of Economics, (2004-Now)
- Coordinator for ECN 4181 (Sem 1 06/07)
- Head of International Trade and Finance Specialization
- Committee for Assessment, Shah Putra College, Kuantan.
- Member, Board of Studies, International Medical University (IMU)
1. Ali, S., Yusop, Z., Kaliappan, S.R., Chin, L. Dynamic common correlated effects of Trade Openness,
FDI, and institutional performance on environmental quality: evidence from OIC countries (2020)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(11), pp. 11671-11682
2. Farooq, F., Yusop, Z., Chaudhry, I.S., Iram, R. Assessing the impacts of globalization and gender
parity on economic growth: empirical evidence from OIC countries (2020) Environmental Science
and Pollution Research, 27(7), pp. 6904-6917
3. Ali, S., Yusop, Z., Kaliappan, S.R., Chin, L. Trade-Environment nexus in OIC countries: fresh insights
from environmental Kuznets curve using GHG emissions and ecological footprint (2020)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
4. Farooq, F., Chaudhry, I.S., Yusop, Z., Habibullah, M.S. How do globalization and Foreign direct
investment affect environmental quality in OIC member countries? (2020) Pakistan Journal of
Commerce and Social Science, 14(2), pp. 551-568
5. Ali, H.S., Law, S.H., Lin, W.L., Yusop, Z., Chin, L., Bare, U.A.A. Financial development and carbon
dioxide emissions in Nigeria: evidence from the ARDL bounds approach (2019) GeoJournal, 84 (3),
pp. 641-655
6. Benalywa, Z.A., Ismail, M.M., Shamsudin, M.N., Yusop, Z. Assessing the comparative advantage of
broiler production in Peninsular Malaysia using policy analysis matrix (2019) Tropical Animal
Health and Production, 51 (2), pp. 321-327.
7. Benalywa, Z.A., Ismail, M.M., Shamsudin, M.N., Yusop, Z. Revealed comparative advantage and
competitiveness of broiler meat products in Malaysia and selected exporting countries (2019)
International Journal of Business and Society, 20 (1), pp. 383-396.
8. Ali, H.S., Zeqiraj, V., Lin, W.L., Law, S.H., Yusop, Z., Bare, U.A.A., Chin, L. Does quality institutions
promote environmental quality? (2019) Environmental Science and Pollution Research, .
9. Othman, N., Andaman, G., Yusop, Z., Ismail, M.M. Impact of public expenditures on FDI inflows into developing countries (2018) Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 26 (2), pp. 751- 768.
10. Let, H.S., Hamzah, H.Z., Yusop, Z., Mazlan, N.S. ICT adoption drives productivity in developed and developing countries [Penggunaan ict memacu produktiviti di negara maju dan membangun] (2018) Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52 (3), pp. 217-230.
11. Idris, J., Yusop, Z., Habibullah, M.S., Chin, L. Openness and economic growth in developing and
OECD countries (2018) International Journal of Economics and Management, 12 (2), pp. 693-702.
12. Benalywa, Z.A., Ismail, M.M., Shamsudin, M.N., Yusop, Z. An assessment of the impact of
government policies on broiler production in peninsular Malaysia (2018) International Journal of
Poultry Science, 17 (10), pp. 459-466
13.Othman, N., Yusop, Z., Andaman, G., Ismail, M.M. Impact of government spending on fdi inflows:
The case of asean-5, China and India (2018) International Journal of Business and Society, 19 (2),
pp. 401-414.
14. Ali, H.S., Law, S.H., Yusop, Z., Zeqiraj, V., Kofarmata, Y.I., Abdulkarim, F.M. Remittance and growth
nexus: Bootstrap panel granger-causality evidence from high remittance receiving countries (2018)
International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 15 (3), pp. 312-324.
15. Ali, H.S., Law, S.H., Yusop, Z., Chin, L.Dynamic implication of biomass energy consumption on
economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel data analysis (2017) GeoJournal, 82
(3), pp. 493-502.
16. Jamilah Idris, Yusop, Z, Habibullah, M.S. (2016) “Trade openness and economic growth: A
causality test in panel perspective”, International Journal of Business and Society, Volume 17,
Issue 2, 1 August 2016, Pages 281-290
17. Ali, H.S. Law, S.H., Yusop, Z., Chin, L. (2016) “Dynamic implication of biomass energy consumption on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel data analysis”, Geo Journal, 1 February 2016, Pages 1-10
18. Andaman, G., Yusop, Z., Noor, Z.M., Kaliappan, S.R. (2016) “Host country-specifc factors causing
outwards foreign direct investment from Malaysia “, Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Volume 50, Issue 1,
2016, Pages 67-80
19. Hamisu Sadi Ali, Zulkornain Bin Yusop, Law Siong Hook (2015), “Financial Development and Energy Consumption Nexus in Nigeria: An Application of Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound Testing Approach”. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2015, 5(3), pp. 1-6.
20. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2015), “The relative
efficiency of investment management of life insurers and takaful operators”. Investment
Management and Financial Innovations, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2015
21. Mohd Mansor Ismail and Zulkornain Yusop (2014). “Competitiveness of the Malaysian Food
Processing Industry”, Journal of Food Products Marketing, 20:164–178
22. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2014), ” Two-Stage DEA
Method in Identifying the Exogenous Factors of Insurers’ Risk and Investment Management
Efficiency”, Sains Malaysiana 43(9)(2014): 1439–1450
23. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2014), “Financial
Management Efficiency Performance of Insurers and Takaful Operators in Malaysia”, Jurnal
Pengurusan 40(2014) 25 – 40
24. Ruhaida Saidon, Zulkornain Yusop, Normaz Wana Ismail & Law Siong Hook, (2013). “Sectoral
Foreign aid on Income Inequality”. International Journal of Economics and Finance; vol. 5, no. 9
25. Sharif Karimi Mohammad, Yusop Zulkornain, Siong Hook Law and Lee Chin, “Effects of Human
Capital on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows”Journal of Economic Research, 18 (2013) pp. 1-23
26. Tajul Ariffin Masron and Yusop Z (2012), “The ASEAN investment area, other FDI initiatives, and
intra-ASEAN foreign direct investment”, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Volume 26, Issue 2,
November 2012, Pages 88-103 (SNIP = 0.7)
27. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2012), “Solvency
Determinants of Conventional Life Insurers and Takaful Operators”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk
and Insurance, vol 6, issue 2
28. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2012), “Camel rating
approach to assess the insurance operators financial strength” Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Volume
46, Issue 2, Pg. 3-15(SNIP = 0.1)
29. Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail (2012), “Stock Return and
Market Risk: A Comparison Between Conventional and takaful”, Insurance and Takaful Journal
(INTAJ), Vol 2, January 2012, pp. 15-23
30. Hoque, Monjurul & Yusop Zulkornain (2012) . “Impacts of trade liberalisation on export
performance in Bangladesh: An empirical investigation" , South Asia Economic Journal (SAEJ),
issue no. 13(2) pg 207-239 SNIP = 0.05)
31. Yodfiatfinda & Mad Nasir Shamsudin & Zainalabidin Mohamed & Zulkornain Yusop & Alias Radam,
2012. "Foreign Ownership And Openness In The Malaysian Food Processing Industry: Impact On
Productivity Growth," International Food Research Journal, Vol 19, Issue 1, 2012
32.Mad Nasir Shamsudin, Yodfiatfinda Zainalabidin Mohamed & Zulkornain Yusop & Alias Radam,
2011. "Evaluation of Market Competitiveness of SMEs in the Malaysian Food Processing Industry
(2011), Journal of Agribusiness Marketing, Vol 4, December 2011
33. Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam, Noriszura Ismail and Rubayah Yakob (2011), “Risk management
efficiency of conventional life insurers and Takaful operators”. Insurance Markets and Companies:
Analyses and Actuarial Computations, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011
34. Shri Dewi A., Fatimah M. A., M. N. Shamsudin, ZulkornainYusop & M. Alias (2011), “Impact of
Biodiesel Demand on the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry: A Simultaneous Equations Approach.
International Journal of Management Studies 18 (Special Issue), 73–90 (2011)
35. Choong, Chee-Keong , Siew‐Yong Lam, Yusop Zulkornain (2010) Private Capital Flows to Low-
Income Countries: The Role of Domestic Financial Sector JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND
MANAGEMENT, 11(4): pg. 598–612 (SNIP = 0.804)
36. Sharif Karimi Mohammad, Yusop Zulkornain, Siong Hook Lawn (2010), Location decision for
foreign direct investment in ASEAN countries: A TOPSIS approach, International Research Journal
of Finance and Economics, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2010, Pages 196-207 (SNIP = 0.40)
37.Hoque, M Monjurul & Yusop Z (2010) “Impacts of trade liberalisation on aggregate import in
Bangladesh: An ARDL Bounds test approach" Journal of Asian Economies, Volume 21, Issue 1,
2010. (SNIP = 0.87)
38. Choong, Chee-Keong, Yusop, Zulkornain and Law, Siong-Hook (2010) 'Private capital flows to
developing countries: the role of the domestic financial sector', Journal of the Asia Pacific
Economy, 15: 4, 509 — 529 (SNIP = .798)
39. Chee-Keong Choong, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Zulkornain Yusop, Muzafar Shah Habibullah
(2010) “Private capital flows, stock market and economic growth in developed and developing
countries: A comparative analysis”. Japan and the World Economy, Vol 22, Issue 2, pp: 107 – 117
(SNIP = 0.539)
40. Muhammad Firdaus and Zulkornain Yusop (2009)“Dynamic Analysis of Regional Convergence in
Indonesia”. International Journal of Economics and Management, 3(1):73-86 (SNIP = 0.138)
41. Siah KL, Chong CK & Yusop Z (2009) Afta and the Intra-trade Patterns Among Asean-5 Economies:
Trade-Enhancing or Trade-Inhibiting? International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 1, No. 1
42. Elgilani E. Elsharief, Yusop Z and Hui Boon Tan (2008). "Value Added Information in Term
Structure: The Case of Malaysian Government Securities" , The International Journal of
Economics and Management. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008 (SNIP = 0.138)
43. Lee Chin, M. Azali, Z. Yusop and M.Yusoff (2008). Is Malaysian Exchange Rate Misalligned before
1997 crisis? Labuan Bulletin of International Business and Finance, Vol 6, 2008, pp 1-18.
44. Tajul Ariffin Masron and Yusop Z (2008). "AFTA, Income Growth and Income Convergence in
ASEAN" International Trade Journal. Vol. 22, No. 3, 2008, (SNIP = 0.929)
1) Yakob, R., Zulkornain, Y., Alias R. and Noriszura, I. 2014. Risk management efficiency and organizational form: Takaful versus conventional insurance. Proceeding of Malaysia Indonesia International Conference on Economics, Management and Accounting (MIICEMA), 10th – 11th Nov, Bangi – Putrajaya Hotel, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
2) Yakob, R., Zulkornain, Y., Alias R. and Noriszura, I. 2014. Investment efficiency determinants of life insurers and takaful operators. Proceeding of The 6th Islamic Banking, Accounting & Finance Conference (iBAF), 23th – 24th Sept, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
3) Yakob, R., Zulkornain, Y., Alias R. and Noriszura, I. 2014. Understanding the investment management efficiency of insurance/takaful operators. Proceeding of Inaugural International Conference on Finance & Financial Services, 5th – 6th May, UKM-GSB, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
4) Rubayah Yaakob, Yusop Zulkornain, Alias Radam & Noriszura Ismail(2014).” Towards Enhancing the Credibility of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Results ” in 12th EBES Conference, January 9-11, 2014, Singapore.
5) Yodfiatfinda & Mad Nasir Shamsudin & Zainalabidin Mohamed & Zulkornain Yusop & Alias Radam, 2011. "Foreign Ownership And Openness In The Malaysian Food Processing Industry: Impact On Productivity Growth," International Conference on Management (ICM 2011) Proceeding 2011-041_349, Conference Master Resource
Book
1. Ismail M. Mansor, Fatimah M. Arshad, Zulkornain Yusop and Kushairi M. Noh (2013)“The
Competitiveness of Food and Feed Industries: Malaysia vs. other ASEAN5”, UPM Press, Serdang
2. Fatimah M. Arshad, Ahmad Shuib, Amin Mahir Abdullah, Azali Mohamed, Ismail AbdLatif, Khalid
Abdul Rahim, Kushairi M. Noh, M. Mansor Ismail, Mohd Rusli Yaakob, Ng Keng Yap, Tai Shzee Yew,
Zainal Abidin Mohamed and Zulkornain Yusop (2008), “Penelitian Semula Pelan Tindakan
Imbangan Perdagangan Untuk Sektor Makanan” UPM Press, Serdang
3. Mohammad Sharif Karimi, Zulkornain Yusop and Law Siong Hook (2012). The Role of Human
Capital on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows. Lambert Academic Publishing,
4. Yusop Zulkornain (2003) Asas Ekonomi Antarabangsa, Image Pac Sdn Bhd
5. Yusop Zulkornain (2003), International Economics, Module for UNITEM,
6. M. Azali, Mohammed Yusoff, Muzafar Shah Habibullah, Shazali Abu Mansor, Rujhan Mustafa,
Shamsher Mohamad, Zulkornain Yusop, Alias Radam, Azman Hassan, Sumangala Pillai (2002),
Asia Pacific Business Conference (2002), “The Impact of Global Competitive Environment on Asian Economies, Business and Society” Kuching, Sarawak
1. Zulkornain Yusop and Tajul Ariffin Masron (2008). AFTA, Income Growth and Income Convergence in ASEAN
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI , UPM 2008 (SILVER)
2. Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Mad Nasir Shamsudin & Zulkornain Yusop
The Palm Oil Import Demand in Middle East and North African (Mena) Countries
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI , UPM 2008 (SILVER)
3. Zulkornain Yusop and Choong Chee Keong (2007). Permanent Versus Temporary Shocks in the Private Capital
Flows Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Unit Root Tests.
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI , UPM 2007 (SILVER)
4. Zulkornain Yusop and Choong Chee Keong (2007). Foreign Direct Investment Volatility and Economic Growth:
The Case of ASEAN – Five Economies.
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI , UPM 2007 (BRONZE)
5. Yasmine Merican, Zulkornain Yusop, Zaleha Mohd. Noor and Law Siong Hook (2006). Foreign Direct Investment
and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis in Five ASEAN Nations.
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI , UPM 2007 (BRONZE)
6. Zulkornain Yusop and Choong Chee Keong (2007). Permanent Versus Temporary Shocks in the Private Capital
Flows Evidence from Heterogeneous Panel Unit Root Tests. FEP Research Exhibition 2007, on 22 June 2007.
(Bronze Medal)
7. Zulkornain Yusop and Choong Chee Keong (2007). Private Capital Flows, Financial Sector and Economic
Development: The Cross-National Evidence.
FEP Research Exhibition 2007 on 22 June 2007. (Bronze Medal)
8. Yasmine Merican, Zulkornain Yusop, Zaleha Mohd. Noor and Law Siong Hook (2006). Foreign Direct Investment
and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis in Five ASEAN Nations. FEP Research Exhibition 2007 on 22 June 2007.
(Silver Medal)
9. Mohd. Naseem Niaz Ahmad, Tan Hui Boon and Zulkornain Yusop. The Impact of Exchange Rate Misalignment
and Volatility on Export Flows: The Experience of Malaysian. FEP Research Exhibition 2007. (Silver Medal)
10. Choong Chee Keong, Zulkornain Yusop, Muzafar Shah Habibullah dan Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah (2007).
Private Capital Flows, Stock Market and Economic Growth in Oecd and Developing Countries: A comparative
Analysis.
FEP Research Exhibition on 22 June 2007
11. Yusop Z. and Tajul Ariffin Masron (2006). “OCA Criteria and Volatility in ASEAN”
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI, UPM 2006 (SILVER)
12. Yusop Z and Tajul Ariffin Masron (2006).
“Openness, Productivity and allocation efficiency in ASEAN-4”.
PAMERAN REKACIPTA PENYELIDIKAN DAN INOVASI, UPM 2006 (BRONZE)
