Zulkefly Abdul Karim (Ph.D.) is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. His research interest has focused on monetary and financial economics, international finance, applied econometrics, and public policy. He has an outstanding record in publications that have been published in various journals indexed in Web of Science (WoS) and SCOPUS. He also holds an administration post as Deputy Director for the Center for IDEA-UKM and as Editor and Associate Editor for many journals.