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Dr. Kin Ming WONG

Senior Lecturer
Concentration Co-ordinator, BBA Economics and Data Analytics Concentration
Associate Director, BBA (Hons), Office of the Dean of Business
Economics Discipline
Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance
Associate Director (Knowledge Transfer), Centre for Sustainable Development Studies

arieswong@hkbu.edu.hk
3411 6611
WLB 523
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-0213
Kin Ming WONG public CV
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Dr. Aries Wong is an academic with extensive professional experience in the banking and financial sector. Prior to entering academia, he specialized in credit and risk management across various financial institutions. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds an MSc in Risk Management Science. He is also a CFA charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Deeply committed to knowledge transfer and public service, Dr. Wong actively contributes to professional and education advisory bodies. He serves on the Qualification and Examination Board and the Sustainability Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), as well as the Subject Committee on HKDSE Economics for the HKEAA. He previously served on the CDC-HKEAA Committee on Economics for the Education Bureau from 2019 to 2025. Frequently engaging with the wider community, he delivers professional training for civil servants, secondary educators, and industry practitioners through seminars and consultancy projects, while regularly sharing economic insights via mass media.

Dr. Wong’s primary research interests focus on monetary policy, financial economics, and the Hong Kong economy. His work has been published in academic journals, including Oxford Economic Papers, Pacific Economic Review, and the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.

Monetary Policy, Financial Markets and Hong Kong Economy

Managerial Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and International Economics

Ph.D. in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Phil. in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
M. Sc. in Risk Management Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.B.A. (General Finance), First Class Honours, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Inclusions and Exclusions of Stocks in Cross-Border Investments: The Case of Stock Connect

(with Byron Tsang), Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2023, 30, 701-727.

Migration and Political Institution: Other Side of the Hill

Pacific Economic Review, 2021, 26(1), 54-69.

The Magnet Effect of Circuit Breakers and Its Interactions

(with Vivian Kong, Man Li), Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2020, 61, 101325.

Monetary Policy Regimes and Growth Revisited: Evidence from a De Facto Classification

(with Terence Chong), Oxford Economic Papers, 2019, 71(4), 908-929.
(working paper version)

The Role of Bitcoin in the Monetary System: Its Current Development and the Possible Future

Contemporary Issues in International Political Economy, edited by Fu-lai Yu and Diana Kwan, London and New York, Macmillan Palgrave, 2019, 359-412.

Does the Right to Choose Matter in Defined Contribution Plans?

(with Byron Tsang), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2017, 35(2), 278-291.

Does Monetary Policy Matter for Trade?

(with Terence Chong), International Economics, 2016, 147, 107-125.

Book Review on Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries

By Andrew E. Clark and Claudia Senik (Eds.), International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2016, 3(1), 88-90.

Financial Crises and Government Regulations

(with Gary Shiu), in International Economic Development: Leading Issues and Challenges, edited by Fu-lai Yu, Wai-kee Yuen and Diana Kwan, London: Routledge, 2014.

Minimum Wage and Shareholder Wealth: Evidence from Hong Kong

(with Terence Chong), Applied Economics Quarterly, 2013, 59(1), 85-91.

Well-Being and Economic Development: A Principal Components Analysis

International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2013, 1(2), 131-141.

A Threshold Model for The Hong Kong Warrant Prices

(with Terence Chong), Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2008, 4(5), 337 - 339.

A Study of the Socio-Economic Status of Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Changes since the Pandemic Outbreak, Hong Kong Society for Community Organisation

(with YS Cheng and Charlotte Man), 2025

Poverty Alleviation Policies in Hong Kong, Impact Case Study Incentive Scheme, School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University

(with YS Cheng), 2022/23-2024/25

A Monetary History of Hong Kong, 1871 - 2015, Competitive Research Funding Scheme for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector, Research Grants Council.

(with Byron Tsang), 2016/17

School Award for Oustanding Performance in Teaching

WONG Kin Ming (Recipient), 2025
School of Business, HKBU

School Award for Oustanding Performance in Service

Wong Kin Ming (Recipient), 2020
School of Business, HKBU

The Effect of School Closures on Parental Employment: Evidence from Hong Kong during COVID-19

(with YS Cheng)
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  • Selected Op-eds
    • 從體感落差看香港經濟, 經緯天下專欄, 經濟日報, 26 Jan 2026
    • 黃金經濟學, 經緯天下專欄, 經濟日報, 31 Oct 2025
    • 債務下的香港公共財政, 信報, 5 Mar 2024
    • 綠色金融的經濟學, 信報, 23 Mar 2023
    • 科技與扶貧, 信報, 28 Jul 2022
    • 「零工」的價值, 信報, 10 May 2021
    • 科技集群何處尋?, 信報, 08 Dec 2020
 
  • Selected Interviews and Other Media Exposure
    • 虛擬銀行(財經透視), TVB, 07 May, 2023
    • 企劃未來第二季 疫之蛻變》第十集：經營模式, RTHK, 29 June, 2022
    • 疫情下的三種選擇, Bloomberg Businessweek Chinese Edition, 28 March, 2022
    • 當央行遇上數碼貨幣, Bloomberg Businessweek Chinese Edition, 28 October, 2020
    • Co-host of Economics +(經濟學+), TVB, 2019-2020 
    • Co-host of Economic Night(學人講經濟), RTHK, 2019