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Dr Sandy Kyaw

Reader in Applied International Economics and Development
Cardiff School of Management

Overview

Sandy is a Reader in Applied International Economics and Development, and the Field Group Chair for Finance, at Cardiff School of Management. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to joining Cardiff School of Management, she was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes Business School.

Sandy completed her PhD in Economics at the University of Strathclyde where she was awarded a full scholarship (Postgraduate Research Scholarship Award; International Research Scholarship Award; and Overseas Research Scholarship Award by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom) to support her research.

Sandy also serves as the Managing Editor of International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences; and an Associate Editor of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Her research has been funded by various funders, including the Leverhulme Trust, European Social Fund, Welsh European Funding Office, Cardiff Council UK Community Renewal Fund, Wales Innovation Network, Research Wales, and Hodge Foundation.

Research Publications

The impact of corporate governance on financial leverage: evidence from Egypt

Micheal, R., Kyaw, K. S. & Quao, K. H., 2 Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics. 19, 1, p. 1-29 29 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticle

Do higher public and private debt levels benefit the wealthy? An empirical analysis of top wealth shares in the UK

De Vita, G., Luo, Y., Kyaw, K. S. & Li, K., 18 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Economic Studies. 51, 9, p. 338-357 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Empirical Study on Public Sector versus Third Sector Circular Economy-Oriented Innovations

Clifton, N., Kyaw, K. S., Liu, Z. & Walpole, G., 17 Feb 2024, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 16, 4, p. 1650 1 p., 1650.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An empiric on geopolitical risk and the tourism–economic growth nexus

Kyaw, K. S., Luo, Y. & De Vita, G., 26 Dec 2023, In: Journal of Economic Studies. 51, 7

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Enhancing Circular Economy Capabilities of Practitioners: An analysis of interventions that have proved effective at developing the Circular Economy (CE) implementation capabilities of practitioners

Walpole, G., Clifton, N., Kyaw, S., Rich, N., Rucinska, K., Smith, S., Steffes, L. & Treadwell, P., May 2023, 86 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

A new foundational economy academy in Wales: scoping and feasibility study

Walpole, G., Treadwell, P., Smith, S., Renfrew, K., Rich, N., McKeown, M., Manley, J., Liu, Z., Kyaw, S., Clifton, N. & Bacon, E., 9 Mar 2023, Welsh Government. 118 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Managing productivity in Welsh firms – Final report

Kyaw, S., Morgan, B., Holtham, G., Morgan, S., Huggins, R., Clifton, N., Davies, J. & Walpole, G., 8 Mar 2020

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Managing productivity in Welsh firms – Interim report

Morgan, B., Holtham, G., Morgan, S., Huggins, R., Clifton, N., Davies, J., Walpole, G., Kyaw, S. & De Laurentis, C., 28 Nov 2019, 36 p.

Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Population and economic growth

Kyaw, S., 2019, In: International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences. 8, 1, p. 1-4

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Tourism development and growth

De Vita, G. & Kyaw, K. S., 4 Jun 2016, In: Annals of Tourism Research. 60, p. 23-26 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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