Evan Lau Universiti Malaysia Sarawak   Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Kota Samarahan, Sarawak 94300 Malaysia   lphevan@feb.unimas.my   http://lphevan.blogspot.com   Biographical Sketch: Evan Lau obtained his doctorate degree in international economics at Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currently, Lau is a Lecturer in Faculty of Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He research interests include, Applied Econometrics, Sustainability of External and Internal Imbalances, Current Account Modeling, Economic Integration and Nonlinearities in Time Series Analysis. His article published in Journal of Asian Economics has been cited as a Top 20 of the most requested articles in 2003. Among his articles in the international and local journals includes Economics Letters, Japan and the World Economy, Journal of Asian Economics, International Review of Economics and Business - RISEC, ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Singapore Economic Review, International Journal of Business and Society, Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Borneo Review and Labuan Bulletin of International Business andFinance   Primary Research Focus: International Economics, Applied Econometrics   JEL Areas: C5 : Econometric Modeling: General J1 : Demographic Economics: General