Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin

The paper investigates the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia, the strong growth performances experienced by Malaysia economy greatly on the FDI. FDI inflows enhance economic growth by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion...

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Main Author: Mohd Amin, Liyana
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spelling my.uitm.ir.419472021-02-23T01:53:23Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41947/ Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin Mohd Amin, Liyana Demography. Population. Vital events Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product Foreign investments. Country risk The paper investigates the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia, the strong growth performances experienced by Malaysia economy greatly on the FDI. FDI inflows enhance economic growth by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion of export growth and creation of employment in Malaysia. FDI inflows of Malaysia started fluctuating from 1996 to 2010 and this high volatility of Malaysia FDI inflows drew the researchers to examine the relationship FDI inflows in Malaysia by using the annual data from year 1982– 2018. Multiple linear regressions model is applied to study the relationship between explanatory variables (gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI), unemployment and populations) and explained variable (Malaysia FDI inflow). Empirical results show that gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI) and unemployment are significant in determining foreign direct investment in Malaysia. Conversely, population is insignificant in determining FDI in Malaysia. 2019-12 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41947/1/41947.pdf Mohd Amin, Liyana (2019) Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Demography. Population. Vital events
Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
Foreign investments. Country risk
spellingShingle Demography. Population. Vital events
Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
Foreign investments. Country risk
Mohd Amin, Liyana
Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
description The paper investigates the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia, the strong growth performances experienced by Malaysia economy greatly on the FDI. FDI inflows enhance economic growth by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion of export growth and creation of employment in Malaysia. FDI inflows of Malaysia started fluctuating from 1996 to 2010 and this high volatility of Malaysia FDI inflows drew the researchers to examine the relationship FDI inflows in Malaysia by using the annual data from year 1982– 2018. Multiple linear regressions model is applied to study the relationship between explanatory variables (gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI), unemployment and populations) and explained variable (Malaysia FDI inflow). Empirical results show that gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI) and unemployment are significant in determining foreign direct investment in Malaysia. Conversely, population is insignificant in determining FDI in Malaysia.
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title Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
title_short Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
title_full Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
title_fullStr Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Liyana Mohd Amin
title_sort determinants of foreign direct investment in malaysia / liyana mohd amin
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