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Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between transport infrastructure investment and the productivity growth in Asia Pacific region. The productivity growth is measured by the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and is estimated using the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method...

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Main Author: Nur Syiqim, Mohd Syafiq Felix
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020
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HB Economic Theory
HE Transportation and Communications
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33118/1/Nur%20Syiqim%20ft.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.331182024-02-19T06:24:54Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33118/ Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries Nur Syiqim, Mohd Syafiq Felix HB Economic Theory HE Transportation and Communications The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between transport infrastructure investment and the productivity growth in Asia Pacific region. The productivity growth is measured by the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and is estimated using the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. The overall of productivity change for Asia Pacific region which is for a period 2010 to 2016 shows a negative growth of -0.6%. Next, the Generalised Method-of-Moments estimators are adopted to analyse the impact of transport infrastructure investment on the productivity growth. The study result revealed a negative association between transport infrastructure investment on productivity growth without governance variable as a moderator. However, the result showed a positive relationship between transport infrastructure investment and productivity growth when governance is introduced as the moderator in the model. The finding suggest that transport infrastructure investment needs to be accompanied by good governance in order to enhance the productivity growth of countries. The role played by the government to ensure good governance practices is crucial for an effective capital investment. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020-07-25 Thesis PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33118/1/Nur%20Syiqim%20ft.pdf Nur Syiqim, Mohd Syafiq Felix (2020) Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
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HE Transportation and Communications
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Nur Syiqim, Mohd Syafiq Felix
Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
description The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between transport infrastructure investment and the productivity growth in Asia Pacific region. The productivity growth is measured by the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and is estimated using the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. The overall of productivity change for Asia Pacific region which is for a period 2010 to 2016 shows a negative growth of -0.6%. Next, the Generalised Method-of-Moments estimators are adopted to analyse the impact of transport infrastructure investment on the productivity growth. The study result revealed a negative association between transport infrastructure investment on productivity growth without governance variable as a moderator. However, the result showed a positive relationship between transport infrastructure investment and productivity growth when governance is introduced as the moderator in the model. The finding suggest that transport infrastructure investment needs to be accompanied by good governance in order to enhance the productivity growth of countries. The role played by the government to ensure good governance practices is crucial for an effective capital investment.
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author Nur Syiqim, Mohd Syafiq Felix
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title Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
title_short Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
title_full Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
title_fullStr Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Transport Capital Investment on Productivity Growth in Asia Pacific Countries
title_sort impact of transport capital investment on productivity growth in asia pacific countries
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33118/1/Nur%20Syiqim%20ft.pdf
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