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The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia

Malaysia received substantial amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows over the past decades. This study examines the relationship between interest rate, exchange rate, inflation rate and gross domestic production (GDP) to FDI inflows in Malaysia. The study uses quarterly data from 2000 to...

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Main Author: Mohd Sufli, Yusof
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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HG Finance
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spelling my.uum.etd.36452013-11-20T06:51:22Z http://etd.uum.edu.my/3645/ The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia Mohd Sufli, Yusof HG Finance Malaysia received substantial amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows over the past decades. This study examines the relationship between interest rate, exchange rate, inflation rate and gross domestic production (GDP) to FDI inflows in Malaysia. The study uses quarterly data from 2000 to 2007 and control for determinants of their inwards FDI in Malaysia. The purpose of the study is also to find out the most important variables in determining FDI inflows to Malaysia. Finally, the results which were obtained by using normal time series regressions show that the most important determinant are GDP and followed by interest rate. Both independent variables also show the positive sign of relationship with FDI inflows in Malaysia. However, the inflation level is not a significant variable. 2009 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://etd.uum.edu.my/3645/1/s86902.pdf Mohd Sufli, Yusof (2009) The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia. http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000337135
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Mohd Sufli, Yusof
The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
description Malaysia received substantial amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows over the past decades. This study examines the relationship between interest rate, exchange rate, inflation rate and gross domestic production (GDP) to FDI inflows in Malaysia. The study uses quarterly data from 2000 to 2007 and control for determinants of their inwards FDI in Malaysia. The purpose of the study is also to find out the most important variables in determining FDI inflows to Malaysia. Finally, the results which were obtained by using normal time series regressions show that the most important determinant are GDP and followed by interest rate. Both independent variables also show the positive sign of relationship with FDI inflows in Malaysia. However, the inflation level is not a significant variable.
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title The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
title_short The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
title_full The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
title_fullStr The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP to Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Malaysia
title_sort relationship between interest rate, exchange rate, inflation rate and gdp to foreign direct investment inflows in malaysia
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