Sivagami Arokiam · Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: J00; I30; J50; J81; J68
Given the path-dependent nature of development, it is instructive that one tracks the historical pathways and the multiple moments in time to explain the past events that resulted in the present socioeconomic state of the Indian plantation...
Bakti Hasan-Basri · Zaiton Samdin · Awang Noor Ghani ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2020
Mangrove forest provides ecosystem services for human well-being such as fish and non-fish products, timber and non-timber products, medical plants, and dyes. Despite the important services provided, mangrove forest size in the country is r...
Bee Hui Soh · Ghee-Thean Lim · Soo Y Chua ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: B27, F14, O13, Q17, Q22
Malaysia, one of the global major fish producers, has highly traded fisheries products given its many water bodies. Nonetheless, it faces a serious fish trade deficit, implying that the Malaysian fisheries sector might lose its competitiven...
Chakrin Utit · Anitha Rosland · M Yusof Saari · Muhammad Daaniyall Abd Rahman ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: Q50, Q53, D57
This paper assesses the economic impact of the recycling sector in Malaysia to gauge its potential for strengthening green-based economic growth in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study employs a comparative im...
Norimah Rambeli · Dayang Affizzah Awang Marikan · Emilda Hashim · Siti Zubaidah Mohd. Ariffin · Asmawi Hashim · Jan M. Podivinsky ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: C32, O44, P48, Q56
The focal aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between total energy consumption, Gross Domestic Product, urbanization, trade openness and financial development on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The study focuses on two selected...
Woei Chyuan Wong · Abd Halim Ahmad · Shamsul Bahrain Mohamed-Arshad · Sabariah Nordin · Azira Abdul Adzis ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2022 ·JEL: G32
This paper examines the determinants of Malaysian listed firms’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance during the period 2005–2018. We focus on individual firms’ continuous efforts to improve their ESG scores once they are E...
Chan Fatt Cheah · Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim · Mohd Yusof Saari · Niaz Ahmad Mohd Naseem ·Journal of the Knowledge Economy ·2022
This paper aims to investigate the impact of the economic openness and institutional quality in explaining the environmental degradation in Malaysia that covers from 1980 to 2019. By using an innovative autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)...
Norlin Khalid · Hakimah Nur Ahmad Hamidi · Sharmila Thinagar · Nur Fakhzan Marwan (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah) ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
This paper aims to forecast the performance of crude palm oil price (CPO) in Malaysia by comparing several econometric forecasting techniques, namely Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) an...
WAN NORHIDAYAH W. MOHAMAD · KEN WILLIS · NEIL POWE ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2018 ·JEL: Q51; Q57
Accounting for ignored attributes, or attribute non-attendance (ANA), in discrete choice experiment (DCE) is believed to produce more reliable willingness to pay (WTP) estimates. However, there is evidence that respondents who claimed to ha...
M Faeid M Zabid · Norhaslinda Zainal Abidin · Shri-Dewi Applanaidu ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: E3; Q1; Q4
The government’s recent announcement to increase blend mandate of B10 for transportation sector and B7 for industrial sector is being welcomed by experts as a huge turning point for Malaysia palm-based biodiesel industry. However, concerns...
Rokshana Shirin Asa · Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2018
The process of halal certification is dependent on the construction of what is deemed to be falling within halal parameters set by the Quran and Sunnah, being the two primary sources of Shari'ah, and supplemented with juristic opinion and i...
Muralitharan Paramasua · Evelyn S. Devadason · Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: H70; P48; P45
Environmental regulation is a key driver for the growth of environmental goods and services (EGS), while trade facilitates the diffusion of these goods and services. There has been no shortage of initiatives to develop the EGS sector in Mal...
Muralitharan Paramasua · Evelyn S. Devadason · Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani ·Millennial Asia ·2021
This article investigates policy constraints for the environmental goods sector in Malaysia based on the dimensions of market-based (including regulatory) instruments and trade policies. In-depth structured interviews with the government an...
Zuraini Anang · Jaharudin Padli · Noorhaslinda Kulub Abdul Rashid · Roseliza Mat Alipiah · Haslina Musa ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Water becomes a crucial issue in the 21st century because of rising population and increasing development. Water is needed for agriculture, energy production, recreation, and manufacturing. This study investigates the impact of economic ind...
Nor Salwati Othman · Nor Hamisham Harun · Izzaamirah Ishak ·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: DO1, D91, Q01, Q28, Q55
The government policies and initiatives to guarantee sustainable energy and clean environmental conditions contributed to the introduction of green technology electricity appliances in the market. This study sought to determine the physiolo...