Microeconomics

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Income Inequality and Household Debt in Malaysia: Is There an Asymmetric Relationship?

Siew-Pong Cheah · Lin-Sea Lau · Chee-Keong Choong ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: D3, D63, G51

Most past studies have assumed a symmetric relationship between income distribution and household indebtedness. Therefore, linear or symmetric modelling would miss possible asymmetric relationships between income distribution and household...

A Quantile Regression Analysis of Absorptive Capacity in the Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

Norhanishah Mohamad Yunus · Norehan Abdullah ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2022 ·JEL: F20, F35, F61, J24, C21, L6

Using a set of absorptive capacity proxies, we present new empirical findings on the role of absorptive capacity in assimilating the technology effects from the presence of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Malaysian manufacturing in...

Responses of Firms and Households to Government Expenditure in Malaysia: Evidence for the Fuel Subsidy Withdrawal

Loo Sze Ying · Mukaramah Harun ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019

This paper estimated the reactions of frms and households to the change of government expenditure from fuel subsidies to two alternative fscal regimes, including the expansion of government expenditure on agricultural investment and direct...

Determinants of Using Ride-Hailing Service: Evidence from Malaysia

Ee Shiang Lim · Jacqueline Liza Fernandez ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2022 ·JEL: C13, D12

With the entrance of Uber into the land transportation industry, ride-hailing service has gained popularity and changed the way people travel in urban areas in Malaysia. Despite the growing popularity of this new mode of cab service, studie...

Migrant Food Handlers' Impact on Food Quality and Safety in Malaysia Food Service Industry

Nurul Nabila Yusof · Shahareh Shahidi Hamedani · Mazzlida Mat Deli · Mohd Helmi Ali · Mara Ridhuan Che Abd Rahman ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: L66, P23

This study aims to empirically examine the migrant food handlers’ perceived knowledge, skills, and attitudes and their impact on food quality and safety in the context of Malaysia’s foodservice industry. Using the data gathered from 198 sup...

Does Market Competition Motivate Corporate Social Responsibility? Insight from Malaysia

Maria Kontesa · Rayenda Khresna Brahmana · Gesti Memarista ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2020

This study aims to examine the role of product market competition on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by engaging altruism and utilitarianism views. Using dynamic Generalized Method of Moment panel regression for 524 Malaysian non-fina...

Household Debt and Household Spending Behavior: Evidence from Malaysia

Cai Yunchao · Selamah Abdullah Yusof · Ruzita Mohd Amin · Mohd Nahar Mohd Arshad ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2020

Using data collected from urban households in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, this study examined the impact of household debt on urban household consumption decisions. The findings revealed that household debt does not generally affect consump...

Business Credit, Household Credit and Economic Performance in Malaysia: A Quantile Regression Approach

Siong Hook Law · M.N.A. Naseem · Anitha Roslan · Nirvikar Singh ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: G29, O11, O43

This study examines the effects of business (enterprise) credit and household credit on economic performance in Malaysia. The World Bank’s Doing Business report ranked Malaysia at number one among developing countries in terms of ease of ge...

Does Financial Development Contribute to Fertility Decline in Malaysia?

Asma Rashidah Idris · Muzafar Shah Habibullah · Badariah Haji Din ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018

The “old-age security” and “complete substitutability” hypotheses suggest that fnancial market can affect individuals’ decision to have less or more children. It has been recognised in the literature that at low level of fnancial developmen...

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