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Relationship between Driving Anger, Support for Counter Measure, Situational Factors and Driving Behavior among Drivers in Malaysia
 01-15-2026
 Journal: International Journal of Supply Chain Management

This study aims to investigate factors like driving anger, support for counter measures and situational factors affect drivers’ driving behavior.

Carbon Emission Pinch Analysis: an application to the transportation sector in Iskandar Malaysia for 2025
 01-15-2026
 Journal: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

The energy sector has grown significantly over the years, causing an increase in carbon emission that has led to serious global warming problems.

Effects of Diverse Property Rights on Rural Neighbourhood Public Open Space (POS) Governance: Evidence from Sabah, Malaysia
 01-15-2026
 Journal: Economies

There are severe issues of public open space (POS) underinvestment and overexploitation.

Visitor’s perceptions of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) as an urban open space for environmental learning: results of a qualitative study
 01-16-2026
 Journal: Environment, Development and Sustainability

The campus of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) is forest plantation research site established since 1926.

Developing smart community based on information and communication technology: an experience of Kemaman smart community, Malaysia
 01-16-2026
 Journal: International Journal of Social Economics

In light of the rapid evolution of information and communication technology (ICT), every society is faced with many issues such as social exclusion, inequality and the digital divide.

The policy challenges of green rural transformation for Asia-Pacific emerging and developing economies in a post-COVID world
 01-16-2026
 Journal: Economic Analysis and Policy

Rural transformation is a process of comprehensive societal change whereby countries diversify their economies and reduce their reliance on agriculture and other primary product industries.

Measuring subjective housing affordability using a data-driven discrete information approach: A case study of Selangor, Malaysia
 01-16-2026
 Journal: Applied Economics Letter

A widely adopted measure of housing affordability is that households should spend no more than 30% of their household income on housing.

Factors Influencing the Basic Needs Budget Among the Middle Income Earners in Selected Major Cities in Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

This paper investigated the main factors influencing the basic needs budget in three major cities with a high cost of living in Malaysia.

Ranking the Challenges of the Urban Community in Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Institutions and Economies

The urban community in Malaysia is facing rapid urbanisation and have been the beneficiary of urban development policies.

Willingness to Pay for Improvements in Water Services in Terengganu, Malaysia: from Domestic Consumers’ Perspectives
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

Water supply is an expensive investment and it is inevitable that the people have to prepare themselves for a universal hike in water prices in order to secure uninterrupted supply in the future. Inexpensive water prices cause the consumers to take water supply for granted and hence, lack of water conservation initiatives prevail.

A Discrete Choice Experiment in Estimate Public Willingness to Pay for Attributes of Water Services in Terengganu, Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

Water service is usually taken for granted as important amenities with required levels needed, however little is known about how much consumers are willing to pay for particular water service levels.

Ostrom’s Collective-Action in Neighbourhood Public Open Space: Evidence from Sabah, Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Institutions and Economies

Within a housing estate, neighbourhood public open spaces (NPOS) are typically governed and managed under the state property regime.

The Influence of Cabotage Policy on Price Disparity between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Institutions and Economies

The Malaysian government introduced a cabotage policy in 1980 to protect and enhance the competitiveness of the Malaysian shipping industry.

An Augmented Measurement of the Housing Affordability Cycles in Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies

Malaysia’s property market has been going through a difficult phase as the supply of property stocks are excessive with the demand unable to catch up, and hence, many unsold units remaining on the market.

Macroeconomic Determinants of House Prices in Malaysia
 01-19-2026
 Journal: Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

House prices in Malaysia are considered to be seriously unaffordable as the median all-house price is relatively higher than the annual median income.
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