Chia-Guan Keh · Yan-Teng Tan ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: G10, G12, G18, H51, I18, O40
The exponential spread of the coronavirus in Malaysia has caused a significant majority of the economic activities to cease, resulting in poor stock market performance. This pandemic situation has in turn prompted the government to introduc...
Muhamad Rias K V Zainuddin · Md Shafiin Shukor · Muhamad Solehuddin Zulkifli · Amirul Hamza Abdullah ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: F10, F14
The recent pandemic outbreak has distorted international trade flows as the global economic activity reaches a nearstandstill due to stricter movement control imposed by most countries worldwide. Despite gaining the researcher’s attention,...
Kelvin Lee Yong Ming · Mohamad Jais ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: G17, G23, I20
The COVID-19 outbreak significantly impacted the Malaysian stock market. To some extent, the Movement Control Order (MCO) implemented in the country affected the financial performance of listed companies. In consequence investors were quite...
Muzafar Shah Habibullah · Mohd Yusof Saari · Badariah Haji Din · Sugiharso Safuan · Chakrin Utit ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: H30, I18, J64
In this empirical note, we examine the relationship between the loss of employment and lockdown measures undertaken by the Malaysian government during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak over the period from 25 January 2020 to 10 September 2020....
Siti `Aisyah Baharudin · Hayyan Nassar Waked · Mohd Shah Paimen ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: A1, D1, E7
This research attempts to analyze households’ responses to Movement Control Orders (MCO) and assess the impact of MCO on consumer confidence based on the potential disproportionate impact on various income groups in Malaysia. Households’ re...
Ali Albada · Nurhuda Nizar ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: G1, G4
COVID-19 is a highly contagious viral infection that has changed the world, with many human lives being lost. This study aimed to analyse investors' sentiment and stock market behaviour in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock market...
Muhammad Safuan Abdul Latip · Farhana Tahmida Newaz · Rachel Yong Yuen May · Ahmad Esa Abdul Rahman ·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: Q56, M39, D16, Q01, M59
The study investigated the effect of food safety knowledge, food safety trust and the factors influencing organic food purchase intention in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed non-contrived and cross-sectional met...
Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary · Han-Phoumin · Ehsan Rasoulinezhad ·Economic Analysis and Policy ·2022 ·JEL: H81, G21
The main objective of this paper is to identify the determining factors of the optimal credit guarantee ratio in four members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia,...
Sulistiyo K. Ardiyono ·Economic Analysis and Policy ·2022 ·JEL: D22, L2, L6, L8
Numerous studies have explored the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on firms’ financial performance, but the link between such performance and employment has rarely been estimated rigorously. Using the ASEAN-5 firms’ data from Q1-2018 to Q3-...
Basem Ertim · Tamat Sarmidi · Norlin Khalid · Mohd Helmi Ali ·Asian Economics Letters ·2022
In an attempt to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, the Malaysian government imposed the Movement Control Order (MCO). To address the adverse impacts of the MCO policy, the Malaysian government initiated a series of recovery plans for both f...
Chia Lin Chang · Yu-Hui Wang · Kuo-I-Chang ·Emerging Markets Finance and Trade ·2022 ·JEL: F14, F10, F61
This study performs survival analysis to evaluate duration of revived and new machinery import and the hazard ratios (HRs) of covariates related to the global financial crisis (GFC) and COVID-19 pandemic in the Association of Southeast Asia...