COVID 19: The Impact of Government Policy Responses on Economic Activity and Stock Market Performance in Malaysia
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...
Dynamics of Malaysia’s Bilateral Export Post Covid-19: A Gravity Model Analysis
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,...
Estimating Expenditure Pattern and Permanent Income Hypothesis: Evidence from Kelantan Malaysia
Ahmad Fahme Mohd Ali
· Naziatul Aziah Mohd Radzi
· Ruzanifah Kosnin
· Suchi Hassan
· Siti Salina Saidin
·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2021 ·JEL: B10, D15, D31, E21
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the consumption function among households in Kelantan Malaysia based on the Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH). This study used secondary data obtained from annual reports, as well as from publishe...
Financial literacy, behavior and vulnerability among Malaysian households: Does gender matter?
Mohamad Fazli Sabri
· Eugene Cheng-Xi Aw
· Husniyah Abdul Rahim
· Nik Ahmad Sufian Burhan
· Mohd Amim Othman
· Megawati Simanjuntak
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: G41, G53
This study aims to identify the factors determining financial vulnerability among Malaysia households. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted using multi-stage sampling technique. In total, 578 useable responses were collected and data...
Gender Norms and Gender Inequality in Unpaid Domestic Work among Malay Couples in Malaysia
Harn Shian Boo
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2021
This article explores how gender norms rooted in culture and religion influence gender inequality among Malay couples in Malaysia. Studies on the unbalanced division of unpaid domestic work are pivotal because they negatively affect women’s...
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...
Labour Market Reactions to Lockdown Measures during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: An Empirical Note
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....
MCO in Malaysia: Consumer Confidence and Households’ Responses
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...
The Economic Impacts of Air Safety Rating Downgrade for Malaysia
Tamat Sarmidi
· Nurul Aishah Khairuddin
· Muhamad Rias K V Zainuddin
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: D67, L93, R41
In 2019, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) from tier one to tier two. Existing research has revealed that downgrading air safety ratings has a detrimental effect on the a...
The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on International Trade Between Malaysia and China
Ke-Chyn Ng
· Mui-Yin Chin
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: F14, F31
This study examined the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the level of international trade between Malaysia and China using 45 observations spanning from 2010 quarter 1 to 2021 quarter 1. The Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Het...
Corporate Sustainability and Firms' Financial Performance: Evidence from Malaysian and Indonesian Public Listed Companies
Norashikin Ismail
· Nadia Anridho
· Mohamad Azwan Md Isa
· Nor Hadaliza Abd Rahman
· Noriah Ismail
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: O16, L25
The aim of study is to examine the impact of corporate sustainability (ESG) on the financial performance for Malaysia and Indonesia. A sample was selected comprising of 36 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia and 24 companies listed in Indone...
Environmental, Social and Governance Performance: Continuous Improvement Matters
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...
Mate Crime Victimisation Against People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
Tharshini Sivabalan
· Faizah Haji Mas’ud
· Dolly Paul Carlo
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2022
Individuals with disabilities are highly exposed to mate crime victimisation than their non-disabled counterparts. This research aims to identify mate crime victimisation among people with disabilities in Sarawak, Malaysia. Data was quantit...
Predicting Restructuring Outcomes of Financially Distressed Firms in Malaysia
Abd Halim Ahmad
· Nur Adiana Hiau Abdullah
· Kamarun Nisham Taufil Mohd
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2022 ·JEL: G33, G32, G34
This study examined the effects of institutional factors, including; board size, blockholder ownership, and political connections, as some of the determinants (apart from various company-level financial variables) on the outcomes of financi...
The Impact of the Investor Sentiment Index (SMI) On the Malaysian Stock Market during COVID-19 Pandemic
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...