Catherine S F Ho · Nur Hazimah Amran · Irfan Syarafuddin B Ab Aziz · Wahida Ahmad ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: G11, G12, G15, G23
Financial crises and the geopolitical issues around the world have caused much volatility in returns and market uncertainty. This trend of higher uncertainty in risk and return causes vast changes in stock and investment values, which cause...
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...
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...
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...
Nurul Hizetie Mohamed Nor · Anuar Nawawi · Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin ·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between audit characteristics and firm investment efficiency level. Audit characteristics have been characterized using audit committee (AC) independence and external auditor choice....
Noryati Ahmad · Wan Evva Wan Suriea · Ummu Naziha Mohd Ariffin ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
In Malaysia, the insurance industry is operated by conventional insurance companies and Islamic insurance companies (or better known as Takaful.). Even though the nature of business of these two types of companies is almost similar however...
J.S. Keshminder · Gurmit Kaur Bariam Singh · Zainora AB. Wahid · Mohammad Syafiq Abdullah ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
Green Sukuk serves as an alternative form of finance which is equipped with both climate mitigation and Shariah compliance features compared to conventional finance. Acknowledging the superiority of green Sukuk to raise funds to mitigate cl...
Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh · Le Chang · Yemo Zhang ·The Chinese Economy ·2019
With trade volume registering more than US$10 billion in recent years, Malaysia has already been China’s largest Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) trading partner since 2008 and its third biggest Asian trading partner after Jap...
Mengdie Ruan · Angathevar Baskaran · Shanshan Zhou ·Millennial Asia ·2021
This article explores the contributions of—and constraints faced by—small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned by mainland Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia using qualitative research and primary data gathered from five cases. It w...
Jayalakshmy Ramachandran · Khoo Kok Chen · Ramaiyer Subramanian · Ken Kyid Yeoh · Kok Wei Khong ·Managerial Auditing Journal ·2018
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and performance of Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) in Singapore and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The CG attributes that contribute best...
Sallahuddin Hassan ·International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ·2018 ·JEL: C53; O16; Q41
This study is aimed at exploring the impact of energy consumption, private investment, financial development and economic growth on carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions in Malaysia employing the autoregressive distributed lags model for the peri...