Guohui Chen · Jie Zhang ·Emerging Markets Finance and Trade ·2022
The ASEAN countries are in a golden stage of development, although the uneven regional development remains a prominent challenge to integrated growth. The study tries to investigate regional inequality in ASEAN countries from an outer space...
Abdul Rahim Ridzuan · Vikniswari Vija Kumaran · Bayu Arie Fianto · Mohd Shahidan Shaari · Miguel Ange Esquivias · Aliashim Albani ·International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ·2022
Over the past forty years, Malaysia has achieved tremendous economic growth because of higher investment from foreigner such as from China, Japan, and US. Many multinational companies (MNC) have allocated their factories especially in more...
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...
Arif Imam Suroso ·Economies ·2022
Palm oil is one of the most traded vegetable oils in the global market due to its versatile usage and having a lower price than competitor products. Trade is related to logistics performance as it connects the exporter and importer countrie...
Izaan Jamil · Mori Kogid · Thien Sang Lim · Jaratin Lily ·Economies ·2022
This paper investigates the impact of soybean and crude oil futures on palm oil indexes by utilising monthly data from three palm oil indexes listed in Bursa Malaysia, i.e., the Asian palm index, Malaysian palm index, and Plantation index,...
Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek · Bhuk Kiranantawat · Martusorn Khaengkhan ·Economies ·2022
In the present paper, we show how uncertainty emanating from fluctuations in economic uncertainty, news-based uncertainty, and geopolitical risks affect the number of containers exported from Thailand via Penang Port, Malaysia. Our sample e...
Edward B. Barbier ·Economic Analysis and Policy ·2022
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. “Greening” rural transformation implies making thi...
Amir Lebdioui ·Review of International Political Economy ·2022 ·JEL: B5; L7; O11; O13; O14; O53; Q17
This article investigates the role of industrial policy in promoting upgrading in commodity sectors by examining the case of the petroleum, rubber, and palm oil industries in Malaysia. By doing so, it aims to contribute to an emerging schol...
Rahmat Heru Setianto · Rani Septiani Sipayung · W.N.W. Azman-Saini ·Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review ·2022
The objective of the article is to empirically investigates the role played by financial development in determining the relationship between working capital financing and firms’ performance. Employing data of publicly listed manufacturing f...
AHMAD FAHMI SHEIKH HASSAN · ADI FAZULI MAMAT · YUSUF KARBHARI · MUSLIM HAR SANI MOHAMAD ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2018 ·JEL: M42; M41;G34
This study examines the effectiveness of an Audit Committee (AC) operating in a large government statutory body in an emerging economy, namely the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM). This study is timely, as previous studies focussing...
SOH WEI NI · ANNUAR MD NASSIR · CHENG FAN FAH ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2018 ·JEL: M42; M41
A corporate cash holding is significant element in the cash and liquidity management. Corporations with higher excessive cash reserves will benefit when high liquidity makes it easier for managers to transfer funds among several of the corp...
1 KHAIRI FAIZ MAZRI · RINA FADHILAH ISMAIL (Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)) · ROSHAYANI ARSHAD (Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)) · SITI AISYAH KAMARUZAMAN (Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)) ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2018 ·JEL: C63; G21
An increase in the number of Shariah-compliant companies in Malaysia has greatly contributed to stabilising the Islamic Capital Market (ICM). The aim of this study is to examine the nature and extent of Islamic Social Reporting (ISR) practi...
Norlin Khalid · Hakimah Nur Ahmad Hamidi · Sharmila Thinagar · Nur Fakhzan Marwan (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah) ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
This paper aims to forecast the performance of crude palm oil price (CPO) in Malaysia by comparing several econometric forecasting techniques, namely Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) an...
WAN NORHIDAYAH W. MOHAMAD · KEN WILLIS · NEIL POWE ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2018 ·JEL: Q51; Q57
Accounting for ignored attributes, or attribute non-attendance (ANA), in discrete choice experiment (DCE) is believed to produce more reliable willingness to pay (WTP) estimates. However, there is evidence that respondents who claimed to ha...
Yong Kang Cheah · Mohd Azahadi · Noor Hazilah Abd Manaf · Siew Nooi Phang ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2018
A sharp rise in the prevalence of suicide has become a serious public health concern. Acquiring a better understanding of the determinants of suicidal behaviour can help to implement a more effective policy directed towards reducing the sui...