Yong-Kang Cheah ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: D01; I10; I12
Medication labelling and patient knowledge can help reduce risk of misuse of medicine. The present study attempts to investigate the demographic, lifestyleand health determinants of awareness of medication labelling among adults in Malaysia...
Abdul Rasheed Sithy Jesmy · Mohd Zaini Abd Karim · Shri Dewi Applanaidu ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: H56; O40; F50
The direct and indirect causes of armed conflict in South Asia is perhaps the single most important reason for increasing military expenditure. It is also a significant threat to the growth of national output in the region. This study exami...
Asma Rashidah Idris · Muzafar Shah Habibullah · Badariah Haji Din ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
The “old-age security” and “complete substitutability” hypotheses suggest that fnancial market can affect individuals’ decision to have less or more children. It has been recognised in the literature that at low level of fnancial developmen...
Hylmee Matahir · Chor Foon Tang ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: C33; C51; Z30
This study explores critically major determinants of inbound educational tourism demand in Malaysia between 2002 and 2014 by employing dynamic panel system Generalised Method of Moment (GMM). The study found academic reputation as the main...
Evan Lau · Alvina Lee Syn-Yee ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
As with most of the world economy, the 2008/09 global financial crisis has brought massive impacts on Southeast Asian economies. The debt/GDP ratios in most economies rose significantly, thus putting the spotlight again on fiscal sustainabi...
Y. Amjad · N.A.M Naseem · W.N.W. Azman-Saini · Tajul Ariffin Masron · K. Kriskkumar ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
Export has been considered as main contributor to economic growth in which also known as export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis. The purpose of this study is to identify the export-led growth nexus in Malaysia. Specifically, this study focuses...
Rusli Latimaha · Zakaria Bahari · Nor Asmat Ismail ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
This paper investigated the main factors influencing the basic needs budget in three major cities with a high cost of living in Malaysia. The analysis of variance tests result indicated that the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, the state...
Chen-Chen Yong · Siew-Yong Yew · Chu-Kok Wee ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: I22; G41; I22
A conceptual model was proposed based on the theory of planned behaviour to examine the relationship between financial knowledge, attitude, behaviour and financial literacy among young working adults in Malaysia. Perceiving financial litera...
Chee-Lip Tee · Azman Saini · Saifuzzaman Ibrahim ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: F14; F21; O31
This paper is an empirical assessment of the impacts of globalisation on innovative activity across developing countries. The focus is on the role of trade and capital account openness. Extreme-Bound-Analysis (EBA) approach is applied to an...
May Jin Theong · Ahmad Farid Osman · Su Fei Yap ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: E20; E32; E37; E44; E51; G21
Malaysia has one of the highest household debts relative to gross domestic product in the Asia region. High indebted households have negative net worth and prone to default even during mild shocks. In most economies including Malaysia, hous...
Sui Hai Juan · Irene Wei Kiong Ting · Qian Long Kweh · Liu Yao ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: M12; M5
Employee engagement has emerged as a hot topic among academics and scholars over the last decade since organisations worldwide have adopted that lingo. However, little is known about how knowledge sharing,one of the main resources for organ...
M Faeid M Zabid · Norhaslinda Zainal Abidin · Shri-Dewi Applanaidu ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: E3; Q1; Q4
The government’s recent announcement to increase blend mandate of B10 for transportation sector and B7 for industrial sector is being welcomed by experts as a huge turning point for Malaysia palm-based biodiesel industry. However, concerns...
Maisyarah Stapah @ Salleh · Bayu Taufiq Possumah · Nizam Ahmat ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2018
This study investigates the determinants of Net Profit Margin (NPM) in Malaysia’s Islamic banking system for the period of 2011-2015 by using static panel data analysis. In Malaysia, conventional banks through its Islamic subsidiary banks a...
Neshaleni S. Paramanantham · Irene Wei Kiong Ting · Qian Long Kweh ·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: G31; G32; G34
This study examines the impact of ownership concentration on debt structure. Based on marketcapitalisation, we obtained financial and governance data from Top 100 public listed companies in Malaysia for the period 2011-2015. Ordinary least...
Kian-Tek Lee · Chee-Wooi Hooy ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2018
This paper examines the mitigation effect of the ultimate ownership identity on the diversification discount under the emerging market's institutional setting. Using a sample of non-financial listed firms in Malaysia from 2002 to 2013, the...