Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia

Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia

This study examines the impact of infrastructure on trade and FDI in Malaysia from 1980 to 2008. The first analysis aims to test the theoretical assumption whereby the improvements in infrastructure will reduce the trade costs and will be able to enhance trading opportunities by including selected...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Nor Asma
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Investments
Foreign - Malaysia
Infrastructure (Economics) - Malaysia
Commerce - Malaysia
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31908/1/FEP%202012%204R.pdf
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spelling my-upm-ir.319082015-01-28T06:57:36Z Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia 2012-02 Ahmad, Nor Asma This study examines the impact of infrastructure on trade and FDI in Malaysia from 1980 to 2008. The first analysis aims to test the theoretical assumption whereby the improvements in infrastructure will reduce the trade costs and will be able to enhance trading opportunities by including selected infrastructure indicators in the augmented gravity equation. A panel data is employed to capture the impact of different types of infrastructure on trade between Malaysian and its 36 trading partner whereas for the second analysis, time series of Malaysian data is estimate to capture the impact of infrastructure on FDI by using ARDL method. The results reveal that the physical, non-physical and soft infrastructure has positive impact in boosting the level of Malaysian exports. Empirical results also support that the improvement in infrastructure will affect FDI into Malaysia positively. Investments, Foreign - Malaysia Infrastructure (Economics) - Malaysia Commerce - Malaysia 2012-02 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31908/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31908/1/FEP%202012%204R.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Investments, Foreign - Malaysia Infrastructure (Economics) - Malaysia Commerce - Malaysia Faculty of Economics and Management
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection PSAS Institutional Repository
language English
topic Investments
Foreign - Malaysia
Infrastructure (Economics) - Malaysia
Commerce - Malaysia
spellingShingle Investments
Foreign - Malaysia
Infrastructure (Economics) - Malaysia
Commerce - Malaysia
Ahmad, Nor Asma
Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
description This study examines the impact of infrastructure on trade and FDI in Malaysia from 1980 to 2008. The first analysis aims to test the theoretical assumption whereby the improvements in infrastructure will reduce the trade costs and will be able to enhance trading opportunities by including selected infrastructure indicators in the augmented gravity equation. A panel data is employed to capture the impact of different types of infrastructure on trade between Malaysian and its 36 trading partner whereas for the second analysis, time series of Malaysian data is estimate to capture the impact of infrastructure on FDI by using ARDL method. The results reveal that the physical, non-physical and soft infrastructure has positive impact in boosting the level of Malaysian exports. Empirical results also support that the improvement in infrastructure will affect FDI into Malaysia positively.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ahmad, Nor Asma
author_facet Ahmad, Nor Asma
author_sort Ahmad, Nor Asma
title Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
title_short Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
title_full Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
title_fullStr Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in Malaysia
title_sort impact of infrastructure on trade and foreign direct investment in malaysia
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Economics and Management
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31908/1/FEP%202012%204R.pdf
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