Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been an important factor in economic development for Malaysia. It generates economic by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion of export growth, and creation of employment in Malaysia. However, behind the rapid expansi...

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Main Author: Shamsul Liza, Ezzati Shahida
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Language:English
Published: 2022
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101407/1/101407.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.1014072024-09-25T13:15:07Z Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza 2022-02 Shamsul Liza, Ezzati Shahida Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been an important factor in economic development for Malaysia. It generates economic by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion of export growth, and creation of employment in Malaysia. However, behind the rapid expansion of the Malaysian economy, the shortage of capital for future development is crucial and needs to be investigated. Thus, this study provides shred Of empirical evidence on the relationship between FDI and Malaysia's development for the period of 1970 to 2020. Three (3) independent variables have been identified as proxies of the Malaysia development such as the infrastructure, market size, and exchange rate. Data of this study is derived from various sources such as World Data Bank and Investing.com and examined using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. Results of the study revealed that infrastructure and market size have significant relationship with FDI while exchange rate has insignificant relationship with FDI. 2022-02 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101407/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101407/1/101407.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor Faculty of Business and Management Mohamed Yousop, Nur Liyana
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description Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been an important factor in economic development for Malaysia. It generates economic by increasing capital formation through the expansion of production capacity, promotion of export growth, and creation of employment in Malaysia. However, behind the rapid expansion of the Malaysian economy, the shortage of capital for future development is crucial and needs to be investigated. Thus, this study provides shred Of empirical evidence on the relationship between FDI and Malaysia's development for the period of 1970 to 2020. Three (3) independent variables have been identified as proxies of the Malaysia development such as the infrastructure, market size, and exchange rate. Data of this study is derived from various sources such as World Data Bank and Investing.com and examined using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. Results of the study revealed that infrastructure and market size have significant relationship with FDI while exchange rate has insignificant relationship with FDI.
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author Shamsul Liza, Ezzati Shahida
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Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
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title Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
title_short Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
title_full Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
title_fullStr Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
title_full_unstemmed Foreign direct investment and economic development relationship: an empirical study on Malaysia / Ezzati Shahida Shamsul Liza
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