Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019

This study investigates the factors that determine Malaysia’s economic growth. The determinant factors used are Government Expenditure (GE), Balance of Trade (X-M), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Malaysia from the year 2000 to 2019. Three main theories were used in this study which are Keyne...

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Main Author:	Tharane, Vicnaswaran
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2021
Subjects:	HG Finance HJ Public Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/10413/1/grant%20the%20permission_s825109.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/10413/2/s825109_01.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.104132023-03-15T02:41:56Z Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019 2021 Tharane, Vicnaswaran Zainuddin, Zaemah School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance & Banking HG Finance HJ Public Finance This study investigates the factors that determine Malaysia’s economic growth. The determinant factors used are Government Expenditure (GE), Balance of Trade (X-M), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Malaysia from the year 2000 to 2019. Three main theories were used in this study which are Keynesian’s, Wagner’s Law and The Theory of Exchange Rates on Imperfect Capital Markets in determining factors which contribute to Malaysia’s economic growth. The methodology used was OLS regression analysis which is to analyse the relationship between Malaysia’s economic growth and the determinant factors. Overall, findings show that the rising of total government expenditure (GE) and foreign direct investment (FDI) have a significant and positive relationship with economic growth. However, Balance of Trade (X-M) has a negative and insignificant relationship with the economic growth. The study concludes that government expenditure (GE) and foreign direct investment (FDI) play important roles as determinant factors to Malaysia’s economic growth and Balance of Trade (X-M) may have a role as a catalyst and complement determinant factor to economic growth in Malaysia. 2021 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10413/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10413/1/grant%20the%20permission_s825109.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10413/2/s825109_01.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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description	This study investigates the factors that determine Malaysia’s economic growth. The determinant factors used are Government Expenditure (GE), Balance of Trade (X-M), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Malaysia from the year 2000 to 2019. Three main theories were used in this study which are Keynesian’s, Wagner’s Law and The Theory of Exchange Rates on Imperfect Capital Markets in determining factors which contribute to Malaysia’s economic growth. The methodology used was OLS regression analysis which is to analyse the relationship between Malaysia’s economic growth and the determinant factors. Overall, findings show that the rising of total government expenditure (GE) and foreign direct investment (FDI) have a significant and positive relationship with economic growth. However, Balance of Trade (X-M) has a negative and insignificant relationship with the economic growth. The study concludes that government expenditure (GE) and foreign direct investment (FDI) play important roles as determinant factors to Malaysia’s economic growth and Balance of Trade (X-M) may have a role as a catalyst and complement determinant factor to economic growth in Malaysia.
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author	Tharane, Vicnaswaran
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title	Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019
title_short	Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019
title_full	Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019
title_fullStr	Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019
title_full_unstemmed	Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019
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Macroeconomic factors affecting Malaysia’s GDP from 2000 to 2019

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