Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia

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spelling 11306 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=11306 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 14 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in 1.7 NORIZAN BINTI REMLI (P201501002) 2018-10-15 11:59:30 PhD Proposal in Comparative Finance PhD Proposal in Comparative Finance 5523-01-FH02-FPP-20-37971.pdf UniSZA Private Access Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia International Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business This paper aims to examine the impact of firms’ characteristics namely income, age, size and agents on Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Secondary data are used to conduct the hypotheses testing on 25 Takaful operators which offer Family Takaful protection in Malaysia from the year 2008-2016. The regression model pooled OLS, random-effect model and fixed-effect model were conducted. The Hausman test results showed that the random-effect model is better than the fixed-effect model. The results showed that the size of the firms (lSize) and agents’ performance (lFees) were positive and they significantly affected family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Firms’ income (lInc) and firms’ age (Age) were negative and insignificant in explaining the Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Hence, these findings suggest that the size of the business and promoting a good agents’ performance within firms is important in order to uphold the industry sustainability. 3 14 1-14
spellingShingle Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
subject PhD Proposal in Comparative Finance
summary This paper aims to examine the impact of firms’ characteristics namely income, age, size and agents on Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Secondary data are used to conduct the hypotheses testing on 25 Takaful operators which offer Family Takaful protection in Malaysia from the year 2008-2016. The regression model pooled OLS, random-effect model and fixed-effect model were conducted. The Hausman test results showed that the random-effect model is better than the fixed-effect model. The results showed that the size of the firms (lSize) and agents’ performance (lFees) were positive and they significantly affected family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Firms’ income (lInc) and firms’ age (Age) were negative and insignificant in explaining the Family Takaful demand in Malaysia. Hence, these findings suggest that the size of the business and promoting a good agents’ performance within firms is important in order to uphold the industry sustainability.
title Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_full Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_fullStr Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_short Firms’ Characteristics: A Preliminary Study Of Family Takaful Demand In Malaysia
title_sort firms’ characteristics: a preliminary study of family takaful demand in malaysia