Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim

The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia. The determinants are inflation rate (IR), gross domestic product (GDP), exchange rate (ER) and trade openness (TRO). The study was using time series data from 1980 to 2017 by using yearly data. Multipl...

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Main Author: Abd Rahim, Farah Wahida
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25739/
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description The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia. The determinants are inflation rate (IR), gross domestic product (GDP), exchange rate (ER) and trade openness (TRO). The study was using time series data from 1980 to 2017 by using yearly data. Multiple linear regression test has been used in this study. The result shows that inflation rate and gross domestic product have positive and significant relationship towards foreign direct investment in Malaysia. Meanwhile, there is insignificant relationship between exchange rate and trade openness on foreign direct investment in Malaysia. It means exchange rate and trade openness has no significant effect on Foreign direct investment in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-257392019-10-23T09:02:55Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25739/ Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim Abd Rahim, Farah Wahida Investment, capital formation, speculation Foreign investments. Country risk Malaysia The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia. The determinants are inflation rate (IR), gross domestic product (GDP), exchange rate (ER) and trade openness (TRO). The study was using time series data from 1980 to 2017 by using yearly data. Multiple linear regression test has been used in this study. The result shows that inflation rate and gross domestic product have positive and significant relationship towards foreign direct investment in Malaysia. Meanwhile, there is insignificant relationship between exchange rate and trade openness on foreign direct investment in Malaysia. It means exchange rate and trade openness has no significant effect on Foreign direct investment in Malaysia. Faculty of Business and Management 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25739/1/PPb_FARAH%20WAHIDA%20ABD%20RAHIM%20BM%20M%2019_5.pdf Abd Rahim, Farah Wahida (2019) Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim. (2019) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/25739.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Investment, capital formation, speculation
Foreign investments. Country risk
Malaysia
Abd Rahim, Farah Wahida
Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title_full Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title_fullStr Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title_short Determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Farah Wahida Abd Rahim
title_sort determinants of foreign direct investment in malaysia / farah wahida abd rahim
topic Investment, capital formation, speculation
Foreign investments. Country risk
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25739/