Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia

This study uses the ordinary least squares technique to examine the effect of foreign investment and government expenditure on the growth in GDP per capita in Malaysia over the period 1978-2005. The regression results showed that the growth of export and ratio of government expenditure to GDP are th...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Said, Fatimah, Yusof, Zarinah, Mohd Said, Saad, Osman, Ahmad Farid
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:English
منشور في: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2010
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://repo.uum.edu.my/842/1/Fatimah_Said.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/842/
http://ijms.uum.edu.my
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الملخص:This study uses the ordinary least squares technique to examine the effect of foreign investment and government expenditure on the growth in GDP per capita in Malaysia over the period 1978-2005. The regression results showed that the growth of export and ratio of government expenditure to GDP are the driving forces in enhancing the economic growth in Malaysia. Foreign investment and previous year real income per capita growth depict positive impact, whereas population growth exerts a negative impact on economic growth.