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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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Main Authors: Said, Fatimah, Yusof, Zarinah, Mohd Said, Saad, Osman, Ahmad Farid
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2010
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HJ Public Finance
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spelling my.uum.repo.8422011-01-25T00:28:17Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/842/ Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia Said, Fatimah Yusof, Zarinah Mohd Said, Saad Osman, Ahmad Farid HJ Public Finance 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. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/842/1/Fatimah_Said.pdf Said, Fatimah and Yusof, Zarinah and Mohd Said, Saad and Osman, Ahmad Farid (2010) Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia. International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 17 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0127-8983 http://ijms.uum.edu.my
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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spellingShingle HJ Public Finance
Said, Fatimah
Yusof, Zarinah
Mohd Said, Saad
Osman, Ahmad Farid
Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
description 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.
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author Said, Fatimah
Yusof, Zarinah
Mohd Said, Saad
Osman, Ahmad Farid
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Yusof, Zarinah
Mohd Said, Saad
Osman, Ahmad Farid
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title Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
title_short Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
title_full Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
title_fullStr Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in Malaysia
title_sort foreign investment, government expenditure, and economic growth in malaysia
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia
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