Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia

This paper examines the relationship among exports, foreign direct investment(FDI), education spending and Malaysia’s economic development using the cointegration technique, VECM, and the Granger causality test. The results suggest that the variables: GDP, exports, foreign direct investment and e...

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Main Author:	Yusoff, Mohammed
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	HF3000 By region or country
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/1/11-Mohammed_B._Yussof.pdf

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spelling	iium-260102012-11-06T11:39:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/ Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia Yusoff, Mohammed HF3000 By region or country This paper examines the relationship among exports, foreign direct investment(FDI), education spending and Malaysia’s economic development using the cointegration technique, VECM, and the Granger causality test. The results suggest that the variables: GDP, exports, foreign direct investment and education spending are cointegrated. The estimated long-run relationship shows that exports, FDI and education expenditure could explain the variation in real GDP where they are significant at one percent level. The Granger causality test indicates that the exports, foreign direct investment and education expenditure cause economic growth where they are also significant at one percent level. These imply that the Malaysian export-oriented, liberal foreign direct investment and education development strategies have played important role in the development of Malaysian economy. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/1/11-Mohammed_B._Yussof.pdf Yusoff, Mohammed (2008) Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Borneo Business Conference 2008, 15-17 December 2008, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. http://www.ums.edu.my/spe/IBBC/index.htm
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spellingShingle	HF3000 By region or country Yusoff, Mohammed Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
description	This paper examines the relationship among exports, foreign direct investment(FDI), education spending and Malaysia’s economic development using the cointegration technique, VECM, and the Granger causality test. The results suggest that the variables: GDP, exports, foreign direct investment and education spending are cointegrated. The estimated long-run relationship shows that exports, FDI and education expenditure could explain the variation in real GDP where they are significant at one percent level. The Granger causality test indicates that the exports, foreign direct investment and education expenditure cause economic growth where they are also significant at one percent level. These imply that the Malaysian export-oriented, liberal foreign direct investment and education development strategies have played important role in the development of Malaysian economy.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Yusoff, Mohammed
author_facet	Yusoff, Mohammed
author_sort	Yusoff, Mohammed
title	Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
title_short	Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
title_full	Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia
title_sort	exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in malaysia
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26010/1/11-Mohammed_B._Yussof.pdf
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Exports, education spending, foreign direct investment, and growth in Malaysia

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