Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies

2017 - 2024

Current editor(s): Lim Kian Ping

From Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya & Malaysian Economic Association
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Volume 61, issue 2, 2024

Nexus between ESG Practice and Firm Performance: Are there any Stylised Facts? pp. 199-213

Tien-Ming Yip and Wee-Yeap Lau

Does Environmental Factor Influence the Rating of Creditworthiness? A Comparative Analysis of Developed versus Developing Countries pp. 215-243

Kok-Tiong Lim and Kim-Leng Goh

The Role of Green Taxation Governance in China: A Review of the Development and Impacts of Environmental Protection Tax pp. 245-263

Chen Zhang, Heyu Xu, Xuli Wei and Kee-Cheok Cheong

Malay Entry into Business through Scaling the Heights of Corporate Malaysia from mid-1980s - An Assessment pp. 265-289

R. Thillainathan and Kee-Cheok Cheong

Political Leadership Matters: The Case of Four Successful East Asian Economies pp. 291-307

Kiong-hock Lee and Shyamala Nagaraj

Political Leadership Matters: Malaysia's Unrealised Potential pp. 309-329

Shyamala Nagaraj and Kiong-hock Lee

Human Capital, Amenities and Trade: The Case of Malaysia pp. 331-349

Cassey Lee

Job Polarisation: The Change of Nature of Task and Skill Needs pp. 351-371

Chen Chen Yong and Elisa Jean Jion Nor Pau

Gender Disparities in Digital Employment in China pp. 373-393

Huixin Mi, Nai Peng Tey and Siow Li Lai

Medium of Instruction in Education and Language Use: The Case of the Hakka in East Malaysia pp. 395-411

Seong Lin Ding, Kim-Leng Goh and Kee-Cheok Cheong

Volume 61, issue 1, 2024

Institutions and Economic Development: Cheong Kee Cheok's Contribution to Economic Thought pp. 1-14

Rajah Rasiah

Cheong Yoke Choy (1873-1958): A Grandson Looks Back pp. 15-34

Kam Hing Lee, Danny Tze-ken Wong and Miau Ing Tan

Drivers of and Challenges Facing Adoption of Industrial Revolution 4.0 Technologies: A Study of the Electrical and Electronics Industry in Malaysia pp. 35-49

Khai-Leang Yeap, Rajah Rasiah and Fumitaka Furuoka

Measuring Structural Power in Global Value Chains: Evidence from Malaysian Manufacturing pp. 51-77

Miao Zhang, Rui Yang, Rajah Rasiah and Mingzhang Jiang

Malaysia Meets (and Remains in) the Middle-Income Trap: Lost Coalition amidst Industrial Value Migration pp. 79-100

Chan-Yuan Wong and Guanie Lim

Technology Transfer, Technological Progress and Economic Growth: The Role of Institutional Quality in Pakistan pp. 101-118

Nazia Nazeer and Rajah Rasiah

Chinese Investments in Malaysia: Synthesising the Evidence Ten Years into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) pp. 119-139

Siew Yean Tham

State-Business Relations and Public-Public Partnerships: China's State-owned Enterprises in Southeast Asia pp. 141-157

Edmund Terence Gomez

The Bank of China: From a Turbulent Past to a Strategic Future - What Does Its Presence in Malaysia Show? pp. 159-175

Ran Li and Kee-Cheok Cheong

Comparing the Causes and Consequences of the Asian and Global Financial Crises on Southeast Asia pp. 177-197

Kee-Cheok Cheong, Rajah Rasiah and R. Thillainathan

Volume 60, issue 2, 2023

CEO Power, Board Tenure Diversity and Tax Avoidance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia pp. 145-162

Guat Khim Hooy and Lian Kee Phua

Does Foreign Aid Promote Foreign Direct Investment in Post-conflict Cambodia? pp. 163-188

Ly Slesman

Does Financial Literacy Improve Financial Inclusion in Developing Countries? A Nonlinearity and Quantile Regression Analysis pp. 189-214

Abd Rahim Md Jamil, Siong Hook Law, Mohamad Fazli Sabri and Mohamad Khair Afham

Earnings Management and Bank Liquidity Creation in an Emerging Market pp. 215-235

Japan Huynh

Factors Associated with Participation of Vietnamese Informal Workers in Voluntary Social Insurance Scheme pp. 237-254

Thi-Thu Do and Long Giang

Minimum Wage and Employment of Malaysian Low-skilled Workers pp. 255-273

Kek Jing Wen and Lai Wei Sieng

Soil Properties and the Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production in Malaysia: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis pp. 275-298

Mohd Khairul Hafifi Maidin, Roslina Kamaruddin and Shri Dewi Applanaidu

Volume 60, issue 1, 2023

Does the Founder CEO Receive a Higher Pay for the Firm's Performance? Evidence from Malaysia pp. 1-28

Swee-Sim Foong and Boon-Leong Lim

Comparing Elicitation Methods of Risk Preferences in Personal Financial Planning: A Field Experiment among Working Adults in Malaysia pp. 29-44

Kean-Siang Ch'ng, Phaik Nie Chin and Suzanna A. Bono

Effects of Government Expenditure on the Poverty Level: A Nonlinear ARDL Approach pp. 45-67

Yusoff Saharudin, Siong Hook Law, Mohamed Nor Norashidah and Ismail Normaz Wana

Income Inequality, Income Growth and Government Redistribution in Malaysia: What Do We Know in the Long Run? pp. 69-87

Soo Khoon Goh, Koi Wong, Kartinah Ayupp and You Wah Lai

Including Public Realism in Determining New Pricing Scheme for Sanitary Landfill in Malaysia pp. 89-104

Nik Nor Rahimah Nik Ab Rahim, Jamal Othman, Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh, Norshamliza Chamhuri and Syazwani Sahrir

Supporting SMEs Financial Resilience during Crises: A Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Programs Targeting SMEs pp. 105-121

Dalal Aassouli and Habib Ahmed

Does Local Risk Still Matter in the Highly Liberalised Emerging Market of Malaysia? pp. 123-143

Yin Yin Koay and Chee-Wooi Hooy

Volume 59, issue 2, 2022

Financial Literacy in Malaysia, 2015-2018 pp. 171-197

Yiing Jia Loke, Phaik Nie Chin and Fazelina Sahul Hamid

Political Connection Types and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Malaysia pp. 199-220

Chwee Ming Tee, Teng-Tenk Melissa Teoh and Chee-Wooi Hooy

Reactions of Long-run Private Consumption in Malaysia to Crises, Economic Leadership and Telecommunication Technology pp. 221-239

Chor Foon Tang and Yu Syuen Lim

Exploring Preference Heterogeneity and Willingness to Pay for Tourist Facility Attributes in Kenyir Lake, Malaysia pp. 241-260

Wan Norhidayah W Mohamad, Tareq Mzek, Zaiton Samdin and Bakti Hasan-Basr

Too Much Debt and Budget Deficit on Fiscal Sustainability: Do Institutions Matter? pp. 261-284

Malik Cahyadin, Tamat Sarmidi, Norlin Khalid and Siong Hook Law

Investigating the Relationship between Remittances, Institutional Quality, and Labour Supply in India pp. 285-300

Namita Motha, Sharon G. M. Koh and Audrey Kim Lan Siah

Exchange Rate Risk Premium in Vietnam pp. 301-315

Ly Hung

Book Review: A Brief History of Equality pp. 317-321

Viswanathan Selvaratnam

Volume 59, issue 1, 2022

Corporate Governance Code Revisions, Corporate Social Performance and Firm Value: International Evidence pp. 1-25

Chai-Aun Ooi, Chee-Wooi Hooy and Jong-Seo Choi

Determinants of Using Ride-Hailing Service: Evidence from Malaysia pp. 27-48

Ee Shiang Lim and Jacqueline Liza Fernandez

Environmental, Social and Governance Performance: Continuous Improvement Matters pp. 49-69

Woei Chyuan Wong, Abd Halim Ahmad, Shamsul Bahrain Mohamed-Arshad, Sabariah Nordin and Azira Abdul Adzis

Privatisation of Power Generation in Malaysia: Impact on the Entry of Malays into Power Business pp. 71-91

Ramasamy Thillainathan

Foreign Assets Management and Capital Expenditure: Firm-Level Evidence from 45 Emerging Market Economies pp. 93-114

Chokri Zehri

More than Tea - Environmental Decay, Administrative Isolation and the Struggle for Identity in Darjeeling pp. 115-130

Ren Yu, Qianyi Wang and Kee Cheok Cheong

Immigration - Trade Relationship in ASEAN: What Does the Evidence Show? pp. 131-151

Chanida Ekakkararungroj, Sheue-Li Ong and Evelyn Devadason

A Quantile Regression Analysis of Absorptive Capacity in the Malaysian Manufacturing Industry pp. 153-170

Norhanishah Mohamad Yunus and Norehan Abdullah