The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif

This paper examines the impact of political risks on imports in Malaysia. A wide array of indicators for political risk is used to examine their relative importance on imports. The paper uses Fully-modified OLS regression technique and the findings reveal that several types of indicators namely soci...

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Main Author: Hanif, Azlina
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2013
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spelling uitm-192662019-03-14T07:53:51Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19266/ The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif Hanif, Azlina Economic development Balance of trade This paper examines the impact of political risks on imports in Malaysia. A wide array of indicators for political risk is used to examine their relative importance on imports. The paper uses Fully-modified OLS regression technique and the findings reveal that several types of indicators namely socio-economic conditions, law and order, religion in politics, democratic accountability and bureaucracy quality seem to exert significant impact towards imports in Malaysia. The impact however, is relatively small. An important policy implication is that policy makers should account for political risks apart from other institutional risks such as the conventional economic and financial risks in the formulation of trade policies Faculty of Business and Management 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19266/1/AJ_NOOR%20ZAHIRAH%20MOHD%20SIDEK%20JOEEAIR%2013.pdf Hanif, Azlina (2013) The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif. Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research (JEEIR), 1 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2289 - 2559 http://www.jeeir.com
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The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
description This paper examines the impact of political risks on imports in Malaysia. A wide array of indicators for political risk is used to examine their relative importance on imports. The paper uses Fully-modified OLS regression technique and the findings reveal that several types of indicators namely socio-economic conditions, law and order, religion in politics, democratic accountability and bureaucracy quality seem to exert significant impact towards imports in Malaysia. The impact however, is relatively small. An important policy implication is that policy makers should account for political risks apart from other institutional risks such as the conventional economic and financial risks in the formulation of trade policies
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author Hanif, Azlina
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title The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
title_short The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
title_full The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
title_fullStr The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
title_full_unstemmed The impact of political risk on imports in Malaysia / Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Azlina Hanif
title_sort impact of political risk on imports in malaysia / noor zahirah mohd sidek, azlina hanif
publisher Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2013
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19266/
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