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Type :final_year_project
Subject :HG Finance
Main Author :Siti Norhanim Kamaludin
Title :The relationship between Foreign Direct Investment, Exchange Rates and Economic Growth in Malaysia from 1989-2019
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi
Year of Publication :2023
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
This study investigate the long-run and short-run relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Exchange Rate (EXCR) with Economic Growth (GDP) in Malaysia from 1989 to 2019. The data used in this studies are annually data which collected from the Official Website of World Bank. This study applied Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model by using EVIEW Software to estimates the relationship between the studied variable. The result of this study indicated that there is positive and significant relationship between FDI and GDP in the long-run and the short-run. Meanwhile, EXCR shows that there is negative but significant relationship with the GDP in the long-run but in the short-run, EXCR shows a positive and significant relationship with the Malaysia GDP. In conclusion, this study suggest that the increased in FDI and EXCR will give a significant change to the Malaysia GDP.

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