Foreign direct investment and inequality in four ASEAN nations

Foreign direct investment and inequality in four ASEAN nations

We tested the impact of foreign direct investment on inequality in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines- significant FDI recipients amongst developing nations from 1970-2001. Our time-series analysis of the estimated gini coefficients, employing the Auto-regressive Distributive Lag...

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Main Authors: Merican, Yasmine, Yusop, Zulkornain, Mohd. Noor, Zaleha, Law, Siong Hook
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
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HF Commerce
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/2577/1/Yasmine_Merican.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/2577/
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Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:We tested the impact of foreign direct investment on inequality in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines- significant FDI recipients amongst developing nations from 1970-2001. Our time-series analysis of the estimated gini coefficients, employing the Auto-regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) technique suggest that FDI improves income inequality in Malaysia and Indonesia but worsens inequality in Thailand while it proved insignificant for the Philippines.

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