Impacts of crime and violence in Southern provinces of Thailand on border trade

This study aims to examine the factors of crime and violence in southern border provinces of Thailand. It also attempts to investigate other factors that affect Thailand - Malaysia border trade. The Binary Choice Model has been used to analyze the relationship on each variable. The independent variables consist of the attitude of entrepreneurs on group of crime and violence; group of social; group of economics; and group of politics, while the dependent variable is the income of entrepreneurs in Thailand - Malaysia border line. The data correlated in this study is the primary data, collected from local business units in southern border provinces of Thailand including Yala, Pattani, Songkla, and Narathiwat. The questionnaire has been collected from 400 respondents from each province aforementioned. The results of this study indicate that each variable in this model has statistical significant relationship. The results show that group of crime and violence factor, group of social factor, group of economics factor, and group of politics factor have impacted on the income of entrepreneurs in Thailand - Malaysia border line. From the analysis, it has been founded that group of crime and violence, group of social, group of economics, and group of politics are impacted on border trade.