Private sector investment has been a key source of growth in Malaysia over the last three decades, but after an …, this paper aims to explain these trends and their implications for Malaysia''s investment and growth outlook. Aggregate … perceptions as important determinants of the recent decline in private investment. Meanwhile, firm-level data suggest that low …

The prolonged investment decline in post-Asian crisis emerging Asia, in contrast to the swift recovery of economic … growth, has remained a puzzle. This paper shows that the post-crisis investment recession has been mainly concentrated in the …. Empirical results based on macro and firm-level data from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (ASEAN-3) support this hypothesis …

The prolonged investment decline in post-Asian crisis emerging Asia, in contrast to the swift recovery of economic … growth, has remained a puzzle. This paper shows that the post-crisis investment recession has been mainly concentrated in the …. Empirical results based on macro and firm-level data from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (ASEAN-3) support this hypothesis …

Private investment in Malaysia has been sluggish since the Asian financial crisis. One explanation is that the growing …, the impact on private investment is not seen. To revive private investment in Malaysia, government must not only redress … presence of government-linked corporations (GLCs) has been crowding out private investment. For the first time, we provide …