BDMF7053: GLOBAL ECONOMIC THEORIES AND ISSUES SEMESTER 1 2012/2013 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH BY: RODZIAH AHMAD (S93935) FOR: PROF. DR. K KUPURAN VISWANATHAN DATE SUBMISSION: 10 JANUARY 2013 Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) means an international capital flows in which a firm in one country creates or expands a subsidiary in another (Krugman & Obstfeld‚ 2006). Directly‚ it means the subsidiary not only has the financial
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cointegrated with income and unemployment?: A panel data analysis on selected European countries by A.H. Baharom1 and Muzafar Shah Habibullah ABSTRACT This paper examines the causality between income‚ unemployment and crime in 11 European countries employing the panel data analysis for the period 1993-2001 for both aggregated (total crime) and disaggregated (subcategories) crime data. Fixed and random effect models are estimated to analyze the impact of income and unemployment on total crime and various
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lesser numbers in industry (21 percent) and agriculture (19.8 percent)‚ according to 1998 estimates in the 2000 CIA World Factbook . Greece ’s total labor force numbered 4.32 million in 1999‚ when unemployment was estimated at 9.9 percent. Generally‚ more men work in the industry sector while women dominate the service and agriculture industries. Greek women tend to have higher unemployment rates than men and are on average paid less. For additional income many Greeks work in seasonal or nonpermanent
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to buy food from a middle man‚ instead of growing‚ gathering‚ or hunting the food directly from nature. Dependence on jobs to make money to buy food and shelter was the beginning of unemployment. Because it has not always been acknowledged or measured systematically‚ there are limited historical records on unemployment. Industrialization involves economies of scale that often prevent individuals from having the capital to create their own jobs to be self-employed. An individual who cannot either join
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Economic Effects of Oil Spills & Fluctuating Gas Prices in the United States of America Strayer University Spring Semester 2010 “Every area in the country is subject to some kind of disaster - flood‚ hurricane‚ earthquake‚ to name a few. Even man-made disasters - oil spill‚ civil unrest‚ fire - can devastate the surrounding neighborhood and economy. Even though an area has never been damaged before‚ there is no guarantee that it will not happen tomorrow.” ~Carol Chastang Oil spills not
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A man willing to work‚ and unable to find work‚ is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun ~Thomas Carlyle The definition of unemployment as explained in the dictionary of economics is ’the state of an individual looking for a paying job but not having one’. Unemployment occurs when people face crisis in job opportunities due to the unpredictable nature of the economy. It’s not a problem that has recently hit the economy‚ rather it was largely evident during
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Effects of Rapid Population Growth While population growth is at times a beneficial thing for a species‚ there are many factors that define when growth becomes detrimental. When population growth becomes "rapid" there is a great chance that the counter-productive level has been reached. The most accurate index is the balance between population and sustainability. 1. Rapid Growth o Rapid growth is a quick increase in population. The number concerned when calculating the population is the number
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The Effect of Watering on the Plant Growth 1. Problem/Question: Sarah observes the small garden in their house. She ask her mother why are the plants needed water but it has fertilized already. Their plants aren’t grow . So she decided to experiment on what is the effect of watering on plant growth. 2. Observation/Research: She water them every day‚ they have good soil‚ and they’re in the shade. 3. Formulate a Hypothesis: Sarah think plants will grow better if they’re in the sun
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Date: August 20‚ 2004 To: Professor Kahlil-ur-Rehaman From: SUMS Group Subject: Transmittal of Project We are given pleasure to transmit this report‚ “Relationship between Inflation & Employment” under the unprejudiced conclusions of Financial Management Course‚ during summer (3rd) semester 2004 of MBIT program‚ IBIT department‚ University of the Punjab. We have arranged our superlative efforts in originating this undertaking. We enormously enjoyed
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Analyse the impact of macroeconomic policy on economic growth in Australia since 2008. In your response you should refer to the economic information provided. "It was always easy to predict that fiscal policy would come back into fashion just as soon as the economy dipped into recession. The politician who could resist the temptation to use the budget to stimulate the economy during recession has yet to be born. But there were two other‚ more economic arguments favouring greater reliance on fiscal
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