The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia: A Revisit

Abstract

The paper re-examines the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia, for the period 1970–2006. The cointegration results show that market size of both Malaysia and China have major, and a statistically significant impact, on FDI inflow to Malaysia. The results seem to support the argument that foreign investors tend to be more attracted to the country with a higher growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) because it indicates a larger potential demand for their products. In addition, the results also demonstrate that openness level of the country has a positive and statistically significant effect on FDI inflow, which supports the hypothesis that FDI can be attracted to a country with more liberalized economic reforms. Finally, the results show that literacy rate (human capital development) has significant positive effect on FDI inflow. The finding suggests the need for labor force expansion and education policy to raise the stock of human capital in the country. Using Granger causality test, we also find that there exist unidirectional causality from real GDP of both Malaysia and China, degree of openness and literacy rate to FDI inflow.     

International Asset Excess Returns and Multivariate Conditional Volatilities

This paper constructs a multivariate model in relating multi-asset excess returns to their conditional variances. Applying weekly data to investigate the foreign-exchange risk premium, the evidence from a multivariate GARCH model shows that the foreign-exchange excess returns are significantly correlated with economic fundamentals such as the real interest-rate differential, long-short interest-rate spread differential, and equity-premium differential. The evidence also suggests that foreign-exchange excess returns are not independent of the conditional variances of these fundamental variables, supporting the time-varying risk-premium hypothesis.     

我国创业板市场交易制度设计——一种演化视角

创业板市场交易制度的设计要为市场实际的发展和演化留有空间。以集中竞价机制为基础,引入多元竞争性做市商、融合竞价做市商两种制度的混合型做市商制度,能够满足制度变迁的阶段性要求,是现实国情约束下创业板市场的最优交易制度选择。     

资本渐进开放下我国与国际利率的联动分析——基于中国和美国的比较

一般来说,利率在国家间的传导主要有两条渠道:国际贸易间的传导和资本自由流动下的利率平价机制。本文采取分阶段考察,通过建立计量经济学模型,利用单位根检验和协整分析加以验证,发现在资本项目部分开放后,中美利率开始具有联动效应,作用方式又具有自身的特点。目前资本项目开放度不够高是阻碍我国同世界利率联动的主要原因。     

人民币汇率变动对我国经济增长的影响——基于2005年汇率制度改革的实证研究

应用卢万青和陈建梁(2007)构建的汇率通过乘数和反馈效应影响经济增长的模型,考察了我国2005年7月汇率制度改革至2012年6月,人民币汇率变动对我国总产出的影响。结果表明,人民币汇率升值1%将使我国的总产出上升约0.09%,与卢万青等对2005年之前数据的实证分析结果相比,汇率制度的变革使得人民币汇率对经济增长的调节作用逐步显现出来,但同时值得注意的是人民币汇率不宜出现大幅度的波动。     

中国用工荒演变轨迹研究

文章对1979—2010年中国四大地区的劳动力就业数据,采用生物系统论研究方法,将地区劳动力视为复杂系统,对中国四大地区内外劳动力格局演变进行估计,从而深入讨论用工荒根源及演变轨迹。结果发现:劳动力就业自然增长率与人口自然增长率间有内在规律——23定律,这一定律是中国用工荒到来的根源,它决定中国东部、东北、中部、西部将先后于2014、2020、2025、2027年进入用工荒;东部用工荒是紧随劳动力自然就业繁荣期之后,而东北、中部和西部则是劳动力自然繁荣期后经历较长的潜伏期才进入用工荒。     

基本养老金替代率合意水平研究——以上海市城镇居民为例

社会保障制度是人类社会文明进步的标志,社会养老保险是其中一项重要制度,其建立对社会的平稳发展有重要影响.在人口老龄化日益深化的时期,及时有效地对社会养老保险制度进行改革势在必行.在改革过程中,对基本养老金替代率的合意水平进行研究具有深远意义.以上海市城镇居民为例,建立基本养老金收支平衡模型,将计算出的合意供给替代率与现实需求替代率进行对比.结果对比发现,需求与供给难以匹配,对不匹配的基本原因进行分析,并在此基础上提出相应对策.     

Emerging Bond Market Volatility and Country Spreads

Using JPMorgan's emerging market bond index, this paper analyzes how increases in country credit spreads can persist in emerging bond markets. The results of T-GARCH regressions show that, during financial crisis periods, emerging countries' credit spreads may increase persistently as a result of interaction between changes in spreads and volatilities, making emerging bond markets more turbulent. The results suggest that emerging countries should endeavor to develop a stabilization mechanism by enhancing information efficiency in bond markets. In particular, because Asian countries have experienced persistent, overreactive volatility, this paper implies that Asian countries should work together more closely during financial crisis periods.     

高速公路收费费率确定模型优化

从公路的经济学属性入手,讨论了公路特别是高速公路的收费理论,分析总结了国内外现有的收费费率确定方法。在此基础上,提出了确定收费费率的原则,并利用级差效益分享理论对原有确定收费费率的一般理论模型进行了优化。     

The euro exchange rate during the European sovereign debt crisis – Dancing to its own tune?

This paper studies the determinants of the euro exchange rate volatility during the European sovereign debt crisis, allowing a role for macroeconomic fundamentals, policy actions and the public debate by policy makers. It finds that the euro exchange rate mainly danced to its own tune, with a particularly low explanatory power for macroeconomic fundamentals. The findings of the paper also suggest that financial markets might have been less reactive to the public debate by policy makers than previously feared. Still, there are instances where exchange rate volatility increased in response to news, such as on days when several politicians from AAA-rated countries went public with negative statements, suggesting that communication by policy makers at times of crisis should be cautious about triggering undesirable financial market reactions.