Malaysia's Domestic Value Added Export: The Role of Governance and Strategic Policy Reforms

This paper evaluates Malaysia's value added export (VAE) in the light of its strategic policy reforms and governance. First, the study proposes a conceptual framework to show the role of governance and policy reforms in shaping a country in the path of VAE. Later, it undertakes an empirical an...

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Main Author: Pritish Kumar Sahu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2016-10-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2806
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Summary:This paper evaluates Malaysia's value added export (VAE) in the light of its strategic policy reforms and governance. First, the study proposes a conceptual framework to show the role of governance and policy reforms in shaping a country in the path of VAE. Later, it undertakes an empirical analysis to evaluate the success of Malaysia's VAE with the help of WTO-OECD Trade in Value Added (TiVA) database from 1996 through2014. The empirical findings reveal a significant relationship between VAE and the governance indicators and the policy parameter proxies, indicating that the government plays a significant role in Malaysia's increased VAE. Keywords: Value Added Export; Trade; government Policies; Governance indicators; Tariff; TiVA JEL Classifications: F13; F15; F23; F43
ISSN:2146-4138