Zalila Othman

Zalila Othman
Universiti Utara Malaysia | UUM · School of Economics, Finance & Banking (SEFB)

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Firms with different ownership structures could be argued to have different levels of efficiency.Highly concentrated firms are expected to be more efficient as this type of ownership structure may alleviate the conflict of interest between managers and shareholders.In Malaysia, public-listed firms have been found to have highly concentrated ownersh...
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ABSTRACT The history of science is one based on revolutions and discourse where a new paradigm arrives challenging the status quo with the promise of progress and if the evidence is there to justify paradigm shift on the basis of that promise the consensus will be to shift paradigms. Apparently the shift from Adam Smith’s traditional market paradi...
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The topic of EPF sustainability has gained considerable attentions among the governments worldwide. In the wake of growing elderly population, improving life expectancy and declining mortality rate particularly in Malaysia over the years, concerns arise on the EPF’s failure to fully commit the retirement incomes provision to the elderly population...
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Over the years, Malaysia has progressively accelerated its economic development, thanks to the adherence to high rates of domestic savings and investment. Of which, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is one of the schemes that caters for the private sector workers. Specifically, this paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and E...
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Malaysia is a small open economy and is exposed to all sorts of external shocks, interruptions, disruptions or macroeconomic uncertainty. These shocks may cause many potential misfortunes such as periodic economic recessions, fluctuation in the business cycles, unpredictable oil price hikes, financial crises, technological change, crime and natural...
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Firms with different ownership structures could be argued to have different levels of efficiency. Highly concentrated firms are expected to be more efficient as this type of ownership structure may alleviate the conflict of interest between managers and shareholders. In Malaysia, public-listed firms have been found to have highly concentrated owner...
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Public capital hypothesis explains that a positive relationship exists between private and public investment. This paper examines the validity of the hypothesis by using a panel time series analysis on four sectors of the Malaysian economy (agriculture, industry and trade, transportation and communication, and construction). Panel co-integration an...

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