Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109468 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 345
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
Private investment in Malaysia has been sluggish since the Asian financial crisis. One explanation is that the growing presence of government-linked corporations (GLCs) has been crowding out private investment. For the first time, we provide empirical evidence on the relationship between GLC presence and private investment. We find that when GLCs are dominant in an industry, investment by private firms is significantly negatively impacted. Conversely, when GLCs do not dominate an industry, the impact on private investment is not seen. To revive private investment in Malaysia, government must not only redress its growing fiscal deficit, but also expedite its program of divestment.
Subjects: 
Malaysia
private investment
government-linked corporations
crowding-out effect
JEL: 
E22
F20
F21
J78
O53
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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