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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

46 (1) 2012 119 – 132

Foreign Presence and Market Concentration in Malaysian Manufacturing Industries
Kehadiran Pelabur Asing dan Penumpuan Pasaran dalam Sektor Pembuatan di Malaysia

School of Distance Education
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM, Penang
MALAYSIA

radziah_adam@usm.my

School of Economics
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor
MALAYSIA

khalifah@ukm.my

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between foreign presence and market concentration and thus competition in the Malaysian manufacturing sector by looking at the determinants of foreign presence and market concentration respectively. Using a panel of aggregate 5-digit Malaysian manufacturing industries for 2001-04, different extents and proxies of foreign presence are utilized to test the hypothesis that higher foreign presence leads to more concentrated market. The single equation results show that foreign presence, in terms of fixed assets share, has no significant impact on increasing the level of market concentration, while higher foreign presence in an industry, in regards to both value added and employment shares, significantly contributes towards more concentrated markets. On the other hand, a highly concentrated market is also one of the significant determinants for all proxies of foreign presence. In both instances, the extent of foreign shareholdings does not matter as much as the types of proxy used to measure foreign presence. However, a system of four equations, including market concentration (under the Structure-Conduct-Performance framework) and foreign presence, estimated using Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) with fixed effects shows no significant evidence to support the existence of simultaneity between market concentration and foreign presence.

Keywords

competition; foreign presence; market concentration
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Adam, , & khalifah, (2012). Foreign Presence and Market Concentration in Malaysian Manufacturing Industries. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 46(1), 119–132.

@article{adam2012foreign,
  title={Foreign Presence and Market Concentration in Malaysian Manufacturing Industries},
  author={Adam, Radziah and khalifah, noor},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={46},
  number={1},
  pages={119—132},
 

year={2012},
}

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