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Drivers of export competitiveness: new evidences from the manufacturing industry in Malaysia

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  • Miao Zhang
  • Md Aslam Mia

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With cognizance to firms’ heterogeneity in an industry, this paper employs the most recent, unpublished and large-scale firm-level data of 14,687 manufacturing firms in Malaysia in 2015 to revisit the drivers of manufacturing exports. Applying the OLS and logistic regressions, we observed a strong positive relationship between a firm’s labor productivity and export intensity. Firms’ foreign ownership, size and age are positively connected to their export competitiveness. The incorporation of location variables into the regression reveals that firms in the Southern peninsula of Malaysia (e.g., Johor) have a positive effect and demonstrate the highest probability to engage in export activities. Our study is informative to trade policymakers on the key drivers of manufacturing exports, providing references to not only Malaysia, but other economies in Eastern Asia and developing nations.

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  • Miao Zhang & Md Aslam Mia, 2023. "Drivers of export competitiveness: new evidences from the manufacturing industry in Malaysia," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 2-32, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:28:y:2023:i:1:p:2-32
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2020.1858555
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