The determinants of foreign direct investment in Malaysia / Nurfaiqah Che Othman

This paper is made to finding out the relationship between the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) which are GDP, exchange rate, interest rate, infrastructure and export with the foreign direct investment flows in Malaysia. This research paper used the secondary data which is mostly gathered from the Central Bank of Malaysia's (BNM) website which comprised the data ranged from 2005 to 2014 on quarterly basis. This study used the Multiple Linear Regression for the research methodology with the secondary data retrieved from Central Bank of Malaysia's websites and others. The dependent variable for this study is the foreign direct investment now in Malaysia while for the independent variables are gross domestic product (GDP), exchange rate, interest rate, infrastructure and export. Based on the variables, this study aims to discover the relationship the GDP, exchange rate, interest rate, infrastructure and export towards the foreign direct investment flows in Malaysia. Thus, the results of this study could help the investors especially the large firms in making their decision regarding the investment they will make in the future.