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Intention to use biodegradable drinking straw may be affected by psychological factors. Besides, the impact of factors towards intention may be different between gender. Therefore, this paper analyses the effect of attitude, subjective norm, knowledge, and perceived behavioral control towards the intention to use a biodegradable drinking straw and the moderating effect of gender towards the relationship among variables. The results, which were collected by using online questionnaires and analysed by using PLS-SEM; showed that most of the variables except knowledge had a significant impact on intention to use a biodegradable drinking straw, while gender posits no difference towards the usage intention. Keywords: Intention; Biodegradable Straw; Knowledge; Gender eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CCBYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2428..

This study aimed to explore the relationship between macroeconomic variables and Malaysia's stock market index which is the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (KLCI) during pandemic happens in the world. The selected macroeconomic variables were the gross domestic product, inflation rate, exchange rate, interest rate and industrial production index were taken as independent variables as well as the period of the pandemic as a dummy variable while the stock market's KLCI was the dependent variable. To capture the maximum variation in the stock market, a time series analysis was done on monthly data from the year 2002 to 2020. The pandemic events which could affect Malaysia's stock market were Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Swine Flu (H1N1), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 . Multiple Linear Regression analysis was used to explore the statistical relationship and evaluate the hypothesis in this paper. The result showed a statistically significant positive relationship between gross domestic product and industrial production and a statistically significant negative relationship for the exchange rate. However, for inflation, interest rate and the dummy for a pandemic is statistically insignificant.

This study's objective is to assess the return on assets (ROA) performance of all fifteen (15) Islamic banks in Malaysia that are eligible to use panel-specific data between the years 2011 and 2020. A data assessment methodology and all relevant additional resources, such as Eikon Thomson Reuters and the bank's annual reports, have been utilized for this study. When regressing the balanced panel data, the Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (POLS) Model employs the EViews 12 software to analyze. According to the conclusions of this research, there is a significant relationship between the performance of Islamic banks in Malaysia from 2011 to 2020 and the ratio of net loans to total assets (NLTA), shareholders' equity ratio (SER), bank size (LNBS), and gross domestic product (GDP). Since the banking sector is a significant contributor to the national economy, effective bank management is essential to ensure that the Islamic bank is always profitable by minimizing risk and losses caused by internal and external factors. In addition, most prior research has focused on conventional rather than Islamic banks, necessitating this investigation into the factors that affect the profitability of Islamic banks in Malaysia.