Investment and Saving Relationship in South Asia

This study tests the Feldstein and Horioka hypothesis (1980) for four South Asian developing economies and an oil producing economy, Saudi Arabia. Performing cointegration tests on annual data, the results indicate that approximately one to one long run relationship between investment and saving is...

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Main Author: Shabbir Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4087
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description This study tests the Feldstein and Horioka hypothesis (1980) for four South Asian developing economies and an oil producing economy, Saudi Arabia. Performing cointegration tests on annual data, the results indicate that approximately one to one long run relationship between investment and saving is present in India and Saudi Arabia thus validating the above hypothesis while a weak form relation for Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka shows the existence of Feldstein and Horioka puzzle. Keywords: Saving-investment, cointegration, South Asia JEL Classifications: C32; E21; F41
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spelling doaj.art-e67168c4d9764cbe90a71869bbd9ac092023-02-15T16:10:39ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382017-09-0174Investment and Saving Relationship in South AsiaShabbir Ahmad0Effat University, Jeddah, KSA This study tests the Feldstein and Horioka hypothesis (1980) for four South Asian developing economies and an oil producing economy, Saudi Arabia. Performing cointegration tests on annual data, the results indicate that approximately one to one long run relationship between investment and saving is present in India and Saudi Arabia thus validating the above hypothesis while a weak form relation for Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka shows the existence of Feldstein and Horioka puzzle. Keywords: Saving-investment, cointegration, South Asia JEL Classifications: C32; E21; F41 http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4087
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Investment and Saving Relationship in South Asia
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title Investment and Saving Relationship in South Asia
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title_short Investment and Saving Relationship in South Asia
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